Born and raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) was an unfocused pupil of classical piano. However, she has come to use this background to understand and create vast soundscapes and textures through the usage of live instruments, percussion, digital manipulation, and dusty vinyl. Through the creation of beats, she is able to fuse the sounds of the past with her musical prowess into something avant garde.
Gerard is a Japanese progressive rock band, and also an American rock band from the 1970s led by British-born singer/songwriter Gerard McMahon. The first album by the Japanese progressive rock band was released in 1984, and their latest in 2004. They have been labeled symphonic progressive rock and hard progressive. In the mid-1990's, a line-up change brought a heavier sound, with the release of "The pendulum" in 1996.
Crucial Japanese Hardcore.
Crucial Section at Zone-B november 2008 : http://www.vimeo.com/2446379
FACT is a post-hardcore band from Chiba, Ibaraki, Japan that formed in 1999. They released their US self-titled debut album on April 14, 2009 on Vagrant Records. Band members:
Hiro / lead vocals
Takahiro / guitar, vocals
Tomohiro / bass, vocals
Eiji / drums, vocals
Kazuki / guitar, vocals http://factjapan.com/ FACT on MySpace
Perfume is the name of at least two bands. Perfume is a three person j-pop/electro-pop group from Hiroshima who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005. In 2001, three 11-12 year old girls from an Artist School formed a group together in their hometown of Hiroshima. Consisting of Ayano Ōmoto (Nocchi), Yuka Kashino (Kashiyuka), and Ayaka Nishiwaki (A-Chan). Because all three members had the Japanese character (香) for fragrance in their names, they named the group Perfume. In 2002, they released two limited edition singles only in Hiroshima, called “OMAJINAI★ペロリ” and “彼氏募集中”.
Guitar/Voice YOUKAKU
Bass/Voice YUKARY
Drums Lyn In Nov 2011 ZZZ's was born. We are all girls trio from Japan. Music genre is post punk/experimental.
Read more about ZZZ's on Last.fm.
There are three bands known to have used this name. 1. 2013 - Present: Rock band from London, England.
Band Members: Alex Davies (Vocals/guitar), Dan Mount (Bass), Bob Barrett (Drums)
Following the hiatus of the band Elliot Minor, frontman Alex went on to form a new band.
Their first single ‘Sweet Dynamite’ was released via PledgeMusic in January 2013. 2. Spirits (Slovenia) also known as "Night Spirits" are a grunge rock group from Izola (Slovenia), active in the 90's. They released his first and only album "Zemljin Krik" (Earth's Scream) in 1999.
KAN (born September 24, 1962) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His real name is Kan Kimura(木村 和). He once said that he chose the artist-name simply as "KAN" in order not to confuse listeners, because it is not common to read the letter "和" as Kan.
He released "Yokereba Issho-ni" as the new single on Feb.10, 2010. The release of the new album is also scheduled on Mar. 10, 2010, and it will be titled "Kanchigai-mo Hanahadashii Watashi-no Jinsei" .