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Boris
Japanese experimental band
Merzbow
is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists.
Orange Range
Japanese musical group; rock band (2001-)
Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock and hardcore punk mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures. Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toured worldwide extensively.
Boredoms
Boredoms () (later known as V∞redoms) is a rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986. The band's sound is often referred to as noise rock, or sometimes Japanoise (Japan's noise music scene), though their more recent records have moved toward repetitive psychedelic rock, ambient soundscapes, and tribal drumming.
Guitar Wolf
Japanese rock band from Nagasaki (1987-)
Polysics
is a Japanese new wave/electronic rock band from Tokyo, who dubs its unique style as "technicolor pogo punk". It was named after a brand of synthesizer, the Korg Polysix. The band started in 1997, but got their big break in 1998 at a concert in Tokyo. They create high energy music, fusing conventional guitar music with synthesized and computer generated sound to create a unique mixture of punk and synthpop heavily inspired by the American bands Devo and the Tubes, as well as Japanese bands such as P-Model and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Their song lyrics often consist of Japanese, English, or even
Les Rallizes Dénudés
Japanese rock band
The Gerogerigegege
Japanese band
Ruins
Japanese band
Shinsei Kamattechan
Japanese rock band
Hijokaidan
is a Japanese noise and free improvisation group with a revolving lineup that has ranged from two members to as many as fourteen in its early days. The group is the project of guitarist , its one constant member, who is head and owner of the Osaka-based Alchemy Records. Other regulars include Jojo's wife Junko and Toshiji Mikawa (also of Incapacitants).
Zeni Geva
Japanese noise rock band
Midori
Japanese musical group; jazz-punk fusion band
cali≠gari
Japanese visual kei experimental rock band
Nisennenmondai
Nisennenmondai (にせんねんもんだい) are a Tokyo-based instrumental rock trio. They formed in 1999 and took their name from the Japanese translation of the then-current phrase "Y2K bug."