G.I.S.M.
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was a Japanese punk metal band formed in Tokyo in 1981. Although the guitar style resembled heavy metal in many aspects, G.I.S.M. was one of the first Japanese hardcore bands, while at the same time drawing influence from the early industrial/avant-garde music scene—something uncommon in punk bands at that time.
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- Instance of
- musical group
- Genre
- hardcore punk
- Country of origin
- Japan
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- inception
- 1981-00-00
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- name in kana
- ギズム
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- ''P.O.W.'' magazine
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was a Japanese punk metal band formed in Tokyo in 1981. Although the guitar style resembled heavy metal in many aspects, G.I.S.M. was one of the first Japanese hardcore bands, while at the same time drawing influence from the early industrial/avant-garde music scene—something uncommon in punk bands at that time.
The acronym G.I.S.M. has many different variations, including "God In The Schizoid Mind," "Guerrilla Incendiary Sabotage Mutineer," "General Imperialism Social Murder," "Gnostic Idiosyncrasy Sonic Militant," and "Guy Individual Social Mean". The word gism is also an English-language vulgarism for semen.
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