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Band
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション
Active 1996–presentYokohama, Japan
Website | Twitter | Youtube Asian Kung-Fu Generation, stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in 1996. Starting out as a college band, they released a series of independent EPs featuring lyrics mostly sung in English. In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut Hokai Amplifier, from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese. The band's musical style is influenced by seminal Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie-rock and punk scene. Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressin…
