Ken Yokoyama

Originally serving simply because guitarist for the massively popular semi-punk group Hi-Standard, Ken Yokoyama splintered away to solo projects once the group unofficially disbanded in 2000. Initial time for a development function at Pizza of Loss of life Information (the band’s onetime label), Yokoyama shortly returned to functionality with some small groupings (the BBQ Hens as well as the eponymous Ken Music group) before executing exclusively under his very own name. Yokoyama continuing a lot of the audio of Hi-Standard — a greatly successful formulation — with high-speed guitars and vocals (all in British) anchored by way of a manically fast drummer (Masatoshi Ishida regarding Yokoyama’s solo initiatives) and compositions within the vein of modern American outfits such as for example NOFX. With bassist Serge Verkhovsky and guitarist Hidenori Minami, Yokoyama released two albums on Pizza of Loss of life, achieving high product sales for the nonmainstream marketplace in Japan. In 2007, Yokoyama strike the very best Ten mainstream graphs with Third Time’s a Attraction, carrying on the quick, manic, and generally content tone of the prior albums.