Eastern Youth

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Eastern Youth
Image:EasternYouth.jpg The Japanese punk/indie rock band Eastern Youth
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s)	Indie Rock Punk Rock
Years active	1989–Present
Label(s)	Saddle Creek Records Five One Inc.
Website	Official MySpace
Members
Hisashi Yoshino Atsuya Tamori Tomokazu Ninomiya

Eastern Youth is a Japanese indie rock trio. Despite being primarily punk influenced their sound blends many different styles and is especially complex for a three-piece band. Their lyrics, sung in Japanese express the helplessness of Japanese youth. [1] Their influences include Fugazi, Jawbreaker, Stiff Little Fingers, and Discharge. [2]

1 History
2 Sound
3 Members
4 Discography
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1988, Eastern youth was formed by childhood friends Hisashi Yoshino and Atsuya Tamori in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. The band later moved to Tokyo in 1990, and by 1994 they were joined by former metal guitarist Tomokazu Ninomiya on bass. In 1995 they put out their first release, Kuchibue Yofuke-ni-Hibiku (A whistle rings through the midnight street), on their own record label "Sakamoto-Shoten". Within the next 5 years Eastern Youth became legendary to the Japanese indie rock scene and in 2000 they played in the United States for the first time, largely broadening their popularity. They continue to tour in the United States largely with the support of the Saddle Creek band Cursive, with whom Eastern Youth split sides on 2003's 8 Teeth to Eat You EP.[3]

[edit] Sound

Prior to 1994, their sound was much more punk in both sound & song structure. However, hints of their future sound can be found on their second album, TIME IS RUNNING [1990]. It's apparent that around 1994, with the addition of Tomokazu Ninomiya on bass, Eastern's Youth's sound evolved further more to their present sound.