Tokyo Dragons

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Tokyo Dragons
Origin	London
Genre(s)	Hard rock Rock
Years active	2004 - present
Label(s)	Escapi
Website	Official Site
Members
Steve Lomax Mal Bruk Mathias Stady Phil Martini
Former members
Ade Easily

Tokyo Dragons are a London-based hard rock band. They have achieved success in the UK and worldwide after having released a successful album and touring with bands such as Nashville Pussy, Status Quo, Do Me Bad Things and Winnebago Deal.

They appeared on Breaking Point, an MTV2 programme (sponsored by Island Records in which ten bands were documented going through the process of being spotted, courted and then signed to a recording contract. The Tokyo Dragons were signed and recorded Give Me The Fear at Rockfield Studios for Island Records in June 2004.

The band released their first single, "Teenage Screamers", in June 2004. It reached number 61 in the UK Singles Chart. ^[1]

Their debut album, on which this song featured, Give Me The Fear, was released in September 2005 and entered at number 23 in the UK Rock Album Chart.^{[citation needed]}

Shortly after this, in October of the same year, the band released their second single, "Get 'Em Off", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 75. ^[2]

In June 2005, the band appeared at the Download Festival, playing on the 'Napster Stage'. ^[3]

The band have recently recorded a new album with Kurt Bloch entitled Hot Nuts. It was released on September 24, 2007.