About BOØWY
Hometown
Japan
Formed
1981
Genre
Rock
BOØWY’s founding members met when their former bands took first and second place in a local music competition.
∙ Rolling Stone Japan named 1986’s Just a Hero one of the 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time.
∙ Their success helped drive the “band boom” period in the ’80s and ’90s when rock groups dominated the Japanese music scene.
∙ Released in 2013, The Best “Story” became the only album other than The Beatles’ 1 to top the charts two decades after a band’s breakup.
∙ After hearing the song in a Japanese film, Quentin Tarantino asked to use guitarist Hotei’s “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” in Kill Bill Vol. 1.
∙ David Bowie invited Hotei to join him onstage at Budokan to perform “All the Young Dudes” when he saw the guitarist rehearse for his opening set.
Members of BOØWY include, or have included, Hotei, Kyosuke Himuro, Tsunematsu Matsui, and 高橋まこと.
Influenced by BOØWYBOØWY has influenced the music of iQ-Protein, Girl sings Boy's Rock, BLUE ROSE and more.
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