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About GING NANG BOYZ
Hometown
Yamagata, Japan
Formed
January 2003
Genre
Rock
Japanese pop-punk band GING NANG BOYZ was formed in the mid-2000s out of the breakup of ’90s punk outfit GOING STEADY.
∙ The band released two LPs in 2005, both of which reached the Top 10 on the Japanese charts.
∙ Indie punk icon Jeff Rosenstock covered GNB “I Don’t Wanna Die” on his 2012 debut solo mixtape, I Look Like S**t.
∙ In 2015, the band contributed the cover song “Too Much Pain” to Super Selected Songs—a tribute album celebrating 30 years of Japanese punk legends The Blue Hearts.
∙ In both 2017 and 2019, GNB played Japan’s historic Nippon Budokan arena—a significant rite of passage for any Japanese act.
∙ Record Store Day Japan 2020 featured limited-edition vinyl reissues of the band’s highly sought-after and long out-of-print first two albums.
Members of GING NANG BOYZ include, or have included, Shinya Abisko and 村井守.
Influenced by GING NANG BOYZGING NANG BOYZ has influenced the music of dynastic, Bakemonosyounen, Futomomo Jisatsu and more.