Stadium-sized swagger from one of Japan's foremost female rock bands.
About SCANDAL (JP)
Hometown
Osaka, Japan
Formed
February 1976
Genre
Rock
SCANDAL (JP) is an all-female rock band formed in the mid-2000s.
∙ In 2009, they were nominated for Best New Artist at the Japan Record Awards, which honor excellence in Japanese music.
∙ Beginning with 2009’s Best Scandal, each of the group’s full-length studio albums has placed in the Top 5 of both the Billboard Japan Top Albums chart and Oricon Albums Chart.
∙ “Take Me Out” was nominated for Best Teen Choice Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
∙ They’ve contributed opening themes for several anime TV series, including Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, as well as the ending theme for GeGeGe no Kitarō.
∙ In 2020, bassist Tomomi Ogawa and drummer Rina Suzuki became members of the Tigers Band, which performed the Hanshin Tigers’ fight song, “Rokko Oroshi,” for in-game entertainment.
Members of SCANDAL (JP) include, or have included, Tomomi, Haruna, and MÄMI.
Influenced by SCANDAL (JP)SCANDAL (JP) has influenced the music of THE TOMBOYS, Charsoy, Ivan Hirasawa and more.