ZAZEN BOYS
Active Years
- 2003 – current
Musical style
- One of the most famous math rock band in Japan
- Post New Wave influenced by electronic music
- Casioman(Gt)’s guitar sound is quite unique, he usually plays out of tone melody with harmonizer pedal.
Influenced by/for
- New Wave
- No Wave
- Synth sound of Prince and Minneapolis sound
- Grunge
Short topics about members, songs, etc…
- Mukai Shutoku(Gt/Vo) used to play as a member of Number Girl, a 90’s Japanese rock band.
- He’s crazy about Prince so for example, synth part of “Weekend” sounds much like Prince.
Album(s) to must listen to
- ZAZEN BOYS 4(2008)
Song(s) to must listen to
- Weekend(ZAZEN BOYS 4)
- Asobi(ZAZEN BOYS 4)
- Crazy Days Crazy Feeling(ZAZEN BOYS II)