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| Labels = Kioon, Tofu, Okami, JPU Records | | Labels = Kioon, Tofu, Okami, JPU Records | ||
| URL = | | URL = | ||
| Current members = Masafumi Gotoh<br> | | Current members = Masafumi Gotoh<br>Kensuke Kita<br>Takahiro Yamada<br>Kiyoshi Ijichi | ||
Kensuke Kita<br> | |||
Takahiro Yamada<br> | |||
Kiyoshi Ijichi | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Asian Kung-Fu Generation''' (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション, stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996. The band is | '''Asian Kung-Fu Generation''' (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション, stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996. The band is notable in the west for writing intro themes to anime such as ''Naruto'' and ''Bleach'', among others. | ||
==Weezer | ==Connection to the Rentals and Weezer== | ||
On their final show of their 2013 tour at Yokohama Stadium, the band performed covers of [[Getting By]] and [[Only in Dreams]], the latter featuring | The band, as well as lead singer/songwriter Masafumi Gotoh, contributed covers of the songs "[[Hello Hello]]" and "[[A Rose Is a Rose]]" to the [[2010]] [[The Rentals|Rentals]] tribute album ''[[Lost_Out_in_the_Machinery_-_Songs_of_the_Rentals#Lost_Out_in_the_Machinery_-_Songs_of_the_Rentals|Lost Out in the Machinery - Songs of the Rentals]]''. On their final show of their [[2013]] tour at Yokohama Stadium, the band performed covers of "[[Getting By]]" (by the Rentals) and "[[Only in Dreams]]" (by [[Weezer]]), the latter featuring former Weezer bassist [[Matt Sharp]]. Gotoh's music label, Only in Dreams, is likely a reference to the Weezer songs of the same name. | ||
The band's [[2018]] album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hometown_(Asian_Kung-Fu_Generation_album) Hometown]'' includes two songs co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]], "[[Clock Work]]" and "[[Dancing Girl]]". | |||
==Media== | ==Media== | ||
<youtube>gMpjSrOMgDY</youtube> | <youtube>gMpjSrOMgDY</youtube> | ||
==External links== | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Kung-Fu_Generation Asian Kung-Fu Generation] on [https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] | |||
[[Category:Weezer-related bands]] | |||