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| Current members = Masafumi Gotoh<br>Kensuke Kita<br>Takahiro Yamada<br>Kiyoshi Ijichi | | Current members = Masafumi Gotoh<br>Kensuke Kita<br>Takahiro Yamada<br>Kiyoshi Ijichi | ||
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'''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. | '''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. | ||
==Connection to the Rentals and Weezer== | ==Connection to the Rentals and Weezer== | ||
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 | 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 the 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 song featuring former Weezer bassist [[Matt Sharp]]. Gotoh's music label, Only in Dreams, is likely a reference to the Weezer song 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]]". Their [[2022]] album, ''Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe'', features a cover of the ''[[Pinkerton]]''-era B-side "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]". | |||
The compilation album ''[[Nano-Mugen Compilation 2006]]'', released by the band in promotion for their music festival ''Nano-Mugen'', includes the song "Getting By". Similarly, ''[[Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011]]'' includes "[[Memories]]" by Weezer, as well as an exclusive remixed version of "[[A Rose Is a Rose]]" by the Rentals that features Gotoh. | |||
==Media== | ==Media== | ||
<youtube>gMpjSrOMgDY</youtube> | <youtube>gMpjSrOMgDY</youtube> | ||