Assfort
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Assfort is a Japanese hardcore
punk
band from Tokyo
. Their musical style is fast and loud with angry, fast, undecipherable vocals.
Their style led to the music genre known as Japcore, Japanese hardcore punk music. Assfort is a seminal band in the movement along with others like Gauze
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Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. Their musical style is fast and loud with angry, fast, undecipherable vocals.
Their style led to the music genre known as Japcore, Japanese hardcore punk music. Assfort is a seminal band in the movement along with others like Gauze
Gauze (band)
Gauze is a hardcore–punk band from Japan. Since their formation in 1981, Gauze has been a major influence in both the Japanese hardcore scene, and the underground hardcore scene around the world...
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Discography
- Five Knuckle Shuffle (album) (1991)
- The Unlimited Variety of Noises (1992)
- Ejacolation (1995)
- Bark Up The Wrong Tree (1996)
- P.K.O. (1996)