Maximum the Hormone

If ever there was a band that was an enigma, it would be Maximum the Hormone. On the one hand, they are a brutally heavy hardcore punk band, full of blistering beats and Cookie Monster guttural screaming. On the other hand, they are just as poppy and melodic as your typical Musume idol. Almost every song walks the line...no, that's not right. They absolutely pummel the two genres together into a battered and bruised terror that destroys everything in its path, all while smiling and having a pretty good time of it. While they are at their core a hardcore punk band, they constantly mix things up with nu-metal riffs and candy-coated girly vocals from drummer Nawo. For every incoherent scream there is a pristinely melodic chorus or harmony.

Formed in 1998, MtH finalized its line-up in 2001. They are brother and sister Ryo on guitar and "singing" vocals and Nawo on drums and backing vocals, with Daisuke on the screaming vocals and Uehara on the Flea-inspirited bass. They have had a surprising amount of success on the Japanese charts. This is due entirely to their latest album Buiikikaesu, which contained the top ten single for "Koi no Megalover," and itself hit number five on the album charts. This, in turn, was largely do to the band having two singles in both the opening and ending to the incredibly popular anime series Death Note.

MtH will be hitting western shores for the first time as part of the Dropkick Murphys tour which kicks of at the end of February 2008 and runs into March. Check the calendar for more info. Do everything you can to get to one of those shows!


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Koi no Megalover




Official Site

Members
Daisuke Tsuda - Vocals (the screamer)
Ryo Kawakita - Vocals (the singer) and Guitar
Nawo Kawakita - Drums
Uehara Futoshi - bass

A.S.A. Crew (8/1999)
Ootori (Hou) (2/2001)
Mimi Kajiru (10/2002)
Kusoban (1/2004)
Rokkinpo Goroshi (3/2005)
Buiikikaesu (3/2007)

Zetsubo Billy


What's Up People? (Death Note OP)