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The roots of High and Mighty Color emerged via a Metallica cover band that played the clubs of Okinawa in the early 2000s, entertaining the soldiers of the (in)famous U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island. The core members of H&MC, Meg and Sassy, met through this band and started working together. Playing Western rock covers helped them to develop an understanding of modern Anglo-American rock, and soon they decided to extend their repertoire and started writing their own songs. By that time they also filled the remaining positions in the group, although screamo vocalist Yuusuke took four months to be convinced to join. The bandmembers picked the amusing moniker of Anti-Nobunaga, signed to a small label, and began to expand their touring geography. Their work paid off in 2003, when they were spotted by a music scout from Sony at a rock festival in Okinawa. They were signed to a subsidiary of Sony, but moreover, the scout, who had seen Maki perform at another festival durin...