BACK-ON

Back-On's combination of metal riffs, hip-hop poses, emo angst, and electronic atmospherics has seen them cause a stir of sorts in the Tokyo club scene since the five-piece first started gigging in 2002. It's a sound not dissimilar to big-selling contemporaries such as Rize, whose member Jesse gave Back-On their name. Back-On were originally comprised of MC Teeda, vocalist/MC Kenji03 (read as "Kenji Three"), guitarist Shu, bassist Gori, and Macchin on drums (later replaced by Icchan). Kenji03 and Gori have been friends since childhood, having attended the same primary school i...