Chatmonchy

The Japanese girl rock band Chatmonchy (its name is gibberish) began scoring on the national charts in 2005, their success credited, to a large part, to the songs they wrote for anime series, including the popular teen favorite Bleach. The group formally dates back to 2000, when it included the guitarist/vocalist Eriko Hashimoto and five other school kids, all of whom left in 2002 because of the exams. Hashimoto then teamed up with her classmate Akiko Fukuoka (bass), and in 2004 they became trio with the inclusion of the drummer Kumiko Takahashi (prior to that, they also had a...