MAN WITH A MISSION

Emerging from melted ice in 2010, the quintet of wolfmen known as Man with a Mission made their way to Tokyo's Shibuya district to court fans with a blend of rock, nu metal, pop-punk, and melodic pop like early-era Linkin Park colliding with Zebrahead and Billy Talent. Performing in wolf masks, the bandmembers comprise vocalist Tokyo Tanaka, bassist Kamikaze Boy, DJ Santa Monica, drummer Spear Rib, and vocalist/guitarist/English-speaking spokes-wolf Jean-Ken Johnny. As the origin story goes, the group was created in the 1900s in a lab in "Ladyland" by Dr. Jimi Hendrix, whose g...