25 years after their formation and a decade after their disbandment, rap-rock band
SUKEBO-KING (aka
SBK) have announced that they will restart activities.
In a group message on their new
official website, the members explained that while they were all active with various other projects for the past ten years, they began to notice that fans loved their work and attitude as
SBK far more than
they imagined. To try to understand why that was, they looked back on some of their old live footage and other works, which eventually inspired them to officially revive the band.
The members are currently holding studio sessions together and rearranging tracks to prepare for live shows, and they have stated that they will be announcing performances in the near future. Fans can keep an eye on their new
Twitter,
Instagram and
Facebook accounts for more updates.
An influential band in Japan's "mixture rock" (rap-rock/nu-metal) scene,
SBK's sound blends together rock and hip-hop, as well as genres like house and techno. The band consists of high-voiced frontman and guitarist
SHIGEO, low-voiced
MC and keyboard player
SHUN, bassist
MASH and DJ
SHUYA. They are perhaps best known for their
Episode series, six collaboration songs with
Dragon Ash that were spread across both bands' albums.
SHIGEO has also been part of some other high-profile side projects with the members of
Dragon Ash over the years, including frontman
Kj and DJ
BOTS' hip-hop supergroup
Steady&Co. and the dance-rock band
ATOM ON SPHERE with drummer
Makoto Sakurai.
