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Japan (1992 – present)
Boris formed in 1992 and consists of:
Takeshi - bass, rhythm guitar, vocals
Wata - lead guitar
Atsuo - drums, vocals
Boris are known to regularly switch musical genres between albums. Drawing from a wide variety of musical styles including psychedelic rock, punk, sludge, doom, minimalism, drone and more. Boris takes its name from a song on Bullhead by Melvins.
They made their first recorded appearance on an obscure 1994 compilation entitled Take Care of Scabbard Fish, released only in Japan and now out of print. Absolutego, their full-length debut, came out in 1996 on the band’s own Fangs Anal Satan imprint but was unavailable in the U.S. for years, a situation that was remedied when the Los Angeles-based Southern Lord label reissued the album in early 2001 along with a bonus track and new packaging.
Their next album, Amplifier Worship, came out on the Mangrove label in 1998 and was also unavailable in the U.S. for several years; San Francisco’s Man’s Ruin had planned to reissue it in the fall of 2001, but the label folded before that could happen. 1998 also saw the release of the Boris/Keiji Haino collaboration, a live disc entitled Black: Implication Flooding, which came out on Japan’s Inoxia Records.
Takeshi - bass, rhythm guitar, vocals
Wata - lead guitar
Atsuo - drums, vocals
Boris are known to regularly switch musical genres between albums. Drawing from a wide variety of musical styles including psychedelic rock, punk, sludge, doom, minimalism, drone and more. Boris takes its name from a song on Bullhead by Melvins.
They made their first recorded appearance on an obscure 1994 compilation entitled Take Care of Scabbard Fish, released only in Japan and now out of print. Absolutego, their full-length debut, came out in 1996 on the band’s own Fangs Anal Satan imprint but was unavailable in the U.S. for years, a situation that was remedied when the Los Angeles-based Southern Lord label reissued the album in early 2001 along with a bonus track and new packaging.
Their next album, Amplifier Worship, came out on the Mangrove label in 1998 and was also unavailable in the U.S. for several years; San Francisco’s Man’s Ruin had planned to reissue it in the fall of 2001, but the label folded before that could happen. 1998 also saw the release of the Boris/Keiji Haino collaboration, a live disc entitled Black: Implication Flooding, which came out on Japan’s Inoxia Records.
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Pink
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Heavy Rocks
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Akuma No Uta
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Smile
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Woman on the Screen
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My Machine
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Nothing Special
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Shoutbox
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Ackibear wrote:
@StuartofFeather: I only realised they toured here back in 07 the other night, but I was angry too. I only became a fan in 2008, so I was pissed too.
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
"at last-Insane Butter, Burgers, Babes, and Boris-" I lol'd.
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HilariousBeard wrote:
at last -Insane Butter, Burgers, Babes, and Boris-
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StuartofFeather wrote:
@Ackibear I missed out on the Sunn O))) & Boris tour in 07, I was pissed. If they tour here but not in Perth I'm flying to the Eastern states just for them.
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
i shall
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blessedmessina wrote:
just cos it's wata
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blessedmessina wrote:
Lyrics typed by me from the back of vol. 3 for 16:47:52......and hear nothing - check my blog now
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Ackibear wrote:
I don't get it? D:
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/dark_legions/journal/2009/11/20/36d3wr_metal_orthodoxy_and_why_i_like_it greatest read of all time.
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Ackibear wrote:
wat
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
BORIS IS NOT ORTHODOX METAL, DIDN'T YOU SEE DARK_LEGIONS JOURNAL?!
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Ackibear wrote:
At the time when I completely hated all metalheads and thought of them all as close-minded fucks, Boris showed me there's still good in this world. I still don't listen to much metal, but Boris will be by-far my favourite metal band ever.
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
also, I think I was 16 when I started listening to Boris. they broke me out of pure metalhead elitist stage.
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Ackibear wrote:
I got into Britpop and indie music when I was 13-14, as well as progressive metal like Dream Theater, then it all went to shit and I started listening to things like Melt-Banana, MONO, and Koenjihyakkei. God knows what I'll be into by the time I'm 18...
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
Yeah, they do have the lyrics on them. I'll post them whenever my vol. 3 gets here, but I'm sure it's already lurking around the interwebs, somewhere...
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uncle_gabby wrote:
I heard someone was asking me for insane translation butter, but I think the lyrics for all the Japanese Heavy Rocks songs are on the LP sleeves. I wouldn't want to screw up pre-translated-by-fangsanalsatan "word of God" type shit, so I'm gonna leave it alone. Incidentally, I saw that the new Feedbacker vinyl has the English translation of the lyrics written on it, and I wasn't too far off. Insane Butter, Burgers, Babes, and Boris.
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blessedmessina wrote:
...it's pretty dry musically...we had janis joplin and pimp c. thank satan i live in austin now
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blessedmessina wrote:
holy shit, Ackibear...i never noticed you were 16. kudos on having such a familiarity with a band like boris at yer age. when i was 16, i was just getting into brit-pop and indie music. don't ever live in southeast texas, ya'll
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Ackibear wrote:
I'm going to be really pissed if Boris ever tours Australia in the next 2 years and they make their concerts 18+. (Doubt they'll come anyway, but I can dream.)
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Jan* wrote:
@the_sp00n i don't know if you implied to quote the dutch guy cos that ain't him ;p he's less manly more "white" soul shizzle. But yeah really annoying to see those gigs pop up while it's not the "boris"
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Radio Slave
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Inside Festival
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- Nov 28 2 year anniversary of AQUATIC with Boris The POOL at Harrah's, Atlantic City, NJ, United States
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