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Japan (1992 – present)
Boris formed in 1992 and consists of:
Takeshi - bass, rhythm guitar, vocals, chugging
Wata - lead guitar, vocals, amp-peeking
Atsuo - drums, vocals, woo-ing
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, chugging
Wata - lead guitar, vocals, amp-peeking
Atsuo - drums, vocals, woo-ing
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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Akuma No Uta
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Heavy Rocks
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Smile
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Ackibear wrote:
I can hear Boris with Michio Kurihara songs underneath the "drone" disc of Dronevil. Now I can't stop hearing or thinking about those songs.
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hibernative wrote:
i would have if she said it was dual effusion she was moving to.
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Ackibear wrote:
v fuckin' lol'd.
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
how naughty is your weiner?
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XXITheWorld wrote:
Merry Christmas :D
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Mikamoto wrote:
Thirded.
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GrayChild wrote:
Merry Christmas fellow Boris shoutboxers! [2]
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optimistic_tour wrote:
Merry Christmas fellow Boris shoutboxers!
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Abroxas wrote:
I like the explanation of the Flood metapher expressed through the single parts.
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Ackibear wrote:
Just reviewed and upped Flood on my blog. I hope you bors think I did it justice.
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tonypatterson wrote:
If I search on this site for Boris the first result is 'Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin". What can we do about this? Hope everyone is having a great xmas :)
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blessedmessina wrote:
Merry Christmas, bo)))rs!
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
Happy Holidays, d00ds.
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Ackibear wrote:
Yay! I make christmas songs now! :P
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StarCoreA wrote:
happy xmas bo)))rs!! p.s. @Ackibear: Blackie Young was one of my first tracks on christmas day!
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Ackibear wrote:
Happy holidays to you too, HilariousBeard and other bors. Have a great day!
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blessedmessina wrote:
any black sabbath pplzes in hurr? oh, and happy satanmas eve
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HilariousBeard wrote:
happy holidays fellow bors
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Funeral_Opolis wrote:
Boris with John Zorn would be amazing. Let's make it happen. Write to your congressman.
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Clitasaurus wrote:
<3 John Zorn on sax would be pretty fucking cool.
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01.01.10 NYE after hours with Boris at m2.
M2 Ultra Lounge, new york, ny, New York, United States
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Groovalicious: Boris, Do en Wicked Jazz Sounds
Metropool, Hengelo, Netherlands
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The Groovalicious Tour
Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen, Netherlands
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