Boris is tagged as: drone, stoner rock, sludge, doom metal, experimental Boris is a Japanese musical group formed in 1992 in Tokyo. As of 2010, their lineup consists of: Atsuo - Drums, Vocals;|Takeshi - Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals;|Wata - Lead Guitar, Vocals.|Michio Kurihara - Live session guitarist. Boris are as prolific as they are experimental. They are known to regularly switch musical genres between albums, drawing from a wildly diverse variety of musical styles including psychedelic rock, punk, sludge, doom metal, drone, pop, noise, shoegaze, ambient, and more. The band’s name is taken from a song on Melvins’ album Bullhead. 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; this was remedied when the Los Angeles-based Southern Lord label reissued the album in early 2001 along with a bonus track. 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. Nineteen ninety-eight also sa... Read More About Boris Biography...  Send Boris ringtones to your cell
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