BBQ Chickens

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| origin = Japan

| genre = {{hlist|Hardcore punk|thrashcore|crossover thrash}}

| years_active = 2000-present

| label = Pizza of Death Records

| associated_acts = Hi-Standard

| current_members = Ken Yokoyama
Andrew
Iso
Hongolian

| past_members = Hatano

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BBQ Chickens (often stylized as BBQ CHICKENS) is a Japanese hardcore punk band, created in 2000 by former Hi-Standard member Ken Yokoyama. All four members have been "buddies since childhood",{{cite web |url=http://www.pizzaofdeath.com/bands/bbq/bbq_e.html |title=BBQ Chickens |publisher=pizzaofdeath.com |accessdate=2010-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701084258/http://www.pizzaofdeath.com/bands/bbq/bbq_e.html |archivedate=2011-07-01 }} and convened to form the band when Ken announced the hiatus of Hi-Standard. Since their beginning, they have released five studio albums, and have enjoyed unexpected success in different forms. Their first album, Indie Rock Strikes Back, sold upwards of 85,000 copies and rocketed them onto the Japanese punk scene, where they played several sold out shows. BBQ Chickens later won the award for "Best Alternative Video" during the 2002 Space Shower Music Video Awards for their video "Sick Guy/Stupid Magazine", and the year after with "Pizza of Death's Theme/Fat Boy".:ja:SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards, Retrieved 2010-07-17{{Circular reference|date=September 2015}} BBQ Chickens' third album, Fine Songs, Playing Sucks, was a cover album, and was noted by the idea that it was a "selection of most unusual songs to cover."

Discography

Members

  • Hongolian – vocals (2000–present)
  • Ken Yokoyama – guitar, backing vocals (2000–present)
  • Iso – bass (2000–present)
  • Andrew – drums (2009–present)

See also

References

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  • [http://www.pizzaofdeath.com/ Pizza of Death Records]

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Category:Japanese punk rock groups