BBQ Chickens is a Japanese hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band, created in 2000 by former Hi-Standard

Hi-Standard

Hi-Standard is a Japanese punk rock band who formed in 1991. The release Making the Road sparked sold-out Japan shows and US/European tours with punk bands such as NOFX, No Use for a Name and WIZO. Although members of Hi-Standard were Japanese born, all of the band's major releases were sung in...

 member Ken Yokoyama

Ken Yokoyama

Ken Yokoyama* Ken Yokoyama is a member of Hi-Standard, and BBQ CHICKENS.He's the founder of the punk record label, Pizza of Death Records.* Ken Yokoyama is a member of Crazy Ken Band....

. All four members have been "buddies since childhood", and convened to form the band when Ken announced the hiatus of Hi-Standard

Hi-Standard

Hi-Standard is a Japanese punk rock band who formed in 1991. The release Making the Road sparked sold-out Japan shows and US/European tours with punk bands such as NOFX, No Use for a Name and WIZO. Although members of Hi-Standard were Japanese born, all of the band's major releases were sung in...

. Since their beginning, they have released three 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 TV Music Video Awards for their video "Sick Guy/Stupid Magazine", and the year after with "Pizza of Death's Theme/Fat Boy". 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 unusal songs to cover."

Discography

Year	Title	Label
2001	Indie Rock Strikes Back	Pizza of Death Pizza of Death Records Pizza of Death is a Japanese record label based in Tokyo, Japan, and was founded by Hi-Standard front man Ken Yokoyama. It was created in 1994 as a record label inside a record label , and officially established itself as fully independent in 1999 with the release of Hi-Standard's Making the Road...
2002	Goodbye to your Punk Rock
2003	Fine Songs, Playing Sucks