Cool Joke is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band formed in 2001. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Hiroya Ishikawa, guitarist Suguru Asabatake and drummer Hiroyuki Saitō. In addition to Ishikawa, Asabatake and Saitō, the band originally featured bassist Keita Hayashi. However, Hayashi left the band in 2006. They performed under the Sony Music Japan Records label, but currently they are under the high numbers dream indie label. During their time as an indie band, their activity was centered in the Fukui prefecture

Fukui Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...

 area. They are now performing on a national level, and one of their songs, UNDO, has been used as the third opening theme song for the popular Anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 TV show, Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist

, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...

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Albums

• [2005.10.26] Cool Joke
• [2006.03.31] No.1
• [2008.11.12] Reality
• [2010.07.28] King of Joke

Singles

• [2003.06.01] Cool Joke
• [2003.08.01] Akatsuki no Rock n'Roll
• [2004.05.12] Undo
• [2004.08.18] Ai no chikara
• [2005.01.19] OK, full throtle
• [2005.09.21] Sekai Wa Kimi No Te No Naka Ni, Hikari Wa Uta No Naka Ni
• [2007.07.06] Kachou fuugetsu (Digital single)
• [2010.04.07] King of Joke (Digital single)
• [2010.05.06] Puka Puka (Digital single)

External links

• Official blog
• ListenJapan Cool Joke section