Boredoms

One of the most adventurous bands on the planet, Osaka, Japan's Boredoms are rarely easy to take, but -- especially on their later records -- they're also sublime and monumentally powerful. Led by the indefatigable Eye Yamatsuka (later Yamantaka Eye, or simply EYE), they smash every preconception of what rock music is supposed to be like into splinters, and then build a palace out of them.

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