Abingdon Boys School

Abingdon Boys School (short ABS ) is a Japanese band. The members are singer Takanori Nishikawa, the guitarist Sunao and Hiroshi Shibasaki, and the responsible for keyboard and Programming Toshiyuki Kishi. Founded as the J- pop and J - rock band in 2005.

The concept is based on the idea of a school band, which is why the outfit a school uniform equivalent. The name comes from one boy boarding school in Oxfordshire in the UK. The basic idea is that a school band is not subject to the constraints of the music market and therefore can have more freedom and creativity. The design was completely taken over by Takanori Nishikawa.

Officially, there is no band leader. All members contribute equally at. This is due to, among other things, that all are the same age and bring due to their vast experience also has its own style.

Even before their debut in December 2006, it had produced a single title for the Tribute albums from Nana and Buck -Tick.

Biography

2005 Abingdon Boys School was founded. Back in March, she wore a song for the anime series Nana at, as the title track for the Howling Darker than Black anime series from the year 2007. Due to the success they decided at once with a song for the Buck -Tick Tribute album to continue.

The official debut of the band was announced by Sony in September 2006. The same day released single Innocent Sorrow, the D.Gray -Man also served as the opening for the anime, reached the 4th place on the Oricon charts. Also published in the following May 's second single was used for an anime.

Their third single, which was used as the title for the game Folk Soul, was published shortly before their appearance at the Live Earth concert in Chiba, which was also broadcast in Germany.