Hi-Standard

Hi- Standard is a punk band from Japan which was founded in 1991. The members of the band are Akira Tsuneoka (恒 冈 章, Tsuneoka Akira; drums), Akihiro Namba (难 波 章 浩, Akihiro Namba; vocals and bass ) and Ken Yokoyama (横山 健, Ken Yokoyama, vocals and guitar). Hi- Standard are under the label Fat Wreck Chords under contract. In Japan, the band has also released publications on Ken Yokoyama's own record label Pizza of Death Records, among others, Husking Bee. The lyrics are contrary to the punk cliché most of cheerful topics. Some of their songs are " verpunkte " cover versions, for example, of the Bay City Rollers or Rainbow. Since 2000, the band is in a hiatus.

Publications

Albums

• Growing Up (1995 ) - European Version (1996 )
• Angry Fist ( 1997)
• Making The Road ( 1999)

Splits / Singles

• Split 7 "(1995) - split single with Legitimate Defonce
• Christmas Stinks (1998) - split single with WIZO
• War Is Over / Opposite Site Of The Above Album (1998)

EPs

Video / DVD

• Attack From The Far East (1996 )
• Attack From The Far East 2 (1997)
• Air Jam 2000 (2000)

Contribute to Compilations

• Shake A Move ( 1992)
• BQ JAP (1993 )
• Pull Up The Underground (1994 )
• A Tribute To Snuff II ( 1995)
• Fat Music Vol II - Survival of the fattest (1996 )
• Fat Music Vol III - Physical Fatness (1997)
• Short Music for Short People (1999)
• We Love Butchers, Butchers Bloodthursty (2000)

Documents

• Punk band
• Japanese band