Suchmos

Suchmos is a rock band formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in January 2013. A sextet of YONCE (vocal), HSU (bass), OK (drums), TAIKING (guitar), KCEE (DJ) and TAIHEI (keyboard), the band was inspired by rock and so-called black music such as jazz and hip-hop and got the band name form Louis Armstrong's nickname. They brought their name to the mainstream with "STAY TUNE", which was used in a TV commercial of a car model. Their sophisticated musicality as well as their street-oriented presence attracts attention and sends them to covers of fashion and culture magazines; the band towers over the leading figures of the artists from the millennial generation.