Golden Bomber (ゴールデンボンバー, Gōrudenbonbā, abbreviated as Kinbaku (金爆), Bomber (ボンバー, Bonbā) or GB) is a Japanese visual kei "air" rock band formed in 2004 and signed to the independent label Euclid Agency (sublabel Zany Zap).
Shō Kiryūin writes the music and lyrics, and creates the arrangements with Tatsuo of Everset.
In concert, the band members don't play their instruments; instead they dance and perform and act out dramas with the aid of videos.
Akiho Minami of Japanese pop culture website Real Sound suggests this may have been influenced by Malice Mizer, whose guitarists Mana and Közi would put down their instruments and dance during certain songs.
[2] Their first two albums, The Golden J-Pops and Renai Shuukyouron, went on sale on 24 December 2007, and their first live DVD was released that same day.
In 2009, Golden Bomber had 12 consecutive one-man concerts on the 1st day of each month and performed a country-wide "4646" tour.
Through 2010 they continued putting on their one-man concerts during the "Oneman Kowai" and "Zenryoku Baka" tours, and they released 12 consecutive monthly songs on dwango.jp.
By the end of the year, Golden Bomber had received major debut offers from seven companies, but rejected them all, preferring to remain a "good-for-nothing" indie band out of consideration for feelings of their fans.
[9] In July, Golden Bomber performed at Japan Expo in Paris, France,[10] and played two live shows in Seoul, South Korea, in August.
On 18 June 2012, they released their first international album, The Golden Best, in the UK, USA, France, Germany, Taiwan, and Korea.
[16] In 2019, Golden Bomber released a song and music video titled "Reiwa" just hours after the new Japanese era's name had been officially announced.
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