銀杏BOYZ
銀杏BOYZ (Ging Nang Boyz) is a legendary Japanese punk band, and the successo… Read Full Bio ↴銀杏BOYZ (Ging Nang Boyz) is a legendary Japanese punk band, and the successor to the members' previous band GOING STEADY. Similar to the former band, the main themes in 銀杏BOYZ's music are love and boredom; their style is often referred to as 「青春パンク」, which translates to "youth punk". As the genre implies, the majority of the band's fanbase consists of young adolescents.
銀杏BOYZ was formed in early 2003 by vocalist/guitarist 峯田和伸 (Mineta Kazunobu) shortly after the breakup of his band GOING STEADY, who called it quits just before the beginning of a major national tour. The very first recording made under the name was an a cappella cover of the エレファントカシマシ song 「悲しみの果て」 for the 2003 tribute album 『花男』. Mineta recruited GOING STEADY alumni 安孫子真哉 (Abiko Shinya) and 村井守 (Murai Mamoru) to play bass and drums respectively in the new band, as well as guitarist チン中村 (Chin Nakamura) of fellow Japanese punkers Derangements and BOYS NOW. Between 2003 to 2004, the band held constant live performances while working on new music in the studio. The result was two full-length albums, 『君と僕の第三次世界大戦的恋愛革命』 and 『DOOR』, which were released on the same day, 15 January 2005 (coinciding with the 27th birthday of Murai). The albums reached number 6 and 7 on the Oricon Ranking Chart, a major success for an indie band. The band then started a nationwide tour, but due to several injuries and bone fractions caused by the members' highly energized performances, many tour dates were postponed. When performing at the annual Rock in Japan Festival that year, Mineta was brought in by the police for public indecency. Such incidents were not uncommon for the band, with Mineta being arrested again and fined for nudity during a performance in Taiwan.
In 2006, Mineta and Nakamura formed a side-project named 敏感少年隊 (Binkan Shonen-Tai) and released the single 「サウンドオブ下北沢」. In 2007, 銀杏BOYZ released the 「僕たちは世界を変えることができない」 DVD, consisting of concert and documentary footage, for which a single 「僕たちは世界を変えることができない」 (written by Mineta and Nakamura) was recorded by the unit 「峯田和伸とシックスナインズ」 (Mineta Kazunobu and the Sixty-Nines). The band also released the singles 「あいどんわなだい」 and 「光」, vinyl reissues of their first two albums, and two books entitled 『GING NANG SHOCK!』. The band made two separate trips to the US around this time, during which they worked on releasing the 『Libido』 EP with Phat 'n' Phunky Records (a label run by Bob Vielma of the band Shinobu), performed an impromptu set as a three-piece at 924 Gilman St., and performed again as a four-piece in San Jose at the Cuddle Space. In 2008, the band recorded a cover of 南沙織's 「17才」 as the theme song for the film 『俺たちに明日はないッス』, also releasing 「17才」 as their third single. That same year, 銀杏BOYZ's songs 「漂流教室」 and 「銀河鉄道の夜 第二章 ～ジョバンニに伝えよ、ここにいるよと～」 (a new song that was unreleased at the time) were featured on 『DO! TOKYO HEART』 TV commercials starring actress 宮崎あおい (with the band members also appearing). Mineta wrote the music on the entirety of 板尾創路's 2008 mini-album 『ミュージック』 and appeared on the Kebab Records compilation 『ニャンでもない日には』 in 2009, contributing the acoustic song 「朝立ち」. He also collaborated with TV writer 倉本美津留 on the theme music for the web drama 『Out of Focus』, which was released as the single 「つたわり/つたわれ!」; the song 「つたわれ!」 also featured the other three members of 銀杏BOYZ. Although 銀杏BOYZ releases, live performances and tours became more and more infrequent over the following years, the band began recording their follow-up to 『君と僕の第三次世界大戦的恋愛革命』 and 『DOOR』 in 2009.
Mineta became more prominent as an actor around this time, following up his leading role in the 2003 film 『アイデン&ティティ』 with appearances in 『グミ・チョコレート・パイン』 (2007), 『色即ぜねれいしょん』 (2009), and 『USB』 (2009). 銀杏BOYZ also recorded theme songs for two more films: 『少年メリケンサック』 (2009) and 『ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン』 (2010), the former of which included all four 銀杏BOYZ members in small roles, and the latter featuring Mineta as the lead. The song 「ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン」 which 銀杏BOYZ recorded for the film of the same name was released as their fourth single. The band also worked on the music for the 2010 play 『裏切りの街』; its 2016 film adaptation used the band's fifth single 「ピンクローター」--which they recorded for the play--as its theme song. The music 銀杏BOYZ contributed to the 『裏切りの街』 play as part of a unit dubbed 「銀杏BOYZと壊れたバイブレーターズ」 (Ging Nang Boyz and the Kowareta Vibrators) was released as the album 『SEX CITY 〜セックスしたい〜』. The band recorded a cover of 遠藤ミチロウ's 「JUST LIKE A BOY」 for the tribute album 『ロマンチスト〜THE STALIN・遠藤ミチロウTribute Album〜』 in 2010. However, 銀杏BOYZ fell into a period of silence after their 2011 「スメルズ・ライク・ア・ヴァージン・ツアー」 ("Smells Like a Virgin Tour") in order to finish their new albums.
Nakamura left 銀杏BOYZ in the summer of 2012, and Abiko followed suit in the spring of 2013. The departure of both members was not publicly revealed until November of 2013; five days afterward, the band suddenly announced that they would be releasing two new albums--『光のなかに立っていてね』 and 『BEACH』--on 15 January 2014, the ninth anniversary of the release of their first two albums. Just before the release of the albums, in December of 2013, Murai also announced that he had left the band. The new albums reached number 2 and 4 on the Oricon Chart. The studio album 『光のなかに立っていてね』, composed largely of re-recordings of those singles released by 銀杏BOYZ in the previous seven years alongside new material, was noted for the unprecedented stylistic shift in the band's sound that it exhibited. Utilising heavily programmed instrumentation that was handled mostly by Nakamura and Abiko, as well as polished and refined production, the band underplayed the raw punk sound previously associated with 銀杏BOYZ in favour of contemporary and classic J-pop influences, especially conveyed by the emphasis on Mineta's vocals in the album's mix. Its companion 『BEACH』, labelled a "live remix album", contrastingly featured loud, noisy live recordings of past 銀杏BOYZ shows (many of which were sourced from the 2011 「スメルズ・ライク・ア・ヴァージン」 Tour) altered by digital programming handled entirely by Abiko, who also mixed the album. Following the release of 『光のなかに立っていてね』 and 『BEACH』, Mineta began performing regularly under the 銀杏BOYZ name as a solo acoustic act. Nakamura completed his Buddhist monk training and moved to a vegetable farm--now the entirely family-owned Suo Oshima Nakamura Farm--with his wife and children. Meanwhile, Abiko founded the independent record label KiliKiliVilla where he serves as the label's "director", also becoming a father around this time while signing, producing and releasing records by young Japanese indie rock bands such as SEVENTEEN AGAiN, NOT WONK, LEARNERS and CAR10. Murai is working on non-musical creative ventures, specifically at a TV company as an associate producer.
Although he had not appeared in any acting roles since 2010, Mineta's acting career seemed to continue just as 銀杏BOYZ returned; he had a lead role in the play 『母に欲す』 (2014), appeared in several episodes of the NHK drama 『植物男子ベランダー』 (2015-2016) and the final episode of Fuji TV's 『恋仲』 (2015), collaborated again with director 田口トモロヲ on the film 『ピース オブ ケイク』 (2015), and finally, played the lead on the TV drama 『奇跡の人』 (2016). Mineta's first recording under the 銀杏BOYZ name after the departure of the other members was a cover of THE BLUE HEARTS' 「TOO MUCH PAIN」, which was featured on a tribute album accompanying some editions of THE BLUE HEARTS' 30th anniversary greatest hits album 『ALL TIME MEMORIALS ~SUPER SELECTED SONGS~』. Aside from 銀杏BOYZ's music, Mineta worked as the supervisor of the 2014 compilation album 『どついたるねん BEST HITS』 by the band どついたるねん, and was featured on the song 「ポコロンチャ」 from the album. As part of his role in the film 『ピース オブ ケイク』, Mineta contributed to the film's original soundtrack and was featured on the 大友良英-written theme song for the film 「ピース オブ ケイク -愛を叫ぼう-」 alongside pop star 加藤ミリヤ, for which he performed in a music video. Mineta also wrote, played on, acted in the music video for, and participated in live performances of the song 「骨」 from 安藤裕子's 2016 album 『頂き物』. Mineta recorded his own version of the song for the closing credits of 『奇跡の人』 (2016), and has since added the song to the setlist for 銀杏BOYZ live performances. Additionally, Mineta was one of the writers of the song 「言ったじゃないか」 by male idol group 関ジャニ∞, released as a single in 2014. A 銀杏BOYZ photobook entitled 『純血』 was released on 15 January 2015--the tenth anniversary of the band's first two albums--featuring photos taken of the band by 村井香 from 2003 to 2014.
For their performance at RUSH BALL 2015 on 30 August 2015, 銀杏BOYZ appeared for the first time as a full band since the departure of Nakamura, Abiko and Murai, with Mineta being backed by support musicians 藤原寛 (Fujiwara Hiroshi) and 後藤大樹 (Goto Hiroki), both from the bands Andymori and AL, as well as 菊地椋介 (Kikuchi Keisuke) from さよなら、また今度ね. In January of 2016, 銀杏BOYZ (Mineta performing solo) embarked on their first tour since 2011, with two new releases following in March and April: the first of them was a DVD/Blu-ray set, 『愛地獄』 (Ai Jigoku), which includes footage from the band's performance at the 2008 Rising Sun Rock Festival, one of Mineta's solo sets in Fukushima in 2015, and the final live appearance of the four original members at the end of the 2011 「スメルズ・ライク・ア・ヴァージン」 Tour. 『愛地獄』 also had a limited run in theaters, and the DVD/Blu-ray release features commentary by Mineta and Murai. 銀杏BOYZ then released the 「生きたい」 ("Ikitai") single which is intended to act as the third part in a trilogy consisting of the band's previous songs 「人間」 and 「光」. Mineta was backed on the single by Fujiwara, Goto and 山本幹宗 (Yamamoto Kanji) from The Cigavettes, replacing Kikuchi. 銀杏BOYZ's festival appearances in mid-2016 at the Arabaki Rock Fest, Viva La Rock and the 「こんがりおんがく祭」 further utilised the support band of Fujiwara, Goto and Yamamoto, prefacing the 「世界平和祈願ツアー」 ("Sekai Heiwa Kigan Tour") which began on June 22 and marked the band's first tour with the new lineup. The tour culminated in a special performance on August 17 entitled 「東京の銀杏好きの集まり」 at Sun Plaza in Nakano. A song Mineta contributed to the radio show 『エレ片のコント太郎』 entitled 「キラキラいいにおい」 (which has been used as the show's ending theme from 2006 up until 2014) was featured as a bonus track on DJやついいちろう's album 『YATSUI MATOME』, released on June 8. As a bonus CD single, 銀杏BOYZ's song 「骨」 accompanied the first pressing of the DVD box set of 『奇跡の人』, released on October 26.
In September of 2016, Mineta was announced as part of the cast of NHK's new weekday morning drama 『ひよっこ』 ("Hiyokko"). Three new titles from 銀杏BOYZ were released on 7 December 2016. Among them was a tribute album entitled 『きれいなひとりぼっちたち』 ("Kireina Hitori Bocchitachi", or "Beautiful Lonely People"), consisting of 13 different artists covering 銀杏BOYZ songs including YUKI, GOING UNDER GROUND, THE COLLECTORS, サンボマスター (Sambomaster), ミツメ (Mitsume), and others. 『ファーストアルバム』 ("First Album"), a photobook, was also released; it compiles photos from the "girl portrait" shoots by photographer 川島小鳥 (Kawashima Kotori) from which the cover and booklet artwork of almost every 銀杏BOYZ release since the 2007 「あいどんわなだい」 ("I Don't Wanna Die") single were sourced. Finally, also available from December 7 was a 「ムック」 ("mook", or magazine-book hybrid) entitled 『銀杏BOYZぴあ』 ("Ging Nang Boyz Pia"), documenting the activities of 銀杏BOYZ since January of 2014.
On 15 February 2017, 銀杏BOYZ released a singles collection cassette tape entitled 『ラストラーダ』 ("La Strada"). After announcing three tour dates across May and June, 銀杏BOYZ revealed that they would be holding a live event on 13 October 2017 under the title 「日本の銀杏好きの集まり」 at the legendary Nippon Budokan arena. In the lead-up to the event, 銀杏BOYZ released three singles across July, August and September: 「エンジェルベイビー」 ("Angel Baby") on 26 July; 「骨」 ("Hone") on August 30; and 「恋は永遠」 ("Koi wa Eien") on September 27. 『ひよっこ』 ("Hiyokko") began its 156-episode long run on 3 April, with Mineta in a prominent supporting role as 小祝宗男, the uncle of the protagonist. 銀杏BOYZ's Tokyo date on 28 May saw the band debuting a new support lineup, with 加藤綾太 (Katou Ryouta) from ポニーテールスクライム and 2 playing guitar (in addition to Mineta and Yamamoto), and 岡山健二 (Okayama Kenji) from classicus and andymori replacing 後藤大樹 (Hiroki Goto) on drums (as he had, coincidentally, done previously in andymori).
銀杏BOYZ was formed in early 2003 by vocalist/guitarist 峯田和伸 (Mineta Kazunobu) shortly after the breakup of his band GOING STEADY, who called it quits just before the beginning of a major national tour. The very first recording made under the name was an a cappella cover of the エレファントカシマシ song 「悲しみの果て」 for the 2003 tribute album 『花男』. Mineta recruited GOING STEADY alumni 安孫子真哉 (Abiko Shinya) and 村井守 (Murai Mamoru) to play bass and drums respectively in the new band, as well as guitarist チン中村 (Chin Nakamura) of fellow Japanese punkers Derangements and BOYS NOW. Between 2003 to 2004, the band held constant live performances while working on new music in the studio. The result was two full-length albums, 『君と僕の第三次世界大戦的恋愛革命』 and 『DOOR』, which were released on the same day, 15 January 2005 (coinciding with the 27th birthday of Murai). The albums reached number 6 and 7 on the Oricon Ranking Chart, a major success for an indie band. The band then started a nationwide tour, but due to several injuries and bone fractions caused by the members' highly energized performances, many tour dates were postponed. When performing at the annual Rock in Japan Festival that year, Mineta was brought in by the police for public indecency. Such incidents were not uncommon for the band, with Mineta being arrested again and fined for nudity during a performance in Taiwan.
In 2006, Mineta and Nakamura formed a side-project named 敏感少年隊 (Binkan Shonen-Tai) and released the single 「サウンドオブ下北沢」. In 2007, 銀杏BOYZ released the 「僕たちは世界を変えることができない」 DVD, consisting of concert and documentary footage, for which a single 「僕たちは世界を変えることができない」 (written by Mineta and Nakamura) was recorded by the unit 「峯田和伸とシックスナインズ」 (Mineta Kazunobu and the Sixty-Nines). The band also released the singles 「あいどんわなだい」 and 「光」, vinyl reissues of their first two albums, and two books entitled 『GING NANG SHOCK!』. The band made two separate trips to the US around this time, during which they worked on releasing the 『Libido』 EP with Phat 'n' Phunky Records (a label run by Bob Vielma of the band Shinobu), performed an impromptu set as a three-piece at 924 Gilman St., and performed again as a four-piece in San Jose at the Cuddle Space. In 2008, the band recorded a cover of 南沙織's 「17才」 as the theme song for the film 『俺たちに明日はないッス』, also releasing 「17才」 as their third single. That same year, 銀杏BOYZ's songs 「漂流教室」 and 「銀河鉄道の夜 第二章 ～ジョバンニに伝えよ、ここにいるよと～」 (a new song that was unreleased at the time) were featured on 『DO! TOKYO HEART』 TV commercials starring actress 宮崎あおい (with the band members also appearing). Mineta wrote the music on the entirety of 板尾創路's 2008 mini-album 『ミュージック』 and appeared on the Kebab Records compilation 『ニャンでもない日には』 in 2009, contributing the acoustic song 「朝立ち」. He also collaborated with TV writer 倉本美津留 on the theme music for the web drama 『Out of Focus』, which was released as the single 「つたわり/つたわれ!」; the song 「つたわれ!」 also featured the other three members of 銀杏BOYZ. Although 銀杏BOYZ releases, live performances and tours became more and more infrequent over the following years, the band began recording their follow-up to 『君と僕の第三次世界大戦的恋愛革命』 and 『DOOR』 in 2009.
Mineta became more prominent as an actor around this time, following up his leading role in the 2003 film 『アイデン&ティティ』 with appearances in 『グミ・チョコレート・パイン』 (2007), 『色即ぜねれいしょん』 (2009), and 『USB』 (2009). 銀杏BOYZ also recorded theme songs for two more films: 『少年メリケンサック』 (2009) and 『ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン』 (2010), the former of which included all four 銀杏BOYZ members in small roles, and the latter featuring Mineta as the lead. The song 「ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン」 which 銀杏BOYZ recorded for the film of the same name was released as their fourth single. The band also worked on the music for the 2010 play 『裏切りの街』; its 2016 film adaptation used the band's fifth single 「ピンクローター」--which they recorded for the play--as its theme song. The music 銀杏BOYZ contributed to the 『裏切りの街』 play as part of a unit dubbed 「銀杏BOYZと壊れたバイブレーターズ」 (Ging Nang Boyz and the Kowareta Vibrators) was released as the album 『SEX CITY 〜セックスしたい〜』. The band recorded a cover of 遠藤ミチロウ's 「JUST LIKE A BOY」 for the tribute album 『ロマンチスト〜THE STALIN・遠藤ミチロウTribute Album〜』 in 2010. However, 銀杏BOYZ fell into a period of silence after their 2011 「スメルズ・ライク・ア・ヴァージン・ツアー」 ("Smells Like a Virgin Tour") in order to finish their new albums.
Nakamura left 銀杏BOYZ in the summer of 2012, and Abiko followed suit in the spring of 2013. The departure of both members was not publicly revealed until November of 2013; five days afterward, the band suddenly announced that they would be releasing two new albums--『光のなかに立っていてね』 and 『BEACH』--on 15 January 2014, the ninth anniversary of the release of their first two albums. Just before the release of the albums, in December of 2013, Murai also announced that he had left the band. The new albums reached number 2 and 4 on the Oricon Chart. The studio album 『光のなかに立っていてね』, composed largely of re-recordings of those singles released by 銀杏BOYZ in the previous seven years alongside new material, was noted for the unprecedented stylistic shift in the band's sound that it exhibited. Utilising heavily programmed instrumentation that was handled mostly by Nakamura and Abiko, as well as polished and refined production, the band underplayed the raw punk sound previously associated with 銀杏BOYZ in favour of contemporary and classic J-pop influences, especially conveyed by the emphasis on Mineta's vocals in the album's mix. Its companion 『BEACH』, labelled a "live remix album", contrastingly featured loud, noisy live recordings of past 銀杏BOYZ shows (many of which were sourced from the 2011 「スメルズ・ライク・ア・ヴァージン」 Tour) altered by digital programming handled entirely by Abiko, who also mixed the album. Following the release of 『光のなかに立っていてね』 and 『BEACH』, Mineta began performing regularly under the 銀杏BOYZ name as a solo acoustic act. Nakamura completed his Buddhist monk training and moved to a vegetable farm--now the entirely family-owned Suo Oshima Nakamura Farm--with his wife and children. Meanwhile, Abiko founded the independent record label KiliKiliVilla where he serves as the label's "director", also becoming a father around this time while signing, producing and releasing records by young Japanese indie rock bands such as SEVENTEEN AGAiN, NOT WONK, LEARNERS and CAR10. Murai is working on non-musical creative ventures, specifically at a TV company as an associate producer.
Although he had not appeared in any acting roles since 2010, Mineta's acting career seemed to continue just as 銀杏BOYZ returned; he had a lead role in the play 『母に欲す』 (2014), appeared in several episodes of the NHK drama 『植物男子ベランダー』 (2015-2016) and the final episode of Fuji TV's 『恋仲』 (2015), collaborated again with director 田口トモロヲ on the film 『ピース オブ ケイク』 (2015), and finally, played the lead on the TV drama 『奇跡の人』 (2016). Mineta's first recording under the 銀杏BOYZ name after the departure of the other members was a cover of THE BLUE HEARTS' 「TOO MUCH PAIN」, which was featured on a tribute album accompanying some editions of THE BLUE HEARTS' 30th anniversary greatest hits album 『ALL TIME MEMORIALS ~SUPER SELECTED SONGS~』. Aside from 銀杏BOYZ's music, Mineta worked as the supervisor of the 2014 compilation album 『どついたるねん BEST HITS』 by the band どついたるねん, and was featured on the song 「ポコロンチャ」 from the album. As part of his role in the film 『ピース オブ ケイク』, Mineta contributed to the film's original soundtrack and was featured on the 大友良英-written theme song for the film 「ピース オブ ケイク -愛を叫ぼう-」 alongside pop star 加藤ミリヤ, for which he performed in a music video. Mineta also wrote, played on, acted in the music video for, and participated in live performances of the song 「骨」 from 安藤裕子's 2016 album 『頂き物』. Mineta recorded his own version of the song for the closing credits of 『奇跡の人』 (2016), and has since added the song to the setlist for 銀杏BOYZ live performances. Additionally, Mineta was one of the writers of the song 「言ったじゃないか」 by male idol group 関ジャニ∞, released as a single in 2014. A 銀杏BOYZ photobook entitled 『純血』 was released on 15 January 2015--the tenth anniversary of the band's first two albums--featuring photos taken of the band by 村井香 from 2003 to 2014.
For their performance at RUSH BALL 2015 on 30 August 2015, 銀杏BOYZ appeared for the first time as a full band since the departure of Nakamura, Abiko and Murai, with Mineta being backed by support musicians 藤原寛 (Fujiwara Hiroshi) and 後藤大樹 (Goto Hiroki), both from the bands Andymori and AL, as well as 菊地椋介 (Kikuchi Keisuke) from さよなら、また今度ね. In January of 2016, 銀杏BOYZ (Mineta performing solo) embarked on their first tour since 2011, with two new releases following in March and April: the first of them was a DVD/Blu-ray set, 『愛地獄』 (Ai Jigoku), which includes footage from the band's performance at the 2008 Rising Sun Rock Festival, one of Mineta's solo sets in Fukushima in 2015, and the final live appearance of the four original members at the end of the 2011 「スメルズ・ライク・ア・ヴァージン」 Tour. 『愛地獄』 also had a limited run in theaters, and the DVD/Blu-ray release features commentary by Mineta and Murai. 銀杏BOYZ then released the 「生きたい」 ("Ikitai") single which is intended to act as the third part in a trilogy consisting of the band's previous songs 「人間」 and 「光」. Mineta was backed on the single by Fujiwara, Goto and 山本幹宗 (Yamamoto Kanji) from The Cigavettes, replacing Kikuchi. 銀杏BOYZ's festival appearances in mid-2016 at the Arabaki Rock Fest, Viva La Rock and the 「こんがりおんがく祭」 further utilised the support band of Fujiwara, Goto and Yamamoto, prefacing the 「世界平和祈願ツアー」 ("Sekai Heiwa Kigan Tour") which began on June 22 and marked the band's first tour with the new lineup. The tour culminated in a special performance on August 17 entitled 「東京の銀杏好きの集まり」 at Sun Plaza in Nakano. A song Mineta contributed to the radio show 『エレ片のコント太郎』 entitled 「キラキラいいにおい」 (which has been used as the show's ending theme from 2006 up until 2014) was featured as a bonus track on DJやついいちろう's album 『YATSUI MATOME』, released on June 8. As a bonus CD single, 銀杏BOYZ's song 「骨」 accompanied the first pressing of the DVD box set of 『奇跡の人』, released on October 26.
In September of 2016, Mineta was announced as part of the cast of NHK's new weekday morning drama 『ひよっこ』 ("Hiyokko"). Three new titles from 銀杏BOYZ were released on 7 December 2016. Among them was a tribute album entitled 『きれいなひとりぼっちたち』 ("Kireina Hitori Bocchitachi", or "Beautiful Lonely People"), consisting of 13 different artists covering 銀杏BOYZ songs including YUKI, GOING UNDER GROUND, THE COLLECTORS, サンボマスター (Sambomaster), ミツメ (Mitsume), and others. 『ファーストアルバム』 ("First Album"), a photobook, was also released; it compiles photos from the "girl portrait" shoots by photographer 川島小鳥 (Kawashima Kotori) from which the cover and booklet artwork of almost every 銀杏BOYZ release since the 2007 「あいどんわなだい」 ("I Don't Wanna Die") single were sourced. Finally, also available from December 7 was a 「ムック」 ("mook", or magazine-book hybrid) entitled 『銀杏BOYZぴあ』 ("Ging Nang Boyz Pia"), documenting the activities of 銀杏BOYZ since January of 2014.
On 15 February 2017, 銀杏BOYZ released a singles collection cassette tape entitled 『ラストラーダ』 ("La Strada"). After announcing three tour dates across May and June, 銀杏BOYZ revealed that they would be holding a live event on 13 October 2017 under the title 「日本の銀杏好きの集まり」 at the legendary Nippon Budokan arena. In the lead-up to the event, 銀杏BOYZ released three singles across July, August and September: 「エンジェルベイビー」 ("Angel Baby") on 26 July; 「骨」 ("Hone") on August 30; and 「恋は永遠」 ("Koi wa Eien") on September 27. 『ひよっこ』 ("Hiyokko") began its 156-episode long run on 3 April, with Mineta in a prominent supporting role as 小祝宗男, the uncle of the protagonist. 銀杏BOYZ's Tokyo date on 28 May saw the band debuting a new support lineup, with 加藤綾太 (Katou Ryouta) from ポニーテールスクライム and 2 playing guitar (in addition to Mineta and Yamamoto), and 岡山健二 (Okayama Kenji) from classicus and andymori replacing 後藤大樹 (Hiroki Goto) on drums (as he had, coincidentally, done previously in andymori).
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銀杏BOYZ Lyrics
17才 誰もいない海 二人の愛を 確かめたくて あなたの腕を すりぬけてみたの 走る水辺の まぶしさ 息も出来ないくらい 早く強…
BABY BABY どうして僕 いつもひとりなんだろ ここじゃないどこかへ行きたかった 自意識と自慰で息がつまる頃 ラジオからロックが流れた…
Boy Meets Girl 今 目と目があった その瞬間から ダウンロードされた すべて許された 「ここにいてもいいから」 ながい渡り廊下 神様は…
DO YOU LIKE ME I love you が言えないや I miss you 息できないや 実存主義とフレンチクルーラー すべては導かれるま…
GOD SAVE THE わーるど 国道沿いのホテル 硝子のテーブル ふたりで聴こっか あのバンドのアルバム 泣かないで仲直りしようね もう離れないって誓っ…
Inu Ningen Hey! 退屈だけが友達さ この世は白昼夢の小便さ シャンプー飲んだら血便でたよ 眉毛を剃って蝿とたたかう 鎖につながれ…
MajiでKoiする5秒前 ボーダーのTシャツの 裾からのぞくおへそ しかめ顔のママの背中 すり抜けてやって来た 渋谷はちょっと苦手 初めての待ち…
No Future No Cry we are not alone. we are not alone. 虚空に消えていく呼び声に祈りを 父のように 母の…
Sexteen 僕の赤血球と僕のメロディと 犬のような心を 君に突き刺すでしょう 僕の目ん玉と 僕の内臓と 僕の排泄物を君に捧げるでしょ…
Skool Kill 学校帰りに君のうしろをつけてみたんだよ 君の部屋は二階の水玉模様のカーテン 学校で君のジャージ盗まれた事件があったろ …
SKOOL PILL Skool pill, skool pill, skool pill, skool pill 月曜日 図書館で太宰を借…
YOU I love you が言えないや I miss you 息できないや 実存主義とフレンチクルーラー すべては導かれるま…
YOU & I VS. THE World You & I, now and forever You & I, now and…
あいどんわなだい 純情可憐な君を きもちよくしたい 純情可憐な君を ぐちゃぐちゃにしたい 純情可憐な君を 踏んだり蹴ったり 純情可憐な君の…
あの娘に1ミリでもちょっかいかけたら殺す 僕にとって君は セーラー服を着た天使 色白で無口で どこか淋しそうな女の子 もしもモーニング娘に 君がスカウトされたらど…
あの娘は綾波レイが好き 頭がパーだから頭がパーだから 誰とでも寝るんだ誰とでもやるんだ 僕にまたがってくる やらしい顔して腰をふる あの娘は猿だ…
なんて悪意に満ちた平和なんだろう 僕は世界から仲間はずれさ 手首切っちまうー ポアされっちまうー ココアカラーの南の空を マグマ大使が飛んでぐべや 工藤静…
なんとなく僕たちは大人になるんだ 僕が好きだったアイドルが 週刊誌に熱愛スクープされていた ショックのあまりに 気が遠くなったけど あの人が幸せならそれで…
もしも君が泣くならば 誰も君のことを悲しませたくない 誰も君の泣き顔 見たいなんて思ってない 胸の中にある気持ちを 決して恥じる事はない 人間…
アレックス 白い空 光の庭 夏の午後の夢だった 帽子の君と子どもたちは ビニールプールではしゃぎながら きもちいい風があたる 縁側…
トラッシュ ベイビー 僕を愛してくれよ ベイビー 僕を壊してくれよ 愛車のチャリで革命 ペダルがスネぶつかって痛てえ 通り魔気分どう…
ナイトライダー キミからメールが来ないから キミからメールが来ないから 今夜も僕はねむれないんだ 一生メールが来ないから 一生メールが来…
ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン あなただけ あなただけ 追いかけて あなたまで あなたまで 傷つけて 夢でも 夢でも 届かないのに 夢さえ 夢さえ 捨…
メス豚 女にフラれた日にゃ酒を呑み 素っ裸でゲロ吐いて歌いましょう きらきらラブホのネオンが綺麗だな そして僕はしょ－もない 女…
リビドー 街はもう退屈虫に犯されて いっそのこと全員死ねばいいのに 僕はもう便所虫みたいなもの ミニスカートの中に潜りこみたい ヒ…
二十九、三十 いつかはきっと報われる いつでもないいつかを待った もういつでもいいから決めてよ そうだよなだから「いつか」か 誰かがき…
人間 君が泣いてる夢をみたよ 君が泣いてる夢をみたよ 僕はなんにもしてあげられず 僕はなんにもしてあげられず まわるまわるぐる…
光 君が笑う夢をみたよ 君が笑う夢をみたよ ここは暗くてせまい部屋 鍵をかけて鍵をなくした 僕らはなにを置いてきたの 僕らは…
十七歳 あいつらが簡単にやっちまう ３０回のセックスよりも 「グミ・チョコレート・パイン」を 青春時代に一回 読むってことの方が…
夜王子と月の姫 イヤホン耳にあてて 天の川の声が聴こえて 銀色砂漠に響く新世界交響楽団 名前はカムパネルラ 翼溶けた夜王子 夜ふかし子供…
夢で逢えたら 君の胸にキスをしたら 君はどんな声だすだろう 白い塩素ナトリウム 水色の水着を溶かすなよ 君を乗せた宇宙船が 夕暮れの彼…
大人全滅 どうしてぼくはうまれたの どうしてぼくはしんじゃうの あのゆうやけをみていると どうしてなみだがでるの かみさまぼくは…
恋は永遠 恋は永遠 愛はひとつ 夕暮れの街 泣いたり笑ったり 白いブラウス 溶かしてよメロディ ストロベリーフィールズの夢 Oh…
援助交際 あの娘を愛するためだけに 僕は生まれてきたの あの娘を幸せにするためだけに 僕は生まれてきたの とっても とっても とっ…
日本人 PEACEとPISSを心に放て スカートをめくれ 狂暴的な僕の純情 キュートな焦操 我々 日本人は米しか喰わねえぞ 我々…
日本発狂 死んだ魚の目をして 便所の水で顔を洗っている 死んだ魚の目をして ザーメン色の雨を眺めている 死んだ魚の目をして あの娘…
東北新幹線はチヒロちゃんを乗せて チヒロちゃん あなたはかわいいひと 星の声きこえるひと かよわいひと 夢のなか さらわれたひと チヒロちゃん あなたはや…
漂流教室 告別式では泣かなかったんだ 外に出たらもう雨はあがってたんだ あいつは虹の始まりと終わりを きっと一人で探しにいったのさ…
犬人間 Hey! 退屈だけが友達さ この世は白昼夢の小便さ シャンプー飲んだら血便でたよ 眉毛を剃って蝿とたたかう 鎖につながれ…
生きたい あなたに あなたに 伝えたいことがあります あなたに あなたに ひとつ ふたつ 伝えたいことがあります あなたには あ…
童貞フォーク少年、高円寺にて爆死寸前 連邦警察が動き出してる 今夜は誰が殺された お月様はフォークを弾いてる 隣りの部屋では母ちゃん泣いてる 親父が女と逃げた…
若者たち 日本 日本 日本 パンクロックを聴いた 世界が真っぷたつに軋んだ 原爆か 水爆か チンポコを掻きむしった 降り積もる雪は…
青春時代 桜咲く放課後に 初恋の風がスカートを揺らす カビ臭い体育倉庫に セックスのあとの汗がこびりつく 大地讃頌が流れるグラウン…
駆け抜けて性春 終わることのない恋の歌で すべて消えて失くなれ すべて消えて失くなれ 烈しく燃える恋の歌で 夜よ明けないでくれ 夜よ明け…
骨 抱きしめたい 抱きしめたい 抱きしめて あむあむしたい 夢が叶うなら命も惜しくないわ 愛しちゃいたい 愛しちゃいたい …