1980s heavy metal boom · band
Bow Wowバウワウ
hard rock, heavy metal · Tokyo
- Japanese name
- バウワウ [WJA]
- Founded
- 1975
- City
- Tokyo
- Status as of 24 September 2026
- active as Bow Wow G2
- Connections
- 6 edges, 5 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.017 (rank 63 of 324) · personnel only 0.000 (rank 69)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [W] (register)
Kyoji Yamamoto's band. Reported as the first Japanese act to play the Reading and Montreux festivals (1982). Became Vow Wow in 1984, reformed as Bow Wow in 1995.
Connections
People and personnel
- founderKyoji Yamamoto山本恭司1975
Lineage
- came out ofVow WowBow Wow reformed; classic trio 1998; Bow Wow G2 since 20151995
- becameVow WowRenamed on adding Genki Hitomi and Rei Atsumi1984
Influence
- influenced byFlower Travellin' Bandフラワー・トラベリン・バンド1971
- influencedLoudnessラウドネスReading and Montreux cleared the path abroad1982
Labels, festivals, collaborations
- collaborationRaglaiaEx Bow Wow's Shotaro Mitsuzono guested on Creation2015