Latest Release
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- JUL 12, 2024
- 1 Song
- Make It Out Alive - Single · 2023
- Delusion:All - Single · 2024
- Eye of the Storm · 2018
- Jinsei × Boku = · 2012
- Luxury Disease · 2022
- Ambitions · 2017
- Niche Syndrome · 2010
- Ambitions · 2017
- Eye of the Storm · 2019
- Luxury Disease · 2022
Essential Albums
- Niche Syndrome kicked off Tokyo band ONE OK ROCK’s trajectory toward rock icon status in the 2010s. Formed in 2005, the quartet spent the latter half of the 2000s refining its live-wire punk inspired by the likes of RIZE and Linkin Park. On Niche Syndrome, the band settles into a sound of its own. Frontman Taka sings as though he’s willing their later international successes into existence, shouting the chorus of “Yes I Am” with conviction—“Say my name/I’ve got to take my chance to change your heart”—as though he’s already commanding thousands of fans to scream back at him. On the band’s breakout song, “Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer,” he sounds unstoppable, riding the sheer exuberance of the punk riffs as he lets his naivete become a source of invincibility. As Taka wrings out the emotion from his words, the lyrics on Niche Syndrome often communicate a sense of ambivalence. He’s figuring it all out in real time alongside his listeners, constantly searching for his very purpose while standing as the center of attention. Yet he rarely sounds insecure: On “Jibun Rock,” he contemplates the meaninglessness of life, only to come up with a solution as swift as the high-velocity riffs. “Konzatu Communication” shrugs off the overwhelming pressure in writing his future to instead embrace the present, the all-consuming intensity from the guitars focusing on losing yourself in the now. On Niche Syndrome, ONE OK ROCK’s fierce punk is in lockstep with its lyrics full of faith in your own abilities—and this strong interplay lays the foundation for greater successes to come.
Albums
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
Artist Playlists
- Japanese alt-rock's high-energy, scream-prone face.
- They keep the visual side simple so the playing does the work.
- Hyper-catchy alt-rock and wall-shaking pop hits.
More To Hear
- ONE OK ROCKのTakaがゲスト出演。新作『Luxury Disease』を語る
- Taka from the band and Steve Aoki live in studio.
More To See
About ONE OK ROCK
With a seemingly infinite store of energy, ONE OK ROCK have honed a storm of a sound that combines blistering pop-punk drive and post-hardcore aggression with anthemic, poppy choruses. After forming in the mid-2000s as teens in Tokyo, Japan and finding an audience via two early EPs, the band—named after their designated weekend rehearsal time of one o’clock—emerged with a 2007 debut full-length that attracted Warped Tour devotees. Songs like “Naihishinsho” blurred the boundaries between melodic emo and heavier fare, placing mammoth, heavy metal-adjacent riffs alongside their angst-filled choruses. Beginning with 2010’s razor-sharp Niche Syndrome, ONE OK ROCK kicked off a (mostly) platinum-selling streak of records in Japan. Due largely in part to vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi’s ability to sing in both English and Japanese, they were able to capitalize on the momentum and make their breakthrough in America, eventually signing with legendary pop-punk label Fueled By Ramen for 2017’s Ambitions. Since then, they’ve bolstered the label’s stellar reputation for propulsive, fists-raised alt-rock with each new release, and leaned into their triumphant pop side for their 2019 album Eye of the Storm.
- ORIGIN
- Tokyo, Japan
- FORMED
- April 2005
- GENRE
- Rock