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James Staffel - Drums, Percussion, Keyboards
Matt McClelland - Guitars, Vocals
Jackson - Bass
Bruce Lamont - Saxophones, Clarinet, Vocals, Effects
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Genre: Progressive
Origin: United States
Label: Prosthetic Records
Status: Active
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Biography
With high praise from the metal press, local and national newspapers, and highbrow publications alike, Chicago's Yakuza has succeeded in garnering attention of all kinds, all the while not compromising the band's free-flowing and spontaneous musical integrity. Yakuza stays deeply rooted in a genre all its own: a metal base with progressive flair, while incorporating elements of jazz, world beat, and post-rock ambience. Picture (if you can) a mixture of King Crimson, all periods of John Coltrane's career, Tortoise, and Napalm Death. The end result is captivating, a sound that Rolling Stone, Revolver, Alternative Press, the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune, All That Jazz and countless others all agree is refreshingly original, technically proficient, all the while still staying very metal.
Yakuza has always fundamentally been about bending the rules of preconceived mus
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