Like a debauched Day-Glo phoenix, Ging Nang Boyz rose from the still-smoldering ashes of the Japanese quartet Going Steady in the spring of 2003. The original band's engine and songwriter, Mineta Kazunobu (vocals/guitar), rechristened himself Ging Nang Boyz, reunited with bassist Abiko Shinya and drummer Murai Mamoru, replaced guitarist Asai Takeo with Chin Nakamura of Snotty, and led the group on a series of riotous tours. GNB's sound may hark back to the Buzzcocks and the entire Lookout! Records catalog, but the group also exhibits a more unorthodox tendency toward an "aesthetic of clutter." Whether it's a 60-second blitzkrieg or a ten-minute sprawl, each GNB track is stuffed beyond the brim; ideas, riffs, and shrieks appear and blend unexpectedly. Capturing both the sensory avalanche of life in a 21st century megacity and the resultant desire to break free, the density of GNB's ecstatic project makes the "pop-punk" label itself less derogatory.