The Cro-Magnons

ザ・クロマニヨンズ (The Cro-Magnons) are a four-piece punk rock band from Tokyo, Japan. Following the breakup of their previous band The High-Lows in 2005, frontman Hiroto Komoto and guitarist Masatoshi Mashima quickly reconvened to form The Cro-Magnons with bassist Masaru Kobayashi (2) and drummer Katsuji Kirita, whom Komoto and Mashima had met through their longtime recording engineer Satoru Kawaguchi. In contrast to the bright, wild and eclectic sound of The High-Lows, The Cro-Magnons recall the early material of Komoto and Mashima's most famous band The Blue Hearts (3) with their straightforward approach to hard-hitting punk rock songwriting, though the band also incorporates influences from other rock styles, especially blues rock and rock 'n' roll.