Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Fan Club Album

Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon), typeset as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, is a Japanese rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan in 1996. For nearly its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotō, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi. The band's musical style has been heavily influenced by seminal indie, punk, and alternative rock acts. As a result, their songs maintain a balance of various elements of the genres, most typically ranging from fast-paced and hard-edged to rhythmic and emotional. Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed widespread commercial success in addition to critical acclaim and their songs have come to be been used for memorable opening themes of highly popular anime series.

Fanclub (2005–2006)
Due in part to their growing recognition, Asian Kung-Fu Generation would dedicate a significant amount of time the next couple of years going on extensive national tours. Between March 14 and June 26 of 2005, AKG went on an extensive sold-out Re:Re Tour, performing at forty-eight concerts in thirty-eight cities throughout Japan. At the same time, the band released their first live DVD, Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 2: Live at Budokan +, which topped the Oricon DVD charts for an entire month. On July 9th, AKG held their fifth Nano-Mugen Festival at Yokohama Arena, where they performed with seven other Japanese and UK bands. To advertise the event, they released a preceding compilation album that retained one song from each band attending the festival. Over the next summer, AKG attended a host of festivals, including Summer Sonic 05, Rising Sun Rock Fes. 2005, and Rock in Japan Fes. 05. They also appeared as guests on GOGOICHI –SPACE SHOWER CHART SHOW– on November 27th on SPACE SHOWER TV. The band closed the year by releasing the single, "Blue Train", followed up by a brief tour entitled, Tour SUI CUP 2005 - Winter Dragon in December.

The band began 2006 with the release of the single, "World Apart." The single was unique in that it featured a song in which Kensuke Kita stood as lead singer. It was also AKG's first to achieve number-one single status. It was also the year that the band was able to finally aquire their very own studio. They then took part in live performances in LIVE SUPERNOVA DX on February 16, 2006. On March 15th, AKG released their third full-length album, Fanclub which went on to stay in the Oricon top five for nearly two months. The following month, the band went on a national tour entitled, Coung 4 My 8 Beat. Tickets for all thirty-eight shows quickly sold out. AKG's sixth annual Nano-Mugen Fes. was held at Yokohama Arena. For two days, Asian Kung-Fu Generation and eleven other bands, including six Japanese bands, three American bands and two English bands, performed. Like the previous year, a compilation album was released in July to advertise the Nano-Mugen Festival. After three years of attending the Fuji Rock Fes, the band had the opportunity to perform on its primary Green Stage for the first time at Fuji Rock Festival 06.

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Fan Club Album
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1. "Waltz In Code" (暗号のワルツ Angou no Warutsu) 4:25
2. "World Apart" (ワールドアパート Waarudo Apaato) 4:29
3. "Blackout" (ブラックアウト Burakkuauto) 5:19
4. "Primrose" (桜草 Sakurasou) 3:53
5. "Rabbit In the Back Alley" (路地裏のうさぎ Rojiura no Usagi) 2:47
6. "Blue Train" (ブルートレイン Buruu Torein) 4:19
7. "Midwinter Dance" (真冬のダンス Mafuyu no Dansu) 3:25
8. "Butterfly" (バタフライ Batafurai) 4:44
9. "Senseless" (センスレス Sensuresu) 5:36
10. "Gekkō" (月光 Moonlight) 6:22
11. "Tightrope" (タイトロープ Taito Roopu) 5:28