Visual kei air band!

The guitarist doesn’t play guitar, the bassist doesn’t play bass, and the drummer doesn’t play drums, but they are still so entertaining they have played in arenas housing 14 000 people, and now they are even releasing an international album. 

Japans first visual kei air band is here! Golden Bomber!

This interesting band started in 2004 and currently consist of four members:
From left to right:
Bass: Jun Utahiroba 
Vocals: Shou Kiryuuin
Guitar: Yutaka Kyan
Drums: Kenji Darvish

The vocalist actually does write and sing the songs, but the other instruments are played by hired musicians. The band is completely open about this, and compensate by pretending to play(which they do quite well), and otherwise acting silly(which they also do quite well).
 



A big part of the sillyness is their live shows. Not only do they make good shows, but they really spice things up by doing random and funny things, especially during guitar solos.
 

One example: Using the guitarist as a brush for writing kanji: (The writing part starts at 3:37)

Giraffes... Source: Rokkyuu magazine

The props they use during these shows(some of which are big) are made by their guitarist, so even though he usually doesn’t play an instrument he still has his part.
The drummer also has a big part in the shows though, as the songs are played and controlled from his ipod...

Live shows aren’t the only thing that makes them so fun though. They have music videos of course, and there are also lots of other random videos from them which can be found on youtube. 

Here's one of their music videos:



And here is some of their older more random stuff:

I must have been watching these random videos for hours, and it was there they first caught my interest.
At least no one can accuse them of taking themselves too seriously. 

Even though they are kind of doing a parody of visual kei, some of their songs are pretty catchy!
Or am I the only one who think they are awesome?
I’ve seen them around more often lately, which suggests they are rising in popularity, but it’s a bit difficult to tell really >.< 

Anyway, if they seem likeable, be sure to check them out! ^^