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BACK-ON

BACK-ON is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pay Money to My Pain. Those roots explain a lot about how BACK-ON arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as UVERworld, NICO Touches the Walls, MY FIRST STORY, D-51 and Stereopony, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Flow, GReeeeN, FAKY and Beverly, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around BACK-ON, reaching back through Pay Money to My Pain and forward to Flow. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Back-On is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, Japan. They are known for performing opening themes to anime and games, such as the Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 opening theme, "fly away"; the Air Gear opening theme, "Chain"; the Murder Princess opening theme "Hikari Sasuhou ", and the Eyeshield 21 opening theme "Blaze Line". They have also written ending themes for both anime and TV shows, including "flower" and "a day dreaming..." for Eyeshield 21, "Butterfly" for the late-night TV drama Shinjuku Swan, "Sands of Time" for the mobile robot TV drama Keitai Sousakan 7, and "Strike Back" for the anime series Fairy Tail.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
BACK-ONPay Money to My PainFlowGReeeeNFAKYBeverlyUVERworldNICO Touches the WallsMY FIRST STORYD-51StereoponyMAN WITH A MISSIONT.M.RevolutionHOME MADE 家族

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BACK-ON connections

BACK-ON grew out of Pay Money to My Pain, shares an orbit with UVERworld, NICO Touches the Walls, MY FIRST STORY and D-51, went on to shape Flow, GReeeeN, FAKY and Beverly. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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