Their latest album, Ambitions, is in fact their eighth full-length record release, but their first while signed to Fueled By Ramen and only their second to be recorded and produced in the US.įeaturing huge choruses and catchy melodies, this is ONE OK ROCK’s attempt to sugar-coat their sound and make it more “radio friendly”. ONE OK ROCK debuted in their home country back in 2007, but it’s only in recent years that they’ve become more well known to music fans outside of Japan thanks to tours with the likes of All Time Low, Tonight Alive and even 5 Seconds Of Summer. Their true-blue pop punk style and sound may have you fooled that they hail from the US like their peers, but alt rockers are from nowhere other than Tokyo, Japan.

Something that hasn’t been touched on before is always likely to turn heads and for ONE OK ROCK, it’s their nationality. With this in mind, it always helps to have a ‘unique selling point’. The goal is to make money, whether that’s implemented by the band themselves or imposed on them by their management.

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