13 Facts About Glim Spanky

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Glim Spanky is a Japanese rock band from Nagano Prefecture, consisting of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Remi Matsuo and lead guitarist Hiroki Kamemoto.

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Glim Spanky was formed in Nagano Prefecture by Remi Matsuo during her sophomore year to perform covers at Matsukawa High School's 2007 cultural festival.

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3.

Glim Spanky won the Rock Bancho held by Sony Music in December 2008 and were finalists at the 2009 teenage artists-only festival Senko Riot held by Sony, Tokyo FM and au.

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4.

Glim Spanky had their first release in December 2013 when Space Shower Music released the mini-album Music Freak nationwide.

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5.

Glim Spanky performed a one-man concert at Akasaka Blitz in October, and they were one of the recipients of that year's Miura Jun Award and nominated for Next Break Artist at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.

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Glim Spanky were nominated for Best Japan Act at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards.

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7.

Glim Spanky collaborated with Sugizo again to cover Daisuke Inoue's "Meguriai" as the first ending theme of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet.

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Glim Spanky contributed the track "Circle of Time" to October 2019's New Gene, Inspired from Phoenix, a compilation album featuring songs inspired by Osamu Tezuka's manga series Phoenix.

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Glim Spanky wrote the song "From the Seeds" for Mone Kamishiraishi to sing as the opening theme for the March 2020 second season of the 7 Seeds anime.

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10.

Glim Spanky wrote the song "Kagami yo Kagami" for virtual singer KAF, while Matsuo wrote and produced the song "Candy Moon" for Maki Nomiya.

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11.

Glim Spanky's "Fukou Are" is the theme song of the Sawako ~ Soreha, Hatenaki Fukushu TV drama.

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12.

Glim Spanky's music is largely influenced by Western rock and blues bands from the 1960s and 1970s.

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13.

Glim Spanky cited The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell as influences.

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