To me nothing epitomises the sunny season in Japan more than the heavy hitting summertime rock release “Nuts Bang!!!”, the 23rd single of the Japanese rock band FLOW released on 22 July 2009 to celebrate summer.

The upbeat, fun and enjoyable surf-inspired track is in the embedded video below. The opening sequence kicks off in a surgery with band members Keigo (playing a nerd, vocalist), Kōhshi (a hippy dude, vocalist), Take (a simpleton, guitarist), Gotō (a shy introvert, bassist) and Iwasaki (a yakuza-looking businessman, drummer) all looking to gain muscle surgically. Their dream comes true at around 1.27m (of the clip) when the actual song starts and they hit the beach with their newly bulked up bodies.

Throughout the music video you see bikini-clad glimpses of model Megumi Ikeda but then that is followed by some rather effeminate looking handkerchief twirling at 3.27m. There is also some death growl guttural vocals at 3.54. The track utilises Take’s guitar churning and includes rapping and singing about “Summer Days”.

As for the song title Nuts Bang!, which evil gaijin translated that name? Apparently the song title is supposed to be interpreted as “Natsu Bang(u)” – or “Summertime Explosion”. Hmmmm, supposedly.

Nuts Bang!!! by FLOW (album cover)

This is a submission to the August 2011 Japan Blog Matsuri hosted by Super Happy Awesome Fun Time with Sean and Alice with the theme “Summer Lovin’!”

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