Brats

There are at least 3 bands by the name Brats: 1) Brats (stylized as BRATS) is a Japanese all-female rock band formed in 2011 by sisters Rei Kuromiya (黒宮れい) and Aya Kuromiya (黒宮あや) plus Maria (まりあ) on drums and Seira Goto (後藤聖良) on guitar. In 2015, guitarist Hinako became an official member of the group. The band released their first full-length album BRATS in 2018, which also contained theme songs from the anime series To Be Hero and the Japanese film Slavemen. In 2020, after the release of Karma, Hinako left. Currently their support musicians are Piroshiki (ぴろしき) on drums and Yuumi (ゆーみ), who has also performed with CODE OF ZERO, on guitar. ------------------------- 2) Founded in 1977, Brats were a punk rock/metal hybrid band from Denmark which would later lead the members of this band to form the popular cult heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. In 1980 they released a full-length album titled "1980". The band was found by guitarist Rene Krolmark, who dubbed himself Hank De Wank at the time. The other members were vocalist Franz De Zaster (Michael Gorm), drummer Eddie Haircut (Milan Balsgaard) and bassist Mickey Rat (Michael Hillerup). Brats recorded three song for Pære Punk compilation LP : "Dreams", "I do what I wanna do", "Magazine". In 1979, this line-up dissolved, but Hank (this time as Hank Shermann) took two new members, bassist/vocalist Yenz (Jens Arnsted) and Monroe (Lars Nybo). After recording few songs (they were released as The Lost Tapes in 2008) another guitarist was brought to the band. It was Michael Denner. This line-up recorded their only album titled 1980. After the release, the band replaced Denner with Carsten Van Der Volsing and hired later famous vocalist King Diamond. Their record company CBS wanted them to do something commercial, but they refused. New outfit and sound of the band led to creation of Mercyful Fate. ------------------------- 3) Hardcore punk band from Palembang, Indonesia, formed in 2019. Current members are Kevin (Vocals), Faris (Guitars), Aidil "Akvsetuju" (Drums), Hilmand (Guitars). In 2019 the band made a song and followed 'Record Store Day' which was published on a CD containing three songs titled "Hardcore Scene", "Mirror", and "We Are Brats". In 2022, Brats followed the international compilation on hardcore invasion which was released by 'Militancy Record' from the compilation song which included the latest Brats song entitled which is also the title of Brats' full album. Brats released their first album titled Sumatera Pride on February 23 2023 in the form of a physical CD containing 11 songs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.