Which band has been together longer, Asian Kung-Fu Generation or The Get Up Kids?
The Get Up Kids
Title: The Get Up Kids
Passage: The Get Up Kids are an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri.  Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s emo scene, otherwise known as the "" of emo music.  As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe.  They founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label Vagrant Records.  While the imprint was started to release albums by The Get Up Kids, it served as a launching pad for several side-projects such as The New Amsterdams and Reggie and the Full Effect.
Title: Takahiro Yamada (musician)
Passage: Takahiro Yamada (山田 貴洋 , Yamada Takahiro ) (August 19, 1977) is the bass player and backing singer of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation.  Yamada met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō and Kensuke Kita while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University.  The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after.
Title: Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Passage: Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション , Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon , stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996.  For nearly its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotō, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi.  Starting out as a college band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation released a series of independent EPs featuring lyrics mostly sung in English.  In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut "Hōkai Amplifier", from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese.  The band's musical style is influenced by seminal Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie-rock and punk scene.  Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove and emotional lyrics.  Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial success in addition to critical acclaim.  Asian Kung-Fu Generation has been cited as one of the best, most balanced modern rock bands to emerge from Japan in the 2000s.
Asian Kung-Fu Generation The Get Up Kids