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Name in Japanese: チタン合金ズ, チタンゴーキンズ Years Active: 1996 - 2001; 2003 - 2006 Titan Go King's are one of the several girl-bands to follow down the cute, spunky, and sometimes silly trail originally blazed by Shonen Knife, to which they along with most pop/punk girl bands in Japan since the '0s owe large stylistic debts. Formed in Kyoto, Japan in 1996, the band only performed sporadically until 1998, when they began and gigging more consistently around the Kyoto-Osaka region. They began recording demos the same year, and the punk-centric Benten label included them on their 1999 compilation record Benten Punk Bento, which also included girl-bands Bleach and Mummy the Peepshow, along with several others. Titan Go King's released their first record, Ultra Sonic Wave 01 on Benten in January 2000 to a positive reception among punk and girl-band fans both in Japan and abroad, and their future looked bright. A move to Tokyo to pursue a major label deal ensued, but infighting caused the members to go their separate ways, leaving only leader and guitarist/vocalist Pinky to pick up the pieces in 2001. Temporarily abandoning the band and taking a job at a recording studio, she signed up new members on bass and drums in 2002, and the Titan Go King's began recording again, playing out in Tokyo from 2003 as a three-piece. The mini album Go! Go! Idol was released in April 2003, and the band embarked on a national tour to support it, mixing opening dates for punk favorites Lolita No.18 with in