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Oh! Friends' 3rd single in a year is a memorial number dedicated to legendary guitarist Makoto Ayukawa on the first anniversary of his sudden death in January 2022.

Makoto Ayukawa was the guitarist of SHEENA & THE ROKKETS and SONHOUSE, and had been active for more than 50 years since the dawn of Japanese rock music. Oh! Friends was also strongly influenced by both bands, and we both went to their last gig together before their death.

On January 29, 2022, when the news of Makoto Ayukawa's passing spread throughout Japan, what naturally came to mind in their grief was his beloved 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom, known as "Black Beauty. They say that When they saw Makoto Ayukawa's Black Beauty for the first time, it was horribly battered, but it shone dazzlingly.
This rock 'n' roll number sings about the joy of meeting the bands , SHEENA & THE ROKKETS and SONHOUSE and the great guitarist Makoto Ayukawa.

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  • Oh! Friends

    A two-piece minimal rock'n'roll band from Tokyo, formed in August 2022 by Hiroyuki Takahashi on vocals and bass, and Kodai Kudo on drums and chorus. The band's name comes from Rebecca's "Friends. The band's name comes from Rebecca's "Friends". Takahashi, who had been developing the idea of "rock 'n' roll that makes your body sway," fell in love with Kudo's groove and decided to form Oh! The group released its debut single "Neverland" on October 22 of the same year, and took the stage for the first time at 20,000 Voltage in Higashi-Koenji on the same day. They have been performing mainly in the Kanto area, and are scheduled to release their first full album "Respect" in June 2025.

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