Bo Ningen live in concert.
ON TOUR

Bo Ningen

33
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
%
Based on 
33
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 33 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bo Ningen is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Bo Ningen concert reviews describe live shows and performances as psychedelic, glorious, chaotic, eccentric, aggressive, and boisterous.

ON TOUR

Various Venues, Utrecht, Netherlands (November 7); Stroomhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands (November 13); Futurum, Praha, Czech Republic (November 16); Control Club, Bucharest, Romania (November 28)

Latest Release

Pantheon Bar - Single (7 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
London, United Kingdom (2006 - present)
Bio
If someone in the 1960's had imagined ('Space: 1999' style) what rock and roll would sound like in 2009, Bo Ningen is what they would have heard in their head.' - Loud & Quiet Bo Ningen are a Japanese four-piece acid punk band consisting of Taigen Kawabe, Yuki Tsujii, Kohhei Matsuda and Monchan Monna.
Has Performed With
Savages

Critic Concert Reviews

Backseat Mafia

June 10, 2022
%
The walls shook, the ceiling shook, the floor shook Bo Ningen are on stage blasting out their noise rock! its loud and one brave soul stand in front of the stage dead centre and starts headbanging, something he kept up all night, others around the run doing the same and others looking on in amazement at how these guys

The Skinny (UK)

October 4, 2017
80
%
It's a treat to have Bo Ningen in Broadcast's cosy surrounds tonight, where their gloriously overwhelming noise is amplified tenfold

Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

March 7, 2016
90
%
Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Skinny (UK)

February 24, 2016
100
%
The Art School, Glasgow, Scotland on February 21, 2016

Exclaim (Canada)

May 9, 2015
80
%
Though nominally acid rock the London-via-Tokyo quartet have as much in common with Lightning Bolt as they do with the Mothers of Invention.

musicOMH (UK)

April 4, 2015
90
%
Hoxton Square Bar + Kitchen London, London on March 31, 2015

The Music (Australia)

January 23, 2015
%
Though local band MAKING began their set to few people, they soon coerced those in attendance to move closer to the stage with their aggressive, annihilating barrage of sheer noise.

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