History Music / ManWithAMission

** They've covered "Lithium" for a Japanese Music/{{Nevermind}} [[CoverAlbum Tribute Album]]. They also have covered "Smells Like Teen Spirit" before that.

What do you get when you take a group of [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic wolves]] that have the backstory of something out of a Saturday morning cartoon plot, give said group some instruments, and let them start a band? Well, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the US already did that]], but this time they're a [[WidgetSeries Japanese]] version of that concept.

* {{Homage}}: "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind" is an original song based around the [[HairMetal Mr. Big]] song of the same title (itself a [[WidgetSeries Widget Song]] of sorts), sampling the guitar intro and making several lyrical nods.

* [[WidgetSeries Widget Band]]: The backstory of the band alone is enough to fit them in this category.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Jean-Ken Johnny is the one who speaks for the band in interviews, and is extremely impressive in that aspect when it comes to his English. Tokyo Tanaka to a lesser extent, as he only sings in songs.

** "[[LightNovel/LogHorizon database feat.TAKUMA (10-FEET)]]" (2013)

** "[[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Kizuna no Kiseki]]"[[note]]Featuring milet as a guest vocalist[[/note]] (2023)

In the year [[YearX 19XX]], humanity was in a full-on war with itself for wealth and power. Seeing this chaos, a genius biologist named [[Music/JimiHendrix Dr. Jimi Hendrix]] on an island called [[Music/ElectricLadyLand "Ladyland"]] to create the UltimateLifeForm to help save humanity from its greatest threat; itself. Said lifeforms, in Dr. Hendrix's eyes, have the heads of wolves, explaining their appearance. Eventually, they grew a power greater then any single army ever has, but soon were hired by the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Principality of Zeon]] to take on top-secret missions that caused near endless death and destruction.

Doctor Hendrix, seeing this, began to fear his creations. He knew that they were capable of causing some of the most horrible things in history for the time, but he also believed that one day they would bring the end of days. Wracked with guilt, the doctor froze the group within the ice of Antarctica, leaving them with a radio to listen to the music of the modern day to entertain them for the rest of eternity. At least, until 2010, when GlobalWarming eventually thawed their icy prison, and the group went on a rampage through Tokyo greater then any {{Kaiju}} ever has. Not of destruction, however, but of music. And now only time will tell, will they bring our doom...or will they save us from ourselves?

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Word of God says their intention is to make music from all kinds of elements.

** "[[Film/GodzillaVsKong Godzilla Vs Kong]]"[[note]]Japanese release's soundtrack[[/note]]/"[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia Merry-Go-Round]]" (2021)

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their range tends to be between 5 and 8, with quieter songs down to 4 or 3.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Spear Rib's name is pronounced as "spare rib", which, according to his bio on their website, is also [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his favorite food.]]

* BilingualBonus: They usually switch between English and Japanese in most songs. Some songs like ''Dead End in Tokyo'' and ''2045'' are even exclusively in English.

** They quote Music/TheBeatles in "Fly Again" ("life just comes and goes/[[Music/{{Revolver}} tomorrow never knows]]")

->(｢ﾟДﾟ)｢ GAW GAW!

** "[[Film/GodzillaVsKong Godzilla Vs Kong]]" (2021) [[note]]Japanese release's soundtrack[[/note]]

Doctor Hendrix, seeing this, began to fear his creations. He knew that they were capable of causing some of the most horrible things in history for the time, but he also believed that one day they would bring the end of days. Wracked with guilt, the doctor froze the group within the ice of Antarctica, leaving them with a radio to listen to the music of the modern day to entertain them for the rest of eternity. At least, until 2010, when ClimateChange eventually thawed their icy prison, and the group went on a rampage through Tokyo greater then any {{Kaiju}} ever has. Not of destruction, however, but of music. And now only time will tell, will they bring our doom...or will they save us from ourselves?

* CloudCuckooLander: They kinda come across as this when they don't sway from their backstory in interviews.

** "[[Film/GodzillaVsKong]]" (2021) [[note]]Japanese release's soundtrack[[/note]]

Doctor Hendrix, seeing this, began to fear his creations. He knew that they were capable of causing some of the most horrible things in history for the time, but he also believed that one day they would bring the end of days. Wracked with guilt, the doctor froze the group within the ice of Antarctica, leaving them with a radio to listen to the music of the modern day to entertain them for the rest of eternity. At least, until 2010, when GlobalWarming eventually thawed their icy prison, and the group went on a rampage through Tokyo greater then any {{Kaiju}} ever has. Not of destruction, however, but of music. And now only time will tell, will they bring our doom...or will they save us from ourselves?

In the year [[YearX 19XX]], humanity was in a full-on war with itself for wealth and power. Seeing this chaos, a genius biologist named [[Music/JimiHendrix Dr. Jimi Hendrix]] on an island called [[Music/ElectricLadyLand "Ladyland"]] to create the UltimateLifeForm to help save humanity from it's greatest's threat; itself. Said lifeforms, in Dr. Hendrix's eyes, have the heads of wolves, explaining their appearance. Eventually, they grew a power greater then any single army ever has, but soon were hired by the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Principality of Zeon]] to take on top-secret missions that caused near endless death and destruction.

Doctor Hendrix, seeing this, began to fear his creations. He knew that they were capable of causing some of the most horrible things in history for the time, but he also believed that one day they would bring the end of days. Wracked with guilt, the doctor froze the group within the ice of Antartica, leaving them with a radio to listen to the music of the modern day to entertain them for the rest of eternity. At least, until 2010, when GlobalWarming eventually thawed their icy prison, and the group went on a rampage through Tokyo greater then any {{Kaiju}} ever has. Not of destruction, however, but of music. And now only time will tell, will they bring our doom...or will they save us from ourselves?

Their music explores a bunch of different genres, usually mixing pop, hard rock, dance, rap, and punk elements. They're mostly known in Japan but have reached a fanbase worldwide with tours the US, Europe, and other Asian countries for both opening acts to popular western bands and their own. They also have received invites to famous music events such as ''[[Music/{{Slipknot}} Knotfest]]'' (both US and Japan locations) and ''Download Festival''.

They're best known, however, for being the artists behind themes for multiple anime intros, video games, and other products. (Singles will link to their respective media).

* They have released the following albums:

** ''Welcome to the New World'' (2010)
** ''Man With A Mission'' (2011)
** ''Trick or Treat e.p.'' (2011)
** ''Welcome to the New World - standard edition - '' (2012)
** ''Mash Up The World'' (2012)
** ''Untitled EP'' (2014)
** ''Tales of Purefly'' (2014)
** ''The World's On Fire'' (2016)
** ''Chasing the Horizon'' (2018)

* Singles

** "Man With A Mission" (2010)
** "Rain Of July" (2011)
** "Never Fxxkin' Mind the Rules" (2011)

** "Memories" (2016)
** "Dead End in Tokyo" (2017)
** "[[Manga/{{Inuyashiki}} My Hero]]"/"Find You" (2017)
** "Freak it! feat.Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra" (2018)

** "2045" (2018)
** "Hey Now" (2018)

* HarmlessFreezing: They were frozen in the Antartic for several decades.

** The video for "When my Devil Rises" features an animation of Manga/{{Devilman}} fighting demons (done as a collaboration with Creator/GoNagai, who contributed album art).
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: Their lyrics can easily fall victim of this, thanks to the random Japanese words and their non-native English.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Jean-Ken Johnny is the one who speaks for the band in interviews, and is extremly impressive in that aspect when it comes to English.

What do you get when you take a group of [[PettingZooPeople animals with human bodies]] that have the backstory of something out of a Saturday morning cartoon plot, give said group some instruments, and let them start a band? Well, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the US already did that]], but this time they're a [[WidgetSeries Japanese]] version of that concept.

* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: Very much so.

* PettingZooPeople: They claim to actually ''be'' wolves.

* AnimalMotifs: Wolves, [[CaptainObvious Obviously]].

* AnimalMotifs: Wolves and five of them, to boot!
* AnonymousBand: No one really knows what the guys actually look like or who they are.
** This extends to when they perform live. Jean-Ken Johnny, Tokyo Tanaka, and Kamikaze Boy all don different masks that free their mouths so they can sing more easily, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e7/30/22/e73022c28e60a45091ea2b148fc38695.jpg but their faces are painted pitch black]]. Japanese broadcasters go out of their way to avoid showing their faces during live performances, either opting for wide shots of the whole band slightly from behind, closeups of the top half of the wolf masks, bad lighting, or closeups of DJ Santa Monica and Spear Rib instead. All for art.
*** It also extends to their touring support guitarist, [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/6407955b9ea79da8fdc658e83bc369fa/tumblr_inline_mh6nuy4fIW1ra4z9p.jpg E.D.Vedder]] who wears a plain white mask à la Music/{{Buckethead}}.

* {{Backstory}}: They claim to have been created by a genius wolf biologist named [[Music/JimiHendrix Jimee Hendrixx]], who froze them to eternal sleep until the ice melted in 2010 due to his fear of them causing the world to fall into chaos. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It kinda makes sense in context]].

* [[WidgetSeries Widget Band]]: The wolf mask they wear is just the tip of the iceberg with the oddites of this band.

What do you get when you take a group of [[PettingZooPeople wolves with human bodies]] that have the backstory of something out of a Saturday morning cartoon plot, give said group some instruments, and let them start a band? Well, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the US already did that]], but this time they're a [[WidgetSeries Japanese]] version of that concept.