History Music / Panchiko

** "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" uses a repeated SpokenWordInMusic clip of someone saying "Don't play the track", which is taken from an audio file ripped from ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' - if you were to put the ''Burning Rangers'' game disc into an audio CD player, the first thing you'd hear was one of the voice actors from the game reading a warning not to do that if you don't want to risk damaging your stereo system.

** "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" uses a repeated SpokenWordMusic clip of someone saying "Don't play the track", which is audio ripped from ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' - if you were to put the ''Burning Rangers'' game disc into an audio CD player, the first thing you'd hear was one of the voice actors from the game reading a warning not to do that if you don't want to risk damaging your stereo system.

* ShoutOut: The band's music and artwork contains plenty of shout-outs to anime and manga. For example, "Laputa" is inspired by the Creator/StudioGhibli film ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', whilst "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" namedrops Roy Fokker from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''. The cover shown above was taken from [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/88/a7/d8/88a7d8f01e00939b0a4a1eaa1eae41a6.jpg a panel]] from ''Manga/MintNaBokura''.

* AuthorAppeal: The artwork for the [=EP=] is lifted directly from certain manga and anime series. The band's name is also a pun on panchinko, a type of gambling game common in Japan.

On February 16, 2020, ''Deathmetal'' was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form, with the original [=MP3s=] and the tracks from ''Kicking Cars'' added as bonus tracks. Later that year, two brand new recordings from the band was released, as well as a whole album's worth of original demos entitled ''Ferric Oxide''.

* ShoutOut: The band's music and artwork contains plenty of shout-outs to anime and manga. For example, "Laputa" is inspired by the Creator/StudioGhibli film ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', whilst "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" namedrops Roy Fokker from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

On February 16, 2020, ''Deathmetal'' was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form, with the original MP3s and the tracks from ''Kicking Cars'' added as bonus tracks. Later that year, two brand new recordings from the band was released, as well as a whole album's worth of original demos entitled ''Ferric Oxide''.

* ShoutOut: "Laputa" is inspired by the Creator/StudioGhibli film ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', whilst "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" namedrops Roy Fokker.

* ShoutOut: "Laputa" is one to the film ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', whilst "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" namedrops Roy Fokker.

* ShoutOut: "Laputa" is one to the film ''Anime/LaputaCastleInTheSky'', whilst "D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L" namedrops Roy Fokker.

* IndecipherableLyrics: The lyrics are rather difficult to make out through the distortion.

On February 16, 2020, ''Deathmetal'' was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form, with the original MP3s and the tracks from ''Kicking Cars'' added as bonus tracks. Later that year, a whole album's worth of original demos entitled ''Ferric Oxide'' was released in August.

On February 16, 2020, ''Deathmetal'' was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form, with the original MP3s and the tracks from ''Kicking Cars'' added as bonus tracks. A whole album's worth of original demos entitled ''Ferric Oxide'', was released in August.

On February 16, 2020, ''Deathmetal'' was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form, with the original MP3s and the tracks from ''Kicking Cars'' added as bonus tracks.

'''Panchiko''' are indie rock group from Nottingham, UK consisting of Owain on vocals, Andy on guitar, Shaun on bass, and John on drums. The band recorded two EPs: The four-song ''Deathmetal'' (stylized as ''D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L''), released in 2000 in a limited quantity of around 30 to 40 CD-R copies, and the three-song ''Kicking Cars'', released in 2001. They disappeared shortly afterwards but re-appeared in the public eye in 2020.

Not much is known about their history, and the EPs remained lost in obscurity for several years. It wouldn't be until July 21, 2016 that ''Deathmetal'' started gaining attention: a user on 4chan's /mu/ board published a post about the EP, which they found at an Oxfam charity shop and were unable to find any sort of information regarding it on the internet. What piqued people's attention was the sound quality of the EP; the disc was heavily affected by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot disc rot]], so the music on it (a hybrid of Indie Rock, DreamPop, and TripHop) had a heavily compressed and crushed sound to it. To many, however, this only added to the mysterious quality of both the music and the band itself. Word got around about the ''Deathmetal'' EP, and pretty soon what was once just an obscure side project of some secondary schoolers had gained a sizable cult fanbase.

* AuthorAppeal: The artwork for the EP is lifted directly from certain manga and anime series. The band's name is also a pun on panchinko, a type of gambling game common in Japan.
* DigitalDestruction: The sound of the band's first EP, from the then-only circulating rip of it online, has a heavily distorted and compressed sound due to the 4chan user's CD succumbing to disc rot.

'''Panchiko''' were a very short-lived indie rock group from Nottingham, England, consisting of Owain on vocals, Andy on guitar, Sean on programming, and John on drums. The band recorded two EPs: The four-song ''Deathmetal'' (stylized as ''D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L''), released in 2000 in a limited quantity of around 30 to 40 CD-R copies, and the three-song ''Kicking Cars'', released in 2001. They disappeared shortly afterwards.

'''Panchiko''' were a very short-lived indie rock group from Nottingham, England, consisting of Owain on vocals, Andy on guitar, Sean on programming, and John on drums. The band recorded one EP of four songs in 2000, ''Deathmetal'' (stylized as ''D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L''), produced around 30 to 40 CD-R copies of it, and then disappeared shortly afterwards.

Not much is known about their history, and the EP remained lost in obscurity for several years. It wouldn't be until July 21, 2016 that the album gained attention: a user on 4chan's /mu/ board published a post about the EP, which they found at an Oxfam charity shop and were unable to find any sort of information regarding it on the internet. What piqued people's attention was the sound quality of the EP; the disc was heavily affected by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot disc rot]], so the music on it (a hybrid of Indie Rock, DreamPop, and TripHop) had a heavily compressed and crushed sound to it. To many, however, this only added to the mysterious quality of both the music and the band itself. Word got around about the ''Deathmetal'' EP, and pretty soon what was once just an obscure side project of some secondary schoolers had gained a sizable cult fanbase.

On February 16, 2020, the EP was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form, with the original MP3s and two unreleased songs added as bonus tracks.

* DigitalDestruction: The sound of the band's only EP, from the then-only circulating rips of it online, has a heavily distorted and compressed sound due to the 4chan user's CD succumbing to disc rot.

Not much is known about their history, and the EP remained lost in obscurity for several years. It wouldn't be until July 21, 2016 that the album gained attention: a user on 4chan's /mu/ board published a post about the EP, which they found at an Oxfam charity shop and were unable to find any sort of information regarding it on the internet. What piqued people's attention was the sound quality of the EP; the disc was heavily affected by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot disc rot]], so the music on it (a hybrid of {{emo|music}}, DreamPop, and TripHop) had a heavily compressed and crushed sound to it. To many, however, this only added to the mysterious quality of both the music and the band itself. Word got around about the ''Deathmetal'' EP, and pretty soon what was once just an obscure side project of some secondary schoolers had gained a sizable cult fanbase.

* GenreMashup: Musically, the ''Deathmetal'' EP contains elements of {{Emo|Music}} (including midwest emo at certain points), TripHop, DreamPop, and ElectronicMusic.

'''Panchiko''' were a very short-lived indie rock group from the United Kingdom, consisting of Owain on vocals, Andy on guitar, Sean on programming, and John on drums. The band recorded one EP of four songs in 2000, ''Deathmetal'' (stylized as ''D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L''), produced around 30-40 CD-R copies of it, and then disappeared shortly afterwards.

Not much is known about their history, and the EP remained lost in obscurity for several years. It wouldn't be until July 21, 2016, that the album gained attention: a user on 4chan's /mu/ board published a post about the EP, which they found at an Oxfam charity shop and were unable to find any sort of information regarding it on the internet. What piqued people's attention was the sound quality of the EP; the disc was heavily affected by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot disc rot]], so the music on it (a hybrid of {{emo|music}}, DreamPop, and electronic) has a heavily compressed and crushed sound to it. To many, however, this only adds to the mysterious quality of both the music and the band itself. Word got around of the ''Deathmetal'' EP, and pretty soon what was once just an obscure side project of some secondary schoolers had gained a sizable cult fanbase.

On February 16, 2020, the EP was [[https://panchiko.bandcamp.com/releases officially re-released]] in its original, non-crushed form.

* GenreMashup: Musically, the ''Deathmetal'' EP contains elements of {{Emo|Music}}, TripHop, DreamPop, and ElectronicMusic.

Not much is known about their history, and the EP remained lost in obscurity for several years. It wouldn't be until July 21, 2016, that the album gained attention: a user on 4chan's /mu/ board published a post about the EP, which they found at an Oxfam charity shop and were unable to find any sort of information regarding it on the internet. What piqued people's attention was the sound quality of the EP; the disc was heavily affected by laser rot, so the music on it (a hybrid of {{emo|music}}, DreamPop, and electronic) has a heavily compressed and crushed sound to it. To many, however, this only adds to the mysterious quality of both the music and the band itself. Word got around of the ''Deathmetal'' EP, and pretty soon what was once just an obscure side project of some secondary schoolers had gained a sizable cult fanbase.

Nevertheless, it seemed very unlikely that any sort of official confirmation of the project's existence would happen. The CD only listed the band members' (relatively common) first names, making tracking them very difficult. That changed on January 31, 2020, when someone managed to get into contact with Owain and Andy