History Music / ThePillows

* GratuitousEnglish: Done plenty of times on their albums, usually when they sing the chorus of their song. A couple songs, namely, "Rock 'n' Roll Sinners", "Rookie Jet", and "Naked Shuffle" are sung entirely in English.

* ShoutOut: As they've often been compared to the band Music/ThePixies, they've made references to them, notable on ''Happy Bivouac'', with a song being named after The Pixies' bassist Kim Deal, and their song "Back Seat Dog" having a similar structure to "Here Comes Your Man", complete with the vocalist singing the chorus to the song in the fade-out in English.

* GratuitousEnglish: Done plenty of times on their albums, usually when they sing the chorus of their song. One of their songs, "Rookie Jet" off ''Thank You, My Twilight'', is entirely sung in english. "Naked Shuffle" from ''Kool Spice'' is an earlier example that does the same thing.

* LongTitle: Just to name a few examples, "Let's See, If That's True Or Not", "Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo", "Like A Lovesong (Back to Back)", "Something Like A Romance", and "White Summer And Green Bicycle, Red Hair With Black Guitar".

They are best known for their heavily American/British influenced style of songwriting, which greatly contrasts in an industry saturated with the same-old j-pop sound. It is for this reason that they're quite popular in Japan and have since spawned many imitators. They're also quite popular in the US, having a sizeable fanbase, with their music spreading both out of their use in FLCL and word of mouth, but due to lack of official releases, they had to rely on imports or downloads. This changed when they officially released their music onto streaming platforms such as Spotify in the US.

Outside of Japan, they are best known for the inclusion of their music in Anime/{{FLCL}}, as Creator/StudioGainax licensed three of their albums up to that point for almost the entire anime's soundtrack. Several songs from it such as I think I can, LITTLE BUSTERS, and Ride on shooting star are very popular because of this. One of their singles, Ladybird Girl, was used as the theme song for the Japanese dub of WesternAnimation/Ben10 and created Rodeo Star Mate as the theme song for Anime/{{Stitch}}, Japan's incarnation of WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch. They also made Comic Sonic for the ending theme of Manga/SketDance.

The first two albums were contracted under Pony Canyon before Ueda left, the rest after that until Good Dreams were under the label King Records. They are currently under Delicious Label.

* GratuitousEnglish: Done plenty of times on their albums, usually when they sing the chorus of their song. One of their songs, Rookie Jet off Thank You, My Twilight, is entirely sung in english. Naked Shuffle from Kool Spice is an earlier example that does the same thing.
* HiddenTrack: On their compilation album Fool on the Planet, there's a hidden track, Secret Slogan, a few minutes after the final track (Hybrid Rainbow) ends.
* LighterAndSofter: Their early albums such as Living Field are this compared to their later works, with Living Field being more akin to Jangle Pop compared to the more straightforward Alternative Rock they'd end up doing in the future.
* LongTitle: Just to name a few examples, Let's See, If That's True Or Not, Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo, Like A Lovesong (Back to Back), Something Like A Romance, and White Summer And Green Bicycle, Red Hair With Black Guitar.
* RealSongThemeTune: Their song Ride On Shooting Star was used as the theme to Anime/{{FLCL}}.
* SeriesFauxnale: In a sense with their album Please Mr. Lostman, as it was created at a time when the band were unsure if they'd create another album due to poor sales of their previous albums, which led to them experimenting a bunch with their sound. However, as this album ended up being a hit, they'd go on to produce more albums afterwards.
* ShoutOut: As they've often been compared to the band Music/ThePixies, they've made references to them, notable on Happy Bivouac, with a song being named after The Pixies' bassist Kim Deal, and their song Back Seat Dog having a similar structure to Here Comes Your Man, complete with the vocalist singing the chorus to the song in the fade-out in english.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Black Sheep off Little Busters comes right before the title track, and is a slow gentle song with only a guitar and bass drum.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Black Sheep off Little Busters comes right before the title track, and is a slow gentle song with only a guitar.

* ShoutOut: As they've often been compared to the band Music/ThePixies, they've made references to them, notable on Happy Bivouac, with a song being named after The Pixies' bassist Kim Deal, and their song Back Seat Dog having a similar structure to Here Comes Your Man, complete with the vocalist singing the chorus to the song in the fade-out in english.

* GratuitousEnglish: Done plenty of times on their albums, usually when they sing the chorus of their song. One of their songs, Rookie Jet off Thank You, My Twilight, is entirely sung in english.