JPNSGRLS
| JPNSGRLS | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Beauties, Japanese Girls |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Indie Rock, Alternative rock, Post-punk revival |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Labels | Light Organ Records (Canada) |
| Associated acts | Mounties (band), Hot Hot Heat, Steve Bays, Ryan Dahle, Limblifter, Hawksley Workman, The Zolas, July Talk, Dry the River, The Katherines, The Oceanographers, Highs, Allusondrugs, Fake Shark, Turbowolf, Fine Times, Take Two, Little India, The Matinee, The OBGMs, Highs, The Heavy, Fizzy Blood |
| Website | jpnsgrls |
| Members | Charlie Kerr Christopher McClelland Graham Serl Colton Lauro |
| Past members | Hasan Altintas (Bass) Simon Eltermon (Bass) Sam Rutledge (Drums) Oliver Mann (Lead Guitar) |
JPNSGRLS – pronounced “Japanese Girls” — is a four-piece Canadian garage pop band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2010. The band consists of Charlie Kerr, vocalist/lyricist, Christopher McClelland, bass guitar, Graham Serl, drums, and Colton Lauro on lead guitar.
The band members are all originally from the Greater Vancouver area. Kerr and co-founding lead guitarist Oliver Mann formed a core project in 2007 while still in secondary school, with McClelland joining in 2009 and Serl rounding out the lineup in 2010. Live shows were integral to the band from its beginning, performing in battles of the bands, and packing out any venue that would allow teenage performers and their audiences.
Prior to 2010, JPNSGRLS was originally known as The Beauties, but due to a name conflict with an existing band, changed its name to Japanese Girls. This name was chosen as a tribute to another band they admired - an all-female Japanese indie band called Mass of the Fermenting Dregs. However, upon realizing it caused difficulty when searching for the band online, they stylized it to the current JPNSGRLS.
The band is a fixture on the Vancouver independent music scene, and is known for its hyperkinetic live shows. While Kerr is the sole lyricist, JPNSGRLS takes a democratic approach with all members contributing to the building of the songs overall.
JPNSGRLS was nominated for the Sirius XM Canada Independent Music Award for 'Emerging Artist of the Year (English)' in April 2015.
In January 2016, after the recording of their second full-length album was completed, Oliver Mann announced via Facebook that he was leaving the band for other pursuits. 'As some of you already know, 2016 will be a big change for me, in the fact that I have recently decided to leave JPNSGRLS. It was a tough decision to make, but something I had been thinking about for a long time,' he said. 'Being a part of JPNSGRLS was amazing, and I am sad to leave it. I got to see so much of the world and am very proud of what we had accomplished over the last 8 years. Most importantly, I got to enjoy the journey with some of the most amazing people I have ever known.'
After JPNSGRLS mounted a search and auditioned several musicians, Colton Lauro, also from the Greater Vancouver area and having worked with several area acts as well as being a session musician, became the band's new lead guitarist in the spring of 2016.
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