Maximum the Hormone is a metalcore band formed in Hachioji, Tokyo in 1997 with the line-up of Daisuke-han (vocals), SUGI (guitar), KEY (bass) and Nao Kawakita (drums). The band played a mixture of pop punk, funk, metal and hardcore. After releasing their first album A.S.A. Crew through indies label SkyRecord, SUGI and KEY left the band and the present line-up of Daisuke-han, Maximum the Ryo-kun, Nao and Ue-chan came to be, along with a name change to マキシマム ザ ホルモン. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.