Hailing from Chiba, Japan, the all-girl outfit Softball brings out the fun-filled presence of hyper-paced pop-punk energy. Having gotten together while still in high school, the collaboration of Moe (vocals/guitar), Nomiya (bass/vocals), and Rie (drums/vocals) made their three-chord punk debut through Asian Man Records with the 1999 self-titled CDEP. Softball's first self-titled full-length also came out on Asian Man the following year. ~ Mike DaRonco