
Yakuza is an avant-garde metal band, formed in Chicago in 1999. They have been acclaimed for their incorporation of jazz and world music elements. Yakuza was formed in 1999 by the Chicago native, Eric Plonka, when, after an unsuccessful attempt to find a guitar player for the band he and drummer James Staffel were currently involved (in which plonka was the bass player) taught himself to play guitar and recorded a three song cd titled "Thursdays in Hell" with Staffel. [mehr anzeigen...]