Sick Riffs #90: At Guitar World, we love music that's a bit off the beaten track, so when the opportunity to present a Sick Riff from Japan noise-rock icons Bo Ningen presented itself, we jumped at the chance. The four-piece have crafted quite the niche over their near-15-year career, offering a plethora of unconventional arrangements and off-the-wall guitar riffs.
Sick Riffs: Kohhei Matsuda and Yuki Tsujii teach you the avant-garde six-string psychedelia of Bo Ningen's Koroshitai Kimochi
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