Question: Which band has been together longer, Asian Kung-Fu Generation or The Get Up Kids?

Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation is an early EP by Japanese rock band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, released during their indie days.  The mini-album was a joint-work with and composed almost entirely in English lyrics.  The fourth track, "Aono Uta," was later re-recorded and included within the band's major-label debut EP, "Hōkai Amplifier". <SEP>  Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s emo scene, otherwise known as the "" of emo music.  As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe. The Get Up Kids are an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri.  They founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label Vagrant Records.  While the imprint was started to release albums by The Get Up Kids, it served as a launching pad for several side-projects such as The New Amsterdams and Reggie and the Full Effect. <SEP> Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション , Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon , stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996.  For nearly its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotō, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi.  Starting out as a college band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation released a series of independent EPs featuring lyrics mostly sung in English.  In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut "Hōkai Amplifier", from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese.  The band's musical style is influenced by seminal Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie-rock and punk scene.  Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove and emotional lyrics.  Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial success in addition to critical acclaim.  Asian Kung-Fu Generation has been cited as one of the best, most balanced modern rock bands to emerge from Japan in the 2000s. <SEP> Masafumi Gotō (後藤 正文 , Gotō Masafumi ) (December 2, 1976) is the lead vocalist, main songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation.  Masafumi met fellow band members Kensuke Kita and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University.  The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after.  As the main songwriter of the band, Gotō is accredited for engendering a majority of their lyrics, but has a strong tendency to share songwriting duties equally among his bandmates.  His vocal style most often alternates between soft, melodic singing, and harder, harsher, yelling.  Masafumi has a degree in economics and his favourite artists include Weezer, Number Girl, Oasis, Teenage Fanclub, and Beck.  He launched his own music label, Only in Dreams and produces records for other artists such as Chatmonchy, Dr. Downer and The Chef Cooks Me.  He was also one of the founding members of the band Skeletons (スケルトンズ ) .