Ezo (band)

EZO
Also known asFlatbacker
OriginSapporo, Japan
GenresHeavy metal, glam metal
Years active1982–1990
LabelsVictor, Geffen Records
Past membersMasaki Yamada
Taro Takahashi
Shoyo Iida
Hirotsugu Homma

EZO (イーズィーオー, Iiziiō) was a Japanese heavy metal band originally formed as Flatbacker in the spring of 1982 in Sapporo, Japan out of the remnants of two high school bands, Power-Station and Scrap. EZO has been named a "seminal influence by such artists as Steve McDonald of Redd Kross and Michael Steele of The Bangles."