Waltz

Waltz is a Japanese punk band. The name is also used by several unrelated artists, including a Japanese hardcore punk group active in the mid-1980s, a project by Jessy Montaigne associated with emo and hardcore, and the solo work of Brandon DeHart.

Japanese punk band

The Japanese punk band is the act identified here. It comes from Japan and is tagged within punk. The name has also been used by a mid-1980s Japanese hardcore punk band, which places Waltz within Japan’s punk and hardcore scene.

Other artists using the name

Jessy Montaigne releases a split with Moonraker in 1997 under the name Waltz, with the material described as emo and hardcore. Brandon DeHart also records as Waltz; he operates Last View Parable Records and has composed and recorded instrumental music since 2001. In 2003, he graduates from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a degree in Creative Writing, and later resides in Riverview, Florida. His music under this name is described as combining ambient, post-rock, minimalism and electronica, with a soundtrack-like feel. Releases by that Waltz appear through Mine, All Mine! Records and Last View Parable Records.