From the land of the rising sun comes Ultra Bide for a gig in Keighley this weekend.

The Japanese alternative rockers will support legendary Canadian punks S.N.F.U. at the Exchange Arts Centre.

Keighley’s own Sounds of Swami complete the bill for the concert at the Russell Street venue.

Ultra Bide were formed in Kyoto-City in 1978 and were at the forefront of the Kansai No Wave with Aunt Sally and INU. The band had a significant impact on the alternative, punk, new wave, noise and avant-garde scene in Japan.

In 1980 the first Japanese punk single Dokkiri Record was released, and in 1984 Ultra Bide provided the first Alchemy Records release.

The following year the band moved to Brooklyn, New York, and over the next decade they performed regularly across the world.

In 2001 Hide, the band’s leading light, returned to Japan and restarted Ultra Bide, specialising in “punk art electro massive attack rock”. The band released an album last October, entitled DNA vs DNA-c, on the Alternative Tentacles label.

Ultra Bide promise a mix of old and new school punk rock to “blow up your right left and right brains!”.

The Keighley gig is headlined by S.N.F.U., a group of melodic hard-core punks who throughout their 31-year career have played more than 5,000 gigs and released nine full-length records. Frontman Mr Chi Pig promises he will continue performing until he dies, and has spearheaded a tenth studio album entitled Never Trouble Trouble, Until Trouble Troubles You. This gig is the band’s first European tour since 2009.

Sounds of Swami are known for an eclectic mix of punk, DC post-hard-core and progressive rock, as well as an aggressive stage presence, and their songs deal with subjects like anti-racism, left-wing politics and DIY sensibilities.

Visit wegottickets.com to book for the gig.