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older asian rock artists; a thread
this thread includes mostly rock artists (pre-2000s) but some but some of them may be punk, meta, etc. !!!!
this also isn't inclusive of asian bands/artists bc the list would be too long if i included bands from asia so it's mostly european / american bands/artists !!
freddie mercury (queen) - parsee-indian
kirk hammett (metallica) - filipino
eddie & alex van halen - indonesian
jean & june millington (fanny) - filipino
james iha (smashing pumpkins) - japanese
arnel pineda (journey) - filipino
john myung (dream theater) - korean
kim thayil (soundgarden) - indian
hiro yamamoto (soundgarden) - japanese
damo suzuki (can) - japanese
sothira pheng (crucifix) - cambodian
mike shinoda (linkin park) - japanese
joe hahn (linkin park) - korean
chi cheng (deftone) - chinese
ashwin sood - indian
death angel - filipino
(there are white members but there was a point where all members were filipino)
(there are white members but there was a point where all members were filipino)
bohaln - laotian
mike inez (alice in chains) - filipino
feel free to drop some more artists which i may have missed out 
tetsu yamauchi (faces) - japanese
dave brownsound (sum 41) - indian
