The Squid Squad are one of the many fictional bands that are said to have produced the music for Nintendo’s Splatoon series of games.

Nintendo’s official Splatoon news outlet, Live from Squid Research Lab, provided a short biography of the group in a tumblr post:

This group of squid punks is the Squid Squad. They’re one of Inkopolis’s hottest acts, and their tracks can be heard as background music during many of the Inkling Turf Wars. Sadly, their shows sell out instantly and they’re always being mobbed by fans, so they don’t make public appearances very often.

In Splatoon 2, it is revealed that the group disbanded, with Wet Floor taking their place as one of the hottest acts in Inkopolis. The bassist, Ikkan, would go on to form a group known as “Diss-Pair”, performing two songs that were added to Splatoon 2 in a post-launch update.

Ichiya, the inkling guitarist/vocalist, Namida, the inkling synth player, and Murasaki, the sea urchin drummer, were absent from the music of Splatoon 2 but are set to return in Splatoon 3 as a new group named “Front Roe”.