first self titled album was released on October 17, 2007. Their debut peaked at no.2 on the Oricon charts. On July 16, 2008, Abingdon Boys School released a live DVD from the concert they held in February 2008. In November 2009, Abingdon Boys School went on a tour through Europe, securing a record deal with Germany label Gan-Shin that saw their debut available in Europe. The band played shows in Helsinki, Stockholm, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Paris, London and Moscow. In London, the band played in Camden Underworld venue, famous in Japan as it was the place where Sadistic Mika Band had played in 1975, the first Japanese rock band to ever tour in Europe. In Helsinki, Andy McCoy of 1980s hair-metal band Hanoi Rocks showed up unannounced, one of the groups idols. A B-sides compilation album was then released in Japan titled Teaching Materials. Shortly after, a second studio album was announced for January 27, 2010, titled Abingdon Road. In addition to 6 new tracks, the album contained singles released since the band's first full album and a cover of "Sweetest Coma Again", originally found on Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-. They released a book containing scores of their singles on November 12, 2010. On August 7, 2012, Abingdon Boys School released "We Are" internationally, their first single in two and a half years. The title track was featured as the theme song for the PlayStation 3 video game Sengoku Basara HD Collection, which was released on September 5, 2012. Abingdon Boys School performed at Inazuma Rock Festival 2018, marking their first live in six years. They performed at the festival again the following year and announced their first tour in 10 years for March 2020. However, the tour has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Work used in media All of the band's singles are songs that have been used in anime and video games; perhaps owing to Nishikawa's personal interests, having gone so far as to voice a few anime roles himself. "Innocent Sorrow" was used as the opening for the D.Gray-Man anime; "Howling" and "From Dusk Till Dawn" for Darker Than Black and its sequel Ryūsei no Gemini; "Nephilim" for the PlayStation 3 game Folklore; "Blade Chord" and "Jap" for the Sengoku Basara series; "Strength" for the Soul Eater anime, and "Kimi no Uta" for Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. "Fre@k $HoW", the b-side off