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Live Loudest At The Budokan '91
''Live Loudest at the Budokan '91'' is the eight live album by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released at the end of 2009 as a package of a CD and a DVD, with recordings and footage from a concert held in Tokyo Budokan during the 1991 tour to promote the '' On the Prowl'' album, with Mike Vescera on vocals. Track listing ;CD #"Down 'n' Dirty" - 5:00 #"Playin' Games" - 5:13 #"In the Mirror" - 3:43 #"Never Again" - 5:44 #"Crazy Night" - 4:32 #"So Lonely" - 5:33 #"Crazy Doctor" - 6:04 #"Loudness" - 8:26 #"Find a Way" - 8:55 #"Sleepless Night" - 7:40 #"Soldier of Fortune" - 4:29 #"Slap in the Face" (bonus studio track) - 5:14 ;DVD *"Love Toys" *"Take It or Leave It" *"Never Again" *"Sleepless Night" *"Down 'n' Dirty" (music video) *"In the Mirror" (music video) *"You Shook Me" (music video) Personnel ;Loudness * Mike Vescera – vocals *Akira Takasaki – guitars *Masayoshi Yamashita – bass *Munetaka Higuchi (December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loudness (band)
is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese metal act signed to a major label in the United States. Loudness subsequently released 26 studio albums (five licensed in America) and nine live albums by 2014 and reached the ''Billboard'' Top 100 during their heyday as well as charting on Oricon dozens of times. Despite numerous changes in its line-up, with Takasaki the sole constant member, the band continued their activities throughout the 1990s, finally reuniting the original line-up in 2001. This incarnation released a further seven albums until November 30, 2008, when original drummer Munetaka Higuchi died from liver cancer at a hospital in Osaka at age 49. He was replaced with Masayuki Suzuki. Biography 1980–1984: From Lazy to Loudness The band was started by guitarist Akira Takasaki, bassist Hiroyuki Tanaka and drummer Munetaka Higuchi, coming off the split-up of the rock band Lazy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most outstanding musical performance venues. The Budokan was a popular venue for Japanese professional wrestling for a time, and it has hosted numerous other sporting events such as the 1967 Women's Volleyball World Championship. Most recently, the arena hosted the Olympic debut of karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ... in the 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the judo competition at both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. A number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Everlasting (album)
is the twenty-second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2009 only in Japan, after the death of original drummer Munetaka Higuchi, whose pre-recorded drum tracks were used on this album. It was also 15th and last album recorded by the original line-up. The song "I Wonder" introduces new drummer Masayuki Suzuki. The album also features a quasi-return to their 1980s sound in "Flame of Rock" and "I Wonder". The cover artwork is inspired by a Thailand's sculpture called "Budda Head in Tree". Track listing Music by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara #"Hit the Rails" - 4:15 #"Flame of Rock" - 4:47 #"I Wonder" - 5:08 #"The Everlasting" - 5:33 #"Life Goes On" - 4:24 #"Let It Rock" - 4:06 #"Crystal Moon" - 4:44 #"Change"- 6:56 #"Rock into the Night" - 3:27 #"I'm in Pain" - 5:22 #"Thunder Burn" - 5:21 #"Desperate Religion" - 6:19 Personnel ;Loudness * Minoru Niihara - vocals *Akira Takasaki is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Pain (Loudness Album)
is the twenty-third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released on May 19, 2010 only in Japan and marks the full-length debut of drummer Masayuki Suzuki. Guitarist Akira Takasaki would later say ''King of Pain'' was focused on featuring Suzuki. The album reached number 21 on the Oricon chart. The album shows a return to standard-tuned guitars and bass, and according to some fans, a return to their 1980s sound. Track listing All music written by Akira Takasaki, lyrics as indicated #"Requiem" (instrumental) - 2:59 #"The King of Pain" ( Minoru Niihara, Bob Dyer) - 5:30 #"Power of Death" (Niihara, Takashi Kanazawa) - 4:21 #"Death Machine" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:42 #"Doodlebug" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:07 #"Rule the World" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:11 #"Straight Out of Our Soul" (Niihara, Ken Ayugai) - 3:51 #"Where Am I Going?" (Niihara, JJ) - 3:50 #"Emma" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:25 #"Naraka" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:34 #"Doctor from Hell" (Niihara, Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Prowl (album)
''On the Prowl'' is the ninth studio album released by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It is also their second and last album with American vocalist Mike Vescera, before his leaving to join Yngwie Malmsteen's band. ''On the Prowl'' is mainly a compilation of self-covers of songs from early Loudness' albums, containing only three new songs written by the band (♠). However, Mike Vescera translated and adapted the lyrics of the old songs written by former vocalist Minoru Niihara, to be sung in English. Track listing All music by Akira Takasaki. The lyrics for all the new songs and "Find a Way" written by Mike Vescera, except for "Love Toys" by Vescera/Dearnley. Other lyrics by Minoru Niihara. #"Down 'n' Dirty" ♠ - 4:36 #"Playin' Games" ♠ - 3:47 #"Love Toys" ♠ - 4:02 #"Never Again" - 5:01 (cover of "Silent Sword", b-side of the single "Risky Woman") #"Deadly Player" - 4:47 (cover of "Lonely Player", from the album '' Devil Soldier'') #"Take It or Leave It" - 4: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Vescera
Michael Vescera is an American heavy metal singer for various bands and projects like Loudness (''Soldier of Fortune'', ''On the Prowl'', ''Live at the Budokan''), Obsession (''Marshall Law'', ''Scarred for Life'', ''Methods of Madness'', ''Carnival of Lies'', ''Order of Chaos''), Yngwie Malmsteen (''The Seventh Sign'', ''Magnum Opus''), Dr. Sin (''Dr. Sin II''), Roland Grapow (''Kaleidoscope'') or his own band MVP (''Mike Vescera Project''). Besides being a vocalist, Vescera also works as a record producer: his recent collaborations include artists such as Metal Mike Chlasiak and Bobby Jarzombek ( Halford, Sebastian Bach, Fates warning) and their soon to be released ''Pain Museum'' album, Bobby Blotzer's (Ratt) & John Corabi's ( Mötley Crüe, The Scream) ''Twenty4Seven'' CD, Magnitude Nine's forthcoming album ''Decoding the Soul'', Reign of Terror (featuring Joe Stump) and Killing Machine (featuring Stet Howland and Mike Duda of W.A.S.P.) – just to name a few. Michael ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Takasaki
is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s. Career He started his career as a guitarist, winning a TV contest for young music talents at the age of 14. He was rapidly put under contract to be part of the pop-rock band Lazy, of which drummer Munetaka Higuchi was also a member. Lazy produced five successful albums at the end of the 1970s, but Takasaki's musical style, oriented towards hard rock and heavy metal, did not gel with the band and in 1981 he decided to form his own band, Loudness, alongside bandmate Higuchi. The many heavy metal albums produced by Loudness brought him international fame and vast critical acclaim. He is the only member of Loudness that has been in the band since its inception, producing more than 20 studio albums in 25 years. Takasaki has also continued the production of solo wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munetaka Higuchi
(December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the heavy metal band Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of Lazy in the 1970s. Career From a young age, he was considered a talented drummer. During his high school years, Higuchi played in seven bands. But he was not happy with this situation, wanting to focus his time on only one band. At this point, schoolmate and future bandmate Akira Takasaki came along and they formed Lazy. Lazy was formed by very young musicians and started playing easy-listening pop-rock, that slowly progressed to more complex music. Higuchi was identified in the band by the moniker "Davy". When he and Takasaki shifted their musical interests to hard rock and heavy metal, they founded Loudness in 1981. During his time with Loudness, Higuchi released his first solo album, ''Destruction'', in 1983. In the same year he produced and played drums on Mari Hama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Live Albums
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loudness (band) Live Albums
In acoustics, loudness is the subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it is defined as the "attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". The relation of physical attributes of sound to perceived loudness consists of physical, physiological and psychological components. The study of apparent loudness is included in the topic of psychoacoustics and employs methods of psychophysics. In different industries, loudness may have different meanings and different measurement standards. Some definitions, such as ITU-R BS.1770 refer to the relative loudness of different segments of electronically reproduced sounds, such as for broadcasting and cinema. Others, such as ISO 532A (Stevens loudness, measured in sones), ISO 532B ( Zwicker loudness), DIN 45631 and ASA/ANSI S3.4, have a more general scope and are often used to characterize loudness of environmental noise. More modern standards, such as Nordtest A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
