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The Birthday (band)
The Birthday is a Japanese garage rock band formed by Yusuke Chiba and members of his previous bands, Rosso and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant. History In June, 2006, Chiba and Imai announced the release of Rosso's album ''Emissions'', and also that Rosso would go on a hiatus. Immediately after The Birthday was formed and in August of the same year, their first single ''Stupid'' was released. The band was formed with Yusuke Chiba as the leader, but with the intention that all the members would contribute to the songwriting process. In 2011 the band's lead guitarist Akinobu Imai left and in the same year Kenji Fujii, famous in Japan as a guitarist and songwriter of My Little Lover My Little Lover is a J-Pop, Japanese pop group belonging to the Avex Trax label as of the single and the album ''Akko''. Previous releases were under Toy's Factory. The group has had several members, but currently only Akko (Akamatsu Akiko 赤 ..., joined them after a hiatus of some months. Discogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garage Rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is characterized by basic chord (music), chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a distortion (music), fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. Its name derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family Garage (residential), garage, although many were professional. In the US and Canada, surf rock—and later the Beatles and other beat music, beat groups of the British Invasion—motivated thousands of young people to form bands between 1963 and 1968. Hundreds of acts produced regional hits, and some had national hits, usually played on AM radio stations. With the advent of psyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues Rock
Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes with keyboards and harmonica). From its beginnings in the early to mid-1960s, blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way it inspired and influenced hard rock, Southern rock, and early heavy metal music, heavy metal. Blues rock started with rock musicians in the United Kingdom and the United States performing American blues songs. They typically recreated electric Chicago blues songs, such as those by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, and Jimmy Reed, at faster tempos and with a more aggressive sound common to rock. In the UK, the style was popularized by groups such as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and the Animals, who put several blues songs into the pop charts. In the US, Lonnie Mack, the Paul Butterfield Blues B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, ''Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosso (band)
Rosso was a Japanese band formed as a side project by Yusuke Chiba, and former Blankey Jet City bassist Toshiyuki Terui. Members For BIRD * Yusuke Chiba - Guitar / Vocal (ex-TMGE) * Toshiyuki Terui - Bass (ex-Blankey Jet City) * MASATO - Drums (ex-Assfort) For DIRTY KARAT and EMISSIONS * Yusuke Chiba - Guitar / Vocal (ex-TMGE) * Toshiyuki Terui - Bass (ex-Blankey Jet City) * Akinobu Imai - Guitar * Minoru Sato - Drums Discography Albums Bird (2002) 1. Wakusei ni Escalator 2. Sharon 3. Midnight Condoru 4. Jerry Love 5. I Love Punk 6. Karipuso Baby 7. Motor Pool 8. Grasshopper wa Noheru 9. Hoshi no Melody 10. Monkey Love Sick Dirty Karat (2004) 1. Outsider 2. 1000 Tambourines 3. Lemon Crazy 4. Chad In Hell 5. Handle Mama 6. Pierce 7. Tulip 8. Doubutsu Party 9. Sweet Jimi 10. Hitogoroshi 11. Kimi No Hikari To Boku No Kage 12. Kasei No Scorpion Emissions (2006) 1. nemuranai jiru 2. Rooster 3. Wall 4. hakkou Live albums * The Night When Diamond Dust Fell... Singles * 1000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (often abbreviated to TMGE) was a Japanese garage rock band formed in 1991. History The band was formed in 1991,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 1025-6 while Chiba, Ueno, and Kuhara were students at Tokyo's Meiji Gakuin University. They later drew influence from The Roosters. Their unusual name originated when a friend mispronounced the title of an early jam session recording; featuring cover songs of Thee Headcoats (one of the band's main influences) and from The Damned's album ''Machine Gun Etiquette''. Some years later Futoshi Abe joined the band. After an independently released EP in 1995, they signed to Nippon Columbia's Triad label, releasing the album ''Cult Grass Stars'' in 1996, followed later that year by ''High Time'', the band enjoying chart success in their home country. ''Chicken Zombies'' (1997) gave them a top five hit. The band's 1998 album ''Gear Blues'' was the first to be released in the US (i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Fujii
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Kenji may refer to: *Kenji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name, and list of people & characters with this name *Kenji (era), a Japanese era spanned from 1275 to 1278 * ''Kenji'' (manga) (拳児), a 1980s manga by Matsuda Ryuchi * "Kenji" (song), a song on Fort Minor's 2005 album ''The Rising Tied'' *''Gyakuten Kenji'' or ''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth'', a 2009 adventure video game *J. Kenji López-Alt, an American chef and food writer See also * Genji (other) Genji may refer to: *Genji (era), an era in Japanese history (1864–65) *Hikaru Genji, the main character of the 11th-century Japanese text ''The Tale of Genji'' *Genji, an alternative name for the Minamoto clan *Genji (woreda), a district of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruki Hirai
Haruki is both a masculine/neutral Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese-born theatre performer *, Japanese footballer *, Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Nishitetsu Lions *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese publisher, film producer, director and screenwriter *Haruki Kanashiro (born 1977), Peruvian footballer *, Japanese architectural translator *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese writer and translator *, Japanese darts player *Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football safety *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, former judoka from Japan *, Japanese football player *Haruki Yamashita (born 1999), Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer Surname: *, Japanese manga art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyuki Kuhara
Kazuyuki is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kazuyuki Akasaka (born 1989), Japanese baseball player *Kazuyuki Atsuzawa (born 1972), Japanese retired baseball player *, Japanese screenwriter *Kazuyuki Fujita (born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and former amateur wrestler *Kazuyuki Hoashi (born 1979), Japanese baseball pitcher *, Japanese swimmer *Kazuyuki Izutsu (born 1952), Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic *, Japanese footballer and wheelchair basketball player *Kazuyuki Morisaki (born 1981), Japanese football player *Kazuyuki Nakane (born 1969), Japanese politician *, Japanese voice actor *Kazuyuki Sogabe (1948-2006), Japanese voice actor *Kazuyuki Toda is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. He played for the Japan national team until 2002. He currently manager of SC Sagamihara from 2023. Club career Toda was born in Machida on 30 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akinobu Imai
Akinobu (written , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese court noble *, Japanese baseball player and manager *, Japanese baseball player and manager *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garage Rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is characterized by basic chord (music), chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a distortion (music), fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. Its name derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family Garage (residential), garage, although many were professional. In the US and Canada, surf rock—and later the Beatles and other beat music, beat groups of the British Invasion—motivated thousands of young people to form bands between 1963 and 1968. Hundreds of acts produced regional hits, and some had national hits, usually played on AM radio stations. With the advent of psyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
