is a
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
band from
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
which began in 1973. They gained some attention when they performed the soundtrack to
Cromartie High School
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Nonaka and published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2000 to May 2006. It follows the everyday life of Takashi Kamiyama and his odd classmates at Cromartie High ...
(under the pseudonym of Bikyoran). They also performed the ending theme for the show (entitled "Trust Me"); however the opening theme was by
Yoshida Takuro.
Their sound is often compared with
King Crimson
King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
(they started as a King Crimson tribute band) which is understandable given guitarist Kunio Suma's emulation of
Fripp's renowned style and some similarity in song titles ("Vision of the City", "21st Century Africa").
Members
;1973 1st BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - bass, vocals
* - drums, vocals
;1975 MADOROMI
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - bass, vocals
* - drums
;1977 2nd BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - bass, vocals
* - drums
* - Keybd
* - violin
;1978 3rd BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - bass, vocals
* - drums
* - keybd
* - violin
;1982 4th BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals, mellotron
* - drums, keybd
* - bass, guitar, vocals
;1995 5th BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - bass, synth, recorder, vocals
* - percussion, recorder, vocals
* - drums, marimba, recorder, vocals
* - piano, synth, vocals
* - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion
* - percussion, timpani
* - vocal, percussion
;1997 6th BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - bass, vocals
* - drums, vocals
;2003 7th BIKYORAN
* - electric guitar, vocals
* - drums
* - melotron, mini-moog
* - bass
* - violin, viola
Discography
* Wind & Wave (1978)
# 警告
arning
* 美狂乱
i Kyo Ran(1982)
# 二重人格
ouble# シンシア
ynthia# 狂パートII
sycho part II# ひとりごと
onologue# 警告
arning
* Parallax (1983)
# サイレント･ランニング
ilent Running# 予言
rediction# 組曲「乱」
uite "Ran"
* 御伽世界-Early Live VOL.1
airy Tales(originally recorded in 1978, released in 1987)
# うねり
haos# 御伽世界
dore This# 空飛ぶコクゾウ
nti-Grounded Kokuzo# 未完成四重奏
nfinished Quartett# 予言
rediction
* 風魔
魔-ライブ VOL.2''
ho Ma(originally recorded in 1983, released in 1993)
# 都市の情景
he City Stays# ひとりごと
onologue# 狂パートII
sycho (Part I)# サイレントランニング
ilent Running# ストップ･ブレイキング・センス
top Breaking Sense# 風魔
ho Ma# インプロヴィゼーション
mprovisation
* 乱-ライブ VOL.3
an(originally recorded in 1983, released in 1994)
# 狂パートI
sycho (Part I)# 警告
arning# 組曲「乱」
uite "Ran"# 二重人格
ouble
* まどろみ LIVE VOL.4
adoromi live vol.4(originally recorded in 1975, released in 1994)
# グレート・デシーヴァー
reat Deceiver# 土曜日の本
Book of Saturday# ナイトウォッチ
ightwatch# エグザイルス
xiles# スターレス
tarles
*_五蘊_[Go-Un(1995)
#_乱パートII_[Ran_part_II.html" ;"title="o-Un.html" ;"title="tarles
* 五蘊 [Go-Un">tarles
* 五蘊 [Go-Un(1995)
# 乱パートII [Ran part II">o-Un.html" ;"title="tarles
* 五蘊 [Go-Un">tarles
* 五蘊 [Go-Un(1995)
# 乱パートII [Ran part II# 旅の果て [Journey's End]
# おもいいれ [Omoi-ire]
# 狂パートII－II
sycho part II-2# 21世紀のAfrica
1st Century Africa
* Deep Live (1995)
# 狂パートII－2
sycho part II-2# 狂パートIII
Violent Nightmare# 乱パートII
an part II# ディープ
eep# 21世紀のAfrica
1st Century Africa# 都市の情景
ision of the City
* 狂暴な音楽
iolent Music(1997)
# 狂暴な街
Violent City# 地に足
sycho part II-2# 狂暴な宴
Violent Perty (including op.2 "Sad Dali" movement No. 4# 狂暴な砦
Violent Fort# ひぐらし野郎
Man of Hand to Mouth# Creep Funk
reep Funk# 狂暴な悪夢
Violent Nightmare
* まどろみ・ハーデスト・ライブ ’76
adoromi: The Hardest Live(originally recorded in 1975, released in 2000)
# 情景5
ceen 5# グレート・デシーヴァー
he Great Deceiver# Tapes
apes
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# 太陽と戦慄 Part I
ark's Tongues in Aspic part I# ワンモア・レッド・ナイトメア
ne More Red Nightmare#IMPROV
MPROV#イージー・マネー
asy Money#トーキング・ドラム
he Talking Drum#太陽と戦慄 Part II
ark's Tongues in Aspic part II
* Anthology Volume One (2002)
# ルークウォームウォーター
ukewarm Water# 都市の情景
he City Stays# ゼンマイ仕掛け
lockwork# 御伽世界
dore This# 未完成四重唱
nfinished Quartett# 憧れのエーデルワイス
delweiss# 空飛ぶコクゾウ
nti-Grounded Kokuzo# 海の情景
he Ocean Stays
*
魁!!クロマティ高校 OST vol.1
romartie Hi School Original SoundTracks vol.1(2004)
#トラストミー Part I
rust me part I#街の光
itylight#ジェントルマインド
entle Mind#HIGURASHI
igurashi#フレディのテーマ
heme from Freddie#激しいペールギュント
ard Peer Gynt#スクエアムーン
quare Moon#Life on the Earth I
ife on the Earth I#メカ沢ミニマル
echazawa Minimal#もぐら
he Mole
He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
* He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...
#謎のブリッジ
ridge #プータンのテーマ
heme from Pu-Tang#トラストミー Part I I
rust me part II#Go NorthWest Go
o NorthWest Go#アフリカカリンバ
1st Century of Africa Kalimba#ピエロ
he Clown#くもの糸
he Webb#Mechazawa Hi-Speed
echazawa Hi-Speed#即興３
mprovisation III#眠りの淵
n Abyss of the sleep#即興１
mprovisation I#祈り
oly Night#トラストミー Part I I I
rust me part III
*
魁!!クロマティ高校 OST vol.2
romartie Hi School Original SoundTracks vol.2(2004)
#スクエア・ムーン
quare Moon (vocal version)#祭り
he Festival
He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
* He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
#星がどっさりな夜
ull Stardust#煽るブリッジ1
ridge I#即興2
mprovisation II#プータン#2
heme from Pu-Tang II#Mechazawa Hi-Speed (カラオケ)
echazawa Hi-Speed Karaoke#Life on the Earth ２
ife on the Earth II#煽るブリッジ2
ridge II#ミミズ
he Earthworms#Silent
oncerto-Silent#謎のブリッジ1
ridge III#Troy
roy
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin.
In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...
#サイモトロン
imotoron Device#Concerto-Impro2
oncerto-Improvisation#煽るブリッジ3
ridge IV#デッドボール
ead Ball#そろそろ
oon#警告
arning1979/5/5 Live at Silver Elephant
External links
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Bi Kyo Ran album reviews
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