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and punk rock band from

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, Japan. Although little-known in the West, they have contributed to two compilations on the

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label. The band has also released a split single with Rocket from the Crypt and a split EP with +/-. Japanese act Lost in Time named their band after a song from band's third album ''Lukewarm Wind''. The long-term members are Hideki Yoshimura (vocals and guitar), Masahiro Komatsu (drums), and Takeshi Imoriya (bass). Former

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member Hisako Tabuchi joined as an additional guitarist in 2003. Frontman Hideki Yoshimura also played guitar for other Japanese indie acts such as Copass Grinderz and Discharming Man. On May 27, 2013, Hideki Yoshimura suddenly died of acute cardiac failure. He was 46. The band cancelled all the tour dates planned.News from official Bloodthirsty Butchers website
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Members

Current members

* (born 20 January 1967, died 27 May 2013) - vocals, guitar (1986–2013) * (born 31 March 1967) - bass (1986–2013) * (born 7 May 1970) - drums (1989–2013) * (born 9 December 1975) - guitar (2003–2013)

Former members

* - drums (1986–1989)

Discography

Albums

* (1988) * (1989) * ''Bloodthirsty Butchers'' (1990) * ''I'm Standing Nowhere'' (1993) * ''Lukewarm Wind'' (1994) * '' Kocorono'' (1996) * ''「△」Sankaku'' (1999) * (1999) * ''Yamane'' (2001) * (2003) * ''Green on Red'' (2003) (

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) * ''Birdy'' (2004) * ''Banging the Drum'' (2005) * (2007) * (2010) * (2013)

Singles

* "Karasu" (1991) * "Room" (1993) * with

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(1999) * "Driwing" with El-Malo (1999) * (1999) * "Nagisanite" (2001) * "Happy End" / (2001)

Compilations

* ''Bloodthirsty Butchers'' (1996) (US release) * ''Blue on Red'' (2003) * (2012) (

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containing 12 CDs & 1 DVD)

Splits

* ''Bloodthirsty Butchers & Copass Grinderz'' (1994) * ''Rocket from the Crypt & Bloodthirsty Butchers'' (1994) * ''Bloodthirsty Butchers vs fOUL'' (1998) * ''Bloodthirsty Butchers vs +/- '' (2005)

Video

* '' Kocorono'' (2011) (documentary directed by Jun Kawaguchi)

References

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