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Lindberg is a Japanese
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/ rock band that was active from 1989 to 2002, reuniting for a short time in 2009 to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary. After another hiatus, the band announced their return in January 2014 with a YouTube announcement titled "Re:LINDBERG", followed by a 25th anniversary concert at Zepp Tokyo in April 2014 and live tours of Japan in 2015 and 2017.


History

Lindberg typically appealed to the
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to early
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crowd, and was unique in that in the time of its inception in 1989, few
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ese "rock" bands had female members, much less a female lead singer. The band retired in 2002 following the marriage of the lead singer, Watase Maki, to the lead guitarist Hirakawa Tatsuya; rounding out the band were
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Kawazoe Tomohisa and
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Koyanagi "Cherry" Masanori. Kawazoe Tomohisa, one of the band's musicians, became a founding member of another Japanese female-fronted Pop/Rock band, Ai+Band, in 2003. Lindberg reunited in 2009 and released their twentieth anniversary album ''Lindberg XX'' in April 2009 through their new label Avex Trax, featuring new songs and re-recordings of their popular hits. Also in 2009, Lindberg members Maki Watase and Tatsuya Hirakawa began writing and producing music for Jurian Beat Crisis, a Japanese singer that debuted that year.


Discography


Albums

* ''Lindberg I'' (1989) * ''Lindberg II'' (1989) * ''Lindberg III'' (1990) * ''Lindberg IV'' (1991) * ''Lindberg Extra Flight'' (1991) * ''Lindberg V'' (1992) * ''Lindberg Flight Recorder 1989-1992: Little Wing'' (1992) * ''Lindberg VI'' (1993) * ''Lindberg Extra Flight II'' (1993) * ''Lindberg Lindy Wingding'' (1994) * ''Lindberg VII'' (1994) * ''Lindberg VIII'' (1995) * ''Lindberg IX'' (1996) * ''Lindberg X'' (1997) * ''Lindberg XI'' (1998) * ''Lindberg XII'' (1999) * ''Lindberg XIII'' (2001) * ''Lindberg XIV'' (2002) * ''Lindberg XV'' (2002) * ''Lindberg XX: The 20th Anniversary'' (2009)


Singles

*ROUTE 246 (April 25, 1989) *今すぐKiss Me (Ima sugu Kiss Me) (February 7, 1990) *JUMP (March 28, 1990) *Dream On 抱きしめて (Dream On dakishimete) (September 26, 1990) *ROUGH DIAMOND (October 24, 1990) *OH! ANGEL (November 21, 1990) *GLORY DAYS (March 27, 1991) *BELIEVE IN LOVE (July 3, 1991) *I MISS YOU (October 18, 1991) *恋をしようよ Yeah! Yeah! (Koi wo shiyou yo Yeah! Yeah!) (April 22, 1992) *さよならBeautiful Days / 千年たっても (Sayonara Beautiful Days / Sennen tatte mo) (November 6, 1992) *Magical Dreamer (November 13, 1992) *胸さわぎのAfter School (Munesawagi no After School) (March 17, 1993) *会いたくて~Lover Soul~ (Aitakute ~Lover Soul~) (June 18, 1993) *想い出のWater Moon / 君に吹く風 (Omoide no Water Moon / Kimi ni fuku kaze) (August 11, 1993) *だってそうじゃない!? (Datte sou ja nai!?) (October 22, 1993) *大キライ! / 二人きりで行こうよ (Daikirai! / Futari kiri de ikou yo) (November 12, 1993) *夢であえたら / とびきりの夜 (Yume de aetara / Tobikiri no yoru) (December 1, 1993) *GAMBAらなくちゃね (GAMBAranakucha ne) (March 16, 1993) *清く正しく行こう (Kiyoku tadashiku ikou) (May 18, 1994) *さよならをあげる (Sayonara wo ageru) (March 16, 1995) *水着とBeachとBoys (Mizugi to Beach to Boys) (May 2, 1995) *もっと愛しあいましょ (Motto aishiaimasho) (November 1, 1995) *君のいちばんに・・・ (Kimi no ichiban ni...) (May 1, 1996) *every little thing every precious thing (July 1, 1996, 2007) - a theme song at
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baseball team *Green eyed Monster (August 19, 1996) *YAH! YAH! YAH! (February 13, 1997) *明日は明日の風が吹く (Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku) (April 16, 1997) *Sugar Free (May 28, 1997) *風 (Kaze) (March 4, 1998) *願いがかなうように (Negai ga kanau you ni) (October 21, 1999) *frosty love (February 21, 2001) *you were there (January 1, 2002) *Teenage Blue (June 26, 2002) *it's too late (August 7, 2002) *Live Your Life (December 9, 2009) - last single overall and first single under
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Compilations

*''Lindberg Best - Flight Recorder III'' (1998)


DVD

* ''Lindberg Flight Series Perfect DVD Box'' (2014) *''Lindberg All Time Music Video History'' (2017)


References


External links


New Official Website (as of January 2014)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindberg Japanese rock music groups Japanese pop rock music groups Musical groups established in 1989 Musical groups disestablished in 2009 Avex Group artists