Sans Filtre is a Japanese band, formed in the
millennium
A millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) is a period of one thousand years, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). Normally, the word is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting point (ini ...
featuring three former members of
The Spiders,
Masaaki Sakai
is a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show ''Monkey''.
Biography
Masaaki Sakai is a Japanese actor, singer and martial artist. Born the son of , a famous comed ...
, Takayuki Inoue, and
Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu. The Spiders, formed in 1962, were one of the biggest bands of the
Group Sounds
, often abbreviated as GS, is a genre of Japanese rock music which became popular in the mid to late 1960s and initiated the fusion of Japanese ''kayōkyoku'' music and Western rock music. Their music production techniques were regarded as playin ...
era. Sans Filtre are no longer together after breaking up in the late 2000s
Japanese rock music groups
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