Kentaro James Shibuya Lloyd (born 25 March 1976 in London, England), better known as Ken Lloyd, is a British/Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. Fluent in both Japanese and English, he writes lyrics in both languages. He is currently in

Oblivion Dust Oblivion Dust is a Japanese rock music, rock band first active from 1996 to 2001; they reunited in 2007. Although they were originally largely influenced by early 1990s American grunge bands,

Atom on Sphere Atom on Sphere is a Japanese supergroup formed in 2011, combining rock and electronic music. They first performed as a special guest at an event organized and headlined by guitarist Shigeo's band The Samos on October 8, 2011 at Shibuya WWW. The ...

and

Fake? Fake? is a Japanese rock musical project led by vocalist Ken Lloyd. Originally a duo, guitarist Inoran left in 2005. Lyrics are mainly in English and sometimes in Japanese. History In late 2001 Oblivion Dust vocalist Ken Lloyd joined up with Lu ...

, the latter of which is now his solo project.

Biography

With an English father lawyer and a Japanese mother, Lloyd graduated secondary school in London, England and went to the college in Japan. Once in Japan, he left college to join

, with guitarist Kazuhito "K.A.Z" Iwaike, drummer Taka Motomura and bassist

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. Lloyd began his career in the band on guitar, but soon switched to lead vocalist. He later said that he joined the band whilst he was drunk. In response to his parents, who expressed concerns about his future, he printed the message "currently disobeying my parents" on his guitar pick.

Music career

Lloyd also worked as a VJ on the

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TV show ''British Code'', where he played music videos by British bands. As Oblivion Dust became more popular, he left the show to concentrate on the band. On 23 September 2001 Oblivion Dust disbanded. That same year, Lloyd joined up with

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guitarist Kiyonobu "Inoran" Inoue to form

. In October 2005, Inoran left the group, leaving Lloyd the only member, effectively making it his solo project. In 2007 he hosted a short lived radio show at Inter-FM called ''Ken Lloyd's 13 Days'', every Friday from January to March 2007. On 28 June Oblivion Dust announced their reunion and released their fifth album, the self-titled ''Oblivion Dust''.''OBLIVION DUST OFFICIAL SITE , discography''
Retrieved 2 March 2011 On 24 February 2010 Lloyd released the third post-Inoran album by Fake?, ''Switching On X''. A suspected lack of promotion, as later indicated by the band's change in management, likely led to the album reaching the band's worst Oricon ranking ever; it reached a meager 203 with only one week on the chart.'' ＳＷＩＴＣＨＩＮ　ＯＮ　ＸＦＡＫＥ？のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE''
Retrieved 2 March 2011 After another Oblivion Dust break, during which the members took time to work on each of their individual projects, the band announced two live shows for early 2011 titled "Ashes to Dust 2011".''OBLIVION DUST STAFF twitter''
Retrieved 2 March 2011 The shows were held at Shibuya-AX on 18 and 19 February. On 1 March 2011 the official fan club of the band, "Overdose", was renewed.''OBLIVION Club OVERSIDE OFFICIAL FAN CLUB''
Retrieved 2 March 2011 In early October 2011, it was announced that Lloyd had formed a new band, with other well known Japanese musicians, called

. Their debut album was released on 21 December 2011.''New band''
Retrieved 2 October 2011

External links

Official Ken Lloyd portal

Official Twitter

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Ken 1976 births English male singers British alternative rock musicians English punk rock singers English punk rock guitarists Living people Singers from London English people of Japanese descent Japanese people of English descent Tokuma Japan Communications artists 21st-century English singers 21st-century British male singers