The Tokyo Dragons were a

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-based hard rock band. They achieved success in the UK and worldwide after releasing two successful albums and touring with

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, Status Quo,

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and Winnebago Deal.

History

The band was formed by friends Steve Lomax (guitar/vocals), Mal Bruk (guitar/vocals) and Phil Martini (drums/vocals) with Ade Easily (bass). They appeared on ''Breaking Point'', an MTV2 programme sponsored by Island Records in which ten bands were documented going through the process of being spotted, courted and then signed to a recording contract. The Tokyo Dragons were signed, and recorded their debut

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, '' Give Me the Fear'', at

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for Island Records in June 2004. The band released their first single, "Teenage Screamers", in June 2004. It reached number 61 in the

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and the song appeared on the soundtrack for the 2005 racing game '' Flatout''. Easily left the band in March 2005 and was replaced as bassist by Mattias Stady. ''Give Me the Fear'' was released in September 2005 and entered the UK Rock Album Chart at number 23. The following month the band released their second single, ''Get 'Em Off'', which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 75. Tokyo Dragons co-headlined the first

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'New School of Rock' Tour, with The Answer and The Sound Explosion. In June 2005, they appeared at the Download Festival, playing on the ' Napster Stage'. The band recorded a second album with

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for Escapi Music entitled '' Hot Nuts'', which was released in September 2007. They split up a year later, playing their final show at the 100 Club in

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on 4 September 2008, in support to

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. Lomax and Bruk then formed a new group, The Sabretooth Tiger Band, with Tom Shotton and Adam Mallett from the defunct band

. They played their debut gig on 5 December 2008 at The George Tavern in Whitechapel, London. Lomax subsequently formed The Sweat, who released their debut album, ''Heavy Sweatin'', via Bandcamp. Martini became the drummer for

, whom Tokyo Dragons had supported in 2005, recorded albums in 2010/11 for The Union, a band formed by

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and Peter Shoulder, then performed and recorded with a number of bands including I Am I,

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, Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz, Alluri and Jim Jones and The Righteous Mind, before joining Wayward Sons, featuring lead singer

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, whilst recording albums with Down 'n' Outz and Spear Of Destiny.

Discography

Albums

* '' Give Me the Fear'' (September 2005) * '' Hot Nuts'' (September 2007)

Singles

References

External links

Official websitearchived
on 11 October 2007
MySpace profilearchived
on 11 March 2006 {{Authority control Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups disestablished in 2008 English rock music groups Island Records artists