Sunday, June 27, 2010

BACK-ON (バックオン)

Style: Rock/Nu Metal
Active: 2002-Present
Members: Teeda, Kenji03, Shu, Gori, Icchan
Discography-
Adachi Tribe (2004)
Hero (2005)
Baby Rock (2005)
New World (2006)
Yes!!! (2008)

Here's their very catchy song "Flyaway",
created as the opening for the PSP game "Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2".
BACK-ON also created 3 theme songs for the anime "Eyeshield 21" and many others.

ARASHI (嵐)

Style: Pop
Active: 1999-Present
Discography-
Iza, Now! (2004)
One (2005)
Arashic (2006)
Time (2007)
Boku no Miteiru Fūkei (2010)
and 3 compilation albums

The almighty boy-band ARASHI.
Here's their brand new single "To Be Free".

Saturday, June 26, 2010

NAMIE AMURO (安室 奈美恵)

Style: Pop/Hip Hop
Active: 1992-Present
Solo Artist
Discography-
Dance Tracks Vol. 1 (1995)
Sweet 19 Blues (1996)
Concentration 20 (1997)
Genius 2000 (2000)
Break the Rules (2000)
Style (2003)
Queen of Hip-Pop (2005)
Play (2007)
Past-Future (2009)
and 4 compilation albums

The popular NAMIE AMURO.
Here's her latest single "Wild".

MOTHER NINJA (マザーニンジャ)

Style: Pop
Active: 2005-Present
Members: Aboo, Motsu, Geeny
Discography-
Spontaneous (2007)

Here's a track called "Sayonara Refrain".
The melody that they sampled is actually a tune that the Tokyo Metro uses as their jingle around the subway stations. Also, their song "Talkin' 'Bout Good Days" can be heard as the end theme for the anime "Wangan Midnight".

CHABA (チャバ)

Style: Alternative
Active: 1996-2008
Members: Ichiro Hirano, Daisuke Higa, Shizuka Kaizuma (Osaka)
Discography-
Chaba (2003)
The Best of Chaba Kinema Rock Yugi (2003)
Seishun Kinema (2004)
Atorie (2006)

A very surreal sound produced by this group in their song "Parade".
You may recognize it as Naruto's 12th ending theme.

ACID (アシッド)

Style: Heavy Rock
Active: 2003-2009
Members: Junpei, Daisuke, Masamitsu, Kim, Seiichiro, Yuta, Hideki
Discography-
Acid 1.5: Punk Drunker (2005)
Acid 1.7: Spiritual Circus (2005)
Acid 2.0: Spiritual Circus Complete (2006)
Pray for the Future (2007)
Sekai ga Owaru Made wa.../Fake (2008) Single

Here's a live performance of their song "0:00 AM",
which was also the opening theme for "Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō Tō".