Music Profile

Bump of Chicken is a Japanese alternative rock group from Sakura, Chiba, Japan. The members are childhood friends since kindergarten and performed for the first time in 1994, during their ninth grade cultural festival. The members are Motoo Fujiwara (guitar, main vocalist), Hiroaki Masukawa (guitarist), Yoshifumi Naoi (bassist) and Hideo Masu (drummer). Since their inception [more...]

AYABIE is a Japanese visual kei rock band which brings music consisted of a wide variety in sounds and moods. AYABIE formed on August 7, 2010 under major company TOY’s FACTORY. Members are Kenzo (Drummer), Intetsu (Bassist), Yumehito (Vocal and Guitarist), Takehito (Guitarist and backing vocal), and Taito (keyboardist). Mind you that AYABIE is different [more...]

ARASHI is a popular Japanese idol group consisting of five members formed under Johnny & Associates. Members are Ohno Satoshi, Sho Sakurai, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, and Matsumoto Jun who have different characters and personas that captures the hearts of Japan society in any level of age and gender. The group was officially formed on [more...]

ALSDEAD is an alternative metal band from Tokyo, Japan, formed in December, 2008. Members are Maki (vocal), Shin (guitar), Yosuke (bass), and Setsua (drum). Their music can be described as an aggressive, yet melodic metal sound, fused with electronic musical elements. The band’s concept is to create music that assumes mental disorder to be basis. [more...]

Alice Nine is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2004. Members are Shou (vocal), Tora (guitar), Hiroto (guitar), Saga (bass) and Nao (drum). Originally, they’re signed to PS Company, they then signed to King Records until 2010. As of 2013, the band is signed to both PS Company and Universal [more...]

UNiTE. is a Japanese visual kei rock band which was formed in January 2011.They sold their first single ‘UNiTE.’ on 29th March 2011 limitedly. Lately they got attention because they became the opening band for Jrock Evolution Tour with their seniors, such as MUCC, Alice Nine, Gilgamesh, D=OUT and SUG around Asia. UNiTE.’s members are [more...]

the GazettE, is a Japanese visual kei rock band from Kanagawa formed in early 2002. The band is currently signed to Sony Music Japan’s VVV Records. This band is categorized as senior band since they already reached over the 11th anniversary celebration. Up to 2013, they have released 7 studio albums, 2 compilation albums, 6Eps, [more...]

SID, a Japanese visual kei rock band, was founded in 2003 by vocalist Mao (ex-Shula) and bassist Aki (ex-Ram Rem). They were joined by two support members, guitarist Shinji (ex-Uranus) and drummer Yuuya (ex-Shula). The four of them released the band’s first demo CD, Yoshigai Manabu 17-sai (Mushoku) on mini-disc that August and soon after, [more...]