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Posted on February 24, 2010 in Costumes, News

cocklobin-new-look

Thanks to Jinx for the head’s up.

It seems cocklobin have recently updated their official site with their new look.

What do you think of it?

Source: OHP

Posted on January 23, 2010 in Oneman

cocklobins-1st-oneman

cocklobin have just announced that they’ll hold their first oneman live on the 16th of May at Shibuya RUIDO K2, entitled 「再生」 (Saisei). More details, such as the prices, will be announced soon.

Source: OHP

Posted on January 22, 2010 in Track Listing

cocklobins-mini-albums-tracklist

cocklobin have updated their OHP with some details about the mini-album, which we’ve already mentioned here. First of all we finally know how much the CD will cost – 2460 yen. Secondly, the tracklist is available:

01. ATMAN
02. 生まれ落ちた世界 (Umare Ochita Sekai)
03. WELCOME
04. GAMUT
05. DELIC
06. WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Source: OHP

Posted on January 10, 2010 in Lives

kyoukutou-girl-friend-album-release-lives

In addiction to the free oneman live to commemorate the release of their first album, KYOUKUTOU GIRL FRIEND will also be putting on three additional lives later this month to celebrate its release. Information is as follows:

January 23rd HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
Performing: KYOUKUTOU GIRL FRIEND, cocklobin, 次世代エキサイト (Jisedai Excite), THE MAD SIMPSON, トーマス (THOMAS), gaudie.
Tickets will be 3000 yen in advance and 3500 yen the day of and are on sale now.

January 29th Fushimi HeartLand STUDIO
Performing: KYOUKUTOU GIRL FRIEND, cocklobin, amber gris, meth., gaudie., EAT YOU ALIVE
Tickets will be 2800 yen in advance and 3300 yen the day of and are on sale now.

January 30th Nishikujou BRAND NEW
Performing: KYOUKUTOU GIRL FRIEND, cocklobin, amber gris, Cla vi us, アヲイ (Awoi), exist†trace
Tickets will be 2800 yen in advance and 3300 yen the day of and are on sale now.

Source: KYOUKUTOU GIRL FRIEND OHP, cocklobin OHP

Posted on January 10, 2010 in New release

cocklobins-new-mini-album

Some great news for you guys! cocklobin will release a brand-new mini-album on the 24th of March. It will be entitled 「死と再生」 (Shi to Saisei) and contain 6 tracks. More details to follow.

Source: Jishubanclub

Posted on December 18, 2009 in Tour

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cocklobin and 9GOATS BLACK OUT have announced that they will be having a coupling tour this April called 【 deep sleepers 】.

The tour dates and venues are as follows:
April 2nd @ Takadanobaba AREA
April 4th @ Sendai HOOK
April 6th @ Niigata JUNKBOX mini
April 8th @ Kanazawa AZ
April 18th @ Nagoya ell.FITSALL
April 20th @ Osaka MUSE
April 22nd @ Hakata DRUM SON
April 23rd @ Okayama IMAGE

Tickets for each of the shows cost 3500 yen a piece, and general ticket sales begin February 6th. They are doing a special pre-sale ticket selling from December 22nd until January 8th. More information on that is available here on 9GOATS BLACK OUT’s OHP.

Souce: cocklobin’s OHP

Posted on October 22, 2009 in News

news-from-cocklobin

cocklobin has posted the following announcement on their OHP in regards to their live on October 24th at Sendai HOOK:

Two days ago, a close relative of ouer bassist, HISAKI, was in an unfortunate accident.
Therefore, HISAKI will be unable to perform with us on October 24th at Sendai HOOK.
On that day, we will perform with just four members.

We deeply apologize to our fans, those organizing the event and the livehouse staff for the trouble.

The remaining members, along with our staff, will continue to put our all into the rest of our tour, and will aim for the best performance. On the 26th in Osaka, HISAKI will make his return, so as he will be trying his best, please give him a bit of extra support and your understanding.

cocklobin

Source: OHP

Posted on October 6, 2009 in New release

cocklobin-first-maxi-single

cocklobin announced that they will be releasing their first maxi single, titled “black”, on November 4th. It will cost 1260 yen and contains three tracks: the title track “black”, and two additional songs titled “reborn” and “hearts”, respectively. It is also important to note that this single will be released in stores. The band has also released the artwork for this single:

And finally, the band has released a new look which can be viewed on their OHP!

Source: OHP

Posted on September 10, 2009 in News

cocklobin-staff-blog

cocklobin now has an official staff blog!

Source: OHP, BMA

Posted on August 31, 2009 in Lives

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In honor of UnsraW commencing activities and recording again, SPEED DISK is presenting a live September 23rd at Takadanobaba AREA entitled SPEED DISK PRESENTS「桜華乱舞」-UnsraWレコ発ライヴ- (SPEED DISK PRESENTS 「Ouka Rappu」-UnsraW commence recording live-). Playing along with UnsraW will be cocklobin, .EXE, VELGREED, PRIMEADDICT, ReivieЯ, and 闇撫 (Yaminade). Tickets cost 3000 yen and have already gone on sale as of August 15th.

Source: cocklobin OHP

Posted on August 31, 2009 in Tour

meth-joins-deathlobin

You may remember the coupling tour we talked about here featuring cocklobin and Deathgaze titled “Deathlobin”. Well they have added a special guest band, meth.! Dates and places have remained the same.

Source: cocklobin OHP

Posted on August 10, 2009 in New release

cocklobin-releases-x-2

cocklobin’s mini-album, 「DARK DESIGN CATALOG」, which we talked about here, will be going on sale country-wide starting September 9th!

Originally, the mini-album was only available via mail order, but they have decided to offer it in CD stores, making it more readily available to all fans.

As a refresher, it’s a five track mini-album for 2400 yen:
1.chloe
2.the dark
3.coil
4.翼 (Tsubasa)
5.cock

The band will also be releasing their first maxi-single this year! It comes out on November 14th, costs 1260 yen and is titled 「BLACK」:
1. black
2. reborn
3. hearts

Source: Brand-x

Posted on August 6, 2009 in New member

new-members-for-cocklobin

cocklobin has added not one, but two new members to their line-up!

Now on bass, is HISAKI [ex-13, ex-Black:List] and on drums, is キリ (Kiri) [ex-gazelle, ex-WORLD is MINE], who has been doing support for cocklobin since April.

Both members have their blogs and profiles set up on the site, so make sure you check them out!

Source: OHP

Posted on July 29, 2009 in Tour

deathlobin

DEATHGAZE and cocklobin are teaming up for a coupling tour called 「HYBIRD Coupling Tour – デスロビン – (Deathlobin ) which will kick off in October:

October 24th @ Sendai Hook
October 26th @ OSAKA RUIDO
October 29th @ Matsuyama SALON KITTY
November 2nd @ Nagoya HeartLand STUDIO
November 4th @ Takanobaba AREA

All the lives except for the final on the 4th cost 3000 yen. The live at Takadanobaba AREA is 3300 yen. Tickets will go on sale starting August 8th.
Source: DEATHGAZE OHP

Posted on June 2, 2009 in Myspace, Sampling

cocklobin-releases-samples

cocklobin has released samples of four of the five songs on their upcoming mini-album release through their Myspace. Also, the track previously titled クロエ [kuroi] has been renamed to ‘chloe’.

Source: OHP, Myspace

Posted on May 20, 2009 in Release

cocklobin-minialbum-release-date-and-tracklist

Back in April, Ichibayo brought you the news about cocklobin’s first mini-album, DARK DESIGN CATALOG. The release date has officially been announced as June 29th and will cost 2400 yen. They have also released the tracklisting, which is as follows:

1. クロエ kuroi
2.the dark
3.coil
4.翼 tsubasa [wings]
5.cock

It seems that they will be taking orders through an email reservation system and also through the post. Unfortunately for fans not living in Japan, they will be unable to send copies to countries overseas at this time.

They have also updated their OHP and added a new picture of the band.

Source: OHP

Posted on May 11, 2009 in Lives

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Sugar is presenting a live titled 『Last of state dinner』 on June 12th at Takadanobaba Area. Performing with Sugar will be 9GOATS BLACK OUT, 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera), cocklobin and emmuree. Tickets go on sale May 16th and will cost 3,000 yen in advance or 3,500 yen the day of.

Source: cocklobin OHP

Posted on April 21, 2009 in Release

first-mini-album-for-cocklobin

Introduced on ST back in November, cocklobin has finally announced their so long-awaited first release ! For now, most details are left unknown, but we can already tell you that it’s going to be a mini-album that will be available in June !

Good news for all those who have been waiting for that day to come, just a bit more than a month before 「DARK DESIGN CATALOG」’s release !

Sources : Trombe, OHP

Posted on December 24, 2008 in Cool, News, Site

myspace-label

cocklobin have opened up an official MySpace, and uploaded a sample version of their song 「coil」!

Show your support by checking it out and adding them: http://www.myspace.com/cocklobin

The band has also founded the independent label, 「zongaigon」.

Source: OHP

Posted on November 30, 2008 in New band

cocklobin

「cocklobin」 is a new band that just recently started up!

They give an explanation to their name, saying the following.
cockRobin
With the meaning of 「こまどり」 (Komadori; Japanese robin).
Called the spokeman for sadness, the red chest that was received from licking the blood of the god at the verge of death.
From Robin to Lobin

The band is currently made up of three members:
Vocals - nigu (ex-babysitter)
Guitar - 依織 (Iori) (ex-Siva, ex-Blast, ex-Lamiel, ex-Phobia)
Guitar - shinichi

The band will be the opening guest for 「BLACK Sugar POT」 which is Sugar and 9GOATS BLACK OUT two man live.

They also mention that after the turn of the new year, they’ll be officially starting their activities, and will be updating their site accordingly at that time.

Source: OHP, Grassthread

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