L~Lotus~ is a five-piece band comprising of three ex. as milk members – 蓮華 (Renka) on vocals, saki and Takayuki on guitars, masato on bass, and YUJI on drums. They officially began their activities on March 6th and have released three digital singles to date: 「worry」 on May 19th, 「snow」 on May 26th, and 「tree」 on June 2nd. The members of L~Lotus~ sat down with us to answer a couple of questions, so give it a read to get to know them better! We’d like to thank JapanFiles... Read→
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O-PARTS is a two-man unit that started in June of 2009, formed by vocalist sho-ka (ex. Vogus Image) and bassist Jun (GaGaaalinG, ex. WAIVE). On August 20th, they released their first maxi-single entitled 「向日葵」 (Himawari) which included four tracks, all of which made it into the top ten of the Oricon Indies ranking. On May 26th, their second maxi-single, 「煌[kou]」 was released and will be available through JapanFiles from June 6th. Both sho-ka and Jun took time out of their busy schedules... Read→
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It’s coming again! On August 21st JACK IN THE BOX SUMMER 2010 event will be again held at Makuhari Messe Hall 4-6.
Artists performing will be acid android, DEAD END, ギルガメッシュ (Girugamesh), Ken, kyo (D’ERLANGER), ムック (MUCC), シド (SID), TETSUYA, VAMPS, Zoro, 44MAGNUM, Alice Nine, Becky, LM.C, SADS and possibly even more.
Tickets will cost 11,500 yen.
So, who’s going?
Source: JACK IN THE BOX site
Certainly great news! Zoro has announced that they will be performing at C.C.Lemon Hall December 29th.
The one man is titled as 「ハレルヤ」 (Hallelujah) and tickets costs 4,200 yen. Sale starts on October 30th.
Source: Visunavi, OHP
It seems that Zoro is releasing a single too and has new outfits! On August 11th, right after their tour 「MAD HOUSE」, will come out their single called 「HOUSE・OF・MADPEAK」 in two types.
Tracklist is as follows:
1. HOUSE・OF・MADPEAK
2. ミツケダスアサ (mitsukedasuasa)
3. CAPSULE【addiction】 [Regular Edition only]
Regular edition with bonus track costs 1,365 yen and limited edition with bonus DVD of「HOUSE・OF・MADPEAK MusicClip」 costs 1,575 yen. You can pre-order single here and here.
The band has made a Twitter account too, and you can follow it here.
Source: OHP, CD Japan
It’s time to share some interesting hobbies with you! This time I looked closely at what Zoro’s members are interested in
Ryuji – production, collecting
Taizo – looking for delicious alcohol, doing hair & make-up
Tatsuhi – buying things
Yuya – appreciation of music, walking
Well, I surely do love looking for delicious carrots! Oh, and combing my shiny fur as well, that does count as doing a hairdo, right?
ゾロ (Zoro) have updated their OHP with details about their summer tour, which is going to be called 「MAD HOUSE」.
The dates are as follows:
July 23rd @ Nagoya SPIRAL
July 24th @ Shinsaibashi CLUB DROP
July 26th @ Fukuoka DRUM SON
August 4th @ Sendai MACANA
August 7th @ Shibuya WOMB
The tickets for each live will cost 3800 yen a piece.
Source: OHP
SPEED DISK label is going to organize an amazing tour, kicking off in April. It will be called 「森羅万象tour’10#2」 (Shinrabanshou tour’10#2) and consist of 12 gigs all over Japan:
Date: April 8th @ Nagoya e.l.l.
Performing: R指定 (R-Shitei), アンド (And), ViViD, SCREW, Dolly, HERO,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 9th @ Osaka BIG CAT
Performing: R指定 (R-Shitei), アンド (And), ViViD, SCREW, Dolly, HERO,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 10th @ Okayama IMAGE
Performing: R指定 (R-Shitei), ViViD, SCREW, Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 12th @ Kagoshima CAPARVO HALL
Performing: R指定 (R-Shitei), ViViD, SCREW, Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 13th @ Hakata DRUM Be-1
Performing: R指定 (R-Shitei), アンド (And), ViViD, vistlip, SCREW, Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 15th @ Kanazawa AZ
Performing: UnsraW, アンド (And), ViViD, vistlip, SCREW, Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 16th @ Nagano CLUB JUNK BOX
Performing: UnsraW, アンド (And), ViViD, vistlip, SCREW, Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 17th @ Niigata CLUB JUNK BOX
Performing: ダウト (D=OUT), アンド (And), SCREW, ゾロ (Zoro), Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 19th @ Kooriyama CLUB#9
Performing: Administrator, アンド (And), ViViD, SCREW, ゾロ (Zoro), Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 20th @ Sendai darwin
Performing: Administrator, アンド (And), ViViD, vistlip, SCREW, Dolly,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 22nd @ Sapporo KRAPS HALL
Performing: Administrator, アンド (And), ViViD, vistlip, SCREW,【_Vani;lla】
Date: April 22nd @ Sapporo KRAPS HALL
Performing: UnsraW, R指定 (R-Shitei), Administrator, アンド (And), ViViD, vistlip, SCREW,【_Vani;lla】
Tickets for each concert will cost 3800 yen in advance and 4300 on the day of the event.
Source: Visunavi
We’ve talked about ゾロ (Zoro)’s new single, 「GOLD CARD」, and their oneman tour, 「CRASH」.
Well, the band has revealed their new look to celebrate the release of the single, and they have added the track titles to their discography section.
GOLD CARD Tracklist
1. GOLD CARD
2. FIGHTER FIGHTER
3. アサシン ( Assassin ) [First Press Only]
3. GAGA [Regular Press Only]
Source: OHP
You may remember the new single from ゾロ (Zoro) that we talked about here. The new single will be titled 『GOLD CARD』. Prices and tracks have remained the same.
They will also be having a oneman tour entitled 『CRASH』. Details are as follows:
March 5th Nagoya ell.FITS ALL
March 14th Nanba ROCKETS
March 21st LIQUIDROOM Ebisu
Tickets for ell. FITS ALL and ROCKETS will cost 3150 yen while tickets for LIQUIDROOM will cost 3800 yen. All go on sale January 30th.
Also, good news for European fans. Their album 『CORE』 will be released through GANSHIN on March 5th with two new bonus tracks, “pink” and “warp”. Click here if you would like to purchase your copy!
Source: Brand-x, OHP
On March 3rd, ゾロ (Zoro) will be releasing their third single!
Not many details are available yet, but it will be coming out in two types. A first press edition that costs 1365 yen and comes with the three track single, plus a regular press that also costs 1365 yen and comes with two tracks that are the same as the first press, plus a bonus track.
Source: OHP
Did you know that Gara of Merry was featured on the right side of vol 19th (September) issue of V!NYL SYNDICATE?
Other bands featured in this issue are 12012, Zoro and Girugamesh – but Gara is the one they showcase on the cover in this issue.
If they wanted someone sexy on the cover, they should have called me!!!
ゾロ (Zoro) have announced a oneman tour, which will take place in March 2010! There are only 3 concerts, but since they’re all onemans, it seems amazing:
March 5th @ Nagoya ell.FITS ALL
March 14th @ Nanba ROCKETS
March 21st @ Ebisu LIQUIDROOM
The first two lives cost 3150 yen to attend, whilst the last one – 3800 yen. The tickets will go on general sale on the 30th of January.
Source OHP
Great news for ゾロ (Zoro) fans!
The band has announced that on September 9th they will be releasing a full album!
The fine details aren’t set yet, however, it will be coming out in two types. The first press edition which contains the album and a DVD for 3675 yen, and the regular edition which is the album only for 3150 yen.
More information when we get it!
Source: OHP
SCUBER DIVE is an important Visual Kei event that’s been created two years ago, back in 2007. This event takes place both in Tokyo and Osaka, usually on the same day(s) and it gathers a lot of popular indie bands in different live houses of both cities. And it seems the two first editions were a success as the program of this year’s SCUBER DIVE has been revealed !
Like it was already the case last year, the SCUBER DIVE is split in two part, one in Osaka (Naniwa) and one in Tokyo (Shibuya). So, those of you who are lucky enough to be in Japan in that period should definitly go ! Hard choice though !
The timetable has yet to be revealed precisely, but it will be hold on July 31st and August 3rd, and here are the bands that are going to perform this year (more details on the timetable as soon as possible)
愛狂います。 (Aicle)、独立国歌-Ashe’-、Administrator、12012、M、エルム (Elm)、ギズモ (Gizmo)、ゾロ (Zoro)、Dali、DEATHGAZE、DuelJewel、東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael.)、NaiL、ネガ (Nega)、ハッチ (Hucci)、少女-ロリヰタ-23区 (Lolita23q)、A&D、Envus 、n’DooL
Art Cube、アヲイ (Awoi)、ALSDEAD、ジュリィー (Jully)、ジュリエット (Juliette)、デンジャー☆ギャング (Danger Gang)、NightingeiL、Hi:BRiD、boogieman、brodiaea、ギルティア (Gilltia)
Arc、カル・ヴァリ (Kalvary)、鬼畜一家 (Kichiku Ikka)、ClearVeil、heidi.、平成維新 (Heisei Ishin)、WHITEBLACK、Moran、Lycaon、VanessA、ヴァルナ(Valluna)、VIDOLL、DOGinTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ (DOGinThe Parallel World Orchestra)
Source : SCUBER DIVE’s OHP
Girugamesh’s myspace updated with the following exciting news! If you remember last year’s event was pretty cool. Hope this year they record and show it on tv too!
JACK IN THE BOX 2009 SUMMER Appearance Confirmed!!
JACK IN THE BOX 2009 SUMMER
2009.08.15(SAT)
Makuhari Messe Hall 1-3
OPEN 11:00 / START 13:00[Appearance]
acid android / girugamesh / Ken / MUCC / SID / tetsu / ZORO / 44MAGNUM / BREAKERZ / cali∦gari / Kinniku Shoujo TaiMAVERICK DC SUPER ALL STARS / and more…
Source: myspace, jitb, HINGHONG@LJ
ゾロ (Zoro) and 【_Vani;lla】 are teaming up for a coupling tour calld “REVOLT ’09 #1″:
June 8th @ Sendai Hook
June 26th @ Kobe VARIT
June 27th @ Okayama IMAGE
Each live will cost 3500 yen to attend, and tickets go on sale starting May 2nd.
Source: 【_Vani;lla】 OHP
This might interest all those who can watch this program on TV.
According to an official blog post:
Program Title: JACK IN THE BOX 2008(Provisional)
Date: 2009.04.04(SAT) 26:25 to 27:40
Artists:
44MAGNUM / BUG / girugamesh / hyde / Ken / MUCC / SID / tetsu / ZORO / MAVERICK DC SUPER ALL STARS and Special Guest: INORAN (LUNA SEA) / jealkb / SHUSE (ex.La’cryma Christi) / Yukinojoe Shiratori (Kishidan)/ T.M.Revolution Nishikawa Takanori / Pierre Nakano(Rintoshite shigure) / 雅-miyavi- (alphabetical order)
ゾロ (Zoro) has announced that on May 27th, they’ll be releasing their first PV collection!
It’s coming out in two types; a first press edition which includes three PVs and off-shot footage. and a regular press edition that also has three PVs, but insteda comes with live footage. Both types cost 2625 yen.
Source: OHP
We talked about Zoro’s new single which is coming out on March 18th, but at the time, it wasn’t titled.
Today, they announced the title on their OHP, and it is 「Playear」 For more detals on the single, check out this post.
If you’re looking to pre-order it, you can find it on CDJapan!
「Playear」 – First Press
「Playear」 – Regular Press
The band will also be the featured band for issue number 40 of h’evn! For all fans, that one is up for pre-ordering as well.
Source: OHP, CDJapan
Thanks to tophie for the heads up on the release!
Looks like ゾロ (Zoro) will be adding to the list of new releases to buy in March! Their new single, which has not yet been titled, will be coming out on March 18th.
They’re releasing it in two types; the first press edition which comes with a two track CD plus a DVD for 1575 yen and the regular press edition which contains two tracks plus a bonus track for 1365 yen.
Zoro has also decided on a special project, called 「あなたの理想のセットリスト」 (Your ideal setlist) where fans can choose up to five songs that they want to hear at their live on January 13th at Takadanobaba AREA.
Check out this page to cast your vote!
Source: Jishuban Club, Tatsuhi’s Blog, OHP
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