Art-School
Art-School
Genres: alternative, japanese, J-rock, rock, alternative rock
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About Art-School
ART-SCHOOL is a Japanese rock band which formed in 2000. Their music can be described as Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Post-grunge, New Wave or Power pop. Members: 木下 理樹 (Kinoshita Riki) - Vocals, guitar, and main lyricist and composer Born October 14, 1978 ( Showa 53) . Born in Osaka City , Osaka Prefecture . Blood type: O. Nicknames: "Ricky" and "Kinoko." 戸高 賢史 (Masafumi Todaka) - Guitarist Born on July 22, 1982 (Showa 57) . Born in Saiki City , Oita Prefecture . Graduated from Oita Prefectural Saiki Kakujo High School . Blood type: A. Nicknamed "Toddy." works with Achiko in Ropes and has also performed as a support act for overseas bands and participated in events such as Kaikoo Fes. He also produces effects pedals and releases pedals under his own brand, "Phantom FX." He writes a column for Guitar Magazine. Has also done support work for a number of artists, including Miu Sakamoto and TK from Ling Tosite Sigure. Joined Crypt City in May 2014. In May 2015, he formed MONOEYES with Takeshi Hosomi and others. Support Members 中尾 憲太郎 (Kentaro Nakao) - Bassist Born on June 17 , 1974 in Kitakyushu , Fukuoka Prefecture. Member of Number Girl. 藤田 勇 (Isamu Fujita) - Drums A member of MO'SOME TONEBENDER, he plays drums, guitar and keyboards. yagihiromi (Hiromi Yagi) - Guitarist Member of NITORODAY and Cruyff. He will participate as a live support member when activities resume in 2022. Former Members Jun Oyama - Guitarist. Born on May 11, 1978 in Maebashi City , Gunma Prefecture . Nicknamed "OJ" or "Ooyaman." He left the band in December 2003. Although he had been away from the music industry, he was invited by Hinata to support Straightener , and officially joined in October 2008. Hinata Hidekazu - Bassist. Born December 4 , 1976 in Machida , Tokyo . Nicknamed "Hina-chan" and "Machida Yankee.". In December 2003, he left the band with Oyama. He participated in the formation of ZAZEN BOYS (later leaving), supported Straightener (later joining the band officially), and formed Nothing's Carved In Stone. In 2010, he formed Killing Boy with Kinoshita. Yuichi Sakurai - Drums. Born on November 22, 1973 in Takasaki City , Gunma Prefecture . Blood type B. Nicknamed "Ossan.". In April 2009, he announced his departure from the band (he left in the summer of 2008). As of 2012, he is active in Marvelous and Lunkhead (later officially joining). He plays with an open-handed technique using a right-handed setting (initially a left-handed setting). Takeshi Uno - Bassist. Born December 24, 1977 (Showa 52) . From Saitama Prefecture . Blood type A. Nicknamed "Uno-chan.". He left the group in December 2011 . Before joining, he was a member of "Dolpots Brothers". He is currently active in GOLIATH and QUADRANGLE. From 2011 to 2015, he was a member of Ramens, LiSA 's support band. Hiroyuki Suzuki - Drums. He left the band with Uno in December 2011. He was already an active member of U&DESIGN before joining, later joined GOLIATH. Currently active in QUADRANGLE and THE KEBABS. Like Uno, he was a member of the Ramens, LiSA 's support band , from 2011 to 2015. He continued to support LiSA on and off after that, and in 2019 he participated in the 70th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen as a band member. History: In 1998, Riki Kinoshita moved from Osaka to Tokyo to start a solo career and after the release of his first and sold out mini-album, TEENAGE LAST in 1999, he decided to start the band ART-SCHOOL in March 2000, with his support musicians at that time Hinata (bass), Sakurai (drums) and later Oyama (guitar). The same month, they gave a concert in the Shimokitazawa Shelter. Their first mini album SONIC DEAD KIDS was released on September 8th, followed by their single-tape and two other releases the following year. Together with the band Straightener they released a split-cassette on March 6th, 2002, which has been long sold out since its release. The band's success continued into summer for two main reasons; first because of their appearance at the Fuji Rock Festival and second because of their contract with the major label Toshiba EMI. ART-SCHOOL released a new single that October and their first full-length album, REQUIEM FOR INNOCENCE, the following November. Their first nationwide tour took place in January 2003, with the gig in the Shibuya Club Quattro being sold out on the first day. EVIL, their second major single, was released in April and again they were part of a big Japanese rock festival, the Japan Circuit in June. The following tour left a great impression and ensured the band's future success. The year continued with more releases and, unfortunately, ended with Oyama and Hinata leaving the band in December. 2004 began with the release of their first live album BOYS DON'T CRY in March. The support musicians Masafumi Todaka (guitar) and Takeshi Uno (bass) became official band members and would become a big influence on Art-School's future musical progress. To celebrate this new formation, they gave a free concert in the Shibuya O-East, which was attended by 10,000 people. Their following releases were successful as well and made it possible for them to play at several festivals and events. They changed their label to Pony Records in the middle of the year, published a new mini-album and spent some time in Glasgow, Scottland to record their third full-studio album PARADISE LOST. The following PARADISE LOST TOUR 2005 provided enough material for their fist live DVD, sleep flowers, which was released in December 2005. ART-SCHOOL continued to go strong from 2006 to 2007 with the release of two singles and two albums. Along with their releases, they kept themselves busy with various live shows and ended 2007 with a coupling tour with OGRE YOU ASSHOLE. As for 2008, ART-SCHOOL released ILLMATIC BABY, a new mini-album which was produced by Yutaka Furukawa of DOPING PANDA. ART-SCHOOL then embarked on a tour with DOPING PANDA, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, the telephones, THE NOVEMBERS, UNCHAIN and VOLA & THE ORIENTAL MACHINE as guests. In April of 2009, Yuichi Sakurai (Drums) announced that he is leaving the band to form his own. ART-SCHOOL's last show with Sakurai was on the 8th May 2009 at the Chiba LOOK Livehouse. ART-SCHOOL have since released two more albums, 2009's full-length 14SOULS and 2010's mini-album Anesthesia. Takeshi Uno (Bass) and Hiroyuki Suzuki (Drums) left the band in December 2011 and started other projects. Then On May 21st, the band held a free live, ‘DAY OF THE DEAD‘, at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO with their new support members, bassist Nakao Kentaro (from Crypt City) and drummer Fujita Isamu (from MO'SOME TONEBENDER). In August 2012 they released a new album called "BABY ACID BABY" under Ki/oon (means sony.jp) and continue in March 2013 they released a mini album called "The Alchemist". On December 30, 2014 , the group announced on their official website that they would be suspending activities . [ 7 ] On February 13th, 2015 , the band held their final live performance before going on hiatus at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST . At the end of 2015 , they held a comeback concert at COUNTDOWN JAPAN on 15/16 . Solo live performance at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST on February 13th , 2016 . A two-man event with Hige , scheduled for March 30, 2019, was canceled due to Kinoshita's poor health, which had continued since last year. Kinoshita later announced that he would be taking a break, and all of his scheduled live shows were canceled. The group will resume activities on August 24, 2022 , with a live performance at Ebisu LIQUIDROOM . On June 14 , 2023 , he released his 10th album, "luminous." On October 15, 2023 , Riki Kinoshita's birthday live "KINOSHITA NIGHT 2023 ~ Riki Kinoshita Birthday Festival / SHIGONOSEKAI ~" will be held at Zepp DiverCity. POLYSICS and syrup16g will participate as guests. On February 1, 2024 , it was announced that a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Masashi Todaka's joining the band will begin in May. On May 28, 2025 , they released the mini-album "1985". They also announced that they would be releasing their first tribute album, "Dreams Never End", on August 20 of the same year. Many bands, including Syrup16g , MONOEYES , MO'SOME TONEBENDER , and indigo la End, will be participating. Labels: 123RECORDS ( 2000-2002 ) Toshiba EMI ( 2002-2004 ) VeryApe Records ( 2004-2005 ) Pony Canyon (2005 - 2012 ) Ki/oon Records (2012 - 2015) Warszawa-Label (2015 -)
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