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B'z
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1988 - present
B’z is the most popular rock group in all of Japan. They have produced a consecutive string of number one hits since their fifth single was released in 1990. B’z consists of Tak Matsumoto (Guitar) and Koshi Inaba (Vocals). Their supporting band has even included renowned bassist Billy Sheehan. The current supporting line-up consists of Shane Gaalaas (Drums), Akira Onozuka (Keys) and Akihito Tokunaga (Bass) and Shinichiro Ohta (Guitars) of doa. Both members of B’z have also pursued solo careers in addition to performing with the band.
B’z made their record debut with だからその手を離して (Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite) on September 21, 1988. Their first big hit was from the Bad Communication mini album, which was released the next year. They quickly became one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. In their 20 year career span, B’z has had great success with 41 consecutive singles which topped at #1 on the release day on the Oricon charts (including Shoudou). This is a national record. B’z is also the best-selling Japanese musical act in history, with 75,000,000 - 94,000,000 records sold worldwide. Their latest album is entitled ACTION and has been released on December 12th 2007.
On September 22, 2002, B’z played their first live show in the United States, called B’z LIVE-GYM 2002 ‘Rock n’ California Roll’. They have also played with overseas musicians such as Aerosmith, Pat Torpey, Brian Tichy from Ball, Fingers from Ball, Steve Vai and more.
B’z is the most popular rock group in all of Japan. They have produced a consecutive string of number one hits since their fifth single was released in 1990. B’z consists of Tak Matsumoto (Guitar) and Koshi Inaba (Vocals). Their supporting band has even included renowned bassist Billy Sheehan. The current supporting line-up consists of Shane Gaalaas (Drums), Akira Onozuka (Keys) and Akihito Tokunaga (Bass) and Shinichiro Ohta (Guitars) of doa. Both members of B’z have also pursued solo careers in addition to performing with the band.
B’z made their record debut with だからその手を離して (Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite) on September 21, 1988. Their first big hit was from the Bad Communication mini album, which was released the next year. They quickly became one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. In their 20 year career span, B’z has had great success with 41 consecutive singles which topped at #1 on the release day on the Oricon charts (including Shoudou). This is a national record. B’z is also the best-selling Japanese musical act in history, with 75,000,000 - 94,000,000 records sold worldwide. Their latest album is entitled ACTION and has been released on December 12th 2007.
On September 22, 2002, B’z played their first live show in the United States, called B’z LIVE-GYM 2002 ‘Rock n’ California Roll’. They have also played with overseas musicians such as Aerosmith, Pat Torpey, Brian Tichy from Ball, Fingers from Ball, Steve Vai and more.
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kashimoto178 wrote:
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ElTigreNegro wrote:
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ElTigreNegro wrote:
Just as a little note to the whole label thing, in Japan many call pop music just "pops" (yeah, with an "s" for some reason) and nothing more, with no "j" or anything like that. In the same way they call rock bands justo "rock", as simple as that.
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KillingMagician wrote:
Roots is reeally good :D and GiriGirir chop :D:D
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rast-kun wrote:
Agreed. I could listen to いつかまたここで all the time.
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hori3 wrote:
"いつかまたここで"＆"グローリーデイズ" good!!
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pawelati wrote:
I like to know japaneese rock music. Which of the japaneese bands, albums should i know at first? I know one album of B`Z (Mixtures) and i think is not bad.
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Tar-Ovat wrote:
"What makes Japanese rock differ from "normal" rock? It's in the Japanese language (99% of the time)...language is part of singing and singing is part of music..." It would be suitable for every country, for example Canada or Mexico... but do you think is correct to call it c-rock or m-rock? I don't think so. Everytime someone asked me what I was listen to I said: a rock band from Japan. LOGIC is everywhere.
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jimex289 wrote:
It's kind of an Asian thing too...there's jpop, jrock, kpop, cpop, mandopop, and so on. I'm not going to go into detail. Another reason I can think of...outside of America, Japan has the next biggest music industry. That may explain why those terms are so popular.
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Thorens wrote:
I think J-rock is a very useful term. Mostly because most of the J-rock bands start where Western rockbands have stopped years ago and therefore have actually redefined a genre. There is, in my opninion, a huge need for straightforward rocking bands in European countries, without venturing into the hardrock/metal that is.
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jimex289 wrote:
I didn't mean to start a big argument over something so trivial. If I had my earphones on and someone asked me what I was listening to and I said rock, they are going to assume I'm listening to American rock music (I live in America after all). That would probably 90% of the time be the case. Partly right...I'm listening to rock music but it ain't in English. That's how it differs musically...different language durrrr. I used that term in the first place to specify the band I was talking about in their respective country only...rock is a very broad term in this case then. And the meaning of what I said would be something totally different then... What makes Japanese rock differ from "normal" rock? It's in the Japanese language (99% of the time)...language is part of singing and singing is part of music...
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Blue_Mind wrote:
If japanese rock differed from "normal" rock in a musical way, then you could call it j-rock, I guess. But I don't see any difference here. How would japanese people tag their music? For example, there is the term Deutschrock for a specific kind of German Rock.
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kikoenai wrote:
you're right, it is not a music genre. it just that it has been widely used, so suddenly going against it is...well only those who don't understand will see it as a genre, while it is not..
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Blue_Mind wrote:
I second that. Would you tag american rock a-rock? That's nonsense.
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ElTigreNegro wrote:
Why not just "rock"? I can't see the point in mentioning the country of origin. The nationality it's not a "music genre" and has nothing to do with it.
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kikoenai wrote:
B'z extremely overrated? you're kidding me..and there is nothing wrong with the j-rock term
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Tar-Ovat wrote:
Whatever floats your boat.
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Raizu wrote:
Why not ? If the band is okay with such tags it's no big deal.
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Tar-Ovat wrote:
@wc217: Then call rock from Chile "Ch-rock" or rock from Brazil "B-rock."
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wc217 wrote:
What's wrong with the term 'J-Rock'? That's literally what it is: Japanese Rock. Anyways, B'z are pretty sweet. Highly rate. ^-^b
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- Fushimiru, screameur, T-sino21 and 2 other people added B'z to their libraries. 9 hours ago
- Alkarinkwo tagged B'z with ‘rock’. Sunday morning
- Frankacy, vdechpokket, Jimmy-yamanaka and 1 other person added B'z to their libraries. Sunday morning
- kuregon tagged B'z with ‘00’, ‘b'z’, ‘j-rock’, ‘japanese’ and ‘90s’. yesterday morning
- nijikitten added B'z to nijikitten’s library. Friday evening
- Violin_Rocker tagged B'z with ‘90's’, ‘j-pop’, ‘alternative’, ‘b'z’, ‘jrock’, ‘rock’, ‘j-rock’, ‘jpop’ and ‘hard rock’. Friday afternoon
- TAMAK1, leia_25, yuchan333 and 2 other people added B'z to their libraries. Friday afternoon
- MagiNcia connected B'z to the group J-Music Portugal. Thursday evening
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- A deleted user tagged B'z with ‘j-rock’. Tuesday afternoon
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