Ninezero (born Craig Andrew Schweizer, 18 October) is an Australian rock/metal singer, songwriter and musician. He is influenced by heavy metal and hard rock to create a new kind of sound, referred to as power cacophony metal. Born in Sydney, Australia. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan. Ninezero started his singing career singing in his high school choir and in classic musicals, such as ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the chil ...

'', ''

Oklahoma! ''Oklahoma!'' is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, ''Green Grow the Lilacs''. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tell ...

'' and ''

Kiss Me, Kate ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-stag ...

'' at the Riverside Theatre Parramatta. He moved on to singing in rock and heavy metal bands after graduating from the

University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle (UON), informally known as Newcastle University, is a public university in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1965, it has a primary campus in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan. The university al ...

Bands

Maziora The Band (2010–)

Ninezero joined forces with some of Japan's most famous musicians to form Maziora The Band. The line-up is Ninezero-vocals, Kentaro-guitar (gargoyle), Yoshito Onda-bass (Zamza, formerly from

Judy and Mary Judy and Mary (often stylized as JUDY AND MARY) was a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 in Japan by bassist Yoshihito Onda and vocalist Yuki, with drummer Kohta Igarashi and guitarist Taiji Fujimoto completing the lineup in 1992. Guitarist Taku ...

, Presence) and Himawari-drums (Dustar-3, formerly from

Sex Machineguns Sex Machineguns (stylized as SEX MACHINEGUNS) is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1989. Their music is characterized by a heavy focus on bass as well as extremely fast guitar and bass solos. The band uses the image of " shoc ...

Solo (2007– )

His solo career as Ninezero, adopting his own name as the band's name, began with 2008's album ''The Beginning''. This album was followed up with Ninezero's debut CD ''Sanity'' released in 2009. Ninezero also sang the official theme song for WeROCK City, "Rock City" from ''The Beginning'' CD.

Raiden (2003–2007)

Ninezero was originally in a band called Raiden. Raiden broke into the Japananse market with 2006's first album ''Sound of Thunder''. Several songs from the CD are used as background music in music interviews for WeROCK City.

Discography

Maziora The Band

* ''Best Ass-Kickin Heavy Rock Vol.2'' (2013) * ''Best Ass-Kickin Heavy Rock Vol.1'' (2011)

Solo

*''Sanity'' (2009) *''The Beginning'' (2008)

Raiden

*''Sound of Thunder'' (2006)

Guest appearances

*GREAT LEFTY: Live Forever (2015) *D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die official soundtrack (2014) *Kenjiro Murai "Bass Line" Soundtrack (2013) *Guitar Freaks V5 and Drum Mania V5 Original Soundtracks CD (2008) – Far Beyond Blackened *The Gitado Live Benami 10th Memorial event DVD (2008) – Inside-Out, and Fire in the Dark. *Guitar Freaks V4 and Drum Mania V4 Rock X Rock CD (2007) – Inside-Out,

Black Night "Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, ''Deep Purple in Rock''. It became a hit following its release, pe ...

– Deep Purple and

Rock And Roll All Nite "Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by American rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album '' Dressed to Kill''. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway". The studio version of the song pe ...

–

Kiss A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, ...

GuitarFreaks and DrumMania

Ninezero is also the singer of

Konami , is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and arcade cabinets. Konami has casino ...

GuitarFreaks is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres. ...

and

DrumMania is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop g ...

series. He first appeared in the ''GuitarFreaks and DrumMania'' series with his original song, Inside-Out, in ''GuitarFreaks V4'' and ''DrumMania V4'' in 2007. He also performed on two more tracks which were included in this series;

– Deep Purple and

–

. He performed ''Inside-Out'' and ''Fire in the Dark'' at ''The Gitado Live Bemani 10th Memorial event'' in 2007 with an attendance of over 2000 people at Zepp Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. This performance was released on The Gitado Live Bemami 10th Anniversary Live DVD. ''Inside-Out'', ''Black Night'' and ''Rock And Roll All Nite'' were released on the ''GuitarFreaks V4'' and ''DrumMania V4'' ''Rock X Rock CD'' by Konami in 2007. He released his second original song, Far Beyond Blackened in ''GuitarFreaks V5'' and ''DrumMania V5'' ''Rock To Infinity'' in 2008. This was followed by the inclusion of ''Far Beyond Blackened'' in ''GuitarFreaks V5'' and ''DrumMania V5'' Original Soundtracks CD in 2008.

Other entertainment work

*Sings the theme song for Mr. Donuts, June 2015.Official site for Ninezero
*Sings a song on D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, an episodic video game developed by Access Games and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox One. *Sings the theme song for Bacardi Rum, April 2012. *Sings the theme song for DOCOMO Eigahasumahode TV commercial, March 2012. *Sings the theme song for Spa-O TV commercial, August 2011.Official site for Dagmusic
/ref> *Sings the theme song for Tama Home TV commercial, July 2011, March 2012 and April 2013. *Appears as Steve Wolf (Tony Wolf in English-language release), one of the characters in the Nintendo DS game '' Last Window'' 2010, as a rock singer. *Performed in the promotional video for Heiwa's ''Kenken Aloha de Hawaii'' pachinko game based on the

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series in 2007. *Sings the theme song for Namco's Pro Yakyuu Netsusuta 2006 game *Voice provider for the Synthesizer V voicebank of the same name. Dreamtonics Demo Song
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References

External links

Official Site
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