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Disorder (album)
''Disorder'' (stylized as ''DISORDER'') is the debut album by Japanese rock band the Gazette, released on October 13, 2004 by PS Company, including the single "Zakurogata no Yūutsu" (ザクロ型の憂鬱). The first printing, called Premium Gazerock, was limited. The regular edition went on sale after the limited edition was sold out. It was re-released on May 3, 2006 and January 1, 2010. Musical style Japanese music website Jame World commented that ''Disorder'' is "a mish-mash of genres, sounds, and styles all brought together," living up to its name. It also said that the album is "earth-shatteringly loud, aggressive, and can feel borderline psychotic at times." Commercial performance ''Disorder'' reached number 19 on Oricon Albums Chart and remained on the chart for nine weeks. John D. Buchanan of ''Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gazette (band)
The Gazette (stylized as the GazettE), formerly known as , is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa in early 2002.''Shoxx'' Vol 106 June 2007 pg 40-45 The band is currently signed to Sony Music Records. Biography 2002: Conception and early work The band began in 2002 with Ruki (vocals), Reita (bass) and Uruha (lead guitar) in Kanagawa Prefecture. After being involved with other bands in the visual kei movement, the trio decided that this band would be their last. They recruited Aoi (rhythm guitar) and Yune (drums) from disbanded visual band Artia and formally became Gazette in January 2002. The band name is an intentional misspelling of . After signing to the Matina (record label), Matina record label, they released their first single, "Wakaremichi", and first music video on April 30, 2002. "Wakaremichi" was re-released in June. By September, they had released "Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza" and their second PV. In October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free-Will
is an independent Japanese independent record label, record label founded in 1986 by Color (band), Color vocalist Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka, with branches predominantly in Japan and the United States, as well as previously in Europe. The company also provides band management and continues to co-manage many of its artists after they have signed with a Record label#Major labels, major record label. Free-Will and Extasy Records are credited by Bounce Magazine as two important labels that helped promote visual kei. Free-Will also produced the 2001 anime adaptation of the long running manga series ''Grappler Baki''. Sub-divisions The company operates several sub-divisions, some of them for a single band or purpose only. For example, ''Firewall Div.'' solely handles material which is released in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music. Under Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music * ''Back Coat'' – 12012 * ''Firewall Div.'' – Dir En Grey, Merry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madara (album)
is an EP release by Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...ese band The Gazette released on March 30, 2004. The first press edition came housed in a special case, the outer part being a slipcase and the inner part containing the disc and booklet in a disc holder. Track listing Notes *''Madara'' was reissued in 2005. *"Sumire" was only featured on the first pressings of the album. The reissue contains only 5 songs. References The Gazette (band) albums 2004 EPs {{2000s-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gama (album)
is an EP released by Japanese rock band The Gazette on August 3, 2005. The first press edition came in a digipack form. Track listing Personnel * Ruki — Vocals * Uruha — Lead guitar * Aoi — Rhythm guitar * Reita — Bass * Kai — Drums Notes *''Gama'' was re-released in 2005 *The music video for "COCKROACH" was released long after the release of ''Gama'' on the ''Film Bug 1'' music video collection. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gama (Album) The Gazette (band) albums 2005 EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PS Company
is an independent Japanese record label founded in 1986 by Color vocalist Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka, with branches predominantly in Japan and the United States, as well as previously in Europe. The company also provides band management and continues to co-manage many of its artists after they have signed with a major record label. Free-Will and Extasy Records are credited by Bounce Magazine as two important labels that helped promote visual kei. Free-Will also produced the 2001 anime adaptation of the long running manga series ''Grappler Baki''. Sub-divisions The company operates several sub-divisions, some of them for a single band or purpose only. For example, ''Firewall Div.'' solely handles material which is released in collaboration with Sony Music. Under Sony Music * ''Back Coat'' – 12012 * ''Firewall Div.'' – Dir En Grey, Merry * ''Lizard'' – Kagerou Under King Records * ''PS Company'' – Kra ** ''Indie PSC'' – Born * ''S'Cube'' – Baroque, Eile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets () and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albums Chart on October 5, 1987. The Oricon Albums Chart's rankings are based on physical albums' sales. A Digital Albums Chart based on download sales was established on November 19, 2016. On December 24, 2018, Oricon introduced a Combined Albums Chart based on album-equivalent units. It counts physical sales, digital sales and streaming. Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and on Oricon's official website. Every Monday, Oricon receives data from outlets, but data on merchandise sold through certain channels does not make it into the charts. For example, the debut single of NEWS, a pop group, was released only through 7-Eleven stores, which are not covered by Oricon, and its sales were not reflected in the Oricon charts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reita
(May 27, 1981 – April 15, 2024) was a Japanese bassist and composer best known for being a member of the visual kei rock band The Gazette. He produced his instruments under the Japanese brand ESP and also owned a clothing brand called Snaked Lows. The Gazette is noted as one of the biggest visual kei bands of the second generation, and several artists mourned Reita's death in 2024. Early and personal life Reita was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 27, 1981. He lived with his mother and older sister and was close to his grandmother. He and The Gazette's guitarist Uruha were childhood friends and met at their school's football club. In an interview with ''JRock News'', Reita said that, despite his family not having much income, his dream of being a musician was stronger: One of his hobbies outside of music was boxing, and he went to the gym regularly. Career Reita started playing guitar in his second year of high school, and after seeing Luna Sea, he switched to electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Debut Albums
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gazette (band) Albums
The Gazette may refer to: English-language newspapers Botswana *''The Botswana Gazette'', a daily newspaper published in Gaborone Canada * ''The Gazette'' (Montreal), Montreal, Quebec * ''The Gazette'' (Newfoundland), the official newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland, in St. John's *'' The Dalhousie Gazette'', a student newspaper for Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia *''UWO Gazette'', a daily student newspaper for the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario New Zealand *''New Zealand Gazette'', the official publication of the New Zealand Government United Kingdom *'' The Belfast Gazette'', Northern Ireland official public record *''Eastbourne Gazette'', Eastbourne, England *''The Edinburgh Gazette'', Scottish official public record *''The London Gazette'' or ''The Gazette'', all-UK official public record *'' Teesside Gazette'', formerly ''Evening Gazette'', Teesside, England United States *''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', Green Bay, Wisconsin *'' Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
