(stylised as "andymori") was a Japanese
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band, signed to
Youth Records. They debuted in 2007 with the EP ''
Andy to Rock to Bengal Tora to Whisky.'' The band's name came from merging
Andy Warhol
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and the phrase
.
Biography
Andymori first formed in 2007, performing live at live houses in the Tokyo area.
Their first big event was the
Fuji Rock Festival
is an annual music festival, rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The three-day event, organized by Smash (Music promoters), Smash Japan, features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians, making it th ...
in 2008, where they performed on the new artist stage. The band released their first EP "
Andy to Rock to Bengal Tora to Whisky" in October 2008, as the first new artist signed to
Youth Records. This was followed by their full-length album in February 2009, ''
Andymori
(stylised as "andymori") was a Japanese indie rock band, signed to Youth Records. They debuted in 2007 with the EP ''Andy to Rock to Bengal Tora to Whisky.'' The band's name came from merging Andy Warhol and the phrase memento mori.
Biography ...
''.
The lead single, "Follow Me," was chosen as an
iTunes
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Single of the Week free download song in January.
The band performed at many of the major summer festivals in 2009, such as
Rock in Japan and
Summer Sonic
is an annual music festival held on one weekend in August simultaneously in both Chiba and Osaka, Japan. The festival features revolving lineups performing one day in Osaka then performing the next day in Chiba and vice-versa. The lineup often ...
. In October, the band held their first one-man live,
and featured on the 10 year anniversary tribute album for
Quruli
is a Japanese rock band formed in Kyoto in 1996. It has been a duo consisting of original members Shigeru Kishida and Masashi Sato since March 2021. They have been signed to Speedstar Records since 1998. In 2003, Quruli were ranked number 74 o ...
.
In 2010, the band released their second album, ''
Fanfare to Nekkyō
is Andymori's second album, released on . The title comes from a line from the first track, "1984."
Promotion
"City Lights" was released on 7 January to iTunes, the Recochoku full-download store and the Space Shower music store. A music video ...
''. Prior to its release, they were picked as one of the iTunes Japan "Sound of 2010" break-through artists, and their video for "Follow Me" was nominated for the Best New Artist award for the 2010
Space Shower Music Video Awards
Space Shower Music Awards (formerly Space Shower Music Video Awards) are an annual set of music awards sponsored by Japanese Space Shower TV. The prizes have been awarded since 1996.
Winners in main categories
Best Video of the Year
Best ...
. The album has so far reached No. 9 on the Oricon albums daily charts.
The band performed overseas for the first time in 2010, with four concerts across
Canada
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in May 2010 at the first
Next Music from Tokyo!!! concert event.
Hiroki Gotō performed his last live show with the band on November 27, at Club Seata in Kichijôji. Sôhei Oyamada said in a radio show held in Ôsaka (MUSIC FREAKS
FM802
(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio broadcasting, radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM broadcasting, FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latec ...
) that Hiroki asked for "Life Is Party" to be on the setlist for the show because it is his favorite song. The new drummer was announced to be Okayama Kenji (岡山健二), with his first live show held on December 2, 2010 at Shimokitazawa Shelter.
In 2014, it was announced that Andymori would break up after seven years. The band released its final album, ''
Uchū no Hate wa Kono Me no Mae ni '', on June 26 of that year, and perform a tour from July until September. The final date of the tour was held at the
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Budokan was a popular venue for Japanese professional wres ...
on September 24.
Ever since the disbanding, their vocalist Souhei Okayama has started a solo project under his name. His music can be described as folk/indie music.
In May 2023 former bassist Hiroshi Fujiwara and former drummer Kenji Okayama founded the band DOGADOGA (also known as ドガ) with other musicians, including the former vocalist of Japanese indie-rock band
plenty. The band mixes various genres like Punk, Dub, Funk, Latin, Jazz and others. Kenji Okayama (percussion, tambourine, cow bell and congas in the band) left the band in June 2024.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
DVDs
* (2010)
* (2012)
References
External links
Andymori Official Site
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Japanese indie rock groups
Japanese musical trios
Musical groups established in 2007
Musical groups disestablished in 2014
2007 establishments in Japan
2014 disestablishments in Japan
Musical groups from Tokyo