Bis ("bis" for "visual", ヴィジュアル) was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in July 2004''Profile on CD Journal''
Retrieved Sep 2 2007 and originally signed to the Free-Will sub-division of PS Company.

History

The band has since switched to the main branch of the label and as of 2007 released a full-length album (''Believe in Style''), along with several EPs and singles. Their first mini album in 2004 was in the top 10 on the

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 ...

indies chart,''Barks Profile''
Retrieved Sep 2 2007 and the single "Extra Baka" hit the number 1 spot on the independent singles chart in 2005.''"Extra Baka" review at CD Journal''
Retrieved Sep 2 2007''Indies Chart Monopolized by Visual Kei Bands'' from Oricon
Retrieved Sep 2 2007 The band's vocalist, Maru, posted on their official blog, on November 18, 2007, that the band would be disbanding, and their last live show would be on January 13, 2008. On March 28, 2010, it was announced that Shunsuke had died.

Lineup

* Maru –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

(ex-Mei) * Tsukasa –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

(ex-Usagi) * Shunsuke – bass (ex- EllDorado) * Seika –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(ex-Jakura)

Discography

Albums and EPs * * ''Shu no Genjitsu'' (朱ノ現実, March 2, 2005) * ''Ao no Risou'' (蒼ノ理想, April 6, 2005) * ''Kyokutou Strip'' (極東ストリップ, August 10, 2005) Oricon Album Ranking Position: 55www.oricon.co.jp
''bis Album Ranking'' Retrieved Nov 12, 2010 * ''Believe in Style'' (May 30, 2007) * ''Problem Child'' (December 5, 2007) Singles * "Extra Baka" (エクストラ馬鹿, November 23, 2005) Oricon Single Ranking Position: 31www.oricon.co.jp
''bis Single Ranking'' Retrieved Nov 12, 2010 * "Heisei Comaneci" (平成コマネチ, April 5, 2006) Oricon Single Ranking Position: 52 * "Nerichagi Otome" (September 27, 2006) Oricon Single Ranking Position: 83 * "S-S-I" (April 25, 2007) * "Yasashi Kaze" (May 30, 2007) DVD * "Tricky Wagon" (October 24, 2007)

References

External links

Official website
Gan-Shin artists Visual kei musical groups Japanese alternative rock groups Musical groups from Tokyo {{Japan-band-stub