Cascade (stylized as CASCADE) is a Japanese

visual kei is a movement among Japanese musicians that is characterized by the use of varying levels of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics, similar to Western glam rock. Som ...

rock band, with a sound not typical of others in the movement, in that it is strongly influenced by

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.CD Journal Band Profile
Retrieved Aug 28, 2007 The band formed in 1993 and disbanded in August 2002,Oricon Artist Profile
Retrieved Aug 28, 2007 but six years later the band reunited and released a new album in 2009, ''Vivo''.

History

Cascade's song "S.O.S. Romantic" was covered by Mix Speakers, Inc on the compilation ''Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-'', which was released on January 26, 2011, and features current

bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement. Their song "Flowers of Romance" was covered by Adapter. on ''Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-'', its sequel released on November 23, 2011.

Members

*Tama (Vocals) was born on January 13, in

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. *Masashi (Guitar) was born on November 30, in

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. *Hiroshi (Drums) was born September 18, in

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. ;Former members *Kagemary (Synth) *Miyuki (Bass) *Q-Shi (Drums) *Makko (Bass) was born on June 24, in Yamanashi.

Discography

Singles

*"Narikiri Bonnie and Clyde" (なりきりボニー&クライド, 1996/9/21) *"Oh Yeah Baby" (1997/3/21) *"Yellow Yellow Fire" (1997/6/21) *"Super Car" (スーパーカー, 1997/11/21) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 30www.oricon.co.jp
''Cascade Single Rankings'' Retrieved February 20, 2011 *"S.O.S Romantic" (S.O.S ロマンティック, 1998/4/22) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 17 *"Flowers of Romance" (1998/8/12) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 5 *"Cuckoo" (1998/11/11) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 10 *"Memories" (メモリーズ, 1999/1/27) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 13 *"Azayakana Kiseki" (アザヤカナキセキ, 1999/2/24) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 26 *"Dance Capriccio" (1999/10/27) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 15 *"Congracche" (コングラッチェ, 2000/1/26) 9th Ending Theme of Japanese Anime

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, Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 28 *"Tokyo Darling" (TOKYOダーリン, 2000/5/17) *"Sexy, Sexy," (2000/11/16) Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Ghost Stories, Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 25 *"Strawberry Moon" (2001/4/25) *"Partiful Saruman Life" (2010/4/13) *"Bonnou Hakusho Part 2" (2011/2/2)

Albums

*''Viva!'' (1995/11/22) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 55www.oricon.co.jp
''Cascade Album Rankings'' Retrieved February 20, 2011 *''Beautiful Human Life'' (1996/3/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 71 *''Samurai Man'' (サムライマン, 1996/10/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 49 *''Apollo Exercise'' (1997/3/25) *''Yellow Magical Typhoon'' (1997/7/24) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 31 *''80*60=98'' (1998/6/17) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 6 *''Kodomo Z'' (コドモZ, 1999/3/25) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 8 *''Piaza'' (ピアザ, 2000/2/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 18 *''Adrenalin No.5'' (2000/6/14) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 15 *''Butterfly Limited Express'' (2001/6/13) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 33 *''Viva Nice Best'' (2002/9/19) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 46 *''Vivo'' (2009/4/15) *''Magallanica'' (2010/5/19)

Video releases

*''Macaroni'' (マカロニ, 1996/6/21) VHS *''Teritori-Machinegun'' (1997/4/23) VHS *''Kageki na Bouryoku'' (カゲキな暴力 CASCADE SHOW AT BUDOKAN, 1998/3/21) VHS *''Komanchi'' (コマンチ, 1999/6/23) VHS and DVD *''Risutora Shite Kudasai yo'' (リストラして下さいよ。, 2000/11/8) *''Viva Nice DVD'' (2002/11/21) DVD *''Last Tour 2002 Omise Dekinai Noga Zannen Desuga'' (ラストツアー2002 お見せできないのが残念ですが Live at Osaka, 2002/11/21) DVD *''Adios'' (2003/8/30) DVD

References

External links

Official website

Official Facebook

Official YouTube

Cascade at Universal Music
Visual kei musical groups Japanese new wave musical groups Japanese rock music groups Japanese pop rock music groups Musical groups established in 1993 Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Musical groups reestablished in 2009 Japanese musical trios 1993 establishments in Japan 2002 disestablishments in Japan 2009 establishments in Japan {{rock-band-stub