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Loudness (Japanese: ラウドネス, Hepburn: Raudonesu) is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were the first Japanese metal act signed to a major label in the United States.
Members of the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. Pages in category "Loudness (band) members" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
He was rapidly put under contract to be part of the pop-rock band Lazy, of which drummer Munetaka Higuchi was also a member. [3] Lazy produced five successful albums at the end of the 1970s, but Takasaki's musical style, oriented towards hard rock and heavy metal , did not gel with the band and in 1981 he decided to form his own band, Loudness ...
Minoru Niihara (二井原 実, Niihara Minoru, born March 12, 1960) is a Japanese singer. He is the original and current lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Loudness.. His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. [1]
For the album, Higuchi had the collaboration of the best Japanese heavy metal musicians and was able to reunite his former bandmates of Loudness. [9] A tour in support of the album was made with musicians from Loudness and Sly. [10] He returned to Loudness in 2000, maintaining his high profile in the metal genre.
Taiji Sawada was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, on July 12, 1966.He was the second son of three children. His younger sister Masayo is a singer known as Sister MAYO.When Taiji was two years of age, he shoved his hand into a machine in a factory where his parents worked, resulting in a first joint cut on the middle finger, but luckily, it was not too serious.
Masaki Yamada (山田 雅樹, Yamada Masaki, born 1964) is a Japanese singer, guitarist and bassist known for being the frontman of EZO from 1986 to 1991 and Loudness from 1992 to 2000. He currently plays bass and sings duet and backing vocals, with occasional guitar in the New York City -based band FiRESiGN. [ 1 ]
Sunburst (我武者羅, Gamushara) is the twenty-eighth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It is their first double album, as well as the first album released on their own label, Katana Music. It was released to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary. [1] It was later released worldwide through earMUSIC on July 29, 2022. [2]