Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Saki (さき, born October 4, 1990 [1]) is a Japanese heavy metal musician and songwriter. She is best known as guitarist of the all-female band Mary's Blood from 2012 until they began an indefinite hiatus in 2022, and was also a member of the all-female band Nemophila from 2019 to 2024.
According to Saki, when the band first formed they started composing songs that combined "some little Japanese things, like in 'Oiran', some electronic elements and Japanese rock with lots of melodic elements." Although Saki composed some songs, Nemophila has a composer team that works behind the scenes and gives the members the MIDI data. [3]
Saki is the principal composer of music in the band. Guitarist Eri was the main composer of songs in the initial lineup of Mary's Blood. [3] Since joining in 2012, guitarist Saki has taken over this role. [1] When writing for the band, she composes practically everything in the song, except for some drum fills that Mari comes up with. [36]
Although the guitarist was planning to leave the band so someone new could take her place, the other members decided not to continue without her. [16] An event on January 13, 2018, was their last. Yui, Saki and Azu will reunite as Cyntia for one-night only at Club Citta on November 29, 2024, as part of the Queen of the Night two-man live with ...
As bassist from 2011 to 2015, Miho was the second-longest serving member of the band. The band's only studio album, the self-titled Destrose, was released on April 10, 2013 and supported by a fourteen-date Japanese tour that ended with their first one-man concert on June 1 at Meguro Live Station. [18]
Saki was born in Krefeld, West Germany, in 1971, to Greek parents. Shortly after he was born, the whole family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Saki started to play the guitar when he was 15. He practiced 5 hours a day and in two years he was in his first band, Omnibol.
Scott Michael Kelly (born July 16, 1967) is an American former musician. He was one of three founding members of California experimental metal band Neurosis, in which he was the band's lead vocalist and guitarist from its formation until his firing in 2019. [1]
Char was named the greatest Japanese guitarist in a 2017 list by Guitar Magazine, as voted on by professional musicians, [6] [7] and in a 2019 public poll held by goo. [8] His song "A Fair Wind" was named the 34th best guitar instrumental by Young Guitar Magazine in 2019. [9] Char endorses Fender, with whom he has signature model guitars. [10]