Guitar Wolf
Guitar Wolf ( Japギター ウルフ) is a Japanese garage rock 'n' roll band that was founded in 1987 in Harajuku. As one of the few Japanese bands managed Guitar Wolf to market their music worldwide success, their albums were released in Australia, Europe, Japan and the United States. In their most active years they played up to two hundred concerts each year.
Band History
After guitarist Seiji and bassist Billy a long time worked together in Harajuku in various punk shops decided, they, in 1987, due to their similar musical tastes together a rock and roll band. 1991 came Toru added to the band and Guitar Wolf was in its final occupation. They named their own music style Jet Rock ' n ' Roll and described himself as a " World's Greatest Jet Rock 'n' roll band ."
Her first studio album, Run Wolf Run, was recorded due to lack of money in the former apartment of Seiji. In 1994 it was released in the United States, a release in their home country followed several months later. Even her subsequent album Missile Me was released in Europe. In 1997 she received from Ki / oon Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan, her first major recording contract.
1999 turned Guitar Wolf with director Tetsuro Takeuchi the splatter -trash film Wild Zero, where she took over the lead roles. The accompanying soundtrack was released at the same time as the album.
March 30, 2005 Billy Bass Wolf died at the age of 38, shortly after their North American tour of a heart attack. All other scheduled concerts were canceled by the surviving band members. In September 2005, the then 19 -year-old Ug was introduced as the new bass wolf. That same month, Guitar Wolf took their activities again and played among 24 and 31 December 2005, a total of six concerts in Australia.
After the world to published album Dead Rock Guitar Wolf started again on a world tour, they also now for the third time, led by Germany, among others. Following the tour was in August 2007, a short-term cessation of activity, due to a health-related surgery by Seiji announced. The end of 2007 the album was presented Mars Twist, a best-of album, which contains only new recordings of older songs.
Jet Rock ' n ' Roll
Although Guitar Wolf now has a professional recording space, they remained faithful to their initial style and take their pieces with exaggerated volume, and thus retain their typical scratchy, distorted garage style. Their fourth album Jet Generation is ironically often called the " loudest CD ever made " (English:, loudest CD of all time ' ), since the band noticed by the studio recordings that they had exceeded the theoretical 96 decibels maximum recording volume of a CD far.
At concerts is often additionally introduces the amplifier a microphone to achieve a double distortion effect due to this redirection. Considered by many fans, they are therefore also referred to as " The Clash with a broken amplifier ". Additionally practiced frontman Seiji excessive self-destruction during the live performances of the band. So he drinks, for example, before the start and during the concerts, a bottle of beer in a empty train, destroyed bottles and glasses, throws mic stand to ruthless and climbing on equipment and musical equipment to then jump off of it. Unlike other rock-' n' -roll musicians Guitar Wolf destroy normally but only in exceptional cases, their own instruments on stage.
Because their music was greatly influenced by musicians such as the Ramones and Joan Jett, they called their own style of music Jet Rock ' n ' Roll or Jett rock and ask yourself often called " the world 's greatest jet rock 'n' roll band " (English: the world's best jet rock 'n' roll band ') before. Meanwhile, Guitar Wolf also produce their own T -shirt collection with the title Jet Clothing.