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LOADED FORMED IN 2003,TOKYO.
MEMBERS ARE GAKU TORII(VO&G),YOUJI FUJITA(G&VO),KEISUKE MIYAZAKI(G),NAOHISA MATUDA(B),TOSIAKI KUBOTA(DS).
GAKU TORII IS MAY BE? JAPANESE VERSION OF NICK KENT OR MICK FARREN, .THEY ARE ROCK JOURNALIST AND THE OTHER TIMES ARE MUSICIANS(NICK KENT WAS EARLY MEMBER OF DAMNED AND SEX PISTOLS,MICK FARREN ARE VOCALIST OF DEVIANTS).
GAKU STARTED AMATEUR BAND IN LATE 60'S IN HIS HIGHSCHOOL,HE COVERED ROLLING STONES(HIS BIG INFLUENSE ),ANIMALS,THEM ETC.AND EARLY 70's HE GOT BIG INFLUENCE FROM BOB DYLAN,SO HE STARTED WRITE HIS OWN SONGS. HE DROP OUTED FROM COLLEGE AND STARTED TO SING IN SOME COFFE HOUSE ETC.HE JOINED JAPANESE UNDERGROUND FOLK SCENE AND PLAYED WITH SOME FAMOUS FOLK SINGERS　LIKE MASATO TOMOBE ETC.
1977 HE GOT BIG INSPIRATION FROM PATTI SMITH,SO HE TRIPED TO PARIS&NY AND SAW MANY NEW PUNK ROCKERS LIKE DAMNED,DEAD BOYS,PATTI SMITH, RICHARD HELL,RAMONES,SUICIDE,GENERATION X,POLICE ETC.AFTER COME BACK,HE OPENED FIRST JAPANESE PUNK ROCK CAFÉ CALLED[BLACK POOL] IN KOENJI TOKYO AND SAME TIME HE STARTED TO WRITE PUNK ROCK ARTICLE.IN SOME MAGAZINES. THAT TIME PUNK ROCK WAVE MADE INFLUENCE TO TOKYO KIDS. SO SOME BANDS(FRICTION.LIZARD,MR.KITE,MIRROR,S-KEN) MADE UNION CALLED[TOKYO ROCKERS].THIS WAS FIRST JAPANESE PUNK MOVEMENT. GAKU TRIED TO MAKE ANOTHER WAVE[TOKYO NEW WAVE],SO HE STARTED HIS OWN BAND CALLED [THE PAIN].THIS TIME THE PAIN GOT BIG INFLUENCE FROM TELEVISION,RICHARD HELL,LOU REED.SO HE MADE ONE PUNK CONCERT CALLED[TOKYO NEW WAVE'79]WITH THE PAIN,SEX,SUICIDE,BOLSHIE,ETC.THIS LIVE SHOW WAS RECORDED BY JVC VICTOR AND RELEASED AS『TOKYO NEW WAVE ' 79』in1979.GAKU PRODUCED THIS ALBUM. FROM 1980 to 1990,GAKU PUSHED HIS RECORD PRODUCER&JOURNALIST JOB MORE THAN HIS MUSIC. HE PRODUCED JAPANESE PUNK MASTERPIECE[meshikuuna(DON'T EAT RICE!)]BY INU(Means DOGS),THE POGO[1990],EASY WALKERS[LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES]ETC.ALSO HE MADE INTERVIEWED WITH THE ROLLING STONES,IGGY POP,PATTI SMITH,LOU REED,SERGE GAINSBOURG ETC. 1984 HE MET JOHNNY THUNDERS IN PARIS AND GOT INTERVIEWED AND BECOME GOOD FRIEND WITH HIM.
AFTER THAT EVERY4TIMES JOHNNY COME TO JAPAN, GAKU TAKED CARE OF JOHNNY LIKE JAPANESE MANAGER. IN MAY 1986,GAKU COORDINATED RECORDING PRODUCE JOB FOR JOHNNY, SO GAKU&JAPANESE ROCKER CALLED JIMMY K WENT IN LONDON AND STAYED WITH JOHNNY&JERRY NOLAN IN A SAME FLAT. THEY MADE RECORDING FOR JIMMY K'S ALBUM[TROUBLE TRAVELLER]. WHEN JOHNNY DIED IN 1991,GAKU MADE TRIBUTE SHOW FOR JOHNNY WITH MANY JAPANESE ROCKERS AND SENT ALL TICKET MONEY TO HIS FAMILLY. ALSO HE PRODUCED&RELEASED JOHNNY'S 3 LAST LIVE IN JAPAN ALBUMS [SADDEST VACATION VOL1&2],[HURT ME MORE].AND HE MANAGING JOHNNY'S TRIBUTE SHOW IN EVERY YEAR JULY(JOHNNY'S BIRTHDAY)IN TOKYO.
IN 1998 HE STARTED HIS NEW BAND CALLED BLACKLIST, AND PLAYED EVERY MONTHS IN TOKYO. IN MAY 2002 GAKU&BLACKLIST RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM CALLED『SONGS FROM THE STREET』FROM People's Records IN TOKYO.IN THIS ALBUM, GAKU SHOWED HIS ANOTHER INFLUENCE FROM VAN MORRISON.AND IT GOT GREAT REVIEW in MANY MUSIC MAGAZINES.
IN 2003 GAKU STARTED NEW BAND CALLED LOADED.THIS BAND PUSHED MORE GARAGE SOUNDS WHICH GAKU GOT INFLUENCED IN HIS HIGHSCOOL DAYS LIKE MC5,ROLLING STONES, BEATLES,THE SEEDS,THE ELECTRIC PRUNES,THE STANDELLS,THE JACKS(JAPANESE 60’S GARAGE BAND) ETC.
LOADED PLAYED AT GAKU’S HOMEBASE CLUB AOIHEYA(BLUE ROOM)SHIBUYA IN EVERY MONTHS,AND IN 2004 THEY TOURED WITH FRENCH ROCK BAND CALLED THE ROLLING BIDOCHONS IN JAPAN.
IN 2005 LOADED GOT BACKING OFFER FROM PANTA(VOCALIST FROM JAPANESE LEGEND ORIGINAL PUNK ROCK BAND CALLED BLAIN POLICE=ZUNOUKEISATU)AND THEY PLAYED 4 TIMES WITH PANTA FOR HIS LIVE SHOW. ALSO THEY PLAYED WITH JAPANESE LEGEND FEMALE PUNK ROCKER CALLED JEAN( EX MR.KITE) IN 2005.
THE END OF 2005, LOADED RECORDED THEIR FIRST ALBUM[PULL THE TRIGGER!].IT INCLUDING INTERESTING GAKU’S OWN LYRICS COVER SONGS LIKE THE ROLLING STONES,THE BEATLES,DONOVAN.ETC…GAKU ARE CHANGING THE SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL TO ANTI BUSH(ANTI WAR) SONG.ALSO GAKU WROTE AND SINGING BEAUTIFIL TRIBUTE SONG TO JOHNNY THUNDERS.
LOADED RECORDED ALBUM BOTH BY JAPANESE AND ENGLISH.JAPANESE ALBUM RELEASED FROM JAPANESE CAPTAIN TRIP RECORD ON 17 JULY.
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ALSO THEY LIKE TO PLAY INFRONT OF FOREIGN PEOPLES AND WISH TO GET DEAL WITH FOREIGN LABEL.
FROM AUGUST OF 2007,GAKU STARTED ANOTHER NEW PARTY BAND CALLED PEACOCK BABIES WITH FEMALE VOCALIST AND FEMALE BASS PLAYER AND ANOTHER GUITARLIST AND DRUMER..THEY ARE MIX UP WITH GARAGE+GLAM ROCK+KAYOUKYOKU(JAPANESE 60'S ORIENTAL POP SONGS)+GROUP SOUNDS(JAPANESE 60'S TEEN BEAT).YOU SHOULD CHECK THEIR LIVE SHOW,IT WILL BE FUN!!
SO NOW THE GUN HAS LOADED,SO YOU PULL THE TRIGGER!!