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Machina Shogunate

About Me

We're Machina Shogunate. Hailing from the United Kingdom, we are a band born from the desire to see less of a division between Eastern and Western music.
Inspired by Japanese rock and Visual Kei aesthetics, and with musical influences spanning all genres, we have been fusing music and artistic visuals since late 2007 in such a way as to define our own genre concept of "Gaijin Kei" (or foreigner/outsider style).
We are Machina Shogunate and we are coming for you...


俺たちはMachina Shogunate(マキナ・ショウグネート)
EastとWestの音楽の壁をぶち壊して世界中にビ㠂¸ãƒ¥ã‚¢ãƒ«ç³»é©å‘½ã‚’導くぜ!
最も影響を受けた日本のビジュアル系音楽の スタイルや思想を
イギリスを拠点に広めようとしている。
お前を捕まえるのはもうすぐだぜ。
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/04/2008
Band Website: This is it!!!
Band Members:
V-zhon
- Vocals, Lyrics, Visual Direction

D.O.B: September 8th
Height: 160cm
Equipment: An ever-expanding set of lungs, Arion and Columbus effects pedals, DM-2100 microphone, a giant mecha (a.k.a. a Hercules mic stand :p)
Poison: Sake
Blood Type: V

Jinecou
- Guitar

D.O.B: December 1st
Height: 184cm
Equipment: Aria guitars, Korg pedals, Peavey amps
Poison: Music
Blood Type: AB Negative

Azima
- Bass

D.O.B: December 28th
Height: 193cm
Equipment: Laney amps, Boss pedals, Shine basses
Poison: Amaretto
Blood Type: ?

Kizoku Aristokrat
- Drums

D.O.B: ????
Height: 178cm
Equipment: Pearl drums, Zildjan cymbals, DW 8" snare, Pearl 7a sticks.
Poison: Fascinators
Blood Type: 86% French Absinthe, 14% strawberry Ribena

Press and Booking inquiries:

[email protected]



follow Machina Shogunate at http://twitter.com
Influences: Japanese Bands: X Japan, hide, Yoshiki, Luna Sea, Sugizo, Versailles. Nightmare, T.M. Revolution, Abingdon Boys School, Siam Shade, B'z, Malice Mizer, Duel Jewel, Dope Headz, JO:YA Project, Phantasmagoria and many more...

English bands:
Muse, Queen, Blink 182, Angels and Airwaves, Guns n' Roses, Dream Theater, DragonForce, Elliot Minor, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park, System of a Down, Tenacious D, Foo Fighters, Evanescence, Bowling For Soup and many more...
Sounds Like: 100% Authentic Gaijin-Kei
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Machina Shogunate now unable to attend Jackdaw's Birthday Party

Unfortunately due to multiple logistical circumstances, we are now unable to play the Festival.We are all gutted by this as we were really looking forward to playing the show, along with seeing the ot...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:44:00 GMT

The shape of things to come

Dear all,   During the course of our preparations for summer activity, we, as a band, have been discussing the various commitments we need to make as members. We are sad to announce that Y...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:34:00 GMT

New member!

We're pleased to announce that the band now has a bassist, in the form of AZIMA! Keep your eyes peeled on the myspace for further information!
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:08:00 GMT

V-Zhon interview with Mangaka.co.uk

V-zhon has recently been interviewed by Mangaka.co.uk about all things Visual Kei about the UK. She discusses Machina Shogunate, her artistic work and her own fandom, but you can go read this for your...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Ouroborous lyrics

Thought I'd copy these into our blog since the new style MySpace music player still appears to have some bugs in it... I'm not sure its lyric display is functioning correctly.- VzMachina ShogunateOuro...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:16:00 GMT

Es dur no Piano sen

Just to keep everyone tided over, here's a little X Japan cover. The song probably won't be up for long, so download it while you can ;)- J
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:47:00 GMT

We’re not dead...

And here's a few demo samples to prove it!We have been out of action for a little while due to a terrible set of circumstances but hope to begin work again soon.- Jinecou
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Support Neoside

A quick blog here - I just want to pass on the link to the Neoside myspace for those of you who might want to go and check it out. http://www.myspace.com/neoside Neoside is a very valuable asset for E...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:17:00 GMT

New member to be announced soon!

Keep your eyes peeled on the page for the imminent unveiling of our latest member! I won't give too much away: but he's a guitarist. After the recent events which lead to the possibility of another gu...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:34:00 GMT

What’s going on with Machina Shogunate?

Seems like we have been eternally dead? Well, yes and no are suitable answers to that particular question, but here's the general low-down.As well as working on several songs at the same time, we have...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:29:00 GMT