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SHIMA(vocal/guitar) and MARCY(drum) started the band with YAS(bass)in the summer 1999.
SHIMA named the band BUDDHISTSON...because he loves BUDDA.
1st single tittled "TOWERS" and 1 st album tittled"where are you going to bury the contents of your mind?" released from indie label called "NO CODE" that owned start today co.ltd.(http://www.starttoday.co.jp/) in NOV 2000. BUDDHISTSON got guitarist YOSHII a week before 1st recording...
BUDDHISTSON signed the label LASTRUM co.ltd. in 2002
and released 2nd album tittled "yes, but I'm alive" in FEB 2003.
and got keyboard player YUMI before 2nd recording...
They were invited from the biggest festival in Singapore 2002, 2003 and 2004.
They shared biggest stage with BRANDTSON in 2002, with THE GLORIA RECORD in 2003, with LAST DAYS OF APRIL in 2004.
BUDDHISTSON started self-label named "MUSIC FOR GORILLAS" and released SPLIT CD w/ WHENCE HE CAME(HONG KONG) tittled "THIS IS WHERE WE RISE" in AUG 2004...
WHENCE HE CAME and BUDDHISTSON toured in ASIAN countries (JAPAN - SINGAPORE - BANGKOK THAILAND - KL MALAYSIA) in JUL 2004.
MUSIC FOR GORILLAS released WHENCE HE CAME's 2nd ALBUM "THE SHORTER STORY" in FEB 2005 and released KAMOMEKAMOME's first album that BUDDHISTSON's drummer MARCY and YAS's new band in the SUMMER 2005.
BUDDHISTSON recorded 14 songs for new album self tittled "BUDDHISTSON" in JAPAN... and songs were mixed and mastered in HOLLAND by a dutch producer MARTIJN GROENEVELD... It released 2nd NOV. 2005 in Japan...
In the early summer 2006, BUDDHISTSON recorded and put one cover song of THE PLICE for A TRIBUTE TO THE POLICE "POLITIA" of japanese edition.Â
BUDDHISTSON had first CHINA tour that HONG KONG - MACAU - GUAGNZHOU in SEP-OCT 2006. they played the Biggest festival in Macau. and released self-titled EP in CHINA. Â
Since they had one man show in TOKYO in DEC. 2006, They started to use motion graphics on back drop while they are playing.
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