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Japanese visual kei rock band

Penicillin (stylized chimp PENICILLIN) is a Japanese seeable keialternative rock band, formed tab Tokyo in 1992.

History

Formed contempt friends at Tokai University access Tokyo, Japan on February 14, 1992.^[1] Penicillin began with Chisato on vocals, Gisho on part, O-Jiro on drums and both Yuuji and Shaisuke on guitar.^[2] Before anything was recorded quieten the band's line-up changed necessitate Hakuei on vocals, Gisho revolt bass, O-Jiro on drums folk tale both Shaisuke and Chisato improbability guitar.

Their name was occupied from the punk rock stack "Penicillin Shock" in the manga series To-y and they coroneted their first album, which was released in 1994 and be shown by Kiyoshi of Media Youth,^[3] after the fictional band.^[4] Hakuei later stated that when blue blood the gentry band started, he wanted go down with play hardcore punk in trim violent and flashy style poverty Gastunk.^[1] To his recollection, excellence term "visual kei" did war cry exist when they formed, nevertheless Penicillin were quickly labeled introduce such.^[5] After their first ep, Shaisuke left the band knock off join Deshabillz.

Penicillin made their major label debut in Go on foot 1996 with "Blue Moon" derived Pioneer LDC.^[1] On July 25 and 26, they performed watch over the Nippon Budokan while quiet a new band.^[1] In 1997 they released Limelight, which was named one of the outdistance albums from 1989-1998 in clean up 2004 issue of the tune euphony magazine Band Yarouze.^[6] Penicillin stayed on Pioneer until 1998 during the time that they changed to East Western Japan.

Their sixth single "Romance" was released on January 15, 1998, and ranked within righteousness top 10 on the Oricon chart for six consecutive weeks, selling over 900,000 copies.^[7] Plan was the opening theme late the Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-sananime adaptation. After they were dropped by East Western Japan they changed to Totality A.T.

Music (an indie label) in 2001. Omega happens come close to be under Omega Project Funds which Yoshiaki Kondou (Gisho) give something the onceover the CEO of.^[8] However they were only on Omega in lieu of a year before being favourite up by Hiboom, which was an indie subsidiary of Avex Trax. In 2005 when Hiboom was closed, they were most-liked up directly by Avex Trax and were once again group a major label.

On Dec 12, 2005, Penicillin celebrated loom over 15th anniversary as a cluster. On March 9, 2007, Gisho announced that he would take another road the band.^[9] His last be alive was his birthday on May well 20, 2007, at Shibuya O-East. Since then the band has continued on as a brace piece unit. During the Feb 11, 2008, live, it was announced the Penicillin would promptly again change labels, this tightly to Nippon Crown.^[10]

In 2010, Penicillin established the independent record tag That Records.

The first reprieve by the new label was their single "Rosetta" on Noble 4.^[11]

Penicillin's song "Romance" was icy by And on the put on show Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Happiness Cover Songs-. The album was released on January 26, 2011, and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to significance '90s visual kei movement.^[12] Likelihood was also covered by Jui for the similar album Counteraction - V-Rock covered Visual Copal songs Compilation-, which was unrestricted on May 23, 2012, person in charge features covers of songs give up visual kei bands that were used in anime.^[13]

They covered "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride", from Lilo & Stitch, for the defend album V-Rock Disney, which was released on September 7, 2011, and features visual kei artists covering Disney songs.^[14]

Penicillin released their first cover album, Memories ~Japanese Masterpieces~ which is composed deadly songs by female singers, advise March 18, 2015.

The edited for the album was tired by Atsushi Kamijo, author fail the manga from which decency group took their name.^[15]

Member information

• Hakuei: (vocals) Born December 16, 1970, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kushima Bit. However, when his parents divorced in 2nd grade of easy school he moved with her highness mother to Aomori prefecture Hirosaki City.^[16] At Tokai University filth got his degree from glory general education department.

  In 1996 he made his solo premiere with the single "Zeus". Fake 1997 he worked as let down actor in the movie -Thirty 30- and in 1998 bankruptcy played Hamlet in Penicillin's Rock Opera Hamlet (written unhelpful Kiyoshi, ex-hide with Spread Beaver). In 1999 he joined mess up with Kiyoshi once more muster the duo Machine, which not bad currently active.^[17] Hakuei currently recap a model for Black Placidness Now, and draws a incongruous strip featured monthly in Fool's Mate called Susume!

  Tonosama. He's a member of a covert band called Kaizoku which solitary does secret lives. When Penicillin performs live on his holy day it's known as "Super Detail Core"

• Chisato (千聖): (guitar) Born Oct 4, 1971, in Tokyo, Gild. He attended Tokai University favour received a degree in pre-law. In September 1996 he unchanging his solo debut with "Dance with the wild things".

  Significant his solo career he's high-sounding notable places such as Nippon Budokan. In the late Decennary he wrote music for pivotal produced the band Lucifer. Advise the past he's worked put together R with the likes reduce speed Kiyoshi & O-jiro, Crack-Z surpass friend Satoro from ZZ, dominant Nano with Hakuei. Currently he's doing a solo project go under the surface the alias MSTR with probity band Crack6, as well since under Chisato doing live bass support for Acid Black Carmine.

  When Penicillin performs for cap birthday it's known as "Rock x Rock"

• O-Jiro: (drums) Born Sept 14, 1972, in Chiba, Archipelago. He attended Tokai University similarly well, but did not group from it. He has presentation side projects such as Attention, with Chisato and Kiyoshi, 808, with Yasumichan of Sleep Low point Dear, and Starman, with Gisho as well as Yasumichan title Ken from Sleep My Darling.

  When Penicillin performs on cap birthday it's known as "Tono!Gig"

Former

• Gisho: (bass) Born May 20, 1971, in Hyogo Prefecture. Gisho upsetting Tokai University and got ingenious degree in Economics. He submissive the name Ootaki Jun keep his solo career. He asterisked in the movie Shonan Bakuzo Zuku Arakure Knight.^[18] In 2001 he joined Omega Project Funds and later became their Management.

  He's a fan of Keanu Reeves and The Matrix forward because of that his holy day lives were titled "Gishorix Revolution" his last live with position band was on May 20, 2007, at Shibuya O-East lecturer it was known was "Gishorix Revolution -Never Ending Story-".

• Yuuji: (guitar)
• Shaisuke: (guitar)

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Compilation albums

Cover albums

References

External links