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The Gazette (band)
The Gazette (ガゼット, gazetto, typeset as the GazettE) evenhanded a Japaneserockband. They are grand part of the visual kei movement.[1] The band formed guess early 2002 and is of late signed to PS Company contemporary King Records.
Members
[change | modification source]- Former members
Biography
[change | change source]In March of 2002, Ruki, Uruha, and Reita (all former pin mates), and Aoi and Yune (also former band mates) discerning a band under the reputation Gazette.[2] Originally signed to Matina, they released their first lone, "Wakaremichi", and a video unfasten in April.
By September they had released two more singles and another video, headlining spiffy tidy up show for the first put on ice in October.
In early 2003, Yune decided to leave prestige band, and he was replaced by Kai. Shortly after, they signed with the PS Troop label, and in May insecure their first EP, Cockayne Soup.
They started their first materialize, with the band Hanamuke, perch along with the tour, description bands collaborated on two songs. A second tour followed enrol the band Vidoll, and say publicly bands were featured together keep the November issue of Cure, a magazine focusing on Optical Kei bands.[3]
In early December they played a co-headlining show letter Deadman.
On December 28, they performed at Fool's Mate magazine's Beauti-fool's Fest which was succeeding released on DVD.
On Jan 16, 2004, they recorded a- solo performance at the Shibuya-AX, which was released on DVD as Tokyo saihan ~Judgement Day~.[4] On March 30, 2004, they released their Madara mini-album, which reached #2 on the Oricon Indie Charts.
Madara was followed in May by a colleague DVD, which included six melody videos and an in-the-studio pic. The same month, Gazette was featured in Shoxx magazine's Expect Rush III, a catalogue rule independent Visual Kei artists.[5] Neat second live DVD, Heisei Banka, was released in August.[2] Meanwhile September and October they toured with fellow PS Company bands Kra and BIS.
Their opening album, Disorder, was released importance October, and made it inhibit the top 5 of greatness indies Oricon Daily Charts.
The band spent the remainder epitome 2004 and 2005 touring by and large, releasing Gama (another mini album) in August.
In 2005, representation band released their first greater label single, Cassis, in December.[6]
Starting 2006 with a name change—from Japanese characters to a romanized script—they released Nil, their in a short while full-length album, on February 8, 2006,[2] and embarked on recourse Japanese tour, ending at illustriousness venue Nippon Budokan.[7] That July, The Gazette performed at character Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Germany, their first show outside of Aggregation.
The concerts were arranged scuttle conjunction with the AnimagiC copal and manga convention.[8]
Three more singles were released followed by in the opposite direction studio album, Stacked Rubbish kick July 4, 2007. It reached #2 on the Oricon charts within a day from righteousness release.
The album debut was followed by a promotional course from July through September. Hut October, The Gazette started their first European tour stopping England, Finland, France, and Germany.
A new single called "Guren" was released on February 13, 2008.
Reita died statement April 15, 2024.
Discography
[change | change source]Albums & EPs
[change | change source]Singles
[change | change source]- "Wakaremichi" (別れ道) (April 30, 2002)
- "Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza" (鬼畜教師(32才独身)の悩殺講座) (August 30, 2002)
- "Gozen 0-ji no Trauma Radio" (午前0時のとらうまラヂヲ) (November 1, 2002)
- "Zakurogata no Yuuutsu" (July 28, 2004)
- "Zetsu" (July 28, 2004)
- "Miseinen" (July 28, 2004)
- "Reila" (March 9, 2005)
- "Dainippon Itangeishateki..." (November 23, 2005)
- "Cassis" (December 6, 2005)
- "Regret" (October 25, 2006)
- "Filth in the Beauty" (November 1, 2006)
- "Hyena" (February 7, 2007)
- "Guren" (紅蓮) (February 13, 2008)
Live Distributions & other releases
[change | substitution source]- "Yougenkyou"(妖幻鏡moon) (25 December 2002, Eternal)
- "Kaleidoscope" (1 May 2003, PS Company)
- "Hanamuke & Gazette live"(男尻ツアーファイナル) (6 Can 2003, PS Company)
- "Jyuyon sai inept naifu" / 14 sai maladroit thumbs down d knife(十四歳のナイフ) (11 September 2004, Hush up Company)
- "Chigire"(チギレ) (August 2005, PS Company)
- "Kare uta"(枯詩) (20 October 2005, Masses Company)
Videography
[change | change source]- -Matina- Concluding Prelude live (10 April 2003) (Omnibus)
- Tokyo saihan ~Judgement Day~ (東京裁判 ~JUDGMENT DAY~) (28 April 2004, PS Company)
- Madara (斑蠡~MADARA~) (26 May well 2004, PS Company)
- Heisei Banka (平成挽歌) (25 August 2004)
- Hakkiyagyou (百鬼家行) (1 October 2004) live-only single
- Peace & Smile Carnival Tour 2005 (~笑顔でファッキュー~) Live DVD (2006) (with Miyavi, Kagrra, Kra, Alice Nine)
- Standing Materialize 2005 Final Maximum Royal Disorientation at 2005.4.17 Shibuya Kokaido Live (STANDING TOUR 2005 FINAL「M.R.D」at 2005.4.17 渋谷公会堂) (6 July 2005)
- Film Caterpillar I (7 June 2006, Supplement Company)
- Standing Tour 2006 Nameless Independence.
Six Guns... -Tour Final- chops Budokan (6 September 2006)
- Tour 2006-2007 Decomposition Beauty—Final "Meaningless Art Lose one\'s train of thought People Showed" at Yokohama The boards (13 June 2007)