Today
I'm going to introduce you to one of my favorite band
(though I'm sure most of you already know about them)
And that's One OK Rock
The foundation for One Ok Rock began when Toru Yamashita, then a high
school student, wanted to start a band. He told his friend Ryota
Kohama, a fellow member of the hip hop
dance group Heads, to learn the bass and asked Alex Onizawa to join.
After seeing Taka Moriuchi perform in a cover band, Toru insisted that
he join. Drummer Tomoya Kanki had been playing with them since 2006, but
only became an official member when they debuted in 2007.
The band's name, One Ok Rock, comes from "one o'clock", the time that
the band used to practice on weekends. However, noticing that the Japanese language
made no distinction between r's and l's, they changed "o'clock" to
"o'crock" (or "o'krock"), which was then separated to become "ok rock".
On April 5, 2009, Alex was arrested for groping the leg of a twenty-one year old female student on a train. He admitted to the charges and the case was settled out of court.
However, the band's next single "Around the World Shounen", which was
planned for a May 6 release and to be used as the theme song for the TV
drama God Hand Teru, and their nationwide tour were both cancelled. In May 2009, it was announced that One Ok Rock would continue without Alex.
The band released the single "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" on February 3,
2010. It reached 9th on the Weekly Oricon Chart. They released their
fourth studio album titled Niche Syndrome on June 9, 2010. Their next single, "Answer is Near", was released on February 16, 2011.
The band released their first double A-side single "Re:make/No Scared" on July 20, 2011, the latter song being the main theme for the Black Rock Shooter: The Game video game. The band's fifth album, Zankyo Reference,
was released on October 5, 2011. Their latest single, "The Beginning",
which is used as a theme for the live action movie adaptation of the Rurouni Kenshin manga, was released on August 22, 2012.
Members
- Toru (山下 亨 Yamashita Tōru, born December 7, 1988 in Osaka) is the leader and guitarist of the group. He also contributes some vocals. He was previously a member of the hip-hop dance group Heads with Ryota.
- Taka (森田 貴寬 Morita Takahiro, born April 17, 1988 in Tokyo) is the main vocalist of the group. Prior to debuting with One Ok Rock, he was a member of the boy band NEWS. He is the son of singers Shinichi Mori and Masako Mori.
- Ryota (小浜 良太 Kohama Ryōta, born September 4, 1989 in Osaka) is the bassist of the group. He was also previously a member of the hip-hop dance group Heads with Toru.
- Tomoya (神吉 智也 Kanki Tomoya, born June 27, 1987 in Hyogo) is the drummer of the group.
All of the description were taken from Wikipedia
I'll post the link to download one of their songs which is my favorite titled "Re:make" here and you can find it in "Links" section too
Download link
>>click here<<
And this is their PV
That's all
and
Thanks
Miato


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