There is a little over a year now I fell in love with the folk duo Hirakawachi 1-chome and shortly after I started to give them a lot of space on my LJ. Today early presentation of my new favorite group, Rock 'A' Trench . I knew them as the theme Mei-chan no Shitsuji I found nice but not enough to go see what they were doing the other. And the tracklist of the album 8uppers Kanjani8 was announced and so naturally it aroused my curiosity. Minutes from the first that I watched on Youtube, so now I loved small presentation.
Artists: ROCK'A'TRENCH
In katakana: ロッカトレンチ
Members: Daisuke
Yamamori, born 03.10.1978, leader, vocals & guitar
HATAKEYAMA Takuya, born on 27.11.1978, keyboards, trombone and other instruments
KAWAHARA Shin, born 01.04.1981, electric bass and acoustic
Hiroyuki Toyoda, born on 19.02.1980, guitar and vocals
Ootake Hayato, born 17.11.1978, battery
(on the photo above, from left to right: Toyoda, Kawahara, Yamamori, Ootake and Hatakeyama)
Training: early 2005
Major Debut: July 2007
Label: Warner Music Japan Official Site
official blog
Japanese wikipedia page
Link eito
* / 8uppers Album (2010.10.20)
lane 4 Baby Baby , music and lyrics Yamamori, arrangements and recording instrumentals Rock'A'Trench
A bit of history
The group leader, Yamamori, was born in Okinawa but quickly moved to his family reasons professional, first to Tokyo and then some time later in New York where he lived from 10 to 15 years, which made bilingual and explains why his English is as good in the band's songs (by dint of hear English Japanese yogurt surprise that the first time XD).
After returning to Japan, he joined the industry in spring 1997 of the prestigious Law University of Tokyo, you know, the famous Todai that thrills every high school and whose manga and drama so often speak. It also reveals during a visit at Music Station in 2009 he received his law degree in 2004.
Having started piano lessons at the age of 3 years is in NY he gets to really enjoy the music and from high school he played in a band. Just came to Todai, he went with other students in a group called Ska Ska Club which, as its name suggests is the kind of ska / reggae. The group of 12 people includes many brass, including the trombone and Hatakeyama Its singers Yamamori and Metis Indian named Grover Yoshikazu. The band released 2 singles and 1 album while the members continue their studies then the group breaks out between 2003 and 2005. Hatakeyama
Yamamori and will eventually create ROCK'A'TRENCH while Grover and Ska Ska Club guitarist of the group will mount Jackson vibe. That's the story ^ __ ^
Discography (free download links for now)
To differentiate between songs written directly in English and those containing English words written in katakana, but, I I transcribed phonetically katakana en majuscules.
First Demo CD (17.05.2005)
01. South Wind
02. yakusoku
03. Remedy
No. 04. 19 sai
05. Suna no Kaze by notte
Indies Single
South Wind (17/08/2005)
01. South Wind
02. yakusoku
ROKKATORENCHI Mini-album (03/07/2007)
01. South Wind
02. Suna no Kaze by notte (Theme du Gakumon no drama susume )
03. 19 sai
04. NYUーWEーBU (image song du film Heat Island )
05. Secret of the night
06. yakusoku
07. RANNAーZU・HAI
08. Trench Town Rock (live ver.)
Ecouter South Wind :
Debut Single Higher (2007.07.04)
01. Higher (ending theme de l'émission Yume CHIKA 18 de TV Hokkaido en juillet 2007)
02. Spit
03. Free
04. Higher(dub Mix)
Ecouter Higher :
Single ー HI TO AIRANDO (2007.10.10)
01. HI TO ー AIRANDO (theme of the movie Heat Island )
02. Tabibito (theme of a coffee CM)
03. Mirror
Dayz 04. HI TO ー AIRANDO (Reprise)
[LE] DVD Bonus
01. Higher
02. South wind
03. No Remedy
04. Every Sunday Afternoon Play
HI ー TO AIRANDO:
Single KAKUMEI NO UTA~Diggin'~ (2008.05.21)
01. KAKUMEI NO UTA~Diggin'~ （ending theme de l'anime Gegege no Kitaro )
02. suki nanda Baby
03. Mirror Dayz (Live ver.)
04. KAKUMEI NO UTA~Diggin`~(karaoke)
Ecouter KAKUMEI NO UTA~Diggin'~ :
Single Every Sunday Afternoon （2008.07.23） Limited premium Single, sortie dans le Kansai
01. Every Sunday Afternoon
02. kimi no hitomi to (suki nanda Baby laid back ver.)
Single Every Sunday Afternoon （2008.08.20）
01. Every Sunday Afternoon
02. hana no oto
03. Every Sunday Afternoon (Live ver.)
04. Every Sunday Afternoon (instrumental)
05. hana no oto (instrumental)
Ecouter Every Sunday Afternoon :
Single My SunShine （2009.03.04）
01. My Sunshine (theme du drama Mei-chan no shitsuji )
02. Stepping out
03. April
04. My Sunshine (instrumental)
05. Stepping out (instrumental)
06. April (instrumental)
Ecouter My Sunshine :
Single mannatsu no taiyou （2009.06.24）
01. mannatsu no taiyou (theme d'un CM, de Yume CHIKA 18 en août 2009 et ending de 「満たして!好奇心」 sur KTV)
02. Night and Day
03. mannatsu no taiyou (instrumental)
04. Night and Day (instrumental)
Ecouter mannatsu no taiyou :
Album ACTION! （2009.07.22）
01. LOST
02. My SunShine
03. suki nanda Baby
04. mannatsu no taiyou
05. KAKUMEI NO UTA～Diggin'～
06. Every Sunday Afternoon
07 .No Remedy
08. JUMP STAR
09. Don't Stop The Music
10. Higher
11. akatsuki～akatsuki～ (le 1er est en kanji, le second en hiragana)
12. HIーTO AIRANDO
13. suna no kaze ni night
14. Rann ー ZU ° Did you
[LE] DVD Bonus
"PV"
01. Higher
02. HI TO ー AIRANDO
03. Kakumei No Uta ~ Diggin '~
04. Every Sunday Afternoon
05. My SunShine
06. JUMP STAR
07. mannatsu no taiyou
'LIVE'
08. My SunShine @ Osaka BIGCAT 14/04/2009
Play RANN ー ZU HAI · :
Single kotoba wo kiite / BYU ー TIFURU SAN (2010.06.23)
01. kotoba wo kiite (theme of a CM and Yume CHIKA 18 June 2010)
02. BYU ー TIFURU SAN (theme of a CM for Toyota)
03. Birthday Song
Play Kotoba wo kiite:
Single Music is my Soul (2010.12.01)
01. Music is my Soul
02.
42.195 03. JUMP STAR ~ jump worm.
~ [LE] Bonus DVD Live Tour Zepp Osaka 2010.05.09 Spring
01. HI TO ー AIRANDO
02.
My Sunshine 03. Lost
04. suki nanda
Baby 05. in love (new song)
