Hiroshi Kyono
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Hiroshi Kyono is the vocalist for The Mad Capsule Markets
.
junky, in high school he started listening to Japanese punk like Gauze
, The Stalin
, Inu, and Aburadako
. Then he ventured out into overseas punk like Crass
and Pop Group
. Kyono's also states that the first record that he bought wasn't very 'punk inspired' as it was Electric Light Orchestra
's Secret Messages
. In 1985 he started the Boowy inspired punk group Berrie with his high school friend Minoru Kojima
(aka Shin.), and the group later was joined by bassist Takeshi Ueda and Seto. The group first a show in their senior year of school and were ventured out to Tokyo
and Shinjuku. His image at this time was very Punk and Glam inspired and would often switch from a loud abrasive punk voice to very melodic.
, Berrie became The Mad Capsule Markets. The early incarnation of mad was still very much Boowy inspired, as Kyono and the band were still very interested in the band. After years of further punk inspired material, the heavy 4 Plugs
album was released. This was a big change for Kyono, as he had been listening to the likes of Fear Factory
and hip hop music
. Kyono's voice had become slightly gruffer, he often rapped rather than sang, and he sported skateboarder-esque clothing and a no longer had long hair. This style (and musical) change was well received by the fans, and Kyono's music taste became eclectic over the years.
's Weapons Of Mad Distortion (which was featured during the Dracula/Blade fight scene in Blade: Trinity
). When The Mad Capsule Markets were put on hiatus in 31 March 2006 (Kyono announced this on his birthday) Kyono created the WAG DUG unity website where he often posts diary entries of his latest DJ livesets in Japan and work on other projects, such as the wag dug clothing line. His recent musical activity includes appearing on the Death Note
movie soundtrack with a song he contributes vocals to called HAKAI (Deathtroy). This track also features Sid Wilson
of Slipknot fame.
, Ultra Brain, Motor, DJ Starscream
and Cycheouts G.
In June 2008, Kyono announced that a full length album
Hakai
will be released on July 23, 2008. The first single will be "Systematic People" and will feature Ryo
of Maximum the Hormone
. "Systematic People" has also been used as the opening theme for the anime
series Kurozuka
. In the same fashion as Nu Riot, the album will have guest appearances. This time, they include Justice
, Chino Moreno
(of Deftones
), Ceephax, Numanoid vs. Mazda, funky gong (of joujouka), and the return of Sid Wilson and Ultra Brain.
EPs
Singles
The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mad Capsule Markets were a Japanese band that formed in 1990 and were active until 2006...
.
Early years
Kyono claims that in his earlier years he was an MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
junky, in high school he started listening to Japanese punk like Gauze
Gauze (band)
Gauze is a hardcore–punk band from Japan. Since their formation in 1981, Gauze has been a major influence in both the Japanese hardcore scene, and the underground hardcore scene around the world...
, The Stalin
The Stalin
were an influential Japanese punk rock band formed in June 1980, by leader and vocalist Michiro Endo. After numerous member changes, he disbanded the group in February 1985. In May 1987 Michiro formed a group called Video Stalin, which mostly made videos instead of albums, they disbanded in 1988...
, Inu, and Aburadako
Aburadako
is a Japanese punk group. Their name means "Greasy Octopus". A notable oddity is that none of Aburadako's albums have titles and are only distinguished by their packages.-Singles:...
. Then he ventured out into overseas punk like Crass
Crass
Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...
and Pop Group
Pop group
Pop group may refer to:* a band that plays some genre of popular music* a band that plays pop music * The Pop Group, a British post-punk band* Pop! , a 2000s UK pop group...
. Kyono's also states that the first record that he bought wasn't very 'punk inspired' as it was Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
's Secret Messages
Secret Messages
Secret Messages is an album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1983 through Jet Records. It would be the last ELO album to feature bassist Kelly Groucutt, conductor Louis Clark and real stringed instruments...
. In 1985 he started the Boowy inspired punk group Berrie with his high school friend Minoru Kojima
Minoru Kojima
Minoru Kojima was the original guitarist for Japanese experimental punk band The Mad Capsule Markets. He is also known as Scene or Shin Murohime, which is apparently a conglomeration of characters from the names of different Boøwy members...
(aka Shin.), and the group later was joined by bassist Takeshi Ueda and Seto. The group first a show in their senior year of school and were ventured out to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and Shinjuku. His image at this time was very Punk and Glam inspired and would often switch from a loud abrasive punk voice to very melodic.
The Mad Capsule Markets years
After Berrie had opened for the likes of The Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
, Berrie became The Mad Capsule Markets. The early incarnation of mad was still very much Boowy inspired, as Kyono and the band were still very interested in the band. After years of further punk inspired material, the heavy 4 Plugs
4 Plugs
-Charts:...
album was released. This was a big change for Kyono, as he had been listening to the likes of Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
and hip hop music
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
. Kyono's voice had become slightly gruffer, he often rapped rather than sang, and he sported skateboarder-esque clothing and a no longer had long hair. This style (and musical) change was well received by the fans, and Kyono's music taste became eclectic over the years.
Recent years
Since the release of OSC DIS, his popularity as a vocalist increased, and he contributed vocals to several of Joujouka's songs, Sasori's Sasori and The Crystal MethodThe Crystal Method
The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...
's Weapons Of Mad Distortion (which was featured during the Dracula/Blade fight scene in Blade: Trinity
Blade: Trinity
Blade: Trinity is a 2004 American superhero vampire action film, written and directed by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the screenplays to the first two Blade films...
). When The Mad Capsule Markets were put on hiatus in 31 March 2006 (Kyono announced this on his birthday) Kyono created the WAG DUG unity website where he often posts diary entries of his latest DJ livesets in Japan and work on other projects, such as the wag dug clothing line. His recent musical activity includes appearing on the Death Note
Death Note
is a manga created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a god of death, or a shinigami, named Ryuk...
movie soundtrack with a song he contributes vocals to called HAKAI (Deathtroy). This track also features Sid Wilson
Sid Wilson
Sidney George Wilson also known as Ratboy or DJ Sid, #0 , is an American disc jockey known as the turntablist of the Grammy Award winning band Slipknot. He is the youngest member of the band.-Biography:...
of Slipknot fame.
Wagdug Futuristic Unity
In 2007, Kyono released a mini album Nu Riot under the name of Wagdug Futuristic Unity. The album is considered as Kyono's solo project and not a new band as it featured guest appearances as opposed to a constant line up throughout the tracks. Guest appearances include; ShitdiscoShitdisco
Shitdisco, was a Dance-punk band from Glasgow, Scotland. They were formed in 2003 while studying at the Glasgow School of Art. Their first single "Disco Blood"/"I Know Kung Fu" was released in December 2005 and sold out quickly. They are signed to record label Fierce Panda...
, Ultra Brain, Motor, DJ Starscream
Sid Wilson
Sidney George Wilson also known as Ratboy or DJ Sid, #0 , is an American disc jockey known as the turntablist of the Grammy Award winning band Slipknot. He is the youngest member of the band.-Biography:...
and Cycheouts G.
In June 2008, Kyono announced that a full length album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Hakai
HAKAI
Hakai is the first studio album from Wagdug Futuristic Unity and was released on July 23, 2008. The alubm is the follow-up to the 2007 EP Nu Riot. The song with Justice is a remake of their most popular song, "Waters of Nazareth"...
will be released on July 23, 2008. The first single will be "Systematic People" and will feature Ryo
Ryo Kawakita
, also known as Maximum the Ryo , is the guitarist, songwriter and singing vocalist of Japanese metal band Maximum the Hormone.-General information:...
of Maximum the Hormone
Maximum the Hormone
is a Japanese nu metal band from Hachiōji, Tokyo.-1998–2001: Creation, early days and line-up change:Maximum the Hormone was created in 1998 by Daisuke Tsuda and Nao Kawakita. After a couple of regional shows, the band signed a contract with the Japanese rock label Sky Records. A.S.A...
. "Systematic People" has also been used as the opening theme for the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Kurozuka
Kurozuka
is a novel and Japanese manga series written by Baku Yumemakura and illustrated by Takashi Noguchi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Super Jump starting in 2003 by Shueisha and ended in December 2006...
. In the same fashion as Nu Riot, the album will have guest appearances. This time, they include Justice
Justice (French band)
Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...
, Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....
(of Deftones
Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
), Ceephax, Numanoid vs. Mazda, funky gong (of joujouka), and the return of Sid Wilson and Ultra Brain.
Wagdug Futuristic Unity
Albums- HakaiHAKAIHakai is the first studio album from Wagdug Futuristic Unity and was released on July 23, 2008. The alubm is the follow-up to the 2007 EP Nu Riot. The song with Justice is a remake of their most popular song, "Waters of Nazareth"...
(July 23, 2008) - R.A.M. (September 29, 2010)
- ЯAW (April 27, 2011)
EPs
- Nu Riot (October 24, 2007)
- Destroy the Destruction -Mash Up & Remixes- (December 3, 2008)
Singles
- "Ill Machine" (September 26, 2007)