Sheena & The Rokkets
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are a Japanese guitar rock band. They are one of the Mentai Rock
artists who were popular in the late 1970s. Their single Lemon Tea is widely covered in Japan, by, for example, Mad Soldiers, the Red Pepper Girls and Hitomi
.
Mentai Rock
Mentai Rock is the name given to the collection of Japanese artists who gained national popularity during the late 1970s. Continuing through the early 1980s, the collective had little in common other than their origin - the Hakata ward of Fukuoka City. The phrase, Mentai Rock, was derived from the...
artists who were popular in the late 1970s. Their single Lemon Tea is widely covered in Japan, by, for example, Mad Soldiers, the Red Pepper Girls and Hitomi
Hitomi
better known by her stagename , is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She began her career as model, and after meeting Tetsuya Komuro he began managing her career as a pop singer...
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Singles
- 涙のハイウェイ (1978-10-25)
- ユー・メイ・ドリーム [You may dream] (1979-12-5) -- this song was broadcast on Fujii TVs Night Hit Studio on 1980-05-12 --- it was their first big hit.
- ベイビー・メイビー (1980-10-21)
- 浮びのビーチ・ガール (1980-11-21)
- キス・ミー・クイック (1980-12-21)
- ピンナップ・ベイビー・ブルース (1981-7-21)
- スイート・インスピレーション (1984-9-21)
- 今夜はたっぷり (1985-5-21)
- ABC (1986-8-21)
- どうしても逢いたい (1987-6-21)
- HAPPY HOUSE (1988-7-21)
- ANGEL EYES (1989-4-21)
- PERMANENT HONEYMOON (1989-5-21)
- (ハ！ハ！ハ！）ハードドラッグ (1992-6-21)
- ロックの好きなベイビー抱いて (1994-3-24)
- インターネット・キッス [Internet Kiss] (1997-8-6)
Albums
- Sheena & the Rokkets #1 (1979-3-25）
- 真空パック [vacuum pack] (1979-10-25)
- Channel Good (1980)
- Pin-up baby blues (1981)
- New Hippies (1984)
- Mains Songs (1985)
- Gathered (1986)
- Captain Guitar and Baby Rock (1987)
- #9 (1987)
- Happy House (1988)
- Dream & revolt (1989)
- Ha! Ha! Ha! Hard Drug (1992)
- Rock on Baby (1994)
- @HEART (1997)
- Rock The Rock (2000)
- SHEENA & the ROKKETS IN U.S.A (2006-1-18)
- JAPANIK (2008-4-23日)
EPs
- Lemon Tea 17"single (1985)
- Family dancing (1990)
- SHEENA & THE ROKKETS IN THE 90'S (1990)
Compilations
- SHEENA & THE ROKKETS Best Selection (1983)
- Early days (1985)
- GO GO (1987)
- The Original Rock'n'Roll Hearts (1988)
- Rock ia alright (1994)
- Rock'n'roll heart 2(and roots) (1995)
- SUPERBEST KOLLECTION (1996)
- The Very Best (2000)
- Dream BOX (2003)
- The Greatest Sheena & The Rokkets (2003)
- Rokket Factory～the worst and rarities of Sheena & The Rokkets in Alfa years～ (2006-8-23)
- GOLDEN HITS THE ALFA YEARS (2007-7-25日)
DVD
- ライブ帝国 [Live Empire] FUKUOKA ROCK INVASION (2003）
- ROKKET PARANOIA(ROKKET SIZE・VIDEO VERSION) (2004）
- LOVE LIVE (2004)
- SPACE SHOWER ARCHIVE シーナ&ザ・ロケッツ [SHEENA & THE ROKKETS] LIVE 9207 (2007-2-23日)
Current
- "Sheena" (Etsuko Ayukawa) (vocals, tambourine) - married to Makoto - active 1978-
- Makoto Ayukawa (guitar, vocals) - married to Sheena - active 1978-
- Noboyuki Watanabe (guitar)
- Kazuhide Kawashima (drums)
- Takeshi Asada (bass)