UNSCANDAL
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UNSCANDAL is a rock band based in Tokyo, Japan. The band currently consists of 4 members. UNSCANDAL currently mainly performs live in the Kantō region
of Japan. The band is most well known for performing the theme music for the anime
School Rumble
. UNSCANDAL performed as part of a promotional concert in December 2004 in School Rumble Presents Come! Come! Welcome? Party for School Rumble alongside Yui Horie
. The concert was released on DVD in 2005.
Hybrid brass rock bands by the Japanese crazy men. Funk, Latin, ska, punk mixture... They go back and forth with the various music genres and utter happy music all over the world.
The first maxi single CD "UNSCANDAL UNO" was released in September, 1999 from independent label. In spring, 2003, they supported the recording of album "POP" of LÄ-PPISCH. Gajiro Satoh performed in a live tour in Japan of LÄ-PPISCH as a support trombone player. UNSCANDAL also performed as a front act.
Their song "SCRAMbLE" was used as the opening theme of the anime School Rumble
and was released as "Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL" in October 2004. This song got the thirteenth place in Japanese music chart "ORICON."
In February 2005, the 2nd album CD "UNSCANDAL" was released from KING RECORDS. The music "GORI-LLA" which was in this album was used for an ending theme music of movie "Sakigake! Cromartie highschool the movie."
They currently mainly perform live in the Tokyo and Kantō region of Japan.
Albums
Kanto region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 40 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain....
of Japan. The band is most well known for performing the theme music 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....
School Rumble
School Rumble
is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
. UNSCANDAL performed as part of a promotional concert in December 2004 in School Rumble Presents Come! Come! Welcome? Party for School Rumble alongside Yui Horie
Yui Horie
is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans.She hosts a radio show called and is the founding member of the singing group, Aice5. She is also a member of the band Kurobara Hozonkai, with the name YUIEL...
. The concert was released on DVD in 2005.
Lineup
- Takayuki Suzu-ki – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Kanpey Hakama – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jackey Amano – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- kozzz – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
History
UNSCANDAL was formed by Takayuki Suzu-ki in Tokyo in July, 1990.Hybrid brass rock bands by the Japanese crazy men. Funk, Latin, ska, punk mixture... They go back and forth with the various music genres and utter happy music all over the world.
The first maxi single CD "UNSCANDAL UNO" was released in September, 1999 from independent label. In spring, 2003, they supported the recording of album "POP" of LÄ-PPISCH. Gajiro Satoh performed in a live tour in Japan of LÄ-PPISCH as a support trombone player. UNSCANDAL also performed as a front act.
Their song "SCRAMbLE" was used as the opening theme of the anime School Rumble
School Rumble
is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
and was released as "Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL" in October 2004. This song got the thirteenth place in Japanese music chart "ORICON."
In February 2005, the 2nd album CD "UNSCANDAL" was released from KING RECORDS. The music "GORI-LLA" which was in this album was used for an ending theme music of movie "Sakigake! Cromartie highschool the movie."
They currently mainly perform live in the Tokyo and Kantō region of Japan.
Discography
Singles- UNSCANDAL UNO (1999)
- STRIKE (2000)
- PUSH UP (2001)
- 1.2.3!!! (2003)
- Forca! (2008)
Albums
- UNSCANDAL a GO!!!!!!!(2000)
- UNSCANDAL (2005)
- Sweet (2006)