Earthshaker (band)

Earthshaker
Origin Osaka, Japan
Genres Heavy metal, hard rock
Years active 1978 - 1994, 1999 - Present
Labels Toshiba EMI
Associated acts Sly, Hips, Nishidera Minoru, Deep Purple
Website http://www.earthshaker.jp/
Members Masafumi "Marcy" Nishida (vocals)
Shinichiro "Shara" Ishihara (electric guitar)
Takayuki Kai (bass guitar)
Yoshihiro Kudo (drums)
Past members Toshio "Toshi" Egawa - keyboards
Don Airey - keyboards
Minoru Niihara - (vocals, bass guitar) in early years
Yoshinobu Watanabe (drums)

Earthshaker (アースシェイカー a-susheikā) is a Japanese heavy metal[1] band that was formed in 1978 in Osaka. Their earlier music was very similar in style to countrymen Loudness and Anthem, but the band steered toward a poppier sound on later albums and dropped from worldwide view, preferring to record and tour in their home country. After a successful run, they broke up in 1994, but returned five years later and are still going strong today.

Remarkably, the original quartet from the first album are still together. The band was named after the Y&T (Yesterday and Today) album. An early incarnation of the band included Minoru Niihara (of Loudness fame) as singer (originally bass and vocals).

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Live albums

Compilations

Video/DVD

References

  1. ↑ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Earthshaker-l-en.html
  2. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.jp/BIRD-EARTHSHAKER/dp/B00R8DU3D6

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