The Spiders (Japanese band)

The Spiders
The Spiders during their 1966 visit to the Netherlands
Background information
Also known as	ザ・スパイダース
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Group Sounds rock and roll beat garage rock R&B
Years active	1961–1970
Labels	Philips
Associated acts	Pyg Vodka Collins
Past members	Masaaki Sakai Jun Inoue Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu Takayuki Inoue Katsuo Ohno Mitsuru Kato Shochi Tanabe

The Spiders were a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 1961, as one of the leading groups of the Group Sounds genre.

History

Band members were Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu (rhythm guitar and backing singer), Jun Inoue (singer), Masaaki Sakai (tambourine and backing singer), Shochi Tanabe (drums), Takayuki Inoue (lead guitar and backing singer), Mitsuru Kato (bass guitar) and Katsuo Ohno (steel guitar and electronic organ). They had many hit singles, made feature films and were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Japan. They toured Europe in 1966, and the United States, including Hawaii, in 1967.^[1] All of the band members are still active in the music industry.

Their biggest selling record was "Yuhi Ga Naiteiru" which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.^[1]

Selected discography

Albums

• Album No. 1 (April 1966)
• Album No. 2 (May 1966)
• Daishingeki (soundtrack) (1967)
• Album No. 3 (February 1967)
• The Spiders Meets The Savage (March 1967)
• Album No. 4 (September 1967)
• Album No. 5 (March 1968)

References

1. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 213. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.

External links

• The Spiders on Radio Diffusion