Lazy (band)

Lazy
Origin Osaka, Japan
Genres Rock 'n' roll, pop rock (early)
Hard rock, heavy metal (later)
Years active 1977–1981, 1998–present
Labels RCA (1977–1981)
Ayres (1998–1999)
Lantis (2000–present)
Associated acts Neverland, Loudness, JAM Project
Members Hironobu Kageyama
Akira Takasaki
Shunji Inoue
Past members Hiroyuki Tanaka
Munetaka Higuchi

Lazy (レイジー Reijī, stylized as LAZY) is a Japanese rock band originally founded in 1977 by young classmates Hironobu Kageyama, Hiroyuki Tanaka and Akira Takasaki.

History

The three founders soon recruited, from their own school, drummer Munetaka Higuchi and keyboard player Shunji Inoue to complete the line-up. The name Lazy was taken from Deep Purple's song of the same name and the music the new band wanted to play was orientated towards hard rock. Managers and producers instead envisioned the young musicians as ideal prototypes for pop icons and created, through the use of monikers, costumes and well-balanced singles, a successful "boy band" for the Japanese teenage market. In contrast with these decisions, the band members started writing and recording their own music, slowly changing the sound of the band from easy-listening pop rock to hard rock. A growing dissatisfaction for the direction the band had taken, and the need to express their musical ability, caused Lazy to split-up in 1981.

Each member became known on their own, mainly in the soundtrack recording business, or formed other bands like Loudness. Lazy reformed in 1997 for a new album and a tour, and intermittently in the following years to do several projects together. In September 2006, bassist Tanaka died of heart failure. On November 30, 2008, drummer Higuchi died at the age of 49.[1] In 2009 they recorded a new single version of "Kanjite Knight" (感じてKnight), together with Kageyama's JAM Project, for the 2009 anime Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z Hen, performed under the name "Ultimate Lazy for Mazinger". Their most recent project was the 2011 single "Reckless" for the second animated film in the Towa no Quon series.

Members

Other members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Title Release date Type
Hey! I Love You! July 25, 1977 Single
Camouflage October 25, 1977 Single
Akazukin Chan Goyoujin October 25, 1977 Single
Moeru Rock 'n' Roll Fire May 5, 1978 Single
Jigoku no Tenshi July 25, 1978 Single
Hello Hello Hello October 25, 1978 Single
Ai ni wa Ai wo May 2, 1979 Single
Baby I Make a Motion June 5, 1979 Single
Midnight Boxer January 5, 1980 Single
Kanashimi wo Buttobase May 21, 1980 Single
Kanjite Night August 21, 1980 Single
Glass no Heart April 5, 1981 Single
Ultra High March 21, 1997 Single
Pray December 16, 1998 Single
Angelique ~Eien no yakusoku~ January 24, 2001 Single
Zone of the Enders May 23, 2001 Single
Kanjite Knight (feat. Tamio Okuda, Saito Kazuyoshi & JAM Project) April 22, 2009 Single
Reckless July 13, 2011 Single

Videography

References

  1. ↑ Blabbermouth.net, Los Angeles: Roadrunner Records, 2008, retrieved 2008-10-30
  2. ↑ "Lazy Discography". Lightning Strikes Loudly. 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Lazy Biografia" (in Portuguese). J-Metal. 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-31.

External links

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