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
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. An early incarnation of the band included Minoru Niihara (of Loudness fame) as singer (originally bass and vocals).

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1983 - Earthshaker
  • 1984 - Fugitive
  • 1984 - Midnight Flight
  • 1985 - Passion
  • 1986 - Overrun
  • 1987 - Aftershock
  • 1988 - Smash
  • 1989 - Treachery
  • 1990 - Pretty Good!
  • 1992 - Earthshaker
  • 1993 - Real
  • 1993 - Yesterday & Tomorrow
  • 2001 - Birthday
  • 2003 - Soko-Ni Aru Shi
  • 2004 - Faith
  • 2007 - AIM
  • 2008 - Quarter
  • 2009 - The Course of Life
  • 2010 - Back to Nexus [2]
  • 2011 - Pray for the Earth
  • 2013 - The Earthshaker [3]
  • 2015 - Bird [4]

Singles

  • 1983 - Blondie Girl
  • 1984 - T-O-K-Y-O
  • 1984 - Exciting Mini
  • 1985 - ありがとう君に
  • 1985 - Exciting Mini 2
  • 1987 - Shaker's Shakies
  • 1987 - Shaker's Shakies (CD)

Live albums

  • 1986 - Live in Budokan
  • 1989 - Earthshaker Live Encore!
  • 1994 - More - Earthshaker in Vancouver
  • 1994 - Remains
  • 2014 - 30th Anniversary Special Live [5]

Compilations

  • 1987 - The Best of Earthshaker
  • 1988 - The Ballads of Earthshaker
  • 1995 - The Very Best of Earthshaker
  • 2002 - Golden Best
  • 2002 - The Best of Nexus Years
  • 2005 - 1987-1992 The Best

Video/DVD

  • 1984 - Midnight Flight
  • 1985 - Passion the Movie
  • 1987 - After Shock
  • 1990 - So Good

References

  1. ↑ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Earthshaker-l-en.html
  2. ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY". EARTHSHAKER OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  3. ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY". EARTHSHAKER OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  4. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/BIRD-EARTHSHAKER/dp/B00R8DU3D6
  5. ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY". EARTHSHAKER OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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