Lazy (band)

Lazy
Origin Osaka, Japan
Genres
Years active 1973–1981, 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 (Japanese: レイジー, Hepburn: Reijī, stylized as LAZY) is a Japanese rock band founded in 1973 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

Former members
Other members
  • Tamio Okuda has participated in some Lazy projects since the deaths of Hiroyuki Tanaka and Munetaka Higuchi.
  • Kazuyoshi Saito has participated in some Lazy projects since the deaths of Hiroyuki Tanaka and Munetaka Higuchi.

Discography

Studio albums

  • This is the Lazy (1978/03/05)[2]
  • Dream a Dream (1978/12/05)
  • Rock Diamond (1979/09/05)
  • Lazy V (1980/04/05)
  • Earth Ark (宇宙船地球号, Uchuusen Chikyuugou, 1980/12/16)
  • Happy Time (1998/07/21)
  • Earth Ark II (宇宙船地球号II, Uchuusen Chikyuugou II, 2002/11/06)

EPs

  • Angelique: Eien no Yakusoku (2001/01/24)
  • Zone of the Enders (2001/05/23)

Live albums

  • Lazy wo Oikakero (1978/05/06)
  • Moetsukita Seishun (1981/04/05)
  • Happy Time Tour '98: Kuro Tokin no Nasu ga Mama (1998/04/21)

Compilation albums

  • Collection - Jounetsu no Seishun (1979/03/21)
  • Best Hit Lazy (1980/12/01)
  • Best (1981)
  • Best Collection 1977-1981 (1999/02/21)
  • Hit Collection (1999/11/20)
  • Golden Best (2004/12/22)

Singles

TitleRelease date
Hey! I Love You!July 25, 1977
CamouflageOctober 25, 1977
Akazukin Chan GoyoujinOctober 25, 1977
Moeru Rock 'n' Roll FireMay 5, 1978
Jigoku no TenshiJuly 25, 1978
Hello Hello HelloOctober 25, 1978
Ai ni wa Ai woMay 2, 1979
Baby I Make a MotionJune 5, 1979
Midnight BoxerJanuary 5, 1980
Kanashimi wo ButtobaseMay 21, 1980
Kanjite NightAugust 21, 1980
Glass no HeartApril 5, 1981
Ultra HighMarch 21, 1997
PrayDecember 16, 1998
Angelique ~Eien no Yakusoku~January 24, 2001
Zone of the EndersMay 23, 2001
Kanjite Knight (feat. Tamio Okuda, Saito Kazuyoshi & JAM Project)April 22, 2009
RecklessJuly 13, 2011
Slow and SteadyDecember 6, 2017

Videography

  • Happy Time Tour '98 ~Kuro Tokin no Nasu ga Mama~ (1998/10/21)[3]
  • Lazy Live 2002 Uchuusen Chikyuugou II ~Regenerate of a Lasting Worth~ (2002/06/04)

References

  1. ↑ Blabbermouth.net, Los Angeles: Roadrunner Records, 2008, archived from the original on 2008-12-03, 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.
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