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PENICILLIN
PENICILLIN is Japanese rock visual-kei band that formed On February 14th 1992. For the first couple of years the members changed a bit, and after the release of "Penicillin Shock" PENICILLIN stabilized with the departure of SHAISUKE. That was until 2007, when bassist GISHO announced that he would leave the band. His last live was on May 20th at Shibuya O-EAST. PENICILLIN has also changed music labels every couple of years, and had alternating indies and major phases. They are currently a major band on CROWN DIAMOND RECORDS, a sub-label of CROWN RECORDS.
Members
Former Members
Information
PENICILLIN was formed in Kanagawa, Japan by friends at Toukai University. The original line-up was GISHO on vocals, SHIASUKE (ex-Blanche) and YUJI (ex-Deshabillz) on guitars, Chisato on bass, and O-JIRO on drums. About one year later HAKUEI joined, while YUJI left to join Blanche. The line-up then became HAKUEI on vocals, Chisato and SHAISUKE both on guitars, GISHO on bass, and O-JIRO on drums. After the release of their first mini-album "Penicillin Shock" on May 30th 1994, SHAISUKE left and then later joined Deshabillz. From 1994 to 2007, the band had a stable line-up. One month after celebrating their 15th anniversry, on March 9th, GISHO announced that he would be leaving PENICILLIN. His last live with the band was at Shibuya O-EAST on May 20th, his 36th birthday.
PENICILLIN began in the visual-kei category, their dress being a little haphazard. HAKUEI and O-JIRO generally dressed the part of girls; HAKUEI normally dressing outrageous in fur and leather, while O-JIRO dressed as the "sweet girl". Chisato and GISHO generally dressed more masculine. Around 1998, the "image" PENICILLIN had created for themselves changed from being so feminine like before, losing the heavy makeup in the process (and in HAKUEI's case, outrageous, extravagant outfits). The band since has regained their visual-ness, but now it's a bit more refined.
Discography
Albums
- [1994.12.24] Missing Link
- [1996.06.26] VIBE ∞
- [1996.07.24] Indwell
- [1997.07.10] Limelight
- [1998.10.21] Ultimate Velocity
- [2000.05.24] UNION JAP
- [2001.11.07] NUCLEAR BANANA
- [2002.10.30] No.53
- [2003.10.01] Kakkaku (赫赫; Glorious)
- [2004.10.20] FLOWER CIRCUS
- [2005.11.23] hell bound heart
- [2007.02.28] BLUE HEAVEN
- [2008.11.26] Supernova
- [2009.11.04] Cell
Mini-Albums
- [1994.05.30] Penicillin Shock
- [1995.06.25] God of grind -Real Penicillin Shock-
- [1995.09.30] INTO THE VALLEY OF DOLLS
- [1995.09.30] EARTH
- [1996.11.27] FLY (PENICILLIN featuring Chisato)
Best Albums
- [1999.10.06] THIS IS PENICILLIN 1994-1999
- [2001.02.21] SINGLES
Singles
- [1995.09.30] In the Kingdom of the Moonlight
- [1996.01.25] MELODY / Mother Goose (MELODY / マザーグース)
- [1996.03.15] Blue Moon
- [1996.05.15] Imitation Love
- [1997.03.19] 99-banme no Yoru (99番目の夜; The 99th Night)
- [1997.05.28] DEAD or ALIVE
- [1997.06.25] Yoru wo Buttobase (夜をぶっとばせ; Let's Spend the Night Together)
- [1998.01.15] Romance (ロマンス)
- [1998.05.30] make love
- [1998.09.09] CRASH
- [1998.11.26] Butterfly
- [1999.09.01] NICE IN LIP+L
- [2000.02.23] Risou no Shita (理想の舌; Ideal Tongue)
- [2000.05.17] Ultrider (ウルトライダー)
- [2000.05.17] Japanese Industrial Students
- [2001.01.24] Inazuma (イナズマ; Lightning)
- [2001.05.30] Limit Complex (リミットコンプレックス)
- [2001.11.28] Fukai no Suna / St. MARIAN HURRICANE (腐海の砂 / 聖・MARIAN HURRICANE; Sea of Decay's Sand)
- [2002.06.26] NEW FUTURE
- [2002.09.19] Hanazono Kinema (花園キネマ; Flower Garden Kinema)
- [2003.05.28] Yojigen Diver / Shounen Diver (四次元ダイバー / 少年ダイバー; Four Dimensional Diver / Diver Boy)
- [2003.11.27] Byakuro no Mai (白髏の舞; A White Themed Dance)
- [2004.05.26] SAMURAI BOY / LOVE DRAGOON
- [2005.02.02] Freesia (フリージア)
- [2005.09.28] JUMP#1 / Hakana (JUMP#1 / ハカナ)
- [2006.03.15] Tsuki Senko ni Kagayaku / Zero (月千古輝 / 零; Thousand Year Aged Moon Shines / Zero)
- [2006.09.27] hyper chord / hyper kids ~Toukai Daigaku Monogatari~ (hyper chord / hyper kids ~東海大学物語~; ~Toukai University Story~)
- [2007.01.31] Grind Candy / Eden (エデン)
- [2008.04.23] Taiyou (太陽; Sun)
- [2008.08.20] RAINBOW
- [2009.05.08] BLACK HOLE
- [2009.09.02] WARP
VHS / DVDs
- [1995.06.05] HUMAN DOLL
- [1995.07.21] QUARTER DOLL
- [1995.09.30] In the Kindgom of the Moonlight
- [1996.02.01] Mother Goose (マザーグース)
- [1996.02.11] MELODY
- [1996.07.10] Indwell
- [1996.12.04] FLY (PENICILLIN featuring Chisato)
- [1997.07.30] Limelight
- [1998.03.25] Video History 1995
- [1998.03.25] Video History 1996
- [1998.03.25] Video History 1995-1996
- [1999.05.12] A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN vol.1
- [1999.05.12] A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN vol.2
- [1999.05.26] A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN vol.3
- [1999.05.26] A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN vol.4
- [2000.10.21] PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.1
- [2000.10.21] PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.2
- [2000.11.18] PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.3
- [2000.11.18] PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.4
- [2000.12.21] PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.5
- [2000.12.21] PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.6
- [2001.04.11] SINGLES
- [2003.01.29] HUMANDOLLQUARTERDOLLINDWELL
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