Λucifer
Λucifer was a Japanese rock band, who were best known for their tie-in with the Kaikan Phrase anime. The band was formed in 1999, and disbanded in early 2003. They officially debuted on 15 September 1999 with their single Datenshi BLUE, and became increasingly popular. The band's name is sometimes spelled as Aucifer, but pronounced as Lucifer because of the greek letter "L" lambda "Λ".
Members
- Koshinaka Makoto (越中 睦) (vocals)
- Kato "Atsuro" Daisuke (加藤 大祐) (guitar)
- Masahiko "Yuki" Yuuki (結城 雅彦) (guitar)
- Tomonori "Towa" Taguchi (田口 智則) (bass)
- Toru "Santa" Abe (阿部 徹) (drums)
Information
Λucifer was put together for the Kaikan Phrase anime to promote it. The anime was based on the popular shoujo manga by Shinjo Mayu. The band members of real life Λucifer changed their names to match with their anime/manga counterparts, except for the vocalist, who kept his name instead of changing it to Sakuya (the main character's name). Several of Λucifer's songs were used in the anime, along with songs of other Japanese rock bands like GLAY, Feel and e.MU. However, the band decided to go on even after the anime had ended, and continued to release more music afterwards.
Then finally on 25 October 2002, over two and a half years after the anime had ended, they announced that they were breaking up. Following the announcement, they did their last tour entitled "Λucifer Last Live 2002-2003 Energy" from 16 December 2002 to 10 January 2003, which included 9 shows. After that, they appeared for the last time on a TV music show, PopJam, on 11 January and then did their very last show (which was also their first show done abroad) at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 January.
At first, on the first album, the music was written by Asanuma Takuya (JUDY AND MARY), Chisato (Penicillin) and IPPEI & TAIZO (FEEL) but after that, the members of the band started writing more. BEATRIP featured one song from Atsuro and one from Santa, and the rest were by Takuya and Chisato, but by the third album, nearly all the music had been done by members of the band, save for one song by Takuya, and two of the songs Makoto did that were done as a collaboration with MASAKI. The lyrics on the first two albums were all done by Mori Yukinojo (except for one song on BEATRIP, when Makoto did them). On the third album, only the lyrics to the song by Takuya were made by Mori and the rest were done by the band members.
After the break-up of the band:
- Makoto has gone on a solo career (first going with just his first name, now with his full name). Towa and Santa also played on his first mini-album "VIBRATION".
- Towa is in two bands called OLIVE SUNDAY and Birth of Life and has done some solo work, as well as playing as a guest for several projects.
- Santa is with Towa in OLIVE SUNDAY. He is also a working actively as a session drummer and has played on drums for numerous artists, such as Tsuchiya Anna, Moriyama Naotaro and Kawabe Chieco to mention a couple of his projects.
- Yuki is in a band called DUSTAR-3. He is also collaborating with Janne Da Arc's yasu on his solo project, Acid Black Cherry.
- Atsuro is now in a new band called Tokyo Anastasia. He has been playing session guitar for several popular Japanese pop artists, such as meg rock, Marika, Kawabe Chieco and Nakagawa Shoko, to mention a few.
More information on each members' latest projects can be found on their respective sites.
Discography
Albums
- [1999.12.08] Limit Control
- [2001.02.21] BEATRIP
- [2002.03.13] ELEMENT OF LOVE
- [2002.12.05] THE BEST
Singles
- [1999.09.15] Datenshi BLUE (堕天使ＢＬＵＥ)
- [1999.11.03] C no Binetsu (Ｃの微熱)
- [2000.02.16] TOKYO Illusion / LUCY (ＴＯＫＹＯ幻想 / LUCY)
- [2000.06.07] CARNATION CRIME
- [2000.08.02] JUNK CITY
- [2000.11.08] TSUBASA
- [2001.08.01] Hypersonic Soul (ハイパーソニック ソウル)
- [2002.02.06] Regret
- [2002.08.07] Realize
DVD's
- [2000.06.28] ~Film~ ESCAPE
- [2001.05.30] Be-Trip Tour 2001
- [2001.11.07] ~Film~ ESCAPE 2
- [2003.03.26] LAST TOUR 2002-2003 ENERGY TOUR FINAL AT TOKYO KOKUSAI FORUM
