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'''SCREW''' (often incorrectly spelled ''ScReW'' because of the stylisation of their logo) is a five member [[J-Rock|Japanese rock]] band formed by their vocalist, [[Byo]], in March of 2006. They are a [[Visual-Kei|visual-kei]] band signed to [[PS COMPANY]]'s indies division ''Indie-PSC.''. SCREW was originally a four piece group until [[Manabu (SCREW)|Manabu]] joined as their second guitarist in June of 2007.
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'''SCREW''' (often incorrectly spelled ''ScReW'' because of the stylisation of their logo) is a five member [[J-Rock|Japanese rock]] band formed by their vocalist, [[Byo]]. They are a [[Visual-Kei|visual-kei]] band signed to [[PS COMPANY]]'s indies division ''Indie-PSC.''. SCREW was originally a four piece group until [[Manabu (SCREW)|Manabu]] joined as their second guitarist in June of 2007.
  
 
==Members==
 
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===Former Members===
 
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* [[Miyagi Yu|Yuto]] (ゆうと) - Bass
 
* [[Miyagi Yu|Yuto]] (ゆうと) - Bass
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==Biography==
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===2006-2007===
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[[File:SCREW - Nejireta Shisou promo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|SCREW promoting "[[Nejireta Shisou]]" (2006)]]
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SCREW was formed sometime before March of 2006 by [[Byo]] (ex-[[JOKER]]). The line-up was Byo on vocals, [[Kazuki (SCREW)|Kazuki]] (ex-[[Clover (band)|Clover]]) on guitar, [[Miyagi Yu|Yuto]] (ex-[[gossip]]) on bass, and [[Jin (SCREW)|Jin]] (ex-[[LiViNG DEAD]]) on drums. During this time the band signed with indies label [[SPEED DISK]]. Their first live would be on March 4th at Takadanobaba AREA as a secret live. There would only be seven more secret lives, spread out in March and April, until their first one-man concert titled ''Homura e no Kakusei'' on April 23rd at Takadanobaba AREA. At this live advanced copies of SCREW's debut single "[[Nejireta Shisou]]" was sold and "[[Ookina Furudokei Punk SCREW Ver.|Ookina Furudokei PUNK SCREW ver.]]" was distributed.
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In May there were three events, all at Shibuya O-WEST, that were collectively called "SCREW vs WEST" and labeled the "Preliminary", "Semifinals", and "Finals" stages. The preliminary stage was the "Shinrabanshow Kakuritsu Hendou" event presented by [[SPEED DISK]] on the 16th. The 24th was the date of the regular release of their debut single. It reached #192 on the major [[Oricon]] weekly charts where it charted for a week. The day after was the semifinals stage, it was the event sponsored by [[Kazoku (band)|Kazoku]] on the 25th. The finales stage was the "Boys Evolution" event presented by [[LOOP ASH RECORDS]] and [[Kamikaze Boyz]] on 29th.
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In June SCREW participated in four dates of the [[Ruvie]] sponored event tour titled ''Kyuukoku Shikakutei ~Ultimate Square~''. Their part in the tour started at Takadanobaba AREA on the 4th and ended at Shibuya O-WEST on the 19th. A second pressing of their debut single "[[Nejireta Shisou]]" was released on the 21st since the first pressing was limited to only 1,000 copies and had sold-out. the month was finished with a live on the 24th at ESAKA MUSE.
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July started with their first sponsored live called "Chikichiki Muramura Shichaeba Iijanai?" at Takadanobaba AREA on the 2nd. They then played in three lives in the [[SPEED DISK]] organised tour titled ''Shinrabanshow TOUR '06 #2''. Their part was at Shibuya O-EAST on the 11th, Sendai CLUB JUNK BOX on the 18th, and at Sapporo KRAPS HALL the 20th. SCREW released their first mini-album ''[[Nanairo no Reienka]]'' on the 12th and hald also performed a live that day at Takadanobaba AREA. This reached #299 on the major [[Oricon]] weekly charts where it charted for a week.
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On August 2nd the band were one of many to take part in the mega-event "SCUBER DIVE ~Shibuya ga Taihen~" at various Shibuya venues, SCREW played at Shibuya O-Crest. They held their second one-man live, called ''Rakumei Kashiri Seion'', at Shibuya O-WEST on the 17th. It was at this concert that "[[Nakushita Aoi Nami]]" was distrubuted. From August 21st to October 8th they played a string of four lives, beginning Nagoya E.L.L and concluding at Takadanobaba AREA.
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In October there was a three-man TouNaKa (東名阪; ''Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka'') based tour titled ''THE SCREAMING GROUND'' with [[Sadie]] and [[lynch.]]. The dates were at Shibuya O-WEST on the 1st, Nagoya HEART LAND on the 17th, and OSAKA MUSE on the 29th. Two things happened on the 21st, a live at Takadanobaba AREA, and the release of their second single "[[Sakuran Scream|Sakuran SCREAM]]" (Liberation.I) on the 25th. The single is the first in a three consecutive month single release plan called the "Maxi Single Liberation" series. It reached #140 on the major [[Oricon]] weekly charts, where it charted for a week. Rounding off the month was their part in the "LOVE&PEACE&ROCK'N ROLL Vol.1" event at OSAKA MUSE on the 29th, it was also used as their second single's release event.
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After two "Shinrabanshow" lives presented by [[SPEED DISK]], one on November 2nd at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice and the other the next day at Nagoya E.L.L, SCREW held a release event for their third single (which would be released later on in the month). Similar to the last one, this was their part in the "LOVE&PEACE&ROCK'N ROLL Vol.2" event at Takadanobaba AREA on the 16th. The second part of the single plan, their third single "[[Heartless Screen|HEARTLESS SCREEN]]" (Liberation.II), was released on the 22nd. This reached #169 on the major [[Oricon]] weekly charts, where it charted for a week.
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SCREW were one of the acts in [[RENTRER EN SOI]] sponored events titled "MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION" during the end of November. The band took part in three of the events, they were: at HOLIDAY OSAKA on the 25th, HOLIDAY NAGOYA the next day, and Takadanobaba AREA on the 30th. Preceding the last single in the plan and it release event, they played two lives; the first at Takadanobaba AREA on December 5th, and the second at Y2K ROPPONGI on the 10th.
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Like the situation around the last two singles, the release event for their fourth single was a part of the "LOVE&PEACE&ROCK'N ROLL Vol.3" event at Takadanobaba AREA on December 15th. The last of the "Maxi Single Liberation" series, their fourth single "[[Finale of SCREW|FINALE OF SCREW]]" (Liberation.III), was released on the 20th. This would be their last single released through [[SPEED DISK]]. It reached #149 on the major [[Oricon]] weekly charts, where it charted for a week. Ending off the year was three events, stretching from December 25th to the 31st. The ones of note are the two newyear events held on the 31st: one is the "FINAL 2006" event at Takadanobaba AREA and the other is the "stylish wave COUNT DOWN '06-'07" event at Yokohama Akarenga Souko 1-goukan 3F Hall.
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2007 started with their part in [[SectMateria|SectMa]]'s first sponorsed event called "Akai Orchestra -sect.1-" on January 9th at Shibuya O-WEST. SCREW had their first overseas performance in South Korea at Seoul's Rolling Hall for [[SPEED DISK]]'s "Shinrabanshow in Korea" event on the 12th and 13th. On the 25th, to commemorate the release of their Liberation singles, the band held an event titled "-Violet junkie movie show-" at Shibuya O-WEST. They then participated in half of E.L.L [[SPEED DISK]]'s "Shinrabanshow in MID SIDE 4days" events on February 5th and 6th at Nagoya E.L.L. The band had a special live called ''SCREW-BYO209BD'' at Meguro Rockmaykan on the 9th; it was a solo performance by [[Byo]] limited to 209 fans.
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SCREW and [[Viored]] had a versus live, "Tokyo Boudou ~ Gokusai Senshoku Shisou", at Takadanobaba AREA on February 17th. Concluding the month was two lives and an event, the lives being: one on the 27th at Nagoya HEART LAND, and the other a part of the h'evn organised live "h'evn no Omatsuri★Tenmade Tobou!! ~TouNaKa TOUR Bangaihen~" at Osaka SHANGRILA on the 28th. The event was [[Serial NUMBER|Serial⇔NUMBER]]'s first sponsored event "Ichariba Chodee Vol. 01" at Shibuya O-WEST on the 21st.
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Promoting the release of their debut album, which was to be released later on in March, started with a live at Takadanobaba AREA on March 3rd. SCREW's debut album ''[[Fusion of the Core|Fusion of the core]]'' was released on the 14th in two different versions, and it's their first release to be in more than one version and to include a DVD. The album reached #160 on the major [[Oricon]] charts, where it charted for a week. Continuing the promotion, they had a tour titled ''LIMITED FUSION'' which was made up of the band's performances in two different tours (''Shinrabanshow TOUR '07'' and ''stylish wave CIRCUIT '07 Haru no Arashi''). The tour started on March 12th at Takadanobaba AREA and ended on April 18th at Nagoya E.L.L, with the finale "Emission of the core" at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO on April 26th. With the tour over, SCREW left [[SPEED DISK]] and joined [[PS COMPANY]]'s independent division ''Indie-PSC.''.
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* [2006.09.08] [[Shock Wave CD Edition.6|SHOCK WAVE CD Edition.6]] (#3 ''Death's door'')
 
* [2006.09.08] [[Shock Wave CD Edition.6|SHOCK WAVE CD Edition.6]] (#3 ''Death's door'')
 
* [2006.10.10] [[Shock Edge 2006]] (#10 ''S=r&b'')
 
* [2006.10.10] [[Shock Edge 2006]] (#10 ''S=r&b'')
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* [2009.04.15] [[PS COMPANY the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Performance Peace & Smile Carnival|PS COMPANY The 10th anniversary commemorative performance Peace & Smile Carnival]] (#2 ''VEGAS'')
 
* [2009.06.23] [[Nishidera Minoru Presents Hard na Yaon 2009|Nishidera Minoru Presents HARD na YAON 2009]] (西寺実 Presents HARDなYAON 2009) (#3 ''Wailing Wall'', #4 ''KAIROS'')
 
* [2009.06.23] [[Nishidera Minoru Presents Hard na Yaon 2009|Nishidera Minoru Presents HARD na YAON 2009]] (西寺実 Presents HARDなYAON 2009) (#3 ''Wailing Wall'', #4 ''KAIROS'')
  

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SCREW promoting "Cursed Hurricane" and "ANCIENT RAIN" (2010)

SCREW (often incorrectly spelled ScReW because of the stylisation of their logo) is a five member Japanese rock band formed by their vocalist, Byo. They are a visual-kei band signed to PS COMPANY's indies division Indie-PSC.. SCREW was originally a four piece group until Manabu joined as their second guitarist in June of 2007.

Members

  • Byo (鋲) - Vocals
  • Kazuki (和己) - Guitar
  • Manabu (マナブ) - Guitar
  • Rui (ルイ) - Bass
  • Jin (ジン) - Drums

Former Members

  • Yuto (ゆうと) - Bass

Biography

2006-2007

SCREW promoting "Nejireta Shisou" (2006)

SCREW was formed sometime before March of 2006 by Byo (ex-JOKER). The line-up was Byo on vocals, Kazuki (ex-Clover) on guitar, Yuto (ex-gossip) on bass, and Jin (ex-LiViNG DEAD) on drums. During this time the band signed with indies label SPEED DISK. Their first live would be on March 4th at Takadanobaba AREA as a secret live. There would only be seven more secret lives, spread out in March and April, until their first one-man concert titled Homura e no Kakusei on April 23rd at Takadanobaba AREA. At this live advanced copies of SCREW's debut single "Nejireta Shisou" was sold and "Ookina Furudokei PUNK SCREW ver." was distributed.

In May there were three events, all at Shibuya O-WEST, that were collectively called "SCREW vs WEST" and labeled the "Preliminary", "Semifinals", and "Finals" stages. The preliminary stage was the "Shinrabanshow Kakuritsu Hendou" event presented by SPEED DISK on the 16th. The 24th was the date of the regular release of their debut single. It reached #192 on the major Oricon weekly charts where it charted for a week. The day after was the semifinals stage, it was the event sponsored by Kazoku on the 25th. The finales stage was the "Boys Evolution" event presented by LOOP ASH RECORDS and Kamikaze Boyz on 29th.

In June SCREW participated in four dates of the Ruvie sponored event tour titled Kyuukoku Shikakutei ~Ultimate Square~. Their part in the tour started at Takadanobaba AREA on the 4th and ended at Shibuya O-WEST on the 19th. A second pressing of their debut single "Nejireta Shisou" was released on the 21st since the first pressing was limited to only 1,000 copies and had sold-out. the month was finished with a live on the 24th at ESAKA MUSE.

July started with their first sponsored live called "Chikichiki Muramura Shichaeba Iijanai?" at Takadanobaba AREA on the 2nd. They then played in three lives in the SPEED DISK organised tour titled Shinrabanshow TOUR '06 #2. Their part was at Shibuya O-EAST on the 11th, Sendai CLUB JUNK BOX on the 18th, and at Sapporo KRAPS HALL the 20th. SCREW released their first mini-album Nanairo no Reienka on the 12th and hald also performed a live that day at Takadanobaba AREA. This reached #299 on the major Oricon weekly charts where it charted for a week.

On August 2nd the band were one of many to take part in the mega-event "SCUBER DIVE ~Shibuya ga Taihen~" at various Shibuya venues, SCREW played at Shibuya O-Crest. They held their second one-man live, called Rakumei Kashiri Seion, at Shibuya O-WEST on the 17th. It was at this concert that "Nakushita Aoi Nami" was distrubuted. From August 21st to October 8th they played a string of four lives, beginning Nagoya E.L.L and concluding at Takadanobaba AREA.

In October there was a three-man TouNaKa (東名阪; Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka) based tour titled THE SCREAMING GROUND with Sadie and lynch.. The dates were at Shibuya O-WEST on the 1st, Nagoya HEART LAND on the 17th, and OSAKA MUSE on the 29th. Two things happened on the 21st, a live at Takadanobaba AREA, and the release of their second single "Sakuran SCREAM" (Liberation.I) on the 25th. The single is the first in a three consecutive month single release plan called the "Maxi Single Liberation" series. It reached #140 on the major Oricon weekly charts, where it charted for a week. Rounding off the month was their part in the "LOVE&PEACE&ROCK'N ROLL Vol.1" event at OSAKA MUSE on the 29th, it was also used as their second single's release event.

After two "Shinrabanshow" lives presented by SPEED DISK, one on November 2nd at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice and the other the next day at Nagoya E.L.L, SCREW held a release event for their third single (which would be released later on in the month). Similar to the last one, this was their part in the "LOVE&PEACE&ROCK'N ROLL Vol.2" event at Takadanobaba AREA on the 16th. The second part of the single plan, their third single "HEARTLESS SCREEN" (Liberation.II), was released on the 22nd. This reached #169 on the major Oricon weekly charts, where it charted for a week.

SCREW were one of the acts in RENTRER EN SOI sponored events titled "MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION" during the end of November. The band took part in three of the events, they were: at HOLIDAY OSAKA on the 25th, HOLIDAY NAGOYA the next day, and Takadanobaba AREA on the 30th. Preceding the last single in the plan and it release event, they played two lives; the first at Takadanobaba AREA on December 5th, and the second at Y2K ROPPONGI on the 10th.

Like the situation around the last two singles, the release event for their fourth single was a part of the "LOVE&PEACE&ROCK'N ROLL Vol.3" event at Takadanobaba AREA on December 15th. The last of the "Maxi Single Liberation" series, their fourth single "FINALE OF SCREW" (Liberation.III), was released on the 20th. This would be their last single released through SPEED DISK. It reached #149 on the major Oricon weekly charts, where it charted for a week. Ending off the year was three events, stretching from December 25th to the 31st. The ones of note are the two newyear events held on the 31st: one is the "FINAL 2006" event at Takadanobaba AREA and the other is the "stylish wave COUNT DOWN '06-'07" event at Yokohama Akarenga Souko 1-goukan 3F Hall.

2007 started with their part in SectMa's first sponorsed event called "Akai Orchestra -sect.1-" on January 9th at Shibuya O-WEST. SCREW had their first overseas performance in South Korea at Seoul's Rolling Hall for SPEED DISK's "Shinrabanshow in Korea" event on the 12th and 13th. On the 25th, to commemorate the release of their Liberation singles, the band held an event titled "-Violet junkie movie show-" at Shibuya O-WEST. They then participated in half of E.L.L SPEED DISK's "Shinrabanshow in MID SIDE 4days" events on February 5th and 6th at Nagoya E.L.L. The band had a special live called SCREW-BYO209BD at Meguro Rockmaykan on the 9th; it was a solo performance by Byo limited to 209 fans.

SCREW and Viored had a versus live, "Tokyo Boudou ~ Gokusai Senshoku Shisou", at Takadanobaba AREA on February 17th. Concluding the month was two lives and an event, the lives being: one on the 27th at Nagoya HEART LAND, and the other a part of the h'evn organised live "h'evn no Omatsuri★Tenmade Tobou!! ~TouNaKa TOUR Bangaihen~" at Osaka SHANGRILA on the 28th. The event was Serial⇔NUMBER's first sponsored event "Ichariba Chodee Vol. 01" at Shibuya O-WEST on the 21st.

Promoting the release of their debut album, which was to be released later on in March, started with a live at Takadanobaba AREA on March 3rd. SCREW's debut album Fusion of the core was released on the 14th in two different versions, and it's their first release to be in more than one version and to include a DVD. The album reached #160 on the major Oricon charts, where it charted for a week. Continuing the promotion, they had a tour titled LIMITED FUSION which was made up of the band's performances in two different tours (Shinrabanshow TOUR '07 and stylish wave CIRCUIT '07 Haru no Arashi). The tour started on March 12th at Takadanobaba AREA and ended on April 18th at Nagoya E.L.L, with the finale "Emission of the core" at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO on April 26th. With the tour over, SCREW left SPEED DISK and joined PS COMPANY's independent division Indie-PSC..

Discography

Albums

Other Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Other Singles

DVDs

Compilations

External Links

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