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Heisei Ishin

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Heisei Ishin promoting "Prism." (2010)

Heisei Ishin (平成維新; Heisei Restoration) is a five member indies Japanese rock band from Osaka in the visual-kei scene. They formed in June of 2008 under the label UNDER CODE PRODUCTION. Like many bands from that label, Heisei Ishin has adopted a band concept of SECOND CULTURE. Their music has a sound of rock, with some pop and electronic influences.

Members

Biography

Heisei Ishin promoting "Phantom" and "Shelter" (2008)

Heisei Ishin was formed on June 20th, 2008 under the independent label UNDER CODE PRODUCTION. Like many other acts from the label, they had also formed with a band concept, called SECOND CULTURE. The line-up included vocalist Taku (ex-Roberia), guitarist YUKKIE and bassist Yoshi (both former Anjyu' members), and guitarist JILL and drummer Rai (both former VIZET members).

Their first live was at Osaka SUNHALL as a part of the massive "SCUBER DIVE ~Naniwa ga Taihen~" event on August 1st. They had three more lives in August: one the next day at HOLIDAY OSAKA, the second at Nishikuzyou BRAND NEW on the 9th, and the third at Shibuya O-WEST on the 19th. To celebrate their formation Heishi Ishin held their first sponsored event titled Outbreak of war on August 25th at OSAKA MUSE.

On September 1st they participated in the Phantasmagoria session event "Kizoku-tachi no Dai Session Matsuri Dai Hachiya" at Shibuya O-WEST. Two days later the simultaneously released their debut singles "Phantom" and "Shelter". Each single includes an instrumental track and two songs. Their producer, KISAKI, appears on the cover artwork. Finishing up September was the Like an Edison presented "Change over!!" event at Nanba ROCKETS on the 9th and two sponored events. The events were their own, called "THE FIRST HOLY COLOSSEUM -2DAYS-", and happened over two consecutive days (starting on the 20th) at HOLIDAY OSAKA.

Over the course of October they took part in six events. Some of note are: the "Bands Shock REVOLUTION '08" event on the 5th at Osaka-jou Yagai Ongakudou, another "Change over!!" event presented by Like an Edison, this time on the 13th at ESAKA MUSE, and the "Generation's VOL.3" event presented by Like an Edison on the 28th at ESAKA MUSE. During this timeframe Heisei Ishin contributed their song "Swimmy" to the compilation album JUDGEMENT #004, which was released on the 22nd.

In the last two months of the year the band performed in eight events and lives, three in November and five in December. Heisei Ishin were one of acts in ClearVeil's sponsored events collectively titled "The future of despair ~Soko ni Arumomo~". They were at Takadanobaba AREA on November 2nd and OSAKA MUSE on the 8th. On December 4th they performed in the UNDER CODE PRODUCTION and LOOP ASH RECORDS organised event "CROSS GATE 2008 ~Warning Coloration~" at Shibuya RUIDO K2. The band also played in the "YEAR END of HOLIDAY 2008-2009" event at HOLIDAY OSAKA on December 31st.

The start of 2009 was busy for Heisei Ishin. In January they were in the SPEED DISK organised Ouka Ranbu TOUR '09 tour for three dates, from Nagoya ell.SIZE on the 8th to Takadanobaba AREA on the 15th. They held two CD release events, preceding the mini-album itself. It was the Heisei Ishin vs Anjyu' "Haikei Ohisashiburi desu ~Face off within revolution~" events at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice for two consecutive days on the 17th and 18th. They released their debut mini-album MODS on the 21st. It's the first release of theirs to be in two diiferent versions.

In February and March they played in six events, contributed another track to a compilation album, and were a part of a tour. Some event to note are three UNDER CODE associated sponored events, the first was Dali's "pain paint collection" event at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice on Febraury 13th. On the 21st they were in brodiaea's "over the inferno" event at HOLIDAY OSAKA, and on March 30th the band were in E'm~grief~'s "Reizvoll Konzert" event at Meguro Rockmaykan. The aforementioned track, "Hahen", was released on the The End of Missing compilation album on March 4th. They performed in two shows in the UNDER CODE organised Nihon Seiatsu 2009 tour (March 8th at OSAKA MUSE & March 15th at Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO).

On April 15th Heisei Ishin released their third single "explosion". This reached #7 on the indies Oricon charts and is their first release to chart on the major ones. It reached #113 on the major Oricon charts, where it charted for a week. A CD release event called "Heisei people's liberation army" was held on April 17th at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice. concluding the month was their performance in the Nihon Seiatsu 2009 tour finale at Osaka BIG CAT on the 22nd.

In May the band were in two events, a live, and a two-man live. The first event was chariots's sponsored "carnage opera VOL:12" at OSAKA MUSE on the 16th, the second was one of the SPEED DISK Ouka Ranby TOUR '09 tour lives, and the last was Shun's (of Arc) birthday party "Hako no Naka no Ponyo" event. The two-man concert was with Nega and was a special edition of the "Nihon Seiatsu" tour. The live itself was: titled "Chikasen Kakuran Ishin-tou ~Heisei NEGATIVISM~", on the 30th, and at OSAKA MUSE.

For the start of summer, they were one of the acts in the "second day" part of Koroshiya Flypan's sponsored event "Taka Rock Festival in Tokyo" at Takadanobaba AREA on June 10th. Starting on June 13th, in two consecutive days, the band held two events collectively called "Roots of Emergence -2DAYS-". Those events were both taking place at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice.

Discography

Mini-Albums

Singles

Compilations

External Links

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