STRAIGHTENER

STRAIGHTENER promoting "Man-like Creatures" (2010)

STRAIGHTENER (ストレイテナー) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1998. They are under EMI Music Japan's sub-label AWAKE SOUNDS.

Members

• Horie Atsushi (ホリエアツシ) (Vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer)
• Nakayama Shinpei (ナカヤマシンペイ) (Drums)
• Hinata Hidekazu (日向秀和) (Bass)
• Oyama Jun (大山純) (Guitar) (Joined October 2008)

Discography

STRAIGHTENER promoting "Linear" (2007)

STRAIGHTENER promoting "CLONE / DONKEY BOOGIE DODO" (2009)

Albums

• [2000.07.25] STRAIGHTEN IT UP (Indies)
• [2001.01.10] ERROR (Indies)
• [2002.04.05] SKELETONIZED (Indies)
• [2004.01.21] LOST WORLD'S ANTHOLOGY
• [2004.06.23] ROCK END ROLL
• [2005.01.26] TITLE
• [2006.03.08] Dear Deadman
• [2007.03.07] Linear (リニア)
• [2009.02.11] Nexus
• [2010.03.03] CREATURES
• [2011.01.12] STOUT

Mini-Albums

• [2007.11.21] Immortal

Other Albums

• [2001.08.25] DRAGORUM (the PeteBest & STRAIGHTENER Split Album)
• [2005.04.13] Early Years (Best Album)

Singles

• [2000.06.25] Senshi no Shikabane no March (戦士の屍のマーチ; The Warrior Corpse's March) (Indies)
• [2000.12.10] ANOTHER DIMENSIONAL e.p (Indies)
• [2002.10.09] SILVER RECORD (Indies)
• [2003.04.16] Silent Film Soundtrack (Indies)
• [2003.10.16] TRAVELING GARGOYLE
• [2004.02.18] TENDER
• [2004.12.01] KILLER TUNE / PLAY THE STAR GUITAR
• [2005.06.15] THE REMAINS
• [2006.01.18] Melodic Storm
• [2006.10.26] BERSERKER TUNE
• [2007.01.10] SIX DAY WONDER
• [2007.02.14] TRAIN
• [2008.11.26] Little Miss Weekend
• [2009.01.14] Lightning
• [2009.08.05] CLONE / DONKEY BOOGIE DODO
• [2010.01.13] Man-like Creatures
• [2011.04.06] VANDALISM / SILLY PARADE

Digital Singles

• [2008.10.01] Black Hole

DVDs

• [2005.08.31] BLACK STAR LUSTER
• [2006.03.08] EMOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
• [2006.09.27] Remember Our Drinking Songs -Hello Dear Deadman Tour 2006-
• [2007.09.12] LINEAR MOTOR CITY
• [2009.02.11] Emotion Picture Soundtrack 2
• [2009.08.05] NEXUS TOUR FINAL

Compilations / Other

• [2003.03.19] Hana Otoko (#4 Kodoku na Tabibito)
• [2004.09.16] SYNCHRONIZED ROCKERS (#1 RUNNERS HIGH)
• [2005.06.08] ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION presents NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION (#8 WHITE ROOM BLACK STAR [Stout Version])
• [2006.07.05] ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION presents NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION 2006 (#10 The Nowarist)
• [2008.07.09] ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION presents NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION 2008 (#11 ALIBI)

External Links

• Official Website
• AWAKE SOUNDS Official Website
• Official MySpace