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'''the pillows''' (ザ・ピロウズ) are a [[J-Rock|Japanese rock]] band, best known in the west for their music in ''[[FLCL]]'', an [[anime]] series by [[Wikipedia:Gainax|Gainax]] and their song "[[Ride on Shooting Star|Ride on shooting star]]" which was used as the [[anime]]s ending theme song. Currently they are under the [[avex trax]] label.  
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'''the pillows''' (ザ・ピロウズ) are a [[J-Rock|Japanese rock]] band. They are best known in the west for their music in ''[[FLCL]]'', an [[anime]] series by [[Wikipedia:Gainax|Gainax]] and their song "[[Ride on Shooting Star|Ride on shooting star]]" which was used as its ending theme song. Currently they are under the [[avex trax]] label.  
  
 
== Members ==
 
== Members ==
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* [[Manabe Yoshiaki]] (Lead Guitar)
 
* [[Manabe Yoshiaki]] (Lead Guitar)
 
* [[Sato Shinichiro]] (Drums)
 
* [[Sato Shinichiro]] (Drums)
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* [[Suzuki Jun]] (Bass, 1999 - Present)
  
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=== Bassists ===
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=== Former Members ===
 
* [[Ueda Kenji]] (Bass, 1987 - 1992)
 
* [[Ueda Kenji]] (Bass, 1987 - 1992)
 
* [[Kashima Tatsuya]] (Bass, 1992 - 1999)
 
* [[Kashima Tatsuya]] (Bass, 1992 - 1999)
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* [[Suzuki Jun]] (Bass, 1999 - Present)
 
  
 
== Information ==
 
== Information ==
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== Discography ==
 
== Discography ==
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[[File:terminalpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting "[[Terminal Heaven's Rock]]" (2003)]]
 
 
[[File:turnbackpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Turn Back|TURN BACK]]'' (2004)]]
 
[[File:turnbackpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Turn Back|TURN BACK]]'' (2004)]]
 
[[File:nonfictionpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting "[[Nonfiction]]"  (2005)]]
 
[[File:nonfictionpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting "[[Nonfiction]]"  (2005)]]
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[[File:hornagainpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Horn Again|HORN AGAIN]]'' (2011)]]
 
[[File:hornagainpromo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Horn Again|HORN AGAIN]]'' (2011)]]
 
[[File:Thepillows.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Trial (the pillows)|Trial]]'' (2012)]]
 
[[File:Thepillows.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Trial (the pillows)|Trial]]'' (2012)]]
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[[File:Thepillowshappybirthday.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting "[[Happy Birthday (the pillows)|Happy Birthday]]" (2013)]]
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[[File:Thepillows25.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting ''[[Revival of Motion Pictures|REVIVAL OF MOTION PICTURES]]'' (2014)]]
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[[File:the pillows - Ousama ni Nare promo.jpg|thumb|220px|the pillows promoting "[[Ousama ni Nare]]" (2016)]]
  
 
=== Albums ===
 
=== Albums ===
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* [2011.01.26] [[Horn Again|HORN AGAIN]]
 
* [2011.01.26] [[Horn Again|HORN AGAIN]]
 
* [2012.01.18] [[Trial (the pillows)|TRIAL]] (トライアル)
 
* [2012.01.18] [[Trial (the pillows)|TRIAL]] (トライアル)
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* [2014.10.22] [[Moondust|MOONDUST]]
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* [2016.04.06] [[Stroll and Roll|STROLL AND ROLL]]
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* [2017.03.08] [[Nook in the Brain|NOOK IN THE BRAIN]]
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* [2018.09.19] [[Rebroadcast|REBROADCAST]]
  
 
=== Mini-Albums ===
 
=== Mini-Albums ===
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* [2009.06.03] [[Once Upon A Time In the pillows|Once upon a time in the pillows]]
 
* [2009.06.03] [[Once Upon A Time In the pillows|Once upon a time in the pillows]]
 
* [2009.06.03] [[Rock Stock & Too Smoking the pillows|Rock stock & too smoking the pillows]]
 
* [2009.06.03] [[Rock Stock & Too Smoking the pillows|Rock stock & too smoking the pillows]]
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* [2014.10.04] [[Bootleg the pillows 1992-1993|BOOTLEG THE PILLOWS 1992-1993]]
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* [2016.03.02] [[Across the Metropolis|Across the metropolis]]
  
 
=== Other Albums ===
 
=== Other Albums ===
 
* [2004.09.16] [[Synchronized Rockers|SYNCHRONIZED ROCKERS]] (シンクロナイズド・ロッカーズ) <small>(Tribute Album)</small>
 
* [2004.09.16] [[Synchronized Rockers|SYNCHRONIZED ROCKERS]] (シンクロナイズド・ロッカーズ) <small>(Tribute Album)</small>
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* [2014.02.26] [[Rock and Sympathy|ROCK AND SYMPATHY]] <small>(Tribute Album)</small>
  
 
=== Singles ===
 
=== Singles ===
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* [2011.12.07] [[Energia]] (エネルギヤ)
 
* [2011.12.07] [[Energia]] (エネルギヤ)
 
* [2013.09.16] [[Happy Birthday (the pillows)|Happy Birthday]] (ハッピー・バースデー)
 
* [2013.09.16] [[Happy Birthday (the pillows)|Happy Birthday]] (ハッピー・バースデー)
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* [2014.09.17] [[About a Rock'n'Roll Band|About A Rock'n'Roll Band]]
  
 
=== Other Singles ===
 
=== Other Singles ===
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* [2006.02.26] [[Gazelle City]] <small>(Sold Through Delicious Label Online Shop Only)</small>
 
* [2006.02.26] [[Gazelle City]] <small>(Sold Through Delicious Label Online Shop Only)</small>
 
* [2011.02.18] [[Tabasco Disco|TABASCO DISCO]] <small>(Sold Through Live Venues)</small>
 
* [2011.02.18] [[Tabasco Disco|TABASCO DISCO]] <small>(Sold Through Live Venues)</small>
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===Digital Singles===
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* [2016.02.26] [[Cuckoo no Su no Shita de]] (カッコーの巣の下で; ''Under the Cuckoo's Nest'')
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* [2016.12.14] [[Ousama ni Nare]] (王様になれ; ''Be a King'')
  
 
=== VHS / DVDs / Blu-rays ===
 
=== VHS / DVDs / Blu-rays ===
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* [2012.04.11] [[the pillows Presents "Born in the '60's"|the pillows presents “Born in The ‘60s”]]
 
* [2012.04.11] [[the pillows Presents "Born in the '60's"|the pillows presents “Born in The ‘60s”]]
 
* [2012.11.14] [[Real Trial|REAL TRIAL]]
 
* [2012.11.14] [[Real Trial|REAL TRIAL]]
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* [2014.03.12] [[Revival of Motion Pictures|REVIVAL OF MOTION PICTURES]]
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* [2014.09.07] [[the pillows 25th Anniversary Never Ending Story "Do You Remember the 2nd Movement"|the pillows 25th Anniversary NEVER ENDING STORY "Do You Remember The 2nd Movement?"]]
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* [2015.01.21] [[the pillows 25th Anniversary Never Ending Story "Don't Forget Today!" 2014.10.04 at Tokyo Dome City Hall|the pillows 25th Anniversary NEVER ENDING STORY "DON'T FORGET TODAY!" 2014.10.04 at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL]]
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* [2015.08.26] [[the pillows Moondust Light for You 2015.03.28 at Zepp Tokyo "Moondust Tour"|the pillows MOONDUST LIGHT FOR YOU 2015.03.28 at Zepp Tokyo "moondust tour"]]
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* [2016.11.23] [[Stroll and Roll Band 2016.07.22 at Zepp Tokyo "Stroll and Roll Tour"|STROLL AND ROLL BAND 2016.07.22 at Zepp Tokyo "STROLL AND ROLL TOUR"]]
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=== Box Sets ===
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* [2014.03.12] [[Our Black Flag|OUR BLACK FLAG]]
  
 
=== Soundtracks ===
 
=== Soundtracks ===
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* [2012.07.04] [[PUFFY Covers|PUFFY COVERS]] (#13 ''Umi e to'')
 
* [2012.07.04] [[PUFFY Covers|PUFFY COVERS]] (#13 ''Umi e to'')
 
* [2012.12.19] [[SKET DANCE Main Theme Song Collection The Best Dance|SKET DANCE Main Theme Song Collection THE BEST DANCE]] (#2 ''Comic Sonic'')
 
* [2012.12.19] [[SKET DANCE Main Theme Song Collection The Best Dance|SKET DANCE Main Theme Song Collection THE BEST DANCE]] (#2 ''Comic Sonic'')
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* [2017.10.18] [[Pause ~STRAIGHTENER Tribute Album~|PAUSE ~STRAIGHTENER Tribute Album~]] (#11 ''Farewell Dear Deadman / '''the pillows''''')
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==

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the pillows promoting REBROADCAST (2018)

the pillows (ザ・ピロウズ) are a Japanese rock band. They are best known in the west for their music in FLCL, an anime series by Gainax and their song "Ride on shooting star" which was used as its ending theme song. Currently they are under the avex trax label.

Members

Former Members

Information

The band's logo since 1996
The band's mascot, Buster-kun.

the pillows formed in 1987, when the legendary '80s J-Rock band Kenzi & the Trips split up. Former Trips Ueda Kenji (Bass) and Sato Shinichiro (Drums) teamed up with Manabe Yoshiaki (Guitar), who had previously played for 80s hair-band Persia, and Yamanaka Sawao (Vocals). The group recorded their first five-song demo tape, Pantomime, as The Coinlocker Babies. They toured and performed for almost three years before being picked up by Captain Records as the pillows. They re-recorded the Pantomime demo, which was then released as their first EP. This was immediately followed by a second EP, 90's My LIFE. the pillows then signed on to Pony Canyon, and in 1991, released their first full album, MOON GOLD. In 1992, shortly after their second album, WHITE INCARNATION was recorded, Ueda left the band. He was never properly replaced; the band simply used a series of guest bassists in recording sessions and on tours.

In 1994, the band once again moved, this time to KING RECORDS, and released KOOL SPICE, their major-label debut. With Ueda no longer in the band, the pillows' style started slowly drifting away from their minimalist rock sound, and wildly experimented between varying styles. Kool Spice contained everything from warbling blues rock to elevator music; the 1995 release LIVING FIELD included experiments in retro-pop and reggae. It was their grunge record, 1997's Please Mr.Lostman where the pillows finally got their groove. Preceded by a series of hit singles, and evocative of such American rock bands as Weezer and Pixies, it catapulted the band to mainstream success in Japan. After a wildly successful tour, the band proceeded to release three increasingly successful follow-up albums over the next two years: LITTLE BUSTERS, RUNNERS HIGH, and HAPPY BIVOUAC.

In 1999, the pillows were approached by Gainax, an anime studio famous for hits such as Shin Seiki Evangelion. Gainax wanted to license the pillows' three most recent albums, for their latest experiment: an anime called FLCL. the pillows agreed, even composing two new singles specifically for the anime; "Ride on shooting star" and "I think I can".

the pillows would not release another album until 2001, but they were still successful; the FLCL soundtracks sold well, as did their own best-of compilation, Fool on the planet. Sawao concentrated his energies on Delicious Label, his record company side project. Manabe released a solo album as "Nine Miles", continuing the reggae experimentation hinted at in earlier albums. the pillows released their next album, Smile, without releasing any singles. In 2002, the FLCL anime became available in America, winning more converts to the band, which was releasing its tenth album, Thank you, my twilight, along with a double-album collection of B-sides, Another morning, Another pillows.

After another short break, during which Sawao released some solo work under Delicious Label, Manabe released a second Nine Miles album, and Sato toured with various other bands, the pillows released Penalty Life in November 2003. In 2004, albums 90's My LIFE returns, TURN BACK, SYNCHRONIZED ROCKERS, and GOOD DREAMS were released. SYNCHRONIZED ROCKERS was a tribute album to the pillows, done by an assortment of other popular Japanese bands.

In early 2005, the DVD 916 "15th Anniversary Special Live DVD" was released. This DVD covered their 15th Anniversary concert, filmed live at September 16, 2004 at Shibuya AX. The singles "Nonfiction" and "the third eye" soon followed, and with the start of 2006 came a full-length album titled MY FOOT. In 2007, the pillows signed with avex trax and released a new single named "Scarecrow" on April 4, 2007 and the album Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! on May 2, 2007. They would follow up this album with another single, "Ladybird Girl", the Japanese version of the children's show Ben 10 theme song on August 15, 2007. Throughout 2008, the pillows would release two singles: the first it's a reference to the eponymous deer from the book and film 'Bambi', "Tokyo Bambi", released in January, which was followed in May by "New Animal". The group released their 15th original album, PIED PIPER. in June 2008. They celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2009 by releasing "Ameagari ni Mita Maboroshi". In 2010 the bands lead singer, Yamanaka Sawao released his first solo album DISCHARGE and released a second only four months later titled Taikutsu na Otoko.

Discography

the pillows promoting TURN BACK (2004)
the pillows promoting "Nonfiction" (2005)
the pillows promoting MY FOOT (2006)
the pillows promoting "Ladybird Girl" (2007)
the pillows promoting PIED PIPER (2008)
the pillows promoting OOPARTS (2009)
the pillows promoting "Rodeo star mate" (2010)
the pillows promoting HORN AGAIN (2011)
the pillows promoting Trial (2012)
the pillows promoting "Happy Birthday" (2013)
the pillows promoting REVIVAL OF MOTION PICTURES (2014)
the pillows promoting "Ousama ni Nare" (2016)

Albums

Mini-Albums

Best Albums

Other Albums

Singles

Other Singles

Digital Singles

VHS / DVDs / Blu-rays

Box Sets

Soundtracks

Compilations / Other

Note: This is an incomplete list

Publications

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Books

  • [2009.09.16] 20th Anniversary: History of the pillows "Hybrid Rainbow" (結成20周年完全ヒストリーブック “ハイブリッド レインボウ”)

Band Scores

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  • [2006.03.10] Best Collection: BAND SCORE
  • [2006.07.03] MY FOOT: BAND SCORE
  • [2007.05.29] Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!: BAND SCORE
  • [2008.07.29] PIED PIPER: BAND SCORE
  • [2009.07.03] Once upon a time in the pillows: BAND SCORE
  • [2009.07.03] Rock stock & too smoking the pillows: BAND SCORE
  • [2010.03.24] OOPARTS: BAND SCORE
  • [2011.03.02] HORN AGAIN: BAND SCORE

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