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Heisei Ishin

Heisei Ishin promoting REVOLUTIONS (2010)
(Left to Right) Background: Yoshi, Rai. Forefront: JILL, Taku, YUKKIE

Heisei Ishin (平成維新; Heisei Restoration) was 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. Similar to many bands from the label, Heisei Ishin had adopted a band concept of SECOND CULTURE. Their music has a sound of rock, with pop and electronic influences.

In July of 2010 it was announced that Heisei Ishin would withdraw from UNDER CODE on September 30th after their graduation event titled "ENDLESS VOYAGE" on September 28th at Osaka BIG CAT.[1] To commemorate the graduation, a best of album titled REVOLUTIONS was released on September 15th. On November 30th it was announced through YUKKIE's blog that they will be disbanding after their performance at UNDER CODE's new year count down event at Tokyo Kinema Club on December 31st.[2]

However, before the group disbanded, it was revealed through each member's blogs that vocalist Taku had died on December 10th. No explanation as to why has been given.[3] Due to his sudden passing, Heisei Ishin's last live was cancelled. It was rescheduled and performed during Taku's flower offering ceremony on February 1st, 2011.[4]

Members

Biography

2008-2009

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 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 Ranbu 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.

Heisei Ishin promoting "Ruru" (2009)

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.

Seven things happened before the next release, four events and three lives spanning June 26th to July 27th. Two important events of the four were the "Kansai Seiatsu 2009 -12012 Gaisen SPECIAL EVENT-" event with 12012 on July 10th at Osaka BIG CAT and the "SIVA with UNDER CODE PRODUCTION family's FINAL EVENT" event with SIVA on July 24th at Shibuya O-WEST. SIVA would then disband the next day. Two important lives of the three were a part of the Bands Shock Tour Vol.7 tour; the first date of their participance was on July 25th at Takadanobaba AREA and the second date was two days later at OSAKA MUSE.

On July 29th Heisei Ishin released their fourth single "Ruru". This was advertised as their "1st ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SINGLE", and was their second release to chart on the major charts. It reached #133 on the Oricon charts, where it charted for a week. The band were then in both of the SCUBER DIVE events for 2009; the first was "SCUBER DIVE ~Naniwa ga Taihen~" at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice on July 31st, while the second was "SCUBER DIVE ~Shibuya ga Taihen~" at Shibuya clubasia on August 3rd.

Leading into autumn, then band plaed a string of 10 lives, stretching from August 15th at Saitama Koukan to September 24th at Takadanobaba AREA. For three dates in Otober, Heisei Ishin joined n'DooL and Oyuugi Wagamama Dan×[PaRADEiS] for a coupling TouNaKa (東名阪; Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka) based tour titled The Revolutionary Supper ~Kakumei no Bansankai~. The dates were at/on: OSAKA MUSE on the 3rd, HOLIDAY NAGOYA on the 17th, and Shinuya RUIDO K2 on the 17th.

On November 14th they held a sponored event called "New generation knocker" at OSAKA MUSE and four days later they released their second mini-album Public Sentiment. It is the first entry in a two consecutive month mini-alum release plan. Both of these mini-albums were also released in two different versions, with one of the editions coming with a DVD of their first PVs.

To commemorate the release of the mini-albums Heisei Ishin held two CD release events titled "Let's going restorator", one in November and the other in December. The first volume was on November 28th at Shinjuku RUIDO K4 and the second volume was on December 25th at OSAKA MUSE. The second entry in the release plan, their third mini-album Utsukushiki Kodou, was released on December 16th. The end of 2009 was met with the "Shuto Seiatsu 2009~2010" event on December 31st through to January 1st at Tokyo Kinema Club.

Discography

Best Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Compilations

References

  1. ↑ "平成維新 UNDER CODE PRODUCTION 2010.9.30 卒業...". UNDER CODE Official Website. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  2. ↑ "平成維新を応援してくださっている皆様へ". YUKKIE's Official Blog. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  3. ↑ "平成維新を応援していただいたファンの皆様へ". Visunavi. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  4. ↑ "平成維新" Yoshi's Official Blog. 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

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