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abingdon boys school
abingdon boys school (commonly referred to as a.b.s.) is a four-member J-Rock band fronted by T.M.Revolution (Nishikawa Takanori), which is currently under Epic Records on Sony Music Entertainment. They debuted in 2005 with the song "stay away" featured on the Love for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~ compilation album. Their debut single, "INNOCENT SORROW", was used as the first opening theme song to the anime D.Gray-man.
Members
- Takanori Nishikawa (西川貴教) (vocals)
- SUNAO (guitar)
- Shibasaki Hiroshi (柴崎浩) (guitar)
- Kishi Toshiyuki (岸利至) (synthesizer, programming, leader)
Information
abingdon boys school is named after the famous all boys school in England, Abingdon School which the members of famous band Radiohead attended. It was formed in 2005 by Nishikawa out of several of the support members of his T.M.Revolution project, specifically SUNAO and Shibasaki Hiroshi. Kishi Toshiyuki had also re-arranged Nishikawa's songs "AQUALOVERS ~DEEP into the night~" and "LOVE SAVER" for his UNDER:COVER self-cover album.
The band was formed by Nishikawa in 2005 and first released the song "stay away" featured on the Love for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~ compilation album that was released in March. The band performed their first live on November 24, 2005 with UVERworld and Tsubakiya Quartet. Later in 2005, the band covered BUCK-TICK's song "Dress" on the cover compilation PARADE ~RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK~.
abingdon boys school made their official debut in December 2006 with the single "INNOCENT SORROW" which was used as the opening song to the D.Gray-man anime. After a gap of six months, the band followed this up with a second single "HOWLING", used as the first opening theme for the anime DARKER THAN BLACK -Kuro no Keiyakusha-.
The band's third single was quickly released afterwards, "Nephilim", which was featured as the opening theme for the PlayStation 3 game FolksSoul -Ushinawareta Denshou-. They released their first album in October 2007. Shortly after in December 2007, a.b.s. followed up with their fourth single, "BLADE CHORD", which was used as the theme song for the Nintendo Wii & PlayStation 2 game Sengoku BASARA 2 Eiyuu Gaiden (HEROES).
In late 2008, after one year of inactivity, abingdon boys school returned with the song "JAP", used as the theme for the PSP game Sengoku BASARA Battle Heroes and later as an opening theme for the anime version. They released their come-back single "STRENGTH." in February 2009, and a single for "JAP" was released in May.
Japanese Discography
Studio Albums
- [2007.10.17] abingdon boys school
- [2010.01.27] ABINGDON ROAD
Singles
- [2006.12.06] INNOCENT SORROW
- [2007.05.16] HOWLING
- [2007.07.04] Nephilim
- [2007.12.05] BLADE CHORD
- [2009.02.25] STRENGTH.
- [2009.05.20] JAP
- [2009.08.26] Kimi no Uta (キミノウタ; Your Song)
- [2009.12.16] From Dusk Till Dawn
- [2012.09.05] WE aRE
Digital Singles
- [2007.12.11] BLADE CHORD (Game Edit)
- [2011.02.09] Shounen (少年)
- [2012.08.08] WE aRE (Sengoku BASARA HD collection Version)
Video Releases
- [2008.07.16] abingdon boys school JAPAN TOUR 2008
- [2010.03.17] ABINGDON ROAD MOVIES
- [2010.09.29] abingdon boys school JAPAN TOUR 2010
- [2022.02.16] abingdon boys school JAPAN TOUR 2020
Other Video Releases
- [2008.04.02] BUCK-TICK - BUCK-TICK FEST 2007 ON PARADE (#9 INNOCENT SORROW)
Compilations / Other
- [2005.03.16] Love for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~ (#5 stay away)
- [2005.12.01] PARADE ~RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK~ (#13 Dress)
- [2006.12.20] The songs for DEATH NOTE the movie ~the Last name TRIBUTE~ (#5 Fre@K $HoW)
- [2007.03.21] D.Gray-man Original Soundtrack 1 (#1 INNOCENT SORROW (TV size))
- [2007.07.30] DARKER THAN BLACK -Kuro no Keiyakusha- Gekiban (#2 HOWLING-TV size ver.)
- [2007.12.19] LUNA SEA MEMORIAL COVER ALBUM -Re:birth- (#2 Sweetest Coma Again)
- [2008.09.24] D.Gray-man COMPLETE BEST (#1 INNOCENT SORROW)
- [2009.04.22] THE BEST OF SOUL EATER (#6 STRENGTH.)
- [2009.06.10] Sengoku BASARA Ongaku Emaki ~Ao Ban It's Show Time!~ (#1 JAP (TV Version))
- [2009.09.30] Monhan Ongakubu ~MONSTER HUNTER 5th Anniversary~ (#2 Valkyrie -Lioleia Mix-)
- [2009.10.28] Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 Original Soundtrack (#1 Kimi no Uta)
- [2010.04.07] HOME MADE Kazoku - FAMILY TREE ~Side Works Collection Vol.1~ (#3 LOST REASON feat. MICRO from HOME MADE Kazoku (abingdon boys school feat. MICRO from HOME MADE Kazoku))
- [2010.11.03] Sengoku BASARA GAME BEST (#4 BLADE CHORD, #6 JAP)
- [2010.11.03] Sengoku BASARA ANIME BEST (#1 JAP)
- [2011.02.09] FUCK THE BORDER LINE (#1 Shounen)
- [2012.02.08] J-Anison Shinkyoku Matsuri [DJ Kazu in No.1 Kyonetsu MIX] (#38 JAP)
European Discography
Best Albums
- [2009.10.30] Teaching Materials
Publications
Photobooks
Band Scores
External Links
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