Ellegarden

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ELLEGARDEN
Country Japan
Years active 1998-present
Genres J-Punk
Labels Growing Up Inc./Dynamord, Denka Secca
Members Hirotaka Takahashi
Takeshi Hosomi
Shinichi Ubukata
Yuichi Takada

ELLEGARDEN is a Japanese rock group that formed in December of 1998 in Chiba, Japan. It includes drummer Hirotaka Takahashi, vocalist Takeshi Hosomi, guitarist Shinichi Ubakata, and bassist Yuichi Takada. Their names are usually abbreviated and is called "ELLE". ELLEGARDEN has a sound strikingly similar to some American Pop Punk bands, and sings in both Japanese and English. Because of their usually grammatically correct English lyrics (mostly written by Hosomi) and the generally perfect pronounciation of them, there have been many different theories as to why Takeshi Hosomi speaks English so well, ranging from him being in a band covering English songs for six years to having a foreign roommate.[1] It is still not known why.

ELLEGARDEN has been compared to famous artists of similar style, most notably Sum 41 (ELLEGARDEN was the band's opening act on February 2005 during the Sum 41 Japan Tour 2005), Blink 182 and Good Charlotte.Their popularity comes from the sounds that they bring which has an emotional punch to it.

In 2006 ELLEGARDEN performed in numerous Japanese Summer Music Festivals, such as FUJI ROCK, SUMMER SONIC, NANO MUGEN FES and RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL.

Their final tour of 2006 features the American band Allister - the bands became friends during SXSW 2006.

It is difficult to get their tour and live tickets because they become sold out in a very short amount of time.

Contents

[edit] Discography

Japan:

U.S.:

[edit] Video and DVD

[edit] Maxi Singles

[edit] Tours

Dates shown are announcement dates

  • First tour - August 2002 - 20 stop tour through Japan
  • My Own Destruction Tour - October 16, 2002 - 30 stops in Japan to promote album of same name. Included some performances due to selling out of tickets.
  • BRING YOUR BOARD!! Tour - July 10, 2003 - 25 stops in Japan; one extra live performance
  • Jitterbug Live Tour - November 12, 2003
  • Pepperoni Quattro Tour - June 12, 2004 - Toured 19 cities in Japan
  • Bad for Education Tour 2004 - November 2, 2004 - 15 cities
  • RIOT ON THE GRILL Tour - May 5, 2005 - 39 stops - See Dynamord's site for a complete listing
  • Space Sonic Tour 2005-2006 - December 3, 2005 - 36 stops
  • Japan Nite Tour 2006 - January 16, 2006 - First US tour; appearance at SXSW followed by 7 cities
  • ELLEGARDEN TOUR 2006-2007 - October 12, 2006 - 54 stops, first half featuring Allister

[edit] Equipment

  • Takeshi Hosomi (Vocal & Guitar)
  • Yuichi Takada (Bass & Chorus)
    • Fender Precision Bass (early '70's model)
  • Hirotaka Takahashi (Drums & Chorus)
    • Ludwig Classic Maple Drum Set

(SOURCE: "GiGs" Magazine 2005 June Issue)

[edit] Trivia

Vocalist/Guitarist Takeshi Hosomi lists Weezer as the band that he respects the most. He honored the band by warming up with their first single (Undone - The Sweater Song) during their 2006 U.S. Tour.

Takeshi Hosomi is very good friends with Asian Kung-fu Generation's Masafumi Goto and Straightener's Atsushi Horie. Ellegarden's song "虹 Niji (Rainbow)" was made after Takeshi saw a rainbow with them.

"Pizza Man" was based on his experiences with a pizza delivery person vocalist Takeshi Hosomi met while living in San Francisco.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nippon |Ellegarden | Profile (Link)
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