Oblivion Dust
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Oblivion Dust is a Japanese rock band.
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[edit] History
Oblivion Dust was created in 1995 and called originally Addict of the Tripp Minds with the soap star in Japan Kenichi Okamoto as vocalist, Kaz Iwaike as first guitar, Ken Lloyd as second guitar, Derek Forbes as bass and TAKA as drumm. Starting 1996 Kenichi Okamoto prefer follow as actor and dropped out the band and in a drunken slur Ken Lloyd was changed vocalist and the name of the band was changed Oblivion Dust (オブリヴィオン・ダスト), having as setting that the majority of the songs to future would be in English (although they go only toward the Japanese market). In that moment, thanks to the help from Hide and of Ray McVeigh (The Professionals, Zilch, Wild Crash 500, etc.) they signed with under the label of alternative music Cutting Edge, a sublabel from Avex. Then, they went to Los Angeles, California to record their first album (won't be released until the next year, though) with Ray McVeigh as producer (he also would be the producer of the second album), but once recorded that album Derek Forbes dropped out the band and he re-joined Simple Minds and was replaced in bass by Koozie Johns(Jer Koozie) who only played in some shows during middle of 1996 and then finishing that year left the band was replaced in bass by Matt Garrett(brother of one of J's drummers, Scott Garrett).
On January 1997, they released their first single entitled Sucker. March witnessed the release of their second single Numb, and in April that same year the group toured the West Coast of the US with a series of 10 concerts. Before 1997 was over, they managed to release one more single and their first full album entitled Looking for Elvis. They also returned to the Western United States to play 10 more concerts and toured their native Japan twice, playing 10 and 5 gigs subsequently.
With the coming of 1998, one new members joined Oblivion Dust: Rikiji who replaced Matt Garrett. Oblivion Dust also played as the sole Japanese opening band for the UK electronic group, The Prodigy's gig in Tokyo. 1998 also saw the release of their second album: Misery Days. In November of 1998, Furuton(ex-Space Cowboys) replaced Taka who left around August.
In 1999 Oblivion Dust released 5 new singles, another new album and their first video, Overdose. Apart from that, they toured all year long, playing with other well known bands such as Marilyn Manson and Zilch . In November their official fanclub, embryo, was temporarily opened, and December witnessed the opening of their official website.
The band begun the year 2000 with a nationwide Reborn tour. In February their fanclub was officially opened, and in May their new song entitled S.O.S. appeared at the Japanese version of the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack. In the same year, the band played numerous sold-out gigs; they also played at the Summer Sonic festival, released more singles, an album and their second video. The gig performed on December 23 at the Tokyo NK Hall turned out to be Rikiji's last, as he decided to quit the band soon afterwards.
In January 2001, their support member Masaru gained the status of an official member, and the band was joined by a new bassist Juken as a support member. The menbers didn't enjoy their new roles for long, because only a few months later, in June 2001, Oblivion Dust announced officially the disbanded. The last release was the album entitled Radio Songs (the best of Oblivion Dust) which came out two months later, finally the group did their 2 last concerts that were called Last two nights "THANK YOU & GOOD BYE" the September 22 and 23.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Looking for Elvis (June 25, 1997)
- Misery Days (July 23, 1998)
- Reborn (December 26, 1999)
- Butterfly Head (November 22, 2000)
- Radio Songs (August 8, 2001)
[edit] Singles
- Sucker (January 22, 1997)
- Numb (March 26, 1997)
- Falling (May 20, 1997)
- Therapy (March 25, 1998)
- Trust (May 20, 1998)
- Blurred (January 13, 1999)
- You (March 25, 1999)
- Goodbye (October 27, 1999)
- Crazy (December 26, 1999)
- Forever (July 12, 2000)
- Designer Fetus (September 27, 2000)
[edit] DVD
- Overdose (DVD - concert) (March 27, 2000)
- Oblivion Dust The DVD (DVD - pvs) (September 19, 2001)
[edit] VHS
- Overdose (VHS - concert) (October 27, 1999)
- Oblivion Dust - The Video (VHS - PVs) (July 12, 2000)
- Oblivion Dust Last Two Nights "Thank You & Goodbye" (December 27, 2001)
[edit] Extras
- Video Therapy (Sample not for sale) (April 3, 1999)
- Hide Tribute Spirits (only track 12 - Genkai Haretsu) (May 1, 1999)
- Mission impossible 2 soundtrack Japanese (only track 18 - S.O.S) (May 31, 2000)
- Forever (English version) (December 23, 2000)
- Oblivion Dust single collections (11 singles CDs + 1 live CD) (December 27, 2001)
[edit] External links
- Oblivion Dust website
- Interview with Koozie Johns about Oblivion Dust
- Oblivion Dust Fetus HP
- Psyanide fansite
- Oricon profile (Japanese)
- Sinnerstar Koozie John's band
- Kick Down The Doors info on projects from Ray McVeigh
