Kemuri

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Kemuri
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genre(s)	Ska punk
Years active	1995-2007
Website	Official website
Members
Fumio Ito (伊藤ふみお) Noriaki Tsuda (津田紀昭) Hidenori Minami (南英紀) Shoji Hiraya (平谷庄至) Ken Kobayashi (コバヤシケン)
Former members
Ryosuke Morimura (森村亮介)

Kemuri is a Japanese ska-punk band formed in 1995. They have an upbeat sound with positive lyrics which they refer to as PMA (positive mental attitude). While the majority of the songs are in English, they do also sing in Japanese.

1 Break Up
2 Band members
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Break Up

On December 12th, 2006, Kemuri posted a "break up message" on their website[1]. They said they had done much more than they expected as a band and that this break up would be the most positive conclusion to their band (keeping in line with their PMA message). Their last show will be on December 9th, 2007 at the Zepp in Tokyo.

[edit] Band members

Fumio Ito (伊藤ふみお), vocals
Noriaki Tsuda (津田紀昭), bass
Hidenori Minami (南英紀), guitar
Shoji Hiraya (平谷庄至), drums
Ken Kobayashi (コバヤシケン), saxophone
Ryosuke Morimura (森村亮介), former trumpet player who died in 2003.

[edit] Discography

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Little Playmate - 1997:
1. New Generation 2.31
2. Knockin' On The Door 2.06
3. Prayer 3.21
4. Workin' Dayz 4.00
5. Rainy Saturday 3.16
6. Circle of Life 3.40
7. Sun Set 3.20
8. Live Up To Ya Rights! 3.10
9. Don't Know 1.26
10. Ato Ichinen 3.02
11. Mercy 3.07
12. Givin' Up 1.58
13. Yellow Survivors 3.13
14. On the Street 3.32

77 Days - 1998:
1. Heartbeat 3.25
2. PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) 2.40
3. Minimum Wage 2.16
4. Ohichyo 2.22
5. Birthday 2.33
6. Nite Drive 2.39
7. What Else 4.00
8. Tiny Square Room 3.02
9. Lights and Shadows 2.50
10. Kanasimiyo 2.04
11. Second Chance 2.20
12. Father's Mountain 2.37
13. Secret 2.27
14. Along the Longest Way 3.05

Senka-Senrui - 2000:
1. One Life, No Regret 3.10
2. Falling Down 3.06
3. Egotistic and Weak Fragment of Creation 3.01
4. In the Perfect Silence 3.04
5. Kirisame 3.19
6. Lullaby 2.41
7. One Drop Liberation 2.58
8. Into Sands 4.00
9. The Colors 2.42
10. Oneday 2.38
11. Ancient Wind 2.49
12. Fight Vices Inside 2.44
13. Hoshizora To Heisha (Instrumental) 3.51
14. Mangestu No Yori Ni Hana 2.53
15. Scream For My Dream (Album Version) 3.39
(16. Walking On Sunshine 3.26) Some listings show this sixteenth track.

Emotivation - 2001:
1. The Rhythm 2.50
2. Rockin' 2.40
3. Bonfire 2.34
4. Confession 2.37
5. Early Bird Singing 2.50
6. Half a Glass of Water 2.13
7. City Life 2.57
8. Battle Against Fear 2.44
9. Try To Be Yourself 3.04
10. Without a Word to Share 3.28
11. Five O' Clock at Night 1.54
12. Gleam of Dawn 3.33
13. Smoke 3.45

Circles - 2004:
1. Rules 2.39
2. Shiroi Bara 3.24
3. Namari No Hana 3.04
4. Cherry Pie 1.51
5. Kogoeru Shintai 3.17
6. Part To Play 3.35
7. Just a Regular Sunday Morning 3.05
8. Hazugi No Umi (Album Version) 2.36
9. Round About Midnight 4.22
10. September 2.52
11. Tsuyoi Kaze No Naka Wo 3.54
12. One Straight Punch (Album Version) 3.04
13. My Lonely Tuesday 3.17
14. Itsu No Hi Ka Kitto Iku Basho (Album Version) 3.29
15. Reality Bites 3.26
16. -???- (Album Version) 3.51

Waiting For The Rain - 2005:
1. Jojou No Uta 2.48
2. Te Wo Nobase 2.26
3. Wakaki-Taiyou 3.38
4. Gratitude 3.42
5. Yokaze Ni Furueru Utagoe 3.05
6. Hana Ga Saku Toki 4.41

Principle - 2005:
1. The Best 2.43
2. 100 Years is Not Enough 2.48
3. Broken Wine Glass, Lonely Night 4.52
4. I Want to Stay With You Tonite 2.34
5. We Will Meet Again 2.40
6. You Go 4.19
7. One Love 2.49
8. My White Station Wagon 3.47
9. Reason To Believe 3.09
10. Things Your Smile Gives 3.25
11. New Holiday 3.30
12. Bad Stars 3.12