Oblivion Dust

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Oblivion Dust(OD) was a Japanese rock band that incorporated elements of electronic music to an indie rock format.


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[edit] History

Oblivion Dust formed in 1995 under the original name, Addict of the Tripp Minds with Japanese soap star Kenichi Okamoto as vocalist, Kaz Iwaike as lead guitarist, Ken Lloyd as second guitarist, Derek Forbes on bass and TAKA on drums. In early 1996 Kenichi Okamoto dropped out of the band to follow his acting career and, in a drunken slur, Ken Lloyd stepped up as vocalist and the name of the band changed to Oblivion Dust with the majority of the new songs being in English (although the band was targeted towards the Japanese market). In that moment, thanks to the help of Hide and Ray McVeigh (The Professionals, Zilch, Wild Crash 500, etc.) they signed with alternative label Cutting Edge, a sublabel of Avex. They went to Los Angeles, California to record their first album (wich wasn't released untill the following year) with Ray McVeigh as producer (he would also be the producer of there second album), but once recording of the album was completed Derek Forbes dropped out of the band to re-join Simple Minds and was replaced on bass by Koozie Johns(Jer Koozie) who only played in a few shows from mid 1996 until the end of 1996, then left the band and was replaced by Matt 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 length album entitled Looking for Elvis. They also returned to the Western United States to play 10 more concerts and tour their native Japan two more times. The first Japanese tour consisting of a total of 10 shows, and the second consisting of 5 more shows.

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 began 2000 with a nationwide Reborn tour. In February their fanclub was officially opened, and in May their new song entitled S.O.S. appeared on 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 members didn't enjoy their new roles for long, because only a few months later, in June 2001, Oblivion Dust announced that they would officially disband. 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 (Limited CD for whose attended at Tokyo NK Hall in december 23, 2000)
  • Oblivion Dust single collections (11 singles CDs + 1 live CD) (December 27, 2001)

[edit] External links

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