Sex Machineguns

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Sex Machineguns album cover for Heavy Metal Thunder (2005)
Sex Machineguns album cover for Heavy Metal Thunder (2005)

The Sex Machineguns are a Japanese Speed Metal band who released their first commercial single and album in 1998. They play a very bass-heavy form of metal, similar to the genre called Heavy Metal (and that is how they refer to themselves) but in a twist most Heavy Metal does not have, as Sex Machineguns songs tend to be filled with extremely fast guitar and bass solos as seen in the realm of Speed Metal. The band rides an image of being "Shock Rockers" by wearing crazy, exotic outfits like Visual Kei bands, singing about blowing up restaurants (see song "FamiResuBombaa") and naming one of their live DVDs "SM Show" in a very intentional allusion to BDSM. Casting themselves as shock rockers is not the prime selling point of their music though, as they also exhibit their technical skill on their instruments.

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[edit] Biography

The Sex Machineguns started in 1996 as a low-popularity Indie group, touring live houses and clubs. Their name is intentionally similar to that of the Sex Pistols and, according to the band, "implying that [we] machineguns are more radical than [the] pistols". They gained a large fanbase quickly, and sold out their shows. They went on tour, and spread their popularity all over Japan. Once they got back home to release their first video and live CD in Spring of 1997, they had developed such a fanbase that the first press of the video sold out instantly, to all parts of Japan from Okinawa to Hokkaidō.

In 1998, the Sex Machineguns made their commercial debut with the release of their first single on Toshiba-EMI Records. the single sold out all over Japan instantly, and it was decided they would go on a debut tour (which sold out completely in every location). Magazines began to run articles, and the single sold steadily, skyrocketing the band's popularity. In September they released their first album, which was another huge hit. They went on many tours, all selling out, and topped the singles charts all over Japan. As 1998 came to a close, the Sex Machineguns had topped the charts, and played 62 concerts (all sold out).

The bands frontman announced that the band would be taking a 'activity pause' on the 20th March 2006 All members except for Anchang have left the band (whether or not this is permanent is not mentioned) and formed a new band/side-project called Elleguns, which released a 6-track instrumental.

As of December 2006, Circuit. V.Panther, Samurai. W.Kenjilaw, and Speed Star Sypan Joe have started a new band known as "Cycle".

Anchang released his second solo album, entitled "Memphis" on February 21, 2007. This album is the follow up to his first solo album entitled "The Maintenance" (released January 28, 2004), which was released under the name "Sex Machinegun".

[edit] Lineup

[edit] Current Members (4th Stage)

  • Anchang (Koji Ando) - Lead / Rhythm Guitar and Vocals (1996-present)

[edit] Previous Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  1. 1998/10/16 - Sex Machinegun
  2. 1999/11/26 - Made in Japan
  3. 2001/03/07 - Barbie-Q★Michael
  4. 2001/10/31 - Burning Hammer (live album)
  5. 2002/10/09 - Ignition
  6. 2003/06/04 - Machineguns Get-Together ("Best Of" compilation)
  7. 2003/08/06 - To the future tracks
  8. 2003/09/26 - Live! Final Attack at Budokan (double live album)
  9. 2005/03/02 - Heavy Metal Thunder
  10. 2006/02/08 - Made in USA

[edit] Singles

  1. 1998/04/22 - Hanabi-la daikaiten (The Giant Slalom)
  2. 1998/09/18 - Burn ~Love's Burning Fire~
  3. 1999/02/03 - Tekken II
  4. 1999/04/21 - Mikan no uta (Mikan Song)
  5. 1999/10/20 - Onigunsow (A hard-hearted sergeant)
  6. 2001/01/24 - Aikoso Subete (Love is all of My Life)
  7. 2001/05/23 - S.H.R ~Sexy Hero Revolution~
  8. 2001/05/23 - Hanabi-la daiakiten (re-release after the original went out of print)
  9. 2001/05/23 - Burn ~Love's Burning Fire~ (re-release after the original went out of print)
  10. 2001/05/23 - Tekken II (re-release after the original went out of print)
  11. 2001/08/29 - Tairyô (Good fishing!!)
  12. 2002/01/23 - Sokoni anataga... (There You Are...)
  13. 2002/05/16 - Bousou Rock (Reckless Rider)
  14. 2002/08/07 - Yonaoshi Good Vibration (Social reform, Good Vibration)
  15. 2004/11/10 - Deamaedo icchokusen (Straight Line Meal Delivery)
  16. 2005/02/09 - Suspense Gekijou (Suspense Theatre)
  17. 2005/08/03 - Aijin 28

[edit] Other

  1. 1999/04/21 - Hellthy Set M (A DVD+CD set. The DVD has the music video of the song "FamiResuBombaa", and the CD has the song "Magnum fire")
  2. 2002/06/01 - Route320 (A CD by Mitsuo Nakajima on which Sex Machineguns bandmember Anchang is a guest)
  3. 2003/09/26 - Circuit. V.Panther - Sexy Finger (This was a 6-song solo release by the band's guitarist in the form of a CD and a live VHS)
  4. 2003/12/03 - Talk! Tear! (This was the solo project of Vocal/Guitarist Anchang after the 3rd SMG disbanded in 2003, a single containing the opening and ending themes to a Japanese TV drama)
  5. 2004/01/28 - the maintenance (A 10 tracks album by Anchang's solo project Sex Machinegun)
  6. 2004/09/15 - Circuit. V.Panther - Sexy Finger II (Another 6 tracks solo work)
  7. 2005/03/16 - Love for Nana-Black Stones (SMG contributes 1 song "Black Crow" to this album)
  8. 2005/09/07 - Music from And Inspired by the Game Heavy Metal Thunder ~The Recordings~
  9. 2005/10/12 - Elleguns (side project of CV Panther/Kenjilaw/SSS Joe) - Keepout (A 6 tracks Instrumental)
  10. 20??/??/?? - Sex Machinegun - The Maintenance (Anchang)

[edit] Videos

The naming scheme for the Sex Machineguns videos is as follows:

  • Video Sex = A compilation of the latest music videos from the band
  • SM Show = A compilation of concert video bits (SM Show 2 has a 90min full concert followed by a 20min clip of another, followed by some other clips, and then a second full 90min concert, for example)
  1. 2000/09/27 - Emergency! Nozarashi! - Video (This was released as "Limited Production")
  2. 2000/11/16 - SM Show - DVD and Video
  3. 2000/06/07 - Video Sex - Video
  4. 2002/02/20 - Video Sex - DVD
  5. 2002/02/20 - SM Show 2 - DVD and Video
  6. 2002/12/04 - Video Sex 2 - DVD and Video
  7. 2003/02/19 - SM Show 3 - DVD and Video
  8. 2003/10/22 - SM Show Finale - DVD
  9. 2003/12/10 - Metal Box - DVD
  10. 2006/01/25 - Made In USA - Single DVD
  11. 2006/03/08 - Living In America - Documentary DVD
  12. 2006/06/28 - a day in the Live ~ Sex Machineguns Live In USA~ - Live DVD

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