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| Birth name | Jun Onose (小野瀬 潤) |
| Also known as | J |
| Born | August 12, 1970 Hadano |
| Origin | Kanagawa, Japan |
| Genres | Alternative rock, post-grunge, punk rock, hard rock, heavy metal |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass, guitar |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Universal, Avex Group/Blowgrow |
| Associated acts | Luna Sea, Zilch, M*A*S*S |
| Website | j-wumf.com |
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| ESP J-TVB-V -Fire Red- | |
Jun Onose (小野瀬 潤 Onose Jun, born on August 12, 1970 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), referred to by his stage name J, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as bassist, co-founder and leader of the rock band Luna Sea.[1] After the group disbanded in 2000 he focused on his solo career, for which he performs lead vocals and bass. He has recently rejoined Luna Sea as they reunited in August 2010.
Since 1997, J has had prominent names in the music industry playing either on his albums, as his backing band, or showing up as guests at some of his concerts including Raymond Watts (PIG), Ray McVeigh (Zilch), Takashi Fujita (Doom), Scott Garrett, Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury (all three from The Cult), Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols), Duff McKagan and Slash (both from Velvet Revolver), Franz Stahl (Scream) and Youjeen (Cherry Filter).
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Onose was born August 12, 1970, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. During middle school through high school he became good friends with Inoran, and in 1989 they formed a band called Lunacy, which would later change their name to Luna Sea.[1]
In 1993, J teamed up with Inoran and X Japan guitarist hide to form the group M*A*S*S. Their only material released was the song "Frozen Bug" on the sampler Dance 2 Noise 004 (the song would later be remixed by hide and put on his debut solo album Hide Your Face).
J signed with Universal Music Group in 1997. He put out his first single called "Burn Out" June 25, which contained a cover of the Blondie hit song "Call Me".
In 1999, he remixed Zilch's song "Electric Cucumber" for their remix album, Bastard Eyes. J later performed and toured with Zilch in 2001.[2]
J did some production work on Youjeen's albums and singles released 2001-2002, together with Franz Stahl.
In 2002, he played bass on the track "I Hate You" for Tomoyasu Hotei's album Scorpio Rising.[2] Hotei later remixed J's song "Perfect World" for the "Go Crazy" single.
J participated in the making of Seo Taiji's 2004 album 7th Issue, by playing bass.[2]
Since November 9, 2005, starting with the "Break" single, J has been signed to Blowgrow a division of Avex Group.
J covered Buck-Tick's song "Iconoclasm" for their tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-, which was released on December 21, 2005. Later on September 8, 2007, he performed at "Buck-Tick Fest 2007 on Parade", the finale of the tour for the album.[2]
In 2006, he played bass in a collaboration with other musicians, under the name Aggressive Dogs Death Note Allstars "N-Crew", on the Death Note manga's tribute album, Death Note Tribute.[2]
On December 24, 2007, J reunited with Luna Sea for their concert "God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~" at the Tokyo Dome.[3] The band would reunite and perform again at the "hide memorial summit" on May 4, 2008, along with X Japan, Oblivion Dust, T.M.Revolution, and many more.
In 2008, J played bass on five songs for, Aion leader, Izumi's death metal band The Braincase's self-titled debut album.[4] In the 1980s J was a roadie for Aion.
In April 2009, J made the announcement, in his fan club issued Pyro Magazine Vol.21, that he had gotten married.
In August 2010, he appeared with the other members of Luna Sea at a press conference in Hong Kong, where they officially announced their reunion and their "20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon-".[5]
To celebrate his 14 year anniversary as a solo artist, J released the self cover album Fourteen -The Best of Ignitions- in January 2011. March 8, was the debut of Pink Spider, a musical based on and featuring hide's music, which J performed a supporting role in. [6] The production ran from March 8 to the 27 at the Tokyo Globe Theater and was then brought to Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Niigata, Sendai, and Sapporo in April.[7] From May 5 to 9, J held five consecutive concerts at Shibuya-AX titled "J 14th Anniversary Special Live Set Fire Get Higher -Fire Higher 2011-", each day with different bands such as Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Nothing's Carved in Stone, Avengers in Sci-Fi, Pay Money to My Pain and The Hiatus.[8]
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