9mm Parabellum Bullet

9mm Parabellum Bullet
Origin Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Genres
Years active 2004–present
Labels under_bar
EMI Music Japan
Universal Music Japan
Sazanga
Website 9mm.jp
Members Takuro Sugawara
Yoshimitsu Taki
Kazuhiko Nakamura
Chihiro Kamijo

9mm Parabellum Bullet (キューミリ・パラベラム・バレット, Kyūmiri Paraberamu Baretto) is a Japanese rock band, formed in March 2004 in Yokohama. It consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Takuro Sugawara, guitarist and backing vocalist Yoshimitsu Taki, bassist Kazuhiko Nakamura, and drummer Chihiro Kamijo, who came up with the band's name. Piano pieces included in some songs are performed by Taki, while the characteristic shouts are provided by Nakamura.

History

2005–2009: Early releases and major label debut

The band signed to under_bar, a sub-label of Reverb Records, and released two early mini-albums, Gjallarhorn in 2005 and Phantomime in 2006, and played live shows in Yokohama and Tokyo.

2007 saw the band signed to EMI Music Japan and the releases of The World e.p. which featured newly recorded version of songs from Gjallarhorn and two new tracks, and the Discommunication e.p., which features the song "Discommunication" and a 35-minute live recording.[2][3] At the end of 2007 they released their first full album, Termination, after which they began their first one-man tour.[4]

In the summer of 2008 the band released the double A-side single "Supernova/Wanderland", which also included piano instrumentals of both songs and a third song called "Wildpitch".[5] 9mm Parabellum Bullet were invited to play at Asian Kung-Fu Generation's Nano-Mugen Festival that year at the Yokohama Arena, a festival notable for featuring up-and-coming acts alongside more well known and foreign acts. They covered "Motorbreath" for the October 2008 Metallica tribute album Metal-ikka.[6]

In October the band released their second full album Vampire and proceeded onto the Vampire Empire Tour 08/09. In April 2009, the band released their first live DVD, Act I, which contains 4 concerts from different points in their career.

2009–2011: Revolutionary and Movement

In late spring of 2009, the band released the mini-album Black Market Blues e.p., which also included a recording of their free live performance at Yoyogi Park as a B-side. 2009 also saw 9mm Parabellum Bullet's first nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for "Best Rock Video", where they were nominated for the video of their song "Living Dying Message". They also performed this song live at the show.

9mm Parabellum Bullet appeared at numerous rock festivals across Japan notably including Rock in Japan Festival, Rising Sun Rock Festival and Space Shower's Sweet Love Shower. On September 9, 2009, 9mm Parabellum Bullet had their first show at the Nippon Budokan titled 999. This performance would appear on the Cold Edge e.p., released on September 30.

9mm Parabellum Bullet were invited to play at Countdown Japan 09/10. In early-January they released the single "Inochi no Zenmai", which was used as the theme for the live-action adaptation of the Higanjima manga. The single includes a cover of Linda Yamamoto's 1972 song "Dou ni mo Tomaranai".[7] It was announced that April 21, 2010, would be the date of 9mm Parabellum Bullet's third full album release, titled Revolutionary.[8] It was followed by a tour across Japan. In late March, a music video was shot for the last track of the new album, called "The Revolutionary".

On May 18, 2011, the single "Atarashii Hikari" was released. The band's fourth album Movement was released on June 15. They also performed at Yokohama Arena on June 26.[9]

2012–present: Dawning and Waltz on Life Line

9mm Parabellum Bullet covered "Territorial Pissings" for the album Nevermind Tribute, which was released on April 4, 2012 and is composed of various Japanese bands covering the entirety of Nirvana's highly acclaimed album Nevermind.[10] Their first acoustic performance for MTV Unplugged was held at Billboard Live Tokyo with a limited capacity of 150 fans and released on home video on May 27. Their fourth single "Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete" followed on October 24, 2012.[11]

On April 1, 2013, EMI Music Japan was completely merged into Universal Music Japan as a sublabel by the name EMI Records Japan as a result of Universal Music's purchase of EMI in September 2012. All the artists from EMI Music Japan will continue releasing material at Universal Music Japan while still maintaining the catalogue code (TOCT).[12] Their fifth single "Answer and Answer" was released on May 29.[13] 9mm Parabellum Bullet released their fifth album Dawning on June 26, 2013.[14]

They performed a cover of "Instant Music" for the February 2014 The Pillows tribute album, Rock and Sympathy.[15]

The band took part in the first day of Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest at Makuhari Messe on June 27, 2015.[16] Luna Sea bassist J joined them onstage for "Cold Edge".[17] 9mm Parabellum Bullet released a quadruple A-side single, "Hangyaku no March/Dark Horse/Daremo Shiranai/Mad Pierrot", on September 9.[18] They also contributed a cover to a November 2015 tribute album for The Telephones, We are Disco!!! ~Tribute to The Telephones~.[19]

In January 2016, 9mm Parabellum Bullet announced they had switched to the independent record label Sazanga Records.[20] The album Waltz on Life Line was released on April 27, 2016. The band provided the opening theme song "Inferno" for the Berserk anime adaptation.[21]

Band members

Equipment

Sugawara

Taki

Nakamura

Kamijo

Kamijo is a full endorser of Yamaha drums, Remo drumheads, and Zildjian cymbals and drumsticks. Kamijo was a former user of Ludwig drums (notably the Vistalite series) prior to his switch to Yamaha, and has his signature model of drumsticks on Zildjian's website.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Oricon weekly charts
2007 Termination
  • Released: November 14, 2007
 10[25]
2008 Vampire
  • Released: October 15, 2008
 2[25]
2010 Revolutionary
  • Released: April 21, 2010
 4[25]
2011 Movement
  • Released: June 15, 2011
 6[25]
2013 Dawning
  • Released: June 26, 2013
 10[25]
2016 Waltz on Life Line
  • Released: April 27, 2016
 12[25]
2017 Babel
  • Released: May 10, 2017
 10[25]

Mini albums

Year Title Oricon charts
2005 Gjallarhorn
  • Released: December 8, 2005
 —
2006 Phantomime
  • Released: September 9, 2006
 —
2007 The World e.p.
  • Released: May 16, 2007
 22[25]
Discommunication e.p.
  • Released: October 10, 2007
 9[26]
2009 Black Market Blues e.p.
  • Released: June 3, 2009
 5[26]
Cold Edge e.p.
  • Released: September 30, 2009
 5[26]
2011 Kamome e.p. (カモメ e.p.)
  • Released: September 7, 2011
 11[26]

Singles

Year Title Oricon weekly charts
2008 "Supernova/Wanderland"
  • Released: May 21, 2008
 12[26]
2010 "Inochi no Zenmai" (命ノゼンマイ)
  • Released: January 6, 2010
 8[26]
2011 "Atarashii Hikari" (新しい光)
  • Released: May 18, 2011
 9[26]
2012 "Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete" (ハートに火をつけて)
  • Released: October 24, 2012
 9[26]
2013 "Answer and Answer"
  • Released: May 29, 2013
 10[26]
2014 "Seimei no Waltz" (生命のワルツ)
  • Released: December 10, 2014
 17[26]
2015 "Hangyaku no March/Dark Horse/Daremo Shiranai/Mad Pierrot" (反逆のマーチ/ダークホース/誰も知らない/Mad Pierrot)
  • Released: September 9, 2015
 19[26]
2016 "Inferno" (インフェルノ)
  • Released: July 20, 2016
 23[26]
2017 "Sacrifice" (サクリファイス)
  • Released June 6, 2017
 25[26] —

Compilation albums

Year Title Oricon charts
2014 Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 9, 2014
 12[25]

Covers

Year Title Original artist Released on Notes
2008 "Motorbreath" Metallica Metal-ikka Album A tribute album to Metallica in celebration of their new album Death Magnetic (released on October 22, 2008).[27]
2009 "TV no Singer" The Yellow Monkey This is For You ~ The Yellow Monkey Tribute Album A tribute album to The Yellow Monkey (released on December 9, 2009).[28]
2010 "Dou ni mo Tomaranai" Linda Yamamoto "Inochi no Zenmai" single The band included a cover of Linda Yamamoto's 1972 song on their single (released on January 6, 2010).
2012 "Territorial Pissings" Nirvana Nevermind Tribute Album A tribute album by Japanese artists (released on April 4, 2012) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's album Nevermind.
2014 "Instant Music" The Pillows Rock and Sympathy Album A second tribute album in honor of the 25th anniversary of The Pillows (released on February 26, 2014).[29]
2015 "Monkey Discooooooo" the telephones We are Disco!!! ~Tribute to The Telephones~ Album A tribute album to The Telephones who went on an indefinite hiatus.[30]

Demos

Year Title Oricon charts
2004 Talking Machine —

Home videos

Year Title Oricon weekly charts
2009 Act I
  • Released: April 1, 2009
 12[31]
2010 Act II
  • Released: September 9, 2010
 2[31]
Act III
  • Released: September 9, 2010
 2[31]
2012 Act IV
  • Released: April 18, 2012
 10[31]
MTV Unplugged
  • Released: August 29, 2012
 3[31]
2015 Act O/Act E/Act O+E
  • Released: May 27, 2015
 13[31]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "[9mm Parabellum Bullet] 総決算CDをメジャーでリリース". Natalie (in Japanese). 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  3. ↑ "[9mm Parabellum Bullet] 満を持してメジャー初シングル発売". Natalie (in Japanese). 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  4. ↑ "[9mm Parabellum Bullet] 激PRICEの1stアルバム＆全国ツアー". Natalie (in Japanese). 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  5. ↑ "9mm、新作はライブの人気曲＆初アニソンの両A面". Natalie (in Japanese). 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  6. ↑ "偏愛に満ちた邦楽アーティストMETALLICAカバー集". Natalie (in Japanese). 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  7. ↑ "9mm Parabellum Bullet Single". jame-world.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  8. ↑ "9mm Parabellum Bullet New Album". jame-world.com. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  9. ↑ "9mm初の横アリでまさかのアコースティックセッション". Natalie (in Japanese). 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  10. ↑ "Nevermind Tribute". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  11. ↑ "9mm Parabellum Bullet's New Single". jame-world.com. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  12. ↑ UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN
  13. ↑ "9mm Parabellum Bullet's New Single". jame-world.com. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  14. ↑ "9mm、5thアルバム「Dawning」"9周年盤"に17曲PV集". Natalie (in Japanese). 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  15. ↑ "Second Tribute Album to the pillows". jame-world.com. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  16. ↑ "LUNA SEA "LUNATIC FEST." LUNACY was announced as the opening act for both days". barks.jp. 2015-06-01. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  17. ↑ "LUNA SEA Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Star-studded LUNATIC FEST.". MTV. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  18. ↑ "New Single from 9mm Parabellum Bullet". jame-world.com. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  19. ↑ "the telephones Tribute Album". jame-world.com. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  20. ↑ "9mm Parabellum Bullet、6thアルバムは自主レーベルから発表". Natalie (in Japanese). 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  21. ↑ "9mm Parabellum Bullet、アニメ「ベルセルク」オープニングテーマ担当". Natalie (in Japanese). 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  22. ↑ "ESP Japan's webpage on Sugawara's Signature Model" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  23. ↑ "ESP Japan's webpage on Taki's Sigature Model" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  24. ↑ "ESP Japan's webpage on Nakamura's Sigature Model" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "9mm Parabellum Bulletのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "9mm Parabellum Bulletのシングル売り上げランキング". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  27. ↑ http://natalie.mu/music/news/9608
  28. ↑ http://natalie.mu/music/news/9608
  29. ↑ http://www.jame-world.com/us/news-98334-second-tribute-album-to-the-pillows.html
  30. ↑ http://www.jame-world.com/us/news-117585-the-telephones-tribute-album.html
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "9mm Parabellum BulletのDVD売り上げランキング". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-03-27.
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