Band maid

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Band maid
Band logo that was used until 2017

Band logo that was used until 2017
Band Maid (2019)
Band Maid (2019)
General information
origin Tokyo , Japan
Genre (s) Hard rock , heavy metal
founding 2013
Website www.bandmaid.tokyo
Current occupation
Saiki Atsumi
Lead guitar , backing vocals
 Kanami Tōno
Rhythm guitar , backing vocals, vocals
 Miku Kobato
Misa
Drums , backing vocals
 Akane Hirose

Band-Maid is a hard rock / heavy metal band from the Japanese capital Tokyo, founded in 2013 .

history

Band-Maid was founded in July 2013 by guitarist and singer Miku Kobato (actually Mika Noguchi), who was working in a Maid Cafe at the time. Her vision was to juxtapose the fundamentally different images of maids and rock music . Via an Internet search, she recruited lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, who had previously been active as a singer-songwriter , and Akane Hirose brought along as a drummer . Via Hirose, in turn, the musicians became aware of bassist Misa, whom Hirose knew through the music school . Saiki Atsumi was integrated into the band through a casting .

In January 2014, Maid, the group's first mini-album , was released in Japan . In November 2015, the second mini-album New Beginning was released . In March of the following year, the band played their first concert outside of Japan at the Sakura-Con in Seattle , Washington state . After Band-Maid had signed a recording contract with Crown Stones , a subsidiary of Nippon Crown , the third mini-album, Brand New Maid , was released. Her record Maid, released in 2014, was also reissued by the record company in Japan . In October and November 2016 the band played their first world tour, which included Hong Kong , Mexico and six European countries. The band gave their first concert in Europe in May of the same year at the MCM Comic Con in the British capital, London .

The debut album Just Bring It was released in January 2017, preceded by the single YOLO , which was released in November of the previous year . The band was part of the 2017 Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan , which took place on June 23 and 24, 2017. Band-Maid covered the song Honey by the Japanese band MUCC for a tribute album that was released in November of the same year. In February 2018, World Domination, the group's second album, was released, which will be advertised with a tour in April. The band is also part of the Warped Tour in Japan , which took place on April 1st, 2018 at Makuhari Messe .

Band maiko

On March 31, 2018, the band released a video under the pseudonym Band-Maiko with the title secret Maiko lips . In this, the musicians appear dressed in classic geisha robes and play a new version of the title secret My lips, originally published on the album Just Bring It . Classical Japanese instruments used by geishas can be heard in it. The lyrics are also sung in a Kyoto dialect. This was originally intended as an April Fool's joke, but it was so well received by the fans that the band released another video under the pseudonym on April 1, 2019. The specially composed title "祇 園 町" ( Gion-cho ) is presented. These two tracks were released along with five other tracks on the Band-Maiko album.

Gion is the geisha district of Kyoto and geisha are called maiko in training.

style

Occur

The band's appearance is based on the service in Japanese maid cafes . In interviews, the musicians explained that the concept came from the band's founder, Miku Kobato, who had worked at the Noodol Cafe in Akihabara before starting her music career . This concept is reinforced by the band, who refer to their male fans as Masters , female fans as Princesses and their concerts as Servings . The submissive demeanor of the musicians should be seen as a contrast to the aggressive rock style.

music

Band founder Kobato draws her musical inspiration from Enka music and attended a singing school in 2012, but began to play electric guitar when the band was founded. Singer Atsumi started singing at the age of 14. Influenced by Carlos Santana , lead guitarist Tōno learned to play the classical piano as a child and taught herself to play guitar when she joined the high school band. Drummer Hirose is a fan of Deep Purple and Maximum the Hormone ; she is influenced by the drummer Nao Kawakita , who plays in the latter group. Hirose is also able to play tuba and piano. Bassist Misa is a fan of the Smashing Pumpkins and Jimi Hendrix . She started playing the piano at the age of 3 or 4, learning to play the trumpet , alto horn and guitar on the side. She explained in interviews that she switched to the bass guitar after hearing about bassist Paz Lenchantin . She always names the Pixies bassist as her greatest role model. Like her, Misa likes to play barefoot on stage.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
New beginning
  JP 64 11/18/2015 (2 weeks)
Brand New Maid
  JP 19th 05/18/2016 (8 weeks)
Just bring it
  JP 16 11/01/2017 (5 weeks)
Maid in Japan
  JP 26th 02/14/2018 (3 weeks)
World domination
  JP 9 02/14/2018 (9 weeks)
Band maiko
  JP 15th 04/03/2019 (3 weeks)
Conqueror
  JP 9 December 11, 2019 (9 weeks)
Singles
YOLO
  JP 36 11/16/2016 (2 weeks)
Daydreaming / Choose Me
  JP 20th 07/19/2017 (3 weeks)
Start over
  JP 16 July 25, 2018 (4 weeks)
Glory
  JP 12 January 16, 2019 (3 weeks)
Bubble
  JP 14th January 16, 2019 (2 weeks)
  • 2014: Maid in Japan (album, Gump Records , reissued by Crown Stones in 2018 )
  • 2015: New Beginning (Album, Gump Records)
  • 2016: Brand New Maid (Album, Crown Stones )
  • 2017: Just Bring It (Album, Crown Stones, JPU Records in Europe)
  • 2018: World Domination (Album, Crown Stones, JPU Records)
  • 2019: Band-Maiko (EP, Revolver Records)
  • 2019: Conqueror (Album, Revolver Records)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b BAND-MAID - Interview (2015) . In: jrock247 . July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c Interview with BAND-MAID . In: jame-world . May 12, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  3. ^ New mini-album from BAND-MAID . In: jame-world . July 10, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ BAND-MAID to Release New Mini-Album and Appear at MCM London Comic Con . In: jame-world . February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ BAND-MAID to Make USA Debut at Sakura-Con 2016 . In: jame-world . February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ BAND-MAID Announce First European Tour this October . July 27, 2016. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 17, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jpurecords.com
  7. ↑ Hard-rock maid band BAND-MAID to start world tour in 2 weeks .
  8. ↑ MCM Comic Con : J-rockers Band-Maid to give first European gig at London Comic Con
  9. ↑ 今 月末 、 台湾 で 行 わ れ る “Golden Melody Awards & Festival 2017 金曲 獎 頒獎 典禮 暨 國際 音樂 節” の 詳細 発 表！ . Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ Press release: Golden Melody Festival 2017 Forms a Platform to Connect Pop Music in Taiwan and the World
  11. ↑ BAND MAID,来年2/14にメジャー2ndアルバム「WORLD DOMINATION」 &インディーズ時代の音源のリマスタリング盤リリース決定!東名阪ツアーも開催! . December 9, 2017. Accessed March 27, 2018.
  12. ↑ BAND-MAID Youtube channel: BAND-MAIKO / secret MAIKO lips. March 31, 2018, accessed July 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ News: BAND-MAID Change Their Name to “BAND-MAIKO” for April Fool's Day. In: MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON. MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON Corporation, April 4, 2018, accessed July 28, 2019 .
  14. ↑ BAND-MAID: BAND-MAIKO is back !!! MV 「祇 園 町" Gion-cho "」 Release. In: Official BAND-MAID homepage. BAND-MAID, April 1, 2019, accessed on July 28, 2019 (English / Japanese).
  15. ↑ Discogs: BAND-MAIKO. In: Discog's music database. Discogs, April 3, 2019, accessed July 28, 2019 .
  16. ↑ a b Meet BAND-MAID, The Maid-Themed Rock Band Who Love Bitter And Rocked Comic Con . In: Rock Sound . June 21, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ Who are Band-Maid and what do they want? . In: Metal Hammer . August 30, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  18. ↑ Gekirock: BAND-MAIDs Moe Kyun's Maid's Holiday Part 3 July 1, 2018, accessed June 19, 2019 (Japanese).
  19. ↑ Chart tracking albums: JP
  20. ↑ Chart tracking Singles: JP
  21. ↑ Stef Lach: Jeff Beck, Joe Perry and All-Star Band triumph at Classic Rock Awards in Tokyo . November 11, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  22. ↑ Congrats . January 28, 2020. Accessed February 8, 2020.