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Glay
MTV VMAJ 2014 Glay.jpg
General information
Genre (s) J-rock , J-pop
founding 1988
Website www.glay.co.jp
Current occupation
Teru
Takuro
Hisashi
Jiro
Support
Rhythm guitar, keyboard
 Masahide Sakuma (since 1994)
Toshi Nagai (since 1995)
Keyboard
 Yuta Saitou (since 2004)

Glay is a Japanese rock band . The group was founded in 1988 and became famous in 1994. Their music is rooted in pop-rock , and there are also influences from punk , electronic music and ska .

The band consists of Takuro Kubo (leader, songwriting, rhythm guitar), Teru Teruhiko Kobashi (vocals), Jiro Yoshihito Wayama (bass) and Hisashi Tonomura (lead guitar). Regular guest members are Toshi Nagai (drums) and Masahide Sakuma (keyboard).

history

Early years

Kubo, Tonomura, and Kobashi were students in Hakodate High School when they decided to perform together. In 1988 Kubo and Kobashi founded Glay with some friends. The band name is an incorrect spelling for "gray". You don't want to be black (stands for rock ) or white (stands for pop ), you want to pursue your own musical direction.

Teru was initially a drummer, but was appointed singer in the summer of the same year by the other members, who were very impressed by his singing. Tonomura initially took part in performances sporadically, but primarily pursued his own musical interests with his punk band Ari . This dissolved in 1989, whereupon he joined GLAY as a third permanent member.

The following year the three decided to go to Tokyo , capital of Japan and the Japanese music industry. Wayama, a friend of Kubo, joined as a bassist. In this constellation and with changing drummers, they played in clubs and recorded demos. The costly life in Tokyo was financed with several odd jobs (construction, supermarket, amusement arcades). At times the band members lived in a shared apartment.

On October 17th, 1993 they played at the Ichikawa Club GIO , where Yoshiki was also present, leader of X Japan and producer. He offered them an independent contract with his label Extasy Records after the performance . It didn't take long before GLAY switched to the major label Platinum Records , where they became better known with their first hit, Rain .

1994-2004

Their popularity grew, their fourth single Freeze my love made it to 19th place on the Oricon charts, their first album Speed ​​Pop climbed to number 8. Their first number-one hit came in 1996 with their second album Beat Out! . In 1997 they released their hit single However , which is said to be their best known work to date. Review - Best of Glay from the summer of the same year was Japan's best-selling album at the time, with 4 million records sold, and in 2007 it was still number 3. Many tours and other releases followed.

On July 31, 1999, Glay held the Glay Expo 1999 Survival Concert at Makuhari Messe in front of 200,000 people, making it the largest concert event in Japan. In 2001 and 2004 two further expos followed, where the visitor record could be topped. The Glay Expo 2004 was organized on the occasion of their 10th band anniversary.

Then the band decided to take a break. During this time the members pursued various projects of their own.

Re: Birth 2006

In February 2006, Glay returned with a gig at Zepp Tokyo and three at Nippon Budokan , which were called Re-birth: Rock 'n' Roll Swindle .

In July 2006 the new single G4 was released, which was again much more rock than many of the songs before their break. A major media campaign promoted her comeback in the music world. In July, she teamed up with ex BOØWY singer Kyosuke Himuro together to answer to create. In August 2006, GLAY took part in the Southern All Stars Summer Concert Mujintō alongside various other bands . Her first ballad that year was titled Natsuoto / Hen na Yume -Thousand Dreams and was released in September. The song became the theme song for the TBS TV show Koi suru Hanikami . They then went on their Rock 'n' Roll Swindle -Re-Birth- tour in November , which ran until the beginning of 2007.

In January, the new single 100 Man Kai no Kiss and the new album Love is Beautiful followed . Again they went on tour and continued to provide their fans with their latest compositions. Jiro's band The Predators played at the Rising Sun Rock Festival in Ezo , while Teru and Hisashi performed with their band Rally at the Buck-Tick Fest 2007 .

2010

After GLAY had already been able to look back on 15 years of band history in 2009, they did not stop in 2010 either and on April 1st they released the new song Apologize , which after the title LET ME BE is again offered primarily for download. Glay will also open their own YouTube channel on April 9th. Along with this announcement, the dates for a new Japan-wide tour will also be announced.

Glay in numbers

The Best of Album Review is the Guinness record holder in Japan with five million CDs sold . A lively fan base is organized in the Happy Swing fan club . Concerts are usually sold out after a short time.

Also worth mentioning are the large-scale GLAY Expos, where the open air and the exhibition go hand in hand. So far, three of these events have been held:

  • 1999 with 200,000 visitors ( Makuhari Messe )
  • 2001 with 280,000 visitors (in Tokyo)
  • 2004 with 100,000 visitors (in Osaka)

In addition, GLAY have received a number of awards:

1996

  • Gold Request Award for the single Beloved at the 29th All Japan Cable Broadcast Awards

1997

  • Grand Prize Winner at the 30th All Japan Cable Broadcast Awards
  • Grand Prize Winner at the 30th Japan Cable Broadcast Awards
  • Best Album of the Year for Beloved at the 39th Japan Record Awards
  • Most Outstanding Piece of Work for However at the 39th Japan Record Awards

1998

  • Grand Prize winner at the 35th Golden Arrow Awards
  • Best Selling Japanese Artist at the World Music Awards
  • Best Rock Album of the Year at the 12th Golden Disk Awards
  • Best Musical Video of the Year at the 12th Golden Disk Awards
  • Best Artist of the Year at the 12th Golden Disk Awards
  • Best Album of the Year for pure soul at the 40th Japan Record Awards

1999

  • Grand Prize Winner at the 32nd All Japan Cable Broadcast Awards
  • Most Requested Artist at the 32nd Japan Cable Broadcast Awards
  • Grand Prize Winner for Winter, again at the 41st Japan Record Awards

2005

Members

official members

  • Teru , ( Japanese 小橋 照 彦 , Kobashi Teruhiko ; born June 8, 1971 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō)
Teru is the singer of the band, but can also play drums and guitar. For Glay he wrote a few songs like Back Up , Blast , I will ~ , Shuumatsu no Baby Talk and Little Lovebirds .
In 2002 he married Ami Onuki from Puffy AmiYumi and has a daughter with her.
Together with Hisashi, drummer Motokatsu from The Mad Capsule Markets and bassist Ueno Koji from Thee Michelle Gun Elephant , he played in a band called Rally during Glay's break .
  • Takuro ( 久保 琢 郎 , Kubo Takuro ; born May 26, 1971 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō)
The bandleader plays rhythm guitar and keyboard, composes most of Glay's songs and writes the corresponding lyrics. In this role he has also written songs for other artists, including Namie Amuro ( Lovebite ), MISIA ( fuyu no etranger ), Hikaru Utada ( Time Limit and Drama ) and Mika Nakashima ( Hitoiro and Eyes for the Moon ), to name a few to call.
He is married to the Japanese model Seri Iwahori; You have two children.
He's the band's guitarist. Before he became an official member of the band, he played with Ari (蟻).
  • Jiro ( 和 山 義 仁 , Wayama Yoshihito ; born October 17, 1972 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō)
Jiro is the bass player for Glay and The Predators . He founded the latter with The pillows guitarist Yamanaka Sawao and straightener drummer Nakayama Shinpei. For Glay he composed SHUTTER SPEEDS no te-ma , Good Bye Bye Sunday , TIME and AMERICAN INNOVATION, among others .

Support members

  • Masahide Sakuma (since 1994): rhythm guitar, keyboard
  • Toshi Nagai (since 1995): drums
  • Yuta Saitō (since 2004): Keyboard

media

In addition to their career as a musician, all band members except Teru have written one book and Jiro two. Furthermore, they all have or had their own radio shows, Hisashi occasionally appears as a DJ and Teru designs posters, album covers and T-shirts, both for his band and for artist friends.

Discography

Albums

  • 灰 と ダ イ ヤ モ ン ド ( Hai to Diamond , May 25, 1994)
  • Speed ​​Pop (March 1, 1995)
  • Beat out (February 7, 1996)
  • Beloved (November 18, 1996)
  • Pure Soul (July 29, 1998)
  • Heavy Gauge (August 20, 1999)
  • One Love (November 28, 2001)
  • Unity Roots & Family, Away (September 19, 2002)
  • The Frustrated (March 23, 2004)
  • LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL (January 31, 2007)
  • I am xxx (May 25, 2009)
  • Glay (October 13, 2010)
  • Justice (January 23, 2013)
  • Guilty (January 23, 2013)
  • Music Life (November 5, 2014)
  • Summerdelics (July 12, 2017)

Compilations

  • Review (October 1, 1997)
  • Drive (November 29, 2000)
  • Review (April 11, 2001)
  • Rare Collectives Vol.1 (March 5, 2003)
  • Rare Collectives Vol.2 (March 5, 2003)
  • White Road “Ballad Best Singles” (January 15, 2005)
  • The Great Vacation Vol.1 ~ Super Best of Glay ~ (June 10, 2009)
  • The Great Vacation Vol.2 ~ Super Best of Glay ~ (October 21, 2009)
  • Rare Collectives Vol.3 (March 9, 2011)
  • Rare Collectives Vol.4 (March 9, 2011)

Singles

  • Rain May 25, 1994
  • 真 夏 の 扉 ( Manatsu no tobira , June 15, 1994)
  • 彼女 の “Modern ···” ( Kanojo no Modern… , November 16, 1994)
  • Freeze my love (January 25, 1995)
  • ず っ と ２ 人 で ・ ・ ・ ( Zutto futari de… , May 17, 1995)
  • Yes, Summerdays (August 9, 1995)
  • 生 き て く 強 さ ( Ikiteku Tsuyosa , November 8, 1995)
  • グ ロ リ ア ス ( Glorious , January 17, 1996)
  • Beloved (August 7, 1996)
  • a Boy ~ ず っ と 忘 れ な い ~ ( A boy - Zutto Wasurenai , November 11, 1996)
  • 口唇 ( Kuchibiru , May 14, 1997)
  • However (December 27, 1997)
  • However (December 27, 1997)
  • Soul love (April 29, 1998)
  • 誘惑 ( Yuuwaku , April 29, 1998)
  • Be with you (November 25, 1998)
  • Winter Again (February 3, 1999)
  • サ バ イ バ ル ( Survival , May 19, 1999)
  • こ こ で わ な い 、 ど こ か へ ( Koko dewa nai Dokoka He , August 25, 1999)
  • Happiness (January 1, 2000)
  • Mermaid (July 19, 2000)
  • と ま ど い / Special Thanks ( Tomadoi / Special Thanks , August 23, 2000)
  • Missing You (November 15, 2000)
  • Global Communication (April 25, 2001)
  • Stay Tuned (July 4, 2001)
  • ひ と ひ ら の 自由 ( Hitohira no Jiyuu , September 19, 2001)
  • Way of Difference (February 27, 2002)
  • ま た こ こ で あ い ま し ょ う ( Mata koko de aimasho , July 24, 2002)
  • 逢 い た い 気 持 ち ( Aitai Kimochi , July 31, 2002)
  • い つ か ( Itsuka (DVD single) March 5, 2003)
  • Beautiful Dreamer / Street Life (October 16, 2003)
  • 時 の 雫 ( Toki no Shizuku , January 28, 2004)
  • 天使 の わ け ま え / ピ ー ク 果 て し な く ソ ウ ル 限 り な く ( Tenshi no wakamae / peak hateshinaku soul kagirinaku , May 19, 2004)
  • Blue Jean (August 4, 2004)
  • ホ ワ イ ト ロ ー ド ( White Road , December 8, 2004)
  • SCREAM (GLAY x Exile , July 20, 2005)
  • G4 (July 12, 2006)
  • ANSWER (GLAY feat.Kyosuke Himuro , August 2, 2006)
  • 夏 音 ( Natsu Oto , September 6, 2006)
  • 100 万 回 の KISS ( hyakumankai no KISS , January 17, 2007)
  • 鼓動 ( kodou , April 4, 2007)
  • Ashes.EP (October 31, 2007)
  • VERB (June 11, 2008)
  • I LOVE YOU wo sagashiteru / Aka to Kuro no MATADORA (September 10, 2008)
  • SAY YOUR DREAM (March 4, 2009)
  • I am xxx (May 25, 2009)
  • Precious (September 8, 2010)
  • G4 ・ II -THE RED MOON- (October 5, 2011)
  • My Private "Jealousy" (November 16, 2011)
  • Bible (May 23, 2012)
  • JUSTICE [from] GUILTY (December 5, 2012)
  • Unmeiron (December 5, 2012)
  • Dark River / Eternally / Tokei (July 24, 2013)
  • Diamond Skin / Niji no Pocket / CRAZY DANCE (November 27, 2013)
  • BLEEZE ~ G4 ・ III ~ (July 9, 2014)
  • Hyakka Ryōran / Hashire! Mirai (October 15, 2014)
  • Heroes / Binetsu (A) girl Summer / Tsuzure Ori ~ so far and yet so close ~ (May 25, 2015)
  • G4 ・ IV (January 24, 2016)
  • [DEATHTOPIA] (August 3, 2016)

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  1. ↑ Official GLAY YouTube Channel Started. Nation Wide Tour Announced! . Musicjapanplus . April 13, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.

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