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Biography

In March 2002, Ruki, Uruha, and Reita (all former band mates), and Aoi and Yune (also former band mates) formed a band under the name Gazette.[2] Originally signed to Matina, they released their first single, "Wakaremichi", and a video release in April. By September, they had released two more singles and another video, headlining a show for the first time in October.

In early 2003, Yune decided to leave the band, and he was replaced by Kai. Shortly after, they signed with the PS Company label and in May, released their first EP, Cockayne Soup. They started their first tour, with the band Hanamuke, and along with the tour, the bands collaborated on two songs. A second tour followed with the band Vidoll, and the bands were featured together on the November issue of Cure, a magazine focusing on Visual Kei bands.[3]

In early December they played a co-headlining show with Deadman. On December 28 they performed at Fool's Mate magazine's Beauti-fool's Fest which was later released on DVD.

On January 16, 2004 they recorded a solo performance at the Shibuya-AX, which was released on DVD as Tokyo Saihan -Judgment Day-.[2] On March 30, 2004 they released their Madara mini-album, which reached #2 on the Oricon Indie Charts. Madara was followed in May by a companion DVD, which included six music videos and an in-the-studio documentary. The same month, The Gazette was featured in Shoxx magazine's Expect Rush III, a catalogue of independent Visual Kei artists.[4] A second live DVD, Heisei Banka, was released in August.[2] During September and October they toured with fellow PS Company bands Kra and BIS. Their debut album, Disorder, was released in October and made it to the top 5 of the indies Oricon Daily Charts.

The band spent the remainder of 2004 and 2005 touring extensively, releasing Gama, another mini-album, in August.

In 2005, the band released their first major label single, Cassis, in December.[5]

Starting 2006 with a name change—from Japanese characters to a romanized script—they released Nil, their second full-length album, on February 8, 2006,[2] and embarked on another Japanese tour, ending at the venue Nippon Budokan.[6] That July, The Gazette performed at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Germany, their first show outside of Asia. The concerts were arranged in conjunction with the AnimagiC anime and manga convention.[7]

Three more singles were released followed by another studio album, Stacked Rubbsih on July 4, 2007. It reached #2 on the Oricon charts within a day from the release. The album debut was followed by a promotional tour from July through September. In October, The Gazette embarked on their first European tour, performing in England, Finland, France, and Germany.

A single named "Guren" was released on February 13, 2008, which landed a #1 spot on the Oricon Charts. It was announced that a new DVD would be released in August, and a new single Leech in Autumn 2008 [8], which also landed a #1 spot on the Oricon daily charts.[9]

The Gazette accomplished a one man tour through all of October called "From the Distorted City", referencing to the song "Distorted Daytime" in their single "Leech". It portrays Tokyo as a Distorted City, in terms of the society and political crisis sweeping over Japan in current days. "From the Distorted City" illustrates 'A Message from the Distorted City of Tokyo'.

On November 15, 2008, The Gazette hosted their first Secret Live in Shinjuku Station. Originally, around 250 people were to be anticipated, but instead, over 7000 came to the live, the most in history. Due to the amount of people on the streets, the police were forced to shut it down after two songs. [9][10] On January 3, 2009, The Gazette performed alongside their fellow bands signed to the PS Company label to celebrate the record label's 10th anniversary, where they announced they will release a new single called "Distress and Coma" on March 25, 2009. In addition to their new single, the band have announced that they will be releasing a new album Dim on July 15.

On March 10, 2009, they celebrate their 7th birthday in Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex 9.10 Hall after they held off playing their first one-man show of the year.

Along with DIM's release, the band will be having another Japan-wide summer tour starting July 2009, the tour final to be on September 5th at Saitama Super Arena.

[edit] Members

* Ruki (ルキ) – vocal * Uruha (麗) – guitar * Aoi (葵)– guitar * Reita (れいた) – bass guitar * Kai (戒) – drums

Former members

* Yune (由寧) – drums

[edit] Discography The Gazette discography Releases ↙Studio albums 	3 ↙Compilation albums 	1 ↙Extended plays 	6 ↙Singles 	15 ↙Video albums 	2

[edit] Albums & EPs Year 	Title 	Type 	Chart positions 2003 	Cockayne Soup 	EP 2003 	Akuyuukai 	EP 2003 	Spermargarita 	EP 2003 	Hankou Seimeibun 	EP 2004 	Madara 	EP 2004 	Disorder 	Studio album 	19 2005 	Gama 	EP 2006 	Nil 	Studio album 	4 2006 	Dainihon Itangeishateki... Compilation album 2007 	Stacked Rubbish 	Studio album 	2 2009 	Dim 	Studio album (Release July 15th)

[edit] Singles

* "Wakaremichi" (別れ道) (April 30, 2002) * "Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza" (鬼畜教師(32才独身)の悩殺講座) (August 30, 2002) * "Gozen 0-ji no Trauma Radio" (午前0時のとらうまラヂヲ) (November 1, 2003) * "Zakurogata no Yuuutsu" (July 28, 2004) * "Zetsu" (July 28, 2004) * "Miseinen" (July 28, 2004) * "Reila" (March 9, 2005) * "Dainippon Itangeishateki..." (November 23, 2005) * "Cassis" (December 7, 2005) * "Regret" (October 25, 2006) * "Filth in the Beauty" (November 1, 2006) * "Hyena" (February 7, 2007) * "Guren" (紅蓮) (February 13, 2008) * "Leech" (November 12, 2008) * "Distress and Coma" (March 25, 2009)

[edit] Compilations

* "Yougenkyou"(妖幻鏡moon) (25 December 2002, Eternal) o (With the song "Okuribi" (おくり火)) * "Kaleidoscope" (1 May 2003, PS Company) o (With the songs "Back Drop Junkie [Nancy]" and "Akai One Piece" (赤いワンピース)) * "Hanamuke & Gazette live"(男尻ツアーファイナル) (6 May 2003, PS Company) o (With the song "Machibouke no Kouen de" (待ちぼうけの公園)) * "Japanesque Rock Collectionz" (July 28, 2004) o (With the song "Okuribi" (おくり火)) * "Rock Nippon Shouji Nori ko Selection" (ロックNIPPON 東海林のり子セレクション) (January 24, 2007) o (With the song "Cassis")

[edit] Other Releases

* "Jyuyon sai no naifu" / 14 sai no knife(十四歳のナイフ) (11 September 2004, PS Company) * "Chigire"(チギレ) (August 2005, PS Company) * "Verwelktes Gedicht" (20 October 2005, PS Company) o (With the song "Kare uta"(枯詩))

[edit] Videography

* Shichoukaku Shitsu (視聴覚　質) (30 August 2002) * Sentimental Video (センチメンタルビデオ) (1 March 2003) * -Matina- Final Prelude Live (10 April 2003) (Various artists) * Hyakkiyagyou (百鬼家行) (1 October 2003) * Tokyo Saihan -Judgement Day- (東京裁判-Judgement Day-) (28 April 2004, PS Company) * Madara (斑蠡-Madara-) (26 May 2004, PS Company) * Heisei Banka (平成挽歌) (25 August 2004) * Peace & Smile Carnival Tour 2005 (～笑顔でファッキュー～) Live DVD (2006) (with Miyavi, Kagrra, Kra, Alice Nine) * Standing Tour 2005 Final Maximum Royal Disorder at 2005.4.17 Shibuya Kokaido Live(STANDING TOUR 2005 FINAL「M.R.D」at 2005.4.17 渋谷公会堂) (6 July 2005) * Film Bug I (7 June 2006, PS Company) * Standing Tour 2006 Nameless Liberty. Six Guns... -Tour Final- at Nippon Budokan (6 September 2006) * Tour 2006-2007 Decomposition Beauty—Final "Meaningless Art That People Showed" at Yokohama Arena (13 June 2007) * Tour 2007-2008 Stacked Rubbish Grand Finale [Repeated Countless Error] at Yoyogi National Gymnasium (6 August 2008) * Peace & Smile Carnival Tour 2009 at Nippon Budokan (15 April 2009) (with Miyavi, Kagrra, Kra, Alice Nine, Screw & Sug)

[edit] References

1. ^ Shoxx Vol 106 June 2007 pg 40-45 2. ^ a b c d Gazette's page at Grass Thread Retrieved August 19 2007 3. ^ Cure Vol 2 Nov 2003 4. ^ Expect Rush III 5. ^ King Records Official Site Retrieved August 16 2007 6. ^ Gazette at the Top JAME News Retrieved August 19 2007 7. ^ Gazette in Germany This Summer JAME News Retrieved on August 19 2007 8. ^ New DVD and Single announced PSC Staff blog Retrieved April 20 2008 9. ^ a b Sponichi Annex ガゼットが街頭ライブ！当局指示で即中止に Nov 16 2008 News report Retrieved December 7 2008 (Japanese) 10. ^ Daily Sports Online Nov 16 2008 News report ガゼット 新宿駅前で７０００人ライブ Retrieved December 7 2008 (Japanese)

[edit] External links

* The Gazette at PS Company * Official MySpace * The Gazette at King Records * The Gazette at CLJ Records

[hide] v • d • e The Gazette Ruki · Uruha · Aoi · Reita · Kai Albums Disorder · Nil  · Stacked Rubbish  · Dim EPs Cockayne Soup · Akuyuukai  · Spermargarita  · Hankou Seimeibun  · Madara  · Gama Compilations Dainihon Itangeishateki Noumiso Gyaku Kaiten Zekkyou Ongenshuu Singles "Wakaremichi" · "Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza" · "Gozen 0-ji no Trauma Radio" · "Zakurogata no Yuuutsu" · "Zetsu" · "Miseinen" · "Reila" · "Dainippon Itangeishateki..." · "Cassis" · "Regret" · "Filth in the Beauty" · "Hyena" · "Guren" · "Leech" · "Distress and Coma" Videos Sentimental Video · Shichoukaku shitsu · Hyakkiyagyou · Tokyo saihan ～JUDGMENT DAY～ · Madara (DVD) · Zetsu (song) · Miseinen · Zakurogata no Yuuutsu · Reila (song) · Heisei Banka · Standing Tour 2005 Final M.R.D · Peace & Smile Carnival tour 2005 · Cassis (song) · Nil (album) · Film Bug I · Standing Live Tour 2006 Nameless Liberty Six Guns Tour Final At Budokan · Regret · Filth in the Beauty · Hyena (song) · Tour 2006-2007 Decomposition Beauty Final Meaningless Art That People Showed At Yokohama Arena · Stacked Rubbish · Guren · Tour 2007-2008 Stacked Rubbish Grand Finale Repeated Countless Error · Leech (song)