Jealkb (ジュアルケービー juarukeebii) is a Japanese visual kei rock band made up of seven members, all of them comedians including London Boots Ichi-go Ni-go's Atsushi Tamura.
Jealkb | |
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| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | jkb records/Yoshimoto r&c |
| Members | Haderu (vocals) Dunch (bass) Elsa (drums) Hideki (violin, cello) Ediee (rhythm guitar) Sapoto (lead guitar) |
| Past members | Mofto (keyboards) Chaos (lead guitar) |
| Website | Official Website |
History edit
Their debut single Metronome hit number 1 on the indies Oricon chart and sold out the same day.[1][2] The band's name is a Japanese anagram for "visual kei" (ビージュアルケー biijuarukee).
Dunch is also in the supergroup Karasu, that formed in 2009 with Tatsuro (Mucc), Hiroto (Alice Nine), Mizuki (Sadie) and Kenzo (Ayabie).[3]
Discography edit
- Singles
- Metronome (05/31/2006)
- Koi Kizu (恋傷) (10/25/2006)
- Julia (11/29/2006)
- Kuroi Sabaku (黒い砂漠) (04/11/2007) (Ending theme of Elite Yankee Saburo)
- Chikai (誓い) (11/07/2007)
- Fly (03/12/2008)
- Hana (花) (06/11/2008)
- Nageki no Endless (嘆きのエンドレス) (10/22/2008) (Opening theme of Ten no Haoh)
- Will (08/05/2009)
- Makemagic (01/20/2010) (Theme song for Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie: Super Fusion! Bonds that Transcend Time)
- Super Special Summer (06/30/2010)
- Shoushin Macchiato (傷心マキアート) (10/13/2010)
- Reboot (11/02/2016)
- R.P.S. (11/22/2017)
- Albums
- Roses (05/16/2007)
- Noroshi (狼煙) (11/26/2008)
- Invade (02/09/2011)
- Against (09/14/2011)
- V (10/10/2012)
- Jealkb no Kore Kawanakute Inde Live ni Kite Kudasai (ジュアルケービーのコレ買わなくて いーんでライブに来てください) (06/25/2014)
- Identity (07/19/2017)
TV appearances edit
Jealkb has appeared on Menguo Selection. The band also composed "Nageki no Endless", the opening theme for the anime series Legends of the Dark King.
References edit
- ^ Jealkb Biography at CD Journal Retrieved Aug 27 2007
- ^ ロンブー淳が率いるV系バンド“jealkb”ついにデビュー！ Barks News Retrieved Aug 27 2007
- ^ "KARASU is "free"". tokyohive.com. 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2011-08-14.