Acidman (often stylized as ACIDMAN) is a Japanese rock group.[1] The band was formed in 1997 with four members, Shiibashi Takeshi, Urayama Ichigo, Satou Masatoshi, and Ohki Nobuo. They created two demo tapes together in 1998, but former vocalist Shiibashi Takeshi left in 1999. Ohki Nobuo took his place and became the leader of the group. They continued playing live concerts, and were eventually signed to Toshiba-EMI.[2] The band is often categorized as punk music or alternative rock but their musical style is broader and is said to blend various kinds of individual styles.[3]

Acidman
OriginSaitama Japan
GenresIndie rock
Alternative rock
Punk rock
Experimental Rock
Years active1997–present
LabelsVirgin Records Japan/EMI
MembersOhki Nobuo
Sato Masatoshi
Urayama Ichigo
Websitehttp://acidman.jp/

Ohki Nobuo paints many of the band's album covers.[3]

Discography edit

Singles edit

Singles Release Date Tracklist/Notes
'Sekitou' (赤橙) 24 November 2000
  1. To Live
  2. Sekitou (赤橙) - Meaning "Red Orange"
  3. Kouen (公園) - Meaning "The Park"
  4. Baiyo Smash Party (培養スマッシュパーティー) - Meaning "Culture Smash Party"
'Zouka ga Warau' (造花が笑う) 31 July 2002
  1. Zouka ga Warau (造花が笑う) - Meaning "The Artificial Flower Laughs"
'Allegro' (アレグロ) 4 September 2002
  1. Allegro (アレグロ)
'Sekitou' (赤橙) 9 October 2002
  1. Sekitou (赤橙)
'Slow View' 12 March 2003
  1. Hikou (飛光) - Meaning "Flying Light"
  2. Slow View
  3. Shizuka naru Uso to Chouwa (静かなる嘘と調和) - Meaning "Quiet Lie and Harmony"
'Repeat' (リピート) 9 July 2003
  1. Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) - Meaning "The Waves, White..."
  2. Repeat (リピート)
'Suisha' (水写) 3 March 2004
  1. Suisha (水写) - Meaning "Reflection in the Water"
  2. Sai (彩-Sai- (inst ver.)) - Meaning "Colors (instrumental version)"
  3. Kaze, Sayuru (風、冴ゆる) - Meaning "The Wind, Serene..."
'Equal e.p.' 25 August 2004
  1. Equal (イコール)
  2. Coda (コーダ)
  3. talk (inst.)
'Aru shoumei' (ある証明) 18 May 2005
  1. Aru shoumei (ある証明) - Meaning "The Proof That's There"
  2. Human Traffic
  3. SOL (inst.)
'Kisetsu no Tou' (季節の灯) 19 October 2005
  1. Kisetsu no Tou (季節の灯) - Meaning "Lamplight of the Seasons"
  2. Spaced Out (second line)
'World Symphony' 9 November 2005
  1. World Symphony
  2. Turn Around (second line)
'Slow Rain' (スロウレイン) 6 September 2006
  1. Slow Rain (スロウレイン)
  2. Isotope (アイソトープ) (second line) 3. Walking Dada (inst.)
'Prism no Yoru' (プリズムの夜) 15 November 2006
  1. Prism no Yoru (プリズムの夜) - Meaning "The Prism-like Night"
  2. Dawn Chorus (inst.)
  3. Simple Story (シンプルストーリー) (second line)
'Remind' 18 July 2007
  1. Remind
  2. Sekishoku Gunzou (赤色群像) (inst.)
'Unfold' 27 November 2007
  1. Unfold
  2. Concord Vega (ベガの呼応) (inst.)
'Shikijitsu' (20 February 2008) 20 February 2008
  1. Shikijitsu (式日) - Meaning "Judgment Day"
  2. Evergreen (inst.)
'I Stand Free' 12 November 2008
  1. I Stand Free
  2. O (second line)
'Carve with the Sense' 25 February 2009
  1. Carve with the Sense
  2. Freak Out (second line)
'Dear Freedom' 21 July 2010
  1. Dear Freedom
  2. 彩-Sai-(前編)
  3. Digest from 8th album (2010 winter)
'Alma' 22 September 2010
  1. Alma
  2. 彩-Sai-(後編)
  3. Digest from 8th album (2010 winter)
  4. No.2
'Alchemist' (アルケミスと) 19 September 2012
  1. Alchemist (アルケミスと)
  2. Equal (second line)
  3. Your Song (acoustic)
'Shinsekai' (新世界) 12 December 2012
  1. Shinsekai (新世界) - Meaning "New World"
  2. swayed (second line)
  3. Under the Rain (acoustic)
'Everlight' 16 April 2014
  1. Everlight
  2. ±0 (second line)
  3. I Stand Free (acoustic)
  4. ±0 (remastering)
  5. I Stand Free (remastering)
'Stay in my Hand' 16 July 2014
  1. Stay in my Hand
  2. Slow Rain (スロウレイン) (second line)
  3. HUM (second line)
  4. Slow Rain (スロウレイン) (remastering)
  5. HUM (remastering)
'Sekai ga Owaru Yoru' (世界が終わる夜) 24 September 2014
  1. Sekai ga Owaru Yoru (世界が終わる夜)
  2. type-A (Second line)
  3. Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) (Acoustic)
  4. type-A (Remastering)
  5. Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) (Remastering)

Miniature albums edit

Album Release Date Songs
'Sanka Zora' (酸化空) 6 March 2002
  1. 8 to 1
  2. Ima,Toumei ka (今、透明か) Meaning "Is It Transparent Now?"
  3. Silence
  4. Sanka Zora (酸化空) Meaning "Oxidized Sky"
  5. Free White

Albums edit

Album Name Release Date Track Listing
Sou (創) 30 October 2002
  1. 8 to 1 Completed
  2. Zouka ga Warau
  3. Allegro
  4. Sekitou
  5. Background
  6. At
  7. Spaced Out
  8. Kouro
  9. Simple Story
  10. Silence
  11. Yureru Kyutai
  12. Your Song
Loop 6 August 2003
  1. Type-A
  2. Nami, Shiroku
  3. Isotope
  4. Hikou
  5. Slow View
  6. Repeat
  7. 16185-O
  8. O
  9. Swayed
  10. Dried Out
  11. Ima, Toumei ka
  12. Turn Around
Equal 15 September 2004
  1. 0=All
  2. Freak Out
  3. Furu Aki
  4. Equal
  5. Suisya
  6. Sai Zenpen
  7. Sai Kouhen
  8. Akatsuki o Nokoshite
  9. Colors of the Wind (Cover)
And World 7 December 2005
  1. Introduction
  2. World Symphony
  3. Id
  4. River
  5. Kisetsu no Tou
  6. SOL (inst.)
  7. Ginga no Machi
  8. Natsu no Yoin
  9. Platanus
  10. Water Room (inst.)
Green Chord 7 February 2007
  1. Green Chord (Introduction)
  2. Returning
  3. Ride the Wave
  4. Slow Rain
  5. Real Distance
  6. So Far
  7. Prism no Yoru
  8. AM2:00 (inst.)
  9. Dawn Chorus (inst.)
Life 16 April 2008
  1. Life (The Beginning)
  2. Remind
  3. Stromatolite
  4. Free Star
  5. Shikijitsu
  6. Walk
  7. Room NO.138 (inst.)
  8. Machi No Rinkaku
  9. Old Sunset
  10. Kin'iro No Capella
  11. Unfold
  12. To the World's End
  13. Life (The Ending)
A Beautiful Greed 29 July 2009
  1. A Beautiful Greed (Introduction)
  2. ±0
  3. Carve with the Sense
  4. Who Are You?
  5. Under the Rain
  6. Fantasia
  7. Hoshi no Hitohira
  8. Hum
  9. Ucess (inst.)
  10. Bright & Right
  11. I Stand Free
  12. Over
Alma 1 December 2010
  1. Saigo no Kuni (Introduction)
  2. Kaze ga Fuku Toki
  3. One Day
  4. Dear Freedom
  5. Noël
  6. Alma
  7. Masshiro na Yoru (inst.)
  8. Legato no Mori
  9. Final Dance Scene
  10. 2145 Nen
  11. Wonderland
Shinsekai 27 February 2013
  1. gen to (intro)
  2. SUSY
  3. Shinsekai
  4. NO.6
  5. Last Chord
  6. Alchemist
  7. Kaze Oi Hito (zenpen)
  8. Kaze Oi Hito (kouhen)
  9. Further (Yoru ni Naru Mae ni)
  10. Kimi no Shoudai
  11. Catastrophe
  12. Hakkou (白光)
  13. to gen (outro)
Yū to Mu 19 November 2014
  1. Yū to Mu
  2. Eien no Soko
  3. EVERLIGHT
  4. Stay in my hand
  5. star rain
  6. EDEN
  7. Sekai ga Owaru Yoru
  8. Hallelujah
  9. en (instrumental)
  10. your soul
  11. Tasogare no Machi
  12. Saigo no Keshiki
Lambda 13 December 2017
  1. Phi (Introduction)
  2. Shiroi Bunmei
  3. Millennium
  4. Prana
  5. Saigo no Hoshi
  6. Utopia
  7. Mizu no Yoru ni (album version)
  8. Lambda-CDM (instrumental)
  9. Kuuhaku no Tori
  10. MEMORIES
  11. Hikari ni Naru Made
  12. Ai wo Ryoute ni

DVD edit

DVD Release Date Tracklist
Scene of Sou (創) 12 March 2003
  1. Opening (オープニング)
  2. Ima,Toumei ka (今、透明か)
  3. Zouka ga Warau (造花が笑う)
  4. Allegro (アレグロ)
  5. Sekitou (赤橙)
  • Slow View
  • Bonus Track
Scene of Loop 10 September 2003
  1. Hikou (飛光)
  2. Shizuka naru Uso to Chouwa (静かなる嘘と調和)
  3. Slow View
  4. Nami,Shiroku (波、白く)
  5. Repeat (リピート)
  • Locus of Loop
  • Profile
Scene of Equal 14 October 2004
  1. Equal (イコール)
  2. Suisya (水写)
  3. Colors of the Wind
[short film]
  • Sai Zenpen (彩-SAI-(前編))
  • Cps & Mawaru,Meguru,Sono Kaku e (廻る、巡る、その核へ)
Scene of "And World" 25 January 2006
  1. Aru Shoumei (ある証明)
  2. Sol
  3. Kisetsu no Tou (季節の灯)
  4. World symphony
  5. Water Room
  • Making & off shot
Scene of "Green Chord" 5 March 2007
  1. Slow Rain
  2. Prism no yoru
  3. Returning
  4. Walking Dada" (instrumental)
  • Document in 2006" documentary

References edit

  1. ^ "Acidman Discography | Discogs". Discogs.
  2. ^ "ACIDMAN [Biography] | Virgin Music Co. / EMI Music Japan". Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ a b "Keikaku : Profiles : Acidman". Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

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