BoØwy

[Tordek42]

So has anyone here heard of this legendary band before??

BOØWY were:
(V) Himuro Kyosuke
(G) Hotei Tomoyasu
(B) Matsui Tsunematsu
(D) Takahasi Makoto

BOØWY were one of the biggest bands in Japan during the 80's and featured Hotei Tomoyasu and Himuro Kyosuke among others (both of whom have had successful solo careers, both in Japan and beyond...). This band starting the band movement that produced bands such as GLAY, Dir en grey, Luna Sea and The Mad Capsule Markets.
They were the first band to perform at the then newly opened Tokyo Dome, where they performed their last concerts in 1988.

Songs to listen to: "B. Blue, "No. New York", "Only You", "Beat Sweet" and "Bad Feeling"

Boøwy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




L to R: Hotei, Makoto, Matsui, Himuro

Check these guys out (YouTube have a few videos of them)

[MMM]

They are one of my favorite all time Japanese bands!

[Nki]

I´ll Check their Sound...

[BakaCrisis]

Originally Posted by Nki

I´ll Check their Sound...

I will aswell, Anything that can still be reccommended from the 80's should be at least fairly good.

( ^ _ ^)∠☆PAN！

[Sutiiven]

I Think they are awesome and MMM thanks for tellimg me about them

[Tordek42]

Originally Posted by MMM

They are one of my favorite all time Japanese bands!

Awesome!!! They were the first Japanese band I got into!!

I've always seen them as two bands though:
1. BoØwy - The studio band (80's pop rock with loads of keyboads etc)
2. BoØwy - The live band (just straight out rock)

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Sutiiven

I Think they are awesome and MMM thanks for tellimg me about them

Cool! I am glad you took the time to give them a listen.

[Tordek42]

Me too... what songs did you check out Sutiiven?

[Tordek42]

Sorry for the double post but I have to ask you MMM: What's your favourite album??

[Sutiiven]

mostly the ones you mentioned and a couple other but i cant remember the names i will have to find em again