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| Fact | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | Post-hardcore, Melodic Hardcore |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Maximum10 (JP) Hassle Records (UK) Vagrant Records (US, Fact only) |
| Website | factjapan.com |
| Members | |
| Hiro Takahiro Kazuki Eij Tomohiro |
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| Past members | |
| Takahiro Nakinashi | |
Fact (stylized as FACT) is a Japanese post-hardcore band which formed in 1999 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Their music makes use of common hardcore punk and punk rock elements that include fast guitar riffs and a highly melodic style. Clean and screamed singing styles are both used, and gang vocals are present in many choruses. Even though fact is a Japanese band, the lyrics to most of their songs are written in English. The members of Fact have hidden their faces during every video since 2009—wearing traditional Japanese Noh masks during the time they supported their FACT album, but abandoning the imagery in videos the next year in favor of either partially or fully concealing their faces. They are currently signed on Avex Group's indie rock imprint maximum10.
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[edit] History
In December 1999, Fact formed from the members of other bands in the Tokyo area. They then began to tour the local music scene in and around Chiba, Mito, and Tokyo. Originally, Tomohiro played bass and sang with support from Kazuki and Takahiro but, in 2002, main vocal duties as well as a third guitar were added when Hironobu joined. Hironobu had been a member of the band Second Base along with Kazuki before either of them joined Fact.[1]
Continuing onward as a group, the band traveled to California in the United States of America for a short tour in 2003 and, in 2005, they released their first full-length album Never Turn Out The Light To Keep Myself on Japan's Bullion Records (a sublabel of Wave Master).[2] The band later signed a record deal sometime between 2008 and 2009 with Vagrant Records to release their worldwide debut album Fact. The single "A Fact of Life" was released with an accompanying video in early 2009. In support of the album, Fact toured the U.S. accompanying U.S. bands including Iwrestledabearonce, Greeley Estates, Memphis May Fire, Senses Fail and A Skylit Drive. Their tour was abruptly cut short after a car collision early on, but another U.S. tour was rescheduled soon after.
Their third full-length album, In the Blink of an Eye, was released on January 13, 2010, and its first single, "Slip of the Lip" was released online with an accompanying music video. In the Blink of an Eye debuted at No. 6 on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts, becoming their first album to reach the Top 10.[3]
Fact returned to the UK in support of In The Blink of an Eye for a second tour of the country between May 24 and June 4, 2010, with a headlining show at London's O2 Academy Islington and then playing as the support act for Breathe Carolina during the rest of the dates.[4]
Their single "A Fact of Life" was featured in Konami's rhythm music game Jubeat.
[edit] Members
[edit] Current Members
- Hironobu "Hiro" Onose (小野瀬 広宣 Onose Hironobu) – lead vocals (2002–present)
- Kazuki Sakurai (櫻井 一樹 Sakurai Kazuki) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)
- Eiji Matsumoto (松本 英二 Matsumoto Eiji) – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1999–present)
- Tomohiro Takayasu (高安 朝浩 Takayasu Tomohiro) – bass, backing vocals (1999–present)
- Takahiro Onose (小野瀬 孝弘 Onose Takahiro) – lead guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)
[edit] Former members
- Takahiro Nakinashi (中西 高広 Nakinashi Takahiro) – drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Never Turn Out the Light, to Keep Myself | 2005 | Bullion |
| Fact | 2009 | Vagrant, maximum10 (Japan), Hassle Records (UK) |
| In the Blink of an Eye | 2010 | maximum10 (Japan), Hassle Records (UK) |
| burundanga | 2012 | maximum10 (Japan) |
[edit] Remix
"Nivan Runder Soundrugs" "co3"
[edit] EPs
| Title | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|
| This Day, This Means (Collab. w/Nature Living) | 2001 | Indie Release |
| The Fine Day Never Last | 2004 | Indie Release |
| Eat Your Words | 2011 | maximum10 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Resident In My Room" | Never Turn Out the Light, to Keep Myself |
| 2009 | "A Fact Of Life" | Fact |
| 2009 | "Slip Of The Lip" | In The Blink Of An Eye |
| 2011 | "Attack Me If You Dare" | Eat Your Words |
| 2011 | "error" | Eat Your Words |
| 2011 | "The Shadow of Envy" | Eat Your Words |
| 2012 | "FOSS" | Burundanga |
[edit] Videography
- Deviation (This Day, This Means)
- Start from Here (This Fine Day Never Last)
- Reborn (This Fine Day Never Last)
- Resident In My Room (Never Turn Out the Light, to Keep Myself)
- A Fact of Life (Fact)
- A Fact of Life (Boom Boom Satellites remix) [Fact, US edition]
- Chain (Fact)
- Letter to...
- Slip of the Lip (In the Blink of an Eye)
- Rise (Steve Aoki remix)
- Behind a Smile (In the Blink of an Eye)
- The Shadow of Envy (Eat Your Words)
- error (Eat Your Words)
- Attack Me If You Dare (Eat Your Words)
- FOSS (burundanga)
[edit] References
- ^ "Bullion". Hsatworks.s134.coreserver.jp. 2010-12-15. http://hsatworks.s134.coreserver.jp/bullion/artist.php?artist_id=54&label_id=1. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ "Bullion". Hsatworks.s134.coreserver.jp. 2010-12-15. http://hsatworks.s134.coreserver.jp/bullion/disco.php?disco_id=79&label_id=1. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ Kameda, Seiji (2010). "感度のいい音楽ファンにアピールする FACTの"アップデート"感" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://biz-m.oricon.co.jp/hit/data/6.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ Smith, Tom (2010-03-08). "FACT Return for 2010 UK Tour and Album". NEO Magazine. Uncooked Media. http://www.neomag.co.uk/news.asp?IntID=1082. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
