Make-Up (Japanese band)
Make-Up was an hard rock and heavy metal music Japanese band formed in 1983.The band becomes very famous in Japan for make the theme songs from the anime Saint Seiya. The band also recorded three albums with songs inspired by the same anime: Saint Seiya Hits I, Saint Seiya Hits II and Saint Seiya 1996 Song Collection.
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[edit] History
In 1984 they performed their first show and released their first two albums: Howling Will and Straight Liner.
In 1985, they released their third album Born to Be Hard and their fourth and final album Rock Legend of Boys and Girls.
In 1986, the band is invited by Columbia Records to sing the Saint Seiya theme songs. Pegasus Fantasy came to be one of the most well-known anime songs of all time.
After the Saint Seiya albums, the band split up and each member followed their own solo careers.
In 2004, Columbia Records released Make-Up 20th Anniversary Memories of Blue, a box that included five CDs and a live DVD, but no new song was recorded.
[edit] Band members
- Nobuo Yamada (山田信夫 Yamada Nobuo) - Lead vocals
- Hiroaki Matsuzawa (松澤 浩明 Matsuzawa Hiroaki) - Guitar
- Yōgo Kōno (河野 陽吾 Kōno Yōgo) - Keyboards
- Yasuyoshi Ikeda (池田 育義 Ikeda Yasuyoshi) - Bass guitar
- Yoshihiro Toyokawa (豊川 義弘 Toyokawa Yoshihiro) - Drums
[edit] Discography
- HOWLING WILL（1984年4月1日）
- STRAIGHT LINER（1984年10月21日）
- BORN TO BE HARD（1985年5月21日）
- ROCK LEGEND OF BOYS AND GIRLS（1985年12月21日）
- 聖闘士星矢 ヒット曲集（1986年12月21日）
- GLORY DAYS〜MAKE-UP BEST COLLECTION（1989年8月1日）
- ROCK JOINT BAZZAR（1993年3月21日）
- 聖闘士星矢1996ソングコレクション（1996年3月20日）
- MAKE-UP 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIES OF BLUE（2004年12月1日）
- The Voice From Yesterday（2009年12月16日）
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Make-Up20周年記念BOX | Memories of Blue (Japanese)
- Make-Up on Anison Database (Japanese)
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