Straightener (band)
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Straightener | |
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Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | Indie rock, alternative rock |
Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | EMI Music Japan |
Members | Atsushi Horie Shinpei Nakayama Hidekazu Hinata Jun Ōyama |
Website | http://www.straightener.net |
Straightener (ストレイテナー, Sutoreitenā) is a Japanese alternative rock band. The band started out as a duo with Atsushi Horie (vocals/guitar) and Shinpei Nakayama (drums) in 1998. They established an independent label named Ghost Records in 2002. Hidekazu Hinata joined the band as bassist in 2003, giving the band a heavier sound. In October of the same year they released a single, "Traveling Gargoyle" from Toshiba EMI.
Straightener have performed at numerous festivals and live tours. The band toured all over Japan during their Linear tour in 2007, as well as performing a joint tour in December 2013 with Asian Kung-Fu Generation to celebrate both bands' 10-year anniversaries. Both bands performed in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan along with a local band from each country.
Members
[edit]- Atsushi Horie – guitar, vocals, keyboards
- Shinpei Nakayama – drums
- Also played drums for the band The Predators, with Sawao Yamanaka (guitar, The Pillows), and Jiro (bass, Glay). Drummer for the band another sunnyday and Zantö.[2]
- Hidekazu Hinata – bass
- Former bassist of ART-SCHOOL and Zazen Boys. Also plays bass for the bands FULLARMOR and Nothing's Carved in Stone.
- Jun Ōyama - guitar
- Joined Straightener on October 1, 2008. Also plays guitar for another sunnyday. Former guitarist for the band ART-SCHOOL.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Year | Album | Notes |
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2000 | Straighten It Up | |
2001 | Error | |
2002 | Skeletonized | |
2004 | Lost World's Anthology | |
Rock End Roll | EP | |
2005 | Title | |
Straightener Early Years | Compilation | |
2006 | Dear Deadman | |
2007 | Linear | |
Immortal | EP | |
2009 | Nexus | |
2010 | Creatures | |
2011 | Stout | Remix album |
Straightener | ||
2012 | Soft | Remix album |
2013 | 21st Century Rock Band | Compilation |
Resplendent | EP | |
2014 | Behind the Scene[3] | |
2015 | Behind the Tokyo | Live tour recording |
2016 | Cold Disc | |
2017 | PAUSE~STRAIGHTENER Tribute Album~ | Covers from guest artists |
2018 | Future Soundtrack | |
Best of U (Side Day) | Compilation | |
Best of U (Side Night) | Compilation | |
2019 | Blank Map | EP |
2020 | Applause | |
2021 | Crank Up | EP |
2023 | Four Piece | "Best of" compilation, as voted by fans from songs after Oyama joined the band |
2024 | The Ordinary Road |
Singles/EPs
[edit]- "Senshi no Shikabane no March" (2000)
- "ANOTHER DIMENSIONAL" (2000)
- SILVER RECORD (2002)
- Silent Film Soundtrack (2003)
- "TRAVELING GARGOYLE" (2003)
- "TENDER" (2004)
- "KILLER TUNE / PLAY THE STAR GUITAR" (2004)
- "THE REMAINS" (2005)
- "Melodic Storm" (2006)
- "BERSERKER TUNE" (2006)
- "SIX DAY WONDER" (2007)
- "TRAIN" (2007)
- "Little Miss Weekend" (2008)
- "Lightning" (2009)
- "Clone / Donkey Boogie Dodo" (2009) (The Shock Labyrinth Theme Song (CLONE))
- "Man-Like Creatures" (2010)
- "VANDALISM / SILLY PARADE" (2011)
- "YOU and I / Hitsuji no Mure wa Oka o Noboru" (2011)
- "From Noon Till Dawn" (2012) (Yūsha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi Opening Theme)
- "Super Magical Illusion" (2014)
- "Winter Sun / The World Record" (2014)
- "The Place Has No Name" (2015) (Fuben na Benriya Opening Theme)
- "Inochi no Ato ni Saita Hana" (2015)
- "DAY TO DAY" (2015)
- "Sea Glass" (2016)
- "Akari" (2017)
- "Boy Friend" (2018)
- "The Future Is Now / Time Leap" (2018) (Digimon ReArise Theme Song (The Future Is Now))
- "Braver" (2018) (Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion Opening Theme)
- "Spiral" (2019)
- "Graffiti" (2020)
- "Sakebu Hoshi" (2020)
- "Sayonara dake ga Oshiete Kureta" (2020)
- "Crank Up" (2021)
- "246" (2023)
- "Silver Lining" (2023)
- "Invisible" (2024)
DVDs
[edit]- BLACK STAR LUSTER (2005)
- EMOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK (2006)
- Remember Our Drinking Songs -Hello Dear Deadman Tour 2006 (2006)
- Linear Motor City (2007)
- Emotion Picture Soundtrack 2 (2009)
- NEXUS TOUR FINAL (2009)
- The Parade of Creatures (2010)
- LONG WAY TO NOWHERE TOUR (2012)
- ETERNAL ROCK BAND -21st CENTURY ROCK BAND TOUR 2013- (2014)
- Step Into My World Tour 2016 (2017)
- 21st ANNIVERSARY ROCK BAND (2019)
- Nana-Iro Electric Tour 2019 (2020) (with Ellegarden and Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
Split albums
[edit]- DRAGORUM with The Pete Best (2001)
- untitled split cassette tape with ART-SCHOOL (2002)