Labels Toshiba EMI Members Nishida, Masafumi | Record label EMI Music Japan Genres Metal, World pop | |
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Years active 1978 - 1994, 1999 - Present Associated acts Sly, Hips, Nishidera Minoru Past members Toshio "Toshi" Egawa - keyboards
Don Airey - keyboards
Minoru Niihara - (vocals, bass guitar) in early years
Yoshinobu Watanabe (drums) Origin Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan (1978) Albums Pray For The Earth, Back To Nexus, Overrun | ||
Earthshaker (アースシェイカー, a-susheikā) is a Japanese heavy metal band that was formed in 1978 in Osaka. Their earlier music was very similar in style to countrymen Loudness and Anthem, but the band steered toward a poppier sound on later albums and dropped from worldwide view, preferring to record and tour in their home country. After a successful run, they broke up in 1994, but returned five years later and are still going strong today.
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Remarkably, the original quartet from the first album are still together. An early incarnation of the band included Minoru Niihara (of Loudness fame) as singer (originally bass and vocals).
Studio albums
Singles
Live albums
Compilations
Video/DVD
Songs
RADIO MAGICMidnight Flight · 1984
FUGITIVEFUGITIVE · 1984
DON'T LOOK BACKSmash · 1988
References
Earthshaker (band) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA