Origin Japan Website THE BOOM MUSIC GALLERY Genres Rock music, Ska | Years active 1986–2014 Active until 2014 | |
Labels Sony Music Entertainment
EMI Music Japan
Avex/Five D
Yoshimoto R and C Members Kazufumi Miyazawa, Hiromasa Yamakawa Albums A Peacetime Boom, JAPANESKA, FACELESS MAN, LOVIBE, Singles+ |
The Boom is a Japanese rock band. Its members are Kazufumi Miyazawa (vocals), Kobayashi Takashi (guitar), Yamakawa Hiromasa (bass guitar), and Tochigi Takao (drums).
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History
The four musicians, friends from Yamanashi Prefecture, formed the band in 1986 as a hokoten street band in Tokyo. They soon began getting club gigs and a record deal with Sony, with whom they released their first album, A Peacetime Boom, in 1989.
Vocalist Kazufumi Miyazawa who is the composer and lyricist for The Boom was inspired by the music of Okinawa. A single CD "Shima Uta" was released in 1993 with high sales, which reached approximately 1.5 million and brought fame to the band, around the world as well as at home. On December 31, 1993, The Boom participated in Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an exclusive show usually reserved for elite musicians.
After they released "Shima-uta," the group went on to perform "Kaze-ni Naritai," "Kaero-kana," and "Tsukisaemo-nemuruyoru," but Miyazawa wanted to write more Okinawa songs, so an album comprised purely of Okinawa songs was released.
Miyazawa released several solo albums and composed songs for other musicians, including Akiko Yano, Kyōko Koizumi, and Rimi Natsukawa. He also started a new band named Ganga Zumba who released their first album Um in April 2007.
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Songs
Hoshi no love letterA Peacetime Boom · 1989
Karatachi NomichiJAPANESKA · 1990
Tsuri ni ikou1989