Band of the Week: Girugamesh

Having been friends since childhood, guitarist Nii and bassist Shuu formed the band in 2003, but it would take them one more year to start performing live gigs. That same year hey signed up with record label "Gaina-Japan", and their first single "Kaisen Sengen" immediately made the top 10 of the Oricon Indie Charts.

Their lineup hasn't changed since:
Nii (guitar)
Satoshi (voc)
Яyo (drum)
ShuU (bass)

In 2005 they did their first nation-wide tour, after which they released their first live DVD, and EP "Goku -Shohankei Enban-"

In 2007 they signed up to European label "Gan-Shin", and performed at the Los Angeles event "J-Rock Revolution", together with bands like D'EspairsRay and MUCC. Some of the performing bands released their albums on iTunes, but this is what Girugamesh's Ryo had to say about that: "If you really like the band after the initial listen, you will buy the original CD."

Later that year they released another EP, titled "Reason of Crying", and in December 2007 their album "Girugamesh". This triggered a European tour in 2008, after their Japan tour, visiting Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Finland. They named the tour "Stupid Tour 08".

Another tour followed after their performance at Wacken Open Air, titled "Shining Tour 08", taking place all over Japan and ending in Tokyo. 2008 also saw the release of "Girugamesh" in America, being sold exclusively at Hot Topic, as well as the launch of their English website.

Their third album "Music" followed shortly, as well as yet another Japan tour in early 2009 and their second appearance in America at Sakura-con. The tour was titled "Crazy Tour 09" and was made into another live DVD "Crazy crazy crazy", and during which their next single "Alive" was already being performed.

Not long after that two more singles came out, "Border" and "Crying Rain" and yet another album. The album and consequential tour were named "Now" and would be their lead into 2010.

They held a live event "New Album Release Premium Oneman Show 2010" at Shinkiba Studio Coast, before which the members were tweeting out live to the world.

During 2010, 2 singles were released ("Color" and "Inochi no ki"), and they performed alongside Head Phones President and Defspiral at D'erlanger's "Abstinence's Door #005", which was streamed worldwide on Ustream.

2011 saw the release of their album "Go", as well as a performance at Anime Boston and the release of "Pray".

In 2012 singles "Zecchou Bang" and "Zantetsuken" were released, as well as DVD "Gaisen Koen Chiba".

This year we've seen the release of their single "Incomplete", and full album "Monster".

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