media youthmedia youthメディア・ユース
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SWEET DEATH (スウィート・デス) forms.
Guitarist Honma Kiyoshi (本間 清司) is sometimes incorrectly referred to as SEIJI because the kanji 清司 can be read as either Kiyoshi or Seiji.
V. Masashi Takemoto (武本 将志) / G. Kiyoshi Honma (本間 清司) / G. Tetsuya Seto (瀬戸 哲也) / B. Tetsuya Sagawa (佐川 哲哉) / D. Hideki Yamazaki (山崎 英樹)
Vocalist Sasano Satoru (笹野 学) is sometimes incorrectly referred to as MANABU because the kanji 学 can be read as either Satoru or Manabu. Satoru is apparently the correct reading in his case.
Vocalist Satoru Sasano (笹野 学), bassist Tamai Jun (多満井 淳), and drummer Kato Kohichi (加藤 宏一) join.
V. Satoru Sasano (笹野 学) / G. Kiyoshi Honma (本間 清司) / G. Tetsuya Seto (瀬戸 哲也) / B&D. Kato Kohichi (加藤 宏一)
Sometime after the recording of the band's demotape (sometime after March), guitarist Seto Tetsuya (瀬戸 哲也) secedes.
V. Satoru Sasano (笹野 学) / G. Kiyoshi Honma (本間 清司) / B. Jun Tamai (多満井 淳) / D. Kohichi Kato (加藤 宏一)
SWEET DEATH changes its name to media youth (メディア・ユース).
The band seems to use the spellings media youth and Media-Youth interchangeably.
Bassist Jun Tamai (多満井 淳) secedes and is replaced by Hiroshi Morie (森江ひろし).
V. Satoru Sasano (笹野 学) / G. Kiyoshi Honma (本間 清司) / B. Hiroshi Morie (森江ひろし) / D. Kohichi Kato (加藤 宏一)
Around this time, vocalist Satoru Sasano (笹野 学) secedes. Bassist Hiroshi Morie (森江ひろし) is said to have temporarily seceded around this time as well. The band breaks up as a result.
media youth disbands
G. Kiyoshi Honma (本間 清司) / D. Kohichi Kato (加藤宏一) (?)
media youth revives.
Vocalist DAISUKE joins. Bassist Hiroshi Morie (森江ひろし) re-joins(?) and changes his name to HEATH. The guitarist and drummer slightly change their names as well.
V. DAISUKE / G. KIYOSHI / B. HEATH / D. KOHICHI (宏一)
Bassist HEATH secedes.
V. DAISUKE / G. KIYOSHI / D. KOHICHI (宏一)
Bassist HIROKI joins.
V. DAISUKE / G. KIYOSHI / B. HIROKI / D. KOHICHI (宏一)
Tour, "THE SHAMELESS DOG&COOL TOUR", begins.
Tour, "THE SHAMELESS DOG&COOL TOUR", ends.
Event, "PRACTICAL JOKE", is held. A video is freely distributed.
Event, "PRACTICAL JOKE", is held. A video is freely distributed.
Drummer Kato KOHICHI (宏一) secedes.
media youth makes their major debut through sublabel eyear.
"Shikeidai no ELEVATOR (死刑台のエレベーター)" release celebration live is held.
Major -Debut Live "Spirit of Youth"- held.
An unreleased special CD single is distributed to the first 1000 attendee that bring the band calendar. Unclear if it refers to "Missing" or another single.
Live, "SPIRIT OF YOUTH MAXIMUM ~WELCOME TO MY FAIRY STORY~", is held.
A special video present is distributed to attendees bringing a questionnaire postcard enclosed in "SPIRAL COLOR".
The band joins east west japan.
Vocalist DAISUKE and bassist HIROKI secede, and the band unofficially breaks up as a result.
G. KIYOSHI
media youth unofficially disbands
media youth was a visual kei band. They were part of the soft visual subgenre. They were active from 1989 to 1999 and are now disbanded.
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