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Vo.SHINTANI forms STREET GANG RAPES in Osaka (大阪)大阪.
V. SHINTANI / G. DAISUKE / B. MASAHIRO / D. JUNICHI 999
STREET GANG RAPES changes name to RAPES (レイプス).
Guitarist OHTSUBO joins.
Guitarist DAISUKE secedes.
V. SHINTANI / G. OHTSUBO / B. MASAHIRO / D. JUNICHI 999
「Fear」 release event is held at Osaka (大阪) EGG PLANT (エッグ・プラント).
Drummer JUNICHI 999 secedes soon after the announcement of their first album, Final Collection.
Bassist MASAHIRO secedes.
Final Collection is their first proper release featuring guitarist OHTSUBO after mutiple omnibus appearances and years of activity. He additionaly performed bass parts on the release due to the absence of a new bassist. Drums are credited to SADAMORI.
RAPES suspend activity
Bassist Gish joins.
Guitarist OHTSUBO changes his name to Ree.
Drummer KOUICHI joins.
RAPES relocates activities to Tokyo (東京)東京. This move gets them even closer to the local scene, especially to the bands on the Anarchist Records and Free-Will roster. Every year on October 31st, the band have a Halloween special live party.
It seems that their hardcore sensibilities proved to be too intense for the local average visual fans and rumours starts to go around. SHINTANI gives an interview to the magazine Quick Japan and dismisses most of the bad rep.
Swedish metal band Clawfinger releases their third and self-titled album Clawfinger, which includes the song "Hold Your Hand Up", used by RAPES as their SE during concerts.
Ree produces MIRAGE's 4th maxi-single 流星 (Ryuusei). According to a blog post by KISAKI, "I have been helped by SHINTANI for many years, but Ree greatly cooperated with the launch of Matina, such as producing MIRAGE's Ryuusei single, released in 1997, and deciding the release source.
「アナーキストサミット」 (「ANARCHIST SUMMIT」) event is held at Meguro Rockmaykan with CHARISM, THE PIASS (妃阿甦) and THE DEAD P☆P STARS.
SHINTANI founds the his own label, SHINING, part of the FREE-WILL Co.,Ltd. (Free-Will) family.
「第4話 ビリッ!!電気ウナギ666匹&白い恋人デスマッチGIGの巻」 (「Dai 4-wa BILLI !! Denki UNAGI 666-biki & Shiroi Koibito DEATHMATCH live no Maki」) event held at Sangenjaya HEAVEN'S DOOR with QP-CRAZY, ∀NTI FEMINISM (アンチフェミニズム) and Kaiki!! Doubutsu AGITATOR (怪奇!!動物アジテーター).
Bassist Gish secedes.
RAPES suspend activity
One-night revival as R/A/P/E/S for 「Sin追悼」, a tribute concert to CITY INDIAN's lead singer SIN, who died of monoxide poisoning on 19th April 2007, aged 43.
PAINTBOX's guitarist CHELSEA joins on bass for the occasion.
A rumour flying around anonymous textboards states that SHINTANI started a new record company called OFFICE NEW VALLEY and a RAPES tribute album would be released featuring the following bands: タケイリバンド, THE DEAD P☆P STARS, KISAKI PROJECT, JOLLY PICKLES (ジョリーピックルス), 屍忌蛇, G.D.FLICKERS, KIYOHARU (清春), QP-CRAZY and CYBER PROJECT. Unfortunately, nothing came out of it.
2-days revival as R/A/P/E/S for 「6.14MEMORIAL LIVE OSAKA」, a tribute to COLOR's bassist MARRY with G.D.FLICKERS, プチCOLOR, HARLEM DEADS (ハーレム・デッズ) and Ash Roses and more.
One-night revival as R/A/P/E/S for the event 「EXCITE LEAGUE PRESENTS『球道無限GIG』 Vol-1」 at HOLIDAY SHINJUKU with THE DEAD P☆P STARS, ゲンドウミサイル, LADIES ROOM and ザ☆ペラーズ.
RAPES reforms. Activities are mostly irregular up to this day.
Bassist TSUYOSHI joins.
「PUNK nuts Party Vol.22 Special Edition!!」 event is held at URGA with THE DEAD POP STARS and QP-CRAZY.
-RAPES & DRAGON×SCREW- 【HOWLING BLOOD TOUR 2013】 starts.
-RAPES & DRAGON×SCREW- 【HOWLING BLOOD TOUR 2013】 ends.
Drummer KOUICHI suddenly disappears, but the band chooses to carry on with multiple support members. Sometimes with more than one drummer at the same concert.
「THAT'S HOW WE ROLL!!」 event held at Shinjuku URGA with TOKYO YANKEES and THE DEAD P☆P STARS.
「AYAME(MIRAGE)追悼イベント Remembrance Day -TOKYO-」 event held at Meguro Rockmaykan with MIRAGE, La'Mule, THE DEAD P☆P STARS, Vasalla (覇叉羅), vellaDonna and DEFLOWER.
「6.14 MEMORIAL LIVE TOKYO 2days ~1日目~」 event held at Birth Shinjuku with G.D.FLICKERS, TAKEBAN, AURA and THE DEAD P☆P STARS.
-RAPES & DRAGON×SCREW- 【HOWLING BLOOD TOUR 2014】 starts.
-RAPES & DRAGON×SCREW- 【HOWLING BLOOD TOUR 2014】 ends.
「HAPPY MARCH BIRTHDAY」 NEMOTO(KTZ,上京ヤンキース) REE(RAPES,ASK69) 50th Anniversary day & SHINTANI(RAPES) birthday event held at EARTHDOM with KTZ, TOKYO YANKEES, WORMS' MEAT, 上京ヤンキース and ASK69 a.k.a浅草会.
「‘‘ H0w we 8090 r000lL ”」 event is held at Shinjuku SAMURAI with THE DEAD P☆P STARS and TOKYO YANKEES.
RAPES is a semi-active visual kei band in Osaka. They are part of the okeshou kei subgenre. They have been active since 1987.
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