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マキシマムザホルモン

Maximum the Hormone was founded in 1998 in Hachiojo, a suburb of Tokyo. The original members were Daisuke, Nao, KEY and SUGI.

After a couple regional gigs, the band signed a contract with the indie label Sky Records. A.S.A Crew was the first album released under that label. At that time Daisuke wrote his songs only in English, besides that Maximum the Hormone was also written in Latin letters. That changed when KEY and SUGI left band in 1999.

While looking for new members to join the band, Nao thought of her younger brother Ryo, who had been playing the guitar since his years in Junior high school and could sing very well, too. From then on, the two men split up most of the vocals between the two of them: Daisuke taking care of the more screaming and rap vocals and Ryo the more melodic parts. Ue joined as well, completing the quartet as the bassist. After that major change the band decided to base their lyrics and band name on katakana to show what change happened with the replacement of the band members.

In August 2000, the band released their first single Bullpen Catcher's Dream and one year later their first mini album Otori. But the first real success came with the publication of the single ROLLING1000tOON which was used as ending theme for the anime Airmaster in 2003.

In 2004, after the release of their fourth album, the band signed with major label VAP. That year they released two singles, but it wasn’t until the following year when they released their album, Rokkinpo Goroshi, did they tour throughout Japan to promote the album.

After more or less successful releases the quartet published the single Koi no Mega Lover in 2006 hitting number 9 in the Oricon charts, which was a huge achievement for this young band.

In February 2007, Maximum the Hormone contributed with What's up, People?! and Zetsubou Billy, the opening and ending theme respectfully, to the anime DEATH NOTE, because they were sure about one thing: If their music suits one anime than it has to be DEATH NOTE. The contribution the O.S.T. of this anime helped the gain much popularity for the band.

Maximum the Hormone has proven that they’re definitely a band to keep an eye out for; within a short period of time they gained a large fan base in Japan, which is even noticeable outside of Japan. Since Maximum the Hormone has improved the quality of their sounds with every album release you can expect the most from them.

Autor : JackSkellington (2007-04-21)

Description
マキシマムザホルモン

Maximum the Hormone was founded in 1998 in Hachiojo, a suburb of Tokyo. The original members were Daisuke, Nao, KEY and SUGI.

After a couple regional gigs, the band signed a contract with the indie label Sky Records. A.S.A Crew was the first album released under that label. At that time Daisuke wrote his songs only in English, besides that Maximum the Hormone was also written in Latin letters. That changed when KEY and SUGI left band in 1999.

While looking for new members to join the band, Nao thought of her younger brother Ryo, who had been playing the guitar since his years in Junior high school and could sing very well, too. From then on, the two men split up most of the vocals between the two of them: Daisuke taking care of the more screaming and rap vocals and Ryo the more melodic parts. Ue joined as well, completing the quartet as the bassist. After that major change the band decided to base their lyrics and band name on katakana to show what change happened with the replacement of the band members.

In August 2000, the band released their first single Bullpen Catcher's Dream and one year later their first mini album Otori. But the first real success came with the publication of the single ROLLING1000tOON which was used as ending theme for the anime Airmaster in 2003.

In 2004, after the release of their fourth album, the band signed with major label VAP. That year they released two singles, but it wasn’t until the following year when they released their album, Rokkinpo Goroshi, did they tour throughout Japan to promote the album.

After more or less successful releases the quartet published the single Koi no Mega Lover in 2006 hitting number 9 in the Oricon charts, which was a huge achievement for this young band.

In February 2007, Maximum the Hormone contributed with What's up, People?! and Zetsubou Billy, the opening and ending theme respectfully, to the anime DEATH NOTE, because they were sure about one thing: If their music suits one anime than it has to be DEATH NOTE. The contribution the O.S.T. of this anime helped the gain much popularity for the band.

Maximum the Hormone has proven that they’re definitely a band to keep an eye out for; within a short period of time they gained a large fan base in Japan, which is even noticeable outside of Japan. Since Maximum the Hormone has improved the quality of their sounds with every album release you can expect the most from them.

Autor : JackSkellington (2007-04-21)