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Шаблон:Nihongo was a Japanese heavy metal band originally formed as Flatbacker in the spring of 1982 in Sapporo, Japan[1] out of the remnants of two high school bands, Power-Station and Scrap. EZO has been named a "seminal influence by such artists as Steve McDonald of Redd Kross and Michael Steele of The Bangles."Шаблон:Sfn

History

EZO consisted of Masaki Yamada (vocals), Taro Takahashi (bass), Shoyo Iida (guitar) and Hiro Homma (drums).[2] They released one demo cassette (Minagoroshi) in 1984 and two albums (1985's Senzo and 1986's Esa) in Japan as Flatbacker in the mid-1980s before coming to the U.S.[1] Rumor has it that Gene Simmons of Kiss, who produced their self-titled U.S. debut album,Шаблон:Sfn was behind the band's name change to EZO,Шаблон:Citation needed inspired by Ezo, an ancient name for Hokkaidō.[1] They released two albums for Geffen Records, 1987's EZO and 1989's Fire Fire, before being dropped from the label and internal differences led to the band's demise.[1]

Vocalist Masaki Yamada joined fellow Japanese heavy metal band Loudness in 1992 and drummer Hiro Homma joined Loudness in 1994.[1] In 2000, the original Loudness lineup reunited and Masaki and Hiro left the band.[1] Hiro Homma was the drummer for the Japanese metal band Anthem from 2001 to 2013 and vocalist Masaki Yamada is now the bass player for the New York-based band FiRESiGN.

A single guitar riff from EZO song "House of 1,000 Pleasures" served as the signature sound of syndicated radio network Z Rock.Шаблон:Citation needed

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title JP US
1984 Minagoroshi(皆殺し) (Demo, as 'Fratvacker')
1985 Accident(戦争) (as 'Flatbacker')
1986 Esa() (as 'Flatbacker')
1987 EZO 6 150
1989 Fire Fire 19

Videos

Year Title
1985 War is Over (as 'Flatbacker')
1988 E・Z・O
2004 Returns

See also

References

Citations

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General and cited references

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Nippop's EZO Profile Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved Sep 21, 2007
  2. AllMusic EZO Profile Retrieved on Sep 21 2007