Cascade was a Japanese Visual Kei band, though they had a very casual style. The band formed in 1993 and disbanded in August 2002.^[1] Samurai Man was their first full album.^[2] Their sound was not typical of other visual kei bands, and was strongly influenced by New Wave.^[1][3]

Members

Last line-up

• Tama (Vocal) was born on Jan 13 in Kyoto.
• Masashi (Guitar) was born on Nov 30 in Kagosima.
• Makko (Bass) was born on Jun 24 in Yamanashi.
• Hiroshi (Drums) was born Sep 18 in Okayama.

Past Members

• Kagemary (Syn)
• Miyuki (Bass)
• Q-Shi (Drums)

Discography

Singles

• "Narikiri Bonnie and Clyde" なりきりボニー&クライド(1996/9/21)
• "Oh Yeah Baby" (1997/3/21)
• "Yellow Yellow Fire" (1997/6/21)
• "Super Car" スーパーカー (1997/11/21)
• "S.O.S Romantic" S.O.S ロマンティック(1998/4/22)
• "Flowers of Romance" (1998/8/12)
• "Cuckoo" (1998/11/11)
• "Memories" メモリーズ (1999/1/27)
• "Azayakana Kiseki" アザヤカナキセキ (1999/2/24)
• "Dance Capriccio" (1999/10/27)
• "Congracche" コングラッチェ (2000/1/26) Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Kindaichi Case Files
• "Tokyo Darling" TOKYOダーリン (2000/5/17)
• "Sexy, Sexy," (2000/11/16) Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Ghost Stories
• "Strawberry Moon" (2001/4/25)

Albums

• Apollo Exercise (Indies Album)
• Viva! (1995/11/22)
• Beautiful Human Life (1996/3/23)
• Samurai Man サムライマン (1996/10/23)
• Yellow Magical Typhoon (1997/7/24)
• 80*60=98 (1998/6/17)
• Kodomo Z コドモZ (1999/3/25)
• Piaza ピアザ (2000/2/23)
• Adrenalin No.5 (2000/6/14)
• Butterfly Limited Express (2001/6/13)
• Viva Nice Best (2002/9/19)

VHS

• Macaroni マカロニ (1996/6/21)
• Teritori-Machinegun (1997/4/23)
• Kageki na Bouryoku カゲキな暴力 CASCADE SHOW AT BUDOKAN (1998/3/21)
• Komanchi コマンチ (1999/6/23) Also has a DVD version
• Risutora Shite Kudasai yo リストラして下さいよ。(2000/11/8)

DVD

• Viva Nice DVD (2002/11/21)
• Last Tour 2002 Omise dekinai noga Zannen Desuga ラストツアー2002 お見せできないのが残念ですが Live at Osaka (2002/11/21)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oricon Artist Profile Retrieved Aug 28, 2007
2. ^ Murata, Keiko Cascade Cross Talking J-Rock Magazine, #18 (November 1996)
3. ^ CD Journal Band Profile Retrieved Aug 28, 2007

External links

• CASCADE Japanese Official Site

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