Ishigaki Ai was the support guitarist for The Mad Capsule Markets

The Mad Capsule Markets

The Mad Capsule Markets were a Japanese band that formed in 1990 and were active until 2006...

 from 1990 to 1996. He got the job as support guitarist after being a roadie for MCM in the Berrie days. Ishigaki debuted on their Thrash-Punk album P.O.P

P.O.P

P.O.P is the second album by The Mad Capsule Markets and their major label debut. It was a faster, thrashier effort than their debut album Humanity, and featured new guitarist Ai Ishigaki. Many lyrics were edited out for content...

 and later became the more well known guitarist because he could bring a softer, more experimental acoustic element to their later releases. Ishigaki left the band in 1996, it was stated that the harder direction on 4 Plugs

4 Plugs

-Charts:...

 may have been why. After leaving, Ishigaki worked on solo material, formed Blade with actor Shinji Takeda, and contributed guitar to other bands, including Tomoyasu Hotei

Tomoyasu Hotei

is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Hotei at number 70 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.- Life and career :...

 who was an ex-member of Japanese Punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 group Boøwy

Boøwy

Boøwy was a Japanese rock group consisting of Kyosuke Himuro , Tomoyasu Hotei , Tsunematsu Matsui and Makoto Takahashi . They were a rock band that reached legendary status in Japan during the 1980s...

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Trivia

• Ishigaki was 20 years old when he joined making him the youngest member of the band.

External links

• http://www.redblood.com/ Fansite, not updated since 2001
• http://www.ends.co.jp/ Ends website