Cascade is a Japanese visual kei

Visual Kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...

 rock band, with a sound not typical of other visual kei bands, in that it is strongly influenced by new wave music

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

. The band formed in 1993 and disbanded in August 2002, but six years later the band reunited and released a new album in 2009, Vivo.

Cascade's song "S.O.S. Romantic" was covered by Mix Speakers, Inc

Mix Speakers, Inc

Mix Speaker's, Inc. is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in early 2007. Their members are Aya , Seek , Keiji , S , Miki , and Yuki . Though relatively new to the Japanese visual kei scene, Mix Speaker's, Inc...

 on the compilation Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on January 26, 2011 and features current visual kei

Visual Kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...

 bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement. Their song "Flowers of Romance" will be covered by Adapter. on its sequel, Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, that will be released on November 23, 2011.

Last line-up

• Tama (Vocals) was born on January 13, in Kyoto
  Kyoto
  is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
  
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• Masashi (Guitar) was born on November 30, in Kagosima.
• Hiroshi (Drums) was born September 18, in Okayama.

Past members

• Kagemary (Synth)
• Miyuki (Bass)
• Q-Shi (Drums)
• Makko (Bass) was born on June 24, in Yamanashi
  Yamanashi, Yamanashi
  is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. In spite of the name, it is not the capital of the prefecture, which is Kofu.On June 1, 2011, the city had an estimated population of 37,927 with 14,453 households...
  
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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) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 30
• "S.O.S Romantic" (S.O.S ロマンティック, 1998/4/22) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 17
• "Flowers of Romance" (1998/8/12) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 5
• "Cuckoo" (1998/11/11) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 10
• "Memories" (メモリーズ, 1999/1/27) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 13
• "Azayakana Kiseki" (アザヤカナキセキ, 1999/2/24) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 26
• "Dance Capriccio" (1999/10/27) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 15
• "Congracche" (コングラッチェ, 2000/1/26) 9th Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Kindaichi Case Files
  Kindaichi Case Files
  is a serialized Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō...
  
  , Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 28
• "Tokyo Darling" (TOKYOダーリン, 2000/5/17)
• "Sexy, Sexy," (2000/11/16) Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Ghost Stories
  Ghost Stories (anime)
  , also known as Ghosts at School, is a 19-episode anime series created in 2000 by animation studio Pierrot and Aniplex for Fuji Television, based on a book series by Toru Tsunemitsu....
  
  , Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 25
• "Strawberry Moon" (2001/4/25)
• "Partiful Saruman Life" (2010/4/13)
• "Bonnou Hakusho Part 2" (2011/2/2)

Albums

• Viva! (1995/11/22) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 55
• Beautiful Human Life (1996/3/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 71
• Samurai Man (サムライマン, 1996/10/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 49
• Apollo Exercise (1997/3/25)
• Yellow Magical Typhoon (1997/7/24) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 31
• 80*60=98 (1998/6/17) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 6
• Kodomo Z (コドモZ, 1999/3/25) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 8
• Piaza (ピアザ, 2000/2/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 18
• Adrenalin No.5 (2000/6/14) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 15
• Butterfly Limited Express (2001/6/13) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 33
• Viva Nice Best (2002/9/19) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 46
• Vivo (2009/4/15)
• Magallanica (2010/5/19)

Video releases

• Macaroni (マカロニ, 1996/6/21) VHS
• Teritori-Machinegun (1997/4/23) VHS
• Kageki na Bouryoku (カゲキな暴力 CASCADE SHOW AT BUDOKAN, 1998/3/21) VHS
• Komanchi (コマンチ, 1999/6/23) VHS and DVD
• Risutora Shite Kudasai yo (リストラして下さいよ。, 2000/11/8)
• Viva Nice DVD (2002/11/21) DVD
• 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) DVD
• Adios (2003/8/30) DVD

External links

• Official website
• Official Facebook
• Official YouTube
• Cascade at Universal Music