Gastunk
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Gastunk is an influential Japanese rock band, first active from 1983 to 1988. They reunited in 1999 and 2006 for reunion concerts, but officially restarted activities in 2010.

Members

  • Baki – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

     (ex:Lip Cream, The Execute,→Quartergate, #9, Mosquito Spiral)
  • Tatsu – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     (ex:Dead Cops,→Jacks 'n' Joker, The Eye Scream, The Killing Red Addiction)
  • Baby – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (ex:The Execute,→The Highest Region, Rebel Tribe)
  • Shigeru "Pazz" Kobayashi – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     (ex:Z.O.A.,→Doom
    Doom (Japanese band)
    Doom was a Japanese thrash metal band by former Zadkiel members Takashi and Koh. Formed in Tokyo in 1985, the first line up included Takashi "Taka" Fujita , Koh "Pirarucu" Morota and Jouichi "Joe" Hirokawa . The group released their first EP Go Mad Yourself! in 1986, and the debut album No More...

    , Quartergate, I love you... OK?)

Singles

  • "Mr. Gazime" (June 1985)
  • "Geronimo" (March 30, 1986)
  • "Sunshine of Your Love
    Sunshine of Your Love
    "Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British supergroup Cream. The song was originally released on the album Disraeli Gears in November 1967, and was later released as a single in January 1968. It is Cream's only gold-selling single in the United States. It features a distinctive...

    " (1988) Oricon
    Oricon
    , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

    Singles Weekly Chart Peak Position: #85
  • "Counter-Clock Wise" (1988)
  • "Dead Song" (1989, in Rockin' f magazine)
  • "Deadman's Face" (June 9, 2010) #128

EPs

  • Gastunk (March 2, 1985)
  • The Vanishing Signs (May 1, 1986)
  • To Fans (September 1986)
  • Midnight Rain (1986), Oricon Albums Chart Peak Position: #82

Albums

  • Dead Song (July 1985)
  • Under the Sun (June 21, 1987)
  • Under the Sun (US version, 1987)
  • Mother (June 21, 1988)

Compilation albums

  • Heartful Melody (1983-1988) (1994)
  • Early Singles (August 21, 2002)

VHS/DVDs

  • Smash the Wall (VHS:1988, DVD:February 20, 2004)
  • Revelation (VHS:1988, DVD:November 15, 2006)
  • The End Vol. 1
  • The End Vol. 2
  • The End Vol. 1 & 2 (March 25, 2004)
  • Rest in Peace (February 23, 2005)
  • Gig DVD 1987 (November 8, 2006)
  • Double Gigs (August 6, 2008)
  • Gig DVD 1988 (April 21, 2010)
  • Arise Again Tour 2010 (November 17, 2010)

External links

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