Vivisick is a four piece Thrashcore punk

Thrashcore

Thrashcore is a fast tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore punk, with bands often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less dissonant, less metallic forerunner of grindcore...

 band hailing from Tokyo, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Formed in 1996 by bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

/vocalist Yuki and guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Sunao, Vivisick has become fairly prominent in their local scene but remains almost unheard of outside of Japan.

History

Vivisick formed when Yuki and Sunao met and began placing "want ads" in record stores and magazines to find other willing members to start a band. The band soon had difficulty finding permanent members and establishing a good friendship with each other throughout the years due to the lack of propinquity between each other. Vivisick has since settled on a solid lineup, however. They released their first album, "Respect and Hate", in 2008.

EPs

• Alarm Chain Handle on Opposite Wall, Dan-Doh Records, 1999
• Punks Were Made Before Sounds, Sound Pollution, 2001
• Punks Were Made Before Sounds (re-release), Busted Heads, 2004

Splits

• Tomorrow Will Be Worse 3, Sound Pollution, 2002
• Vivisick vs Struck (with Struck
  Struck
  Struck is the surname of people:*Hermann Struck , German artist*Karin Struck , German author*Peter Struck, German politician*Peter T. Struck, Classics professorsee also Strikebreaker...
  
  ), Dan-Doh Records, 2002
• Vivisick vs Mukeka di Rato (with Mukeka di Rato), Sound Pollution, 2004

Live albums

• Landing to Brazil of Japanese Mother Fucker (from their Brazil
  Brazil
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
  
  tour), Laja Records, 2004

External links

• Official site (English version)
• Interview with Yuki
• Myspace