Showing posts with label BugLug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BugLug. Show all posts
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
BugLug Artist Photos for New Single “Hone”
BugLug is pulling along the visual-kei scene with great force with their 2014 slogan of "bucchigiri" (winning by a large margin). At the event "KING GHIDORA," which was held on February 12 at SHIBUYA-AX along with SuG and vistlip, BugLug closed out the show in their new costumes. Following the end of the performance, they uploaded new artist photos to their official website.
From the beginning of the year, BugLug used photos of gold skeletons in place of their artist photos, which caused a controversy. Vocalist Issei spoke about the new costumes and their thoughts about their March single.
"We gave the single the title of "Hone" ("Bones"), which comes from the fact that we want you to see more of the essential parts of people and love them. We expressly made our first artist photo for the single that of bones, which we did with the same intention as when we used silhouettes in the past. We wanted to highlight the band 'BugLug' one more time, without the preconceptions people are prone to have based on appearance. We want you to love the exotic sounds that are the essence of the song; that is, we want you to love us from our bones, and we used that image so you could feel that spiritual essence. The theme of this single is 'love.' Personally, I think this song is a love song."
On February 19, BugLug released their live DVD "BugLug ONEMAN TOUR 2013 'Gaisen Shinkou~GAISEN PARADE~' FINAL 'Tokyo Shuurai,'" which contains footage of their December 2013 performance at Zepp DiverCity. "Hone," BugLug's second single release in as many months, will come out on March 19. Their previous single, "HICCHAKA×MECCHAKA" reached number five on the Oricon Weekly Single Ranking. There are video ads for both titles on BugLug's official YouTube channel.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
AN CAFE And BugLug Hold Interview Project In Commemoration Of “Fudeoroshi Two-Man Tour”
AN CAFE and BugLug, who have announced to hold “Fudeoroshi Two-Man Tour SM-SCRAP MONSTERS-“ will be holding an interview project on the Sony Music Artists website.
The interview will be divided into different parts. This being practically the first time for the two bands to meet, members of both bands will begin with introducing themselves. They will also be talking on such topics as how the tour came about, similarities between the two bands, and what they plan to do for the tour. We will be blessed with the rare occasion to witness these two bands talk as they “gradually get closer and closer to each other”.
The first episode of interviews will feature the first half of the interview between the frontmen of both bands: Miku (AN CAFE) and Issei (BugLug). A total of five episodes will be uploaded one by one every Saturday.
AN CAFE & BugLug Special Interview Project Page
http://www.sma.co.jp/news/detail/s/32388
Saturday, January 25, 2014
BugLug and AN CAFE to Perform Two-man Tour
BugLug, whose newest single "HICCHAKAxMECCHAKA" just reached number five on the Oricon Single Ranking, and AN CAFE, who just held a one-man performance at Nippon Budokan in honor of the ten-year anniversary of their formation, have announced that they will be holding a two-man tour entitled "Fude Oroshi Two-man Tour SM~SCRAP MONSTERS~." The tour will consist of events in fourteen different locations around Japan, ranging from Hokkaido in the north to Kumamoto in the south.
The bold name of the tour refers to the face that this is the first time these two bands will set out together on a two-man tour. Starting out the over one month tour will be a performance at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall on April 5. This performance will be the first show of the year to be held at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall. Both bands are full of excitement about this "dream competition."
BugLug announced at their performance at Zepp DiverCity on December 15, 2013 that their slogan for 2014 will be "bucchigiri" (winning by a large margin), and they have already announced four pieces of information related to that. The first is that they will release a DVD of the aforementioned December performance. The second is that they will release a new single entitled "Hone." The fourth is that they will hold a tour of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka ending at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall on June 8. At the time, they kept the third announcement a secret, but in fact, the third announcement was of this two-man tour.
Additionally, BugLug performed at a three-band event at Akasaka BLITZ on January 5 with their labelmates at Resistar Records, DOG inThe Parallel World Orchestra and Blu-BiLLioN. They also released surprising new artist photos. All of the members' bones are visible beneath their suits, which refers to their new single's title "Hone" (bone). This novel step is very characteristic of BugLug's love of betraying people's expectations, and fans are excited about the song that gave birth to these shocking images.
BugLug has also announced that in July and August, they will be bringing the aforementioned three-band tour to nine cities around Japan. The tour's title is "Chigai Houken VOL.4." "Chigai Houken VOL.3," which was held in the summer of 2013, was continually sold out, so this year they have scaled up the size of the venues at which they will perform. The tour final will be held on August 28 at Zepp DiverCity.
AN CAFE, who is now in their eleventh year since their formation, have commented that they want to "increase their number of friends," so their theme for 2014 is "making friends." So at their one-man performance at Nippon Budokan on January 4, they announced that they will be holding three multi-band tours in 2014.
AN CAFE is putting together one big project with the intention of "showing mutual respect and cultivating one's character by fighting for real, without carelessness." Their two-man tour with BugLug is the first part of this project (the participants in the next part are as of yet unannounced). Consequently, AN CAFE has not stood on the stage at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall since their performance seven years ago in April of 2007, when then-guitarist Bou graduated from the band. It is possible to surmise that the band is excited to return to such a memorable place after many years of absence.
Prior to the two-man tour with BugLug, AN CAFE will be going on their fourth world tour in February and March. The tour is called "NYAPPY GO AROUND THE WORLD IV-Kawaii CAFEKKO AISHITERU-," and they will be holding the final performance of the world tour in Japan, the first time AN CAFE has ever done so. They will be performing in twelve cities in eight different European countries, and the final shows of the tour will be held on March 26 and 27 at Meguro Rokumeikan.
The tickets for this special tour by two bands that have declared that they are going all-out for 2014 will go on general sale on February 8. Prior to this, tickets are available for advance reservation starting on January 19. BugLug, with their bizarre new release and a recent performance at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall under their belts will come together with AN CAFE following their world tour. The thrilling competition between these two bands that hold mutual respect for each other cannot be missed.
Friday, January 10, 2014
BugLug x SuG x vistlip Elite Three-Band Event at SHIBUYA-AX
A wonderful event featuring three bands - BugLug, SuG, and vistlip - will take place at SHIBUYA-AX on February 12, 2014. This event, called "KING GHIDORAH," is an amassing of a group of energetic bands in the scene. This is the first time these three bands have come together, and perhaps this formation would be enough to rival fictional Japanese monster King Ghidorah.
BugLug's September release "HICCHAKA×MECCHAKA" first appeared at number five on the Oricon single ranking chart. Beginning with their sold out performance at Akasaka BLITZ in May, they have also sold out most of the performances on their first nationwide one-man tour that they began in October. Their steady advance is appropriate for their slogan for this year of "Bacchikoi" ("We're ready!"). At their December 15 performance at Zepp DiverCity, they announced that their slogan for 2014 will be "Bucchigiri" ("winning by a large margin"). On March 19, they will release a new single entitled "Hone," and they will hold the final performance of their June Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka tour at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall.
SuG, on the other hand, took a one-year hiatus following their final performance at Yoyogi National Stadium Second Gymnasium on December 29, 2012. At their guerilla live performance in September, they announced that they will re-start activities on the same day at the same venue one year later. During their hiatus, the members were proactive and challenged themselves to do various session bands and perform as support musicians and as solo artists. With his solo project "Uwakimono," vocalist Takeru has performed with various artists without regard to genre. SuG's long-awaited revival performance sold out in only one minute. They will release their first single following their revival, entitled "MISSING," on February 19. This three-band performance will occur just before their single release.
vistlip also sold out their performance on July 7 at Zepp Tokyo, which was held in honor of the anniversary of their formation. Prior to 2014, which will be the seventh year since their formation, they released their first single collection on December 4. With their performance "Merry Bell," on December 5 at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST, their one-man tour "Good vibes CIRCUIT II," which will begin in May of 2014, their April 9 single release, and their recurring appearances on television and in media, they are a band that is currently cultivating extensive appeal.
The tickets for this event are available for general sale beginning on January 18, and the competition for tickets will certainly be fierce for an event featuring these bands that usually hold one-man concerts at venues that have a capacity of a few thousand people. Their idiosyncrasies and careers have been different, but what is common between these three bands that they use various methods of expression -catchiness, mania, pop and aggressiveness - to dazzle their audiences. Like the dragon-headed King Ghidora, these three bands have come up in the scene with the force of an ascending dragon. The expectations of the explosive power when these bands come together will only increase from here.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Resistar Records V.A. LIVE DVD Release
Resistar Records V.A. LIVE DVD "治外法権-新春だょ全員集合!!2014-" will be released at 2014/06/18 (4,000yen), which will include scene of Resistar Records presents live "治外法権-新春だょ全員集合!!2014-" at Akasaka BLITZ at 2014/01/05.
[participating artists]
DOG in The PWO
BugLug
Blu-BiLLioN
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
BugLug : LIVE DVD & New Maxi Single Release
It is announced at BugLug one-man live tour "凱旋行進～GAISEN PARADE～" tour final "東京襲来(tokyo shuurai)" at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo at 2013/12/15 that their LIVE DVD "BugLug ONEMAN TOUR 2013「凱旋行進～GAISEN PARADE～」FINAL『東京襲来(tokyo shuurai)』" will be released at 2014/02/19 (2 TYPE - limited edition 7,140yen / regular edition 4,200yen), which will include scene of that one-man live at 2013/12/15.
their new maxi single "骨(hone)" will be released at 2014/03/19 (3 TYPE).
limited edition TYPE A & B (1,890yen each) will include CD+DVD, and regular edition (1,260yen) will include CD only.
their live-limited CD (type & title not yet finalized) will be released at their one-man live "太陽と月が在る限り" at 2014/06/08.
btw they will hold their one-man live "ぼくらの未来" at Osaka BIG CAT at 2014/05/16 and their another one-man live "閃く潜在性" at Nagoya BOTTOM LINE at 2014/05/17.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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