Zoro (band)

Zoro
Zoro
Origin	Mie Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Indie rock; new wave; electronic rock; funk rock;
Years active	2007-2015
Labels	Danger Crue Records (2007-2010); Jesse Records (2011-2015);
Past members	Ryuuji; Tatsuhi; Yuuya; Taizo
Website	www.zoro-web.com

Zoro (stylized as ZORO) was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in January 2007. Though they were originally a four-piece band for four years, as of 2011, the band is a duo consisting of vocalist Ryuuji and bassist Tatsuhi.

History

Vocalist Ryuuji, bassist Tatsuhi, and drummer Yuuya were previously part of a band called Soroban. After Soroban disbanded, the three went on to form the band Zoro in January 2007. Their first performance was at Liquidroom Ebisu on March 5, 2007, although they did not have a drummer. Taizo later joined Zoro in June 2007 after the disbandment of his previous band, Mouse.

On December 27, 2010, at Maverick DC Group's annual concert Jack in the Box 2010, Zoro revealed that Yuuya and Taizo would be leaving the band and that the band would go on a hiatus. Their last performance together was held at C.C.Lemon Hall on December 29, 2010.^[1] During the performance, vocalist Ryuuji declared to the audience that he and Tatsuhi would continue Zoro as a duo.^[2] The band later departed from Maverick DC Group's record label, Danger Crue Records.

In July 2011, the band announced that they would be resuming activities while still in search of a new guitarist and drummer. With their return, they launched a new independent record label, Jesse Records, and released a new single. They also embarked on a solo tour in the following months.^[3]

Past members

Ryuuji (龍寺) - vocalist (2007–2015)
Tatsuhi (たつひ) - bassist (2007–2015)
Yuuya (ゆうや) – drummer (2007–2010)
Taizo (タイゾ) - guitarist (2007–2010), currently in Kra

Discography

Albums

Title	Release date	Label	Type
Apollo	August 29, 2007	Danger Crue Records	Mini-album
Cosmo -Stainless Music-	August 20, 2008	Danger Crue Records	Album
Core	September 9, 2009	Danger Crue Records	Album
Kiga	December 1, 2010	Danger Crue Records	Album

Singles

Title	Release Date	Label
Lost Technology	March 5, 2008	Danger Crue Records
Playear	March 18, 2009	Danger Crue Records
Gold Card	March 3, 2010	Danger Crue Records
House of Madpeak	August 11, 2010	Danger Crue Records
Police	September 21, 2011	Jesse Record
Bara Niku	February 29, 2012	Jesse Record
HOWL	July 25, 2012	Jesse Record
NightRider	January 23, 2013	Jesse Record
Pest	March 23, 2013	Jesse Record

Promotional videos

Title	Release date	Label
Dynamite Flavor	May 27, 2009	Danger Crue Records
Latency Snow (レイテンシー・スノウ)	May 27, 2009	Danger Crue Records
Timeland	May 27, 2009	Danger Crue Records

References

^ "ZORO Going on Hiatus after December 29th". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
^ "ZORO Announce to Continue Activities with 2 Members". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
^ "ZORO Resuming Activities". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

External links

[1] "ZORO Going on Hiatus after December 29th". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

[2] "ZORO Announce to Continue Activities with 2 Members". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

[3] "ZORO Resuming Activities". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

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