Cascade (band)

Cascade (stylized as CASCADE) is a Japanese visual kei rock band, with a sound not typical of others in the movement, in that it is strongly influenced by new wave music.^[1][2] The band formed in 1993 and disbanded in August 2002,^[1] but six years later the band reunited and released a new album in 2009, Vivo.

History

Cascade's song "S.O.S. Romantic" was covered by Mix Speakers, 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 bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.^[3] Their song "Flowers of Romance" was covered by Adapter. on Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, its sequel released on November 23, 2011.^[4]

Members

• Tama (Vocals) was born on January 13, in Kyoto.
• Masashi (Guitar) was born on November 30, in Kagosima.
• Hiroshi (Drums) was born September 18, in Okayama.

Former members

• Kagemary (Synth)
• Miyuki (Bass)
• Q-Shi (Drums)
• Makko (Bass) was born on June 24, in Yamanashi.

Discography

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^[5]
• "S.O.S Romantic" (S.O.S ロマンティック, 1998/4/22) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 17^[5]
• "Flowers of Romance" (1998/8/12) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 5^[5]
• "Cuckoo" (1998/11/11) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 10^[5]
• "Memories" (メモリーズ, 1999/1/27) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 13^[5]
• "Azayakana Kiseki" (アザヤカナキセキ, 1999/2/24) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 26^[5]
• "Dance Capriccio" (1999/10/27) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 15^[5]
• "Congracche" (コングラッチェ, 2000/1/26) 9th Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Kindaichi Case Files, Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 28^[5]
• "Tokyo Darling" (TOKYOダーリン, 2000/5/17)
• "Sexy, Sexy," (2000/11/16) Ending Theme of Japanese Anime Ghost Stories, Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 25^[5]
• "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^[6]
• Beautiful Human Life (1996/3/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 71^[6]
• Samurai Man (サムライマン, 1996/10/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 49^[6]
• Apollo Exercise (1997/3/25)
• Yellow Magical Typhoon (1997/7/24) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 31^[6]
• 80*60=98 (1998/6/17) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 6^[6]
• Kodomo Z (コドモZ, 1999/3/25) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 8^[6]
• Piaza (ピアザ, 2000/2/23) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 18^[6]
• Adrenalin No.5 (2000/6/14) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 15^[6]
• Butterfly Limited Express (2001/6/13) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 33^[6]
• Viva Nice Best (2002/9/19) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 46^[6]
• 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

References

1. 1 2 Oricon Artist Profile Retrieved Aug 28, 2007
2. ↑ CD Journal Band Profile Retrieved Aug 28, 2007
3. ↑ "Mix Speakers, Inc covers "S.O.S. Romantic"". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
4. ↑ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 www.oricon.co.jp Cascade Single Rankings Retrieved February 20, 2011
6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 www.oricon.co.jp Cascade Album Rankings Retrieved February 20, 2011

External links

• Official website
• Official Facebook
• Official YouTube
• Cascade at Universal Music (Japanese)