Deadman

deadman
Spelling	デッドマン
Status	indies, on hiatus
Origin	Nagoya
Years	2000 - 2006.5.23
Genres	alternative rock
Labels	david skull no records
Related	kein, GULLET, Theia
Website	deadman.jp

deadman were one of the most popular visual kei bands from Nagoya. They have been active from 2000 to 2006.

Biography

deadman were formed in 2000 by former Kein members Mako, aie and Yukino together with ex-Lamiel drummer Toki. Mako was in charge of the lyrics while aie and Yukino shared songwriting duties. Like kein, the band was mostly active in the Nagoya area, but expanded their span to Tokyo and eventually the whole country through their career.

They had their first live on January 6th 2001 and released their first CD subliminal effect in April. Right after the release of subliminal effect Yukino left the band. Since then aie became the band leader and was also in charge of composing all songs as well as graphic design. The band's works would get released under aie's own label david skull no records. Takamasa was hired as a support bassist in May and eventually became an official member in February 2002.

After releasing their first full album no alternative in 2003, deadman started holding national tours and gaining more popularity. In May 2005 Takamasa left the band and was replaced by Kazuya. This would be deadman's final lineup. In December 2005 they released one more album and also had their first and only European tour in France and Germany.

In March 2006 they announced they would go on hiatus after their oneman live at Shibuya O-EAST on May 23rd. All members except aie retired from the music scene. Mako came back in 2008 to release a photobook which included a solo CD featuring one track (composed by Közi), but never started a solo career or joined other bands. He also sang as a guest on HOLLOWGRAM's first oneman live on January 17th 2015. Kazuya temporarily resumed musical activities to release a solo mini-album in 2008 as gift. He also played bass on aie's band KEEL for only one concert in September 2015, and stated it has been 9 years he had not played live.

Mako and aie reunited in studio one more time in 2009 to work on a revised version of their first album titled no alternative 2.0. It featured partly rerecorded vocals and completely rerecorded guitars.

Lineup

	眞呼 (Mako) Vocals → kein → deadman → 眞呼
	aie Guitar → LAPSE → Another you → Theia → Lamiel → kein → deadman → the God and Death stars → the studs → the God and Death stars, gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy, THE MADCAP LAUGHS, KEEL
	Kazuya Bass (2005.7.10 - 2006.5.23) → De:zaide → babysitter → blam → aivi → deadman → gift
	Toki Drums → LAZEAR → Theia → Lamiel → deadman

Former Members

	Takamasa Bass (2002.2 - 2005.4.6), Support Bass (2001.5 - 2002.2) → Lady → deadman
	ゆきの (Yukino) Bass (2000 - 2001.5) → Theia → Risk → kein → deadman → GULLET → lynch. (support), the God and Death stars → the studs → DIMMDIVISION. → DIMMDIVISION., StrangerSaid., HOLLOWGRAM → lynch. (support)

Lineup Chronology

Discography

All music by aie, all lyrics by 眞呼 (except where noted).

Albums

siteOfScafFold mini-album (2001.11.21)	Tracklist dlof facs please god 溺れる魚 blood 桜と雨 re:make 色別の亡い空虚 site of scaffold Notes Limited to 5,000 copies.	no alternative full-length (2003.3.8)	Tracklist intro 盲目の羽と星を手に 苦悩の中の耐え難い存在 受刑者の日記 銀のパラソル ドリスからの手紙 rem. imp lunch box in media circus through the looking glass quo vadis 蟻塚 Notes First press has a different jacket (10,000 copies). A remixed, remastered version titled no alternative 2.0 with rerecorded guitar and partly rerecorded vocals was released in 2009.
701125 mini-album (2004.4.6)	Tracklist 25 god blut blue berry family kafka (reissue only) moniz (reissue only) sons of star fucker Notes Had a retail and live only edition. Reissued as 701125+2 with two bonus tracks (2005.6.8). Track 8 is titled "soSf" in the retailer edition.	in the direction of sunrise and night light full-length (2005.12.14)	Tracklist star baby rip roll soil raison d'etre when the saints go marching in asthenia bullet stain additional cause of sorrow follow the night light fragile sandy dim quiet grand ground this day.this rain. DVD Tracklist (1st Press) follow the night light Notes Second press was released in digipack on 2009.11.30.

Singles

subliminal effect maxi-single (2001.4.25)	Tracklist Mirrors music: ゆきの / lyrics: 眞呼 Radical Garden music: ゆきの / lyrics: 眞呼 ブルーベジー 701126 Notes Limited to 10,000 copies.	in media single (2001.8.20)	Tracklist lunch box in media Notes Limited to 3,000 copies.
雨降りの向日葵 maxi-single (2003.10.11)	Tracklist 雨降りの悪い夢 faith head 向日葵	カフカ/モーニス single (2004.1.13)	Tracklist カフカ モーニス Notes Live and mailorder limited.
℃ maxi-single (2004.10.6)	Tracklist degreeds centigrade monster tree maze room 体温	聖者ノ行進single (2005.3.9)	Tracklist this day.this rain. 聖者ノ行進

Splits

昼下がりのジキルとハイド splits (2002.4.11)

Tracklist 701126 (Blast) Saddy (deadman) music: 依織 / lyrics: 維那 病んでる。 (Blast) music: 依織 / lyrics: 維那 サーカス (deadman) Notes Released in stores and Fool's Mate mailorder on 2002.7.27. Fool's Mate edition has track 1 and 2 only. Stores edition has track 3 and 4 only.

Free Distributed Singles

family single (2003.4.13~26)

2003.4.13 Osaka MUSE family please god (live at 2002.11/08 名古屋ELL FIT'S ALL) blood (live at 2002.11/08 名古屋ELL FIT'S ALL) 2003.4.19 Nagoya ELL family 苦悩の中の耐え難い存在 (live at 2002.11/08 名古屋ELL FIT'S ALL) 溺れる魚 (live at 2002.11/08 名古屋ELL FIT'S ALL) 2003.4.26 Shibuya O-WEST family in media (live at 2002.11/08 名古屋ELL FIT'S ALL) re:make (live at 2002.11/10 新宿LOFT) Notes Three version distributed at three different concerts.

℃+1 single (2004.10.03)

Tracklist bodybag No. Notes Distributed at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO.

Demo Tapes

苦悩の中の耐え難い存在 demo tape (2002.6.21)

Tracklist 苦悩の中の耐え難い存在 quo vadis Notes Live and mailorder only limited to 1,500.

DVD

2 clips videoclips (2005.4.1)	Tracklist this day.this rain. 聖者ノ行進 Notes Sold at oneman concerts.	終夜灯 videoclip (2006.5.23)	Tracklist additional cause for sorrow Notes Freebie for their last concert.
0605231830 live DVD (2006.12.27)	Disc 1 向日葵 asthenia bullet stain rip roll soil raison d'etre dim quiet grand ground 25 * god * family * faith head * monster tree * maze room * 盲目の羽根と星を手に 苦悩の中の耐え難い存在 * in media * follow the night light fragile sandy 聖者ノ行進 * blue berry * 雨降りの悪い夢 * 桜と雨 * 色別の亡い空虚 * 銀のパラソル * ドリスからの手紙 this day.this rain. 蟻塚 Disc 2 blut kafka * moniz * alice lunch box * bodybag No. 受刑者の日記 * 溺れる魚 quo vadis re:make 体温 additional cause for sorrow star baby * 701126 * 聖者ノ行進 * Disc 2 (endroll) this day.this rain. 聖者ノ行進 follow the night light 終夜灯 Notes 06025231830 features the full concert. A retail edition titled "endroll" does not feature the tracks marked with an asterisk (*) and has a music clip collections as a bonus disc.	deadman_2005.mov deadman_2006.mov live DVD (2007.12.31)	deadman_2005.mov 07.10 目黒鹿鳴館 07.12 新宿LOFT 08.09 江坂MUSE 08.27 名古屋Bottom Line 09.17 渋谷AX 10.08 Fool's Mate撮影風景 11.01 中田島砂丘撮影 11.02 大阪MUSE 11.07 「follow the night light」clip撮影 11.27 姫路BET 12.26 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO deadman_2006.mov 01.27〜01.28 パリ 01.29 フランクフル 02.04 目黒鹿鳴館 03.18 代官山UNIT 03.31 SHOXX撮影 04.26 「終夜灯」clip撮影 05.06 大阪Club Vijon 05.08 大阪MUSE 05.14 名古屋E.L.L. 05.15 名古屋MUSIC FARM 05.20 目黒鹿鳴館 05.23 渋谷O-EAST 12.24 新宿LOFT Plus One Notes Fanclub only release.

Omnibus Albums

• 2001.12.12 妖幻鏡-mirrors of new generation-