PENICILLIN

PENICILLIN
AKA	Penicillin
Spelling	ペニシリン
Status	major, active indies (1992 - 1996, 2001 - 2005)
Origin	Kanagawa
Years	1992.2.14 - present
Genres	rock, hard rock, visual rock
Labels	blowgrow/avex (2012 - present) NIPPON CROWN (2008-9) avex trax (2005-7) HiBOOM/avex (2002-5) omega A.T. music (2001) East West (1998-2000) PIONEER LDC (1996-7) Tears Music/Ectplasm (1994-1996)
Related	nano 千聖 machine
Fanclub	QUARTER DOLL

Lineup

• HAKUEI - Vocals (1992 - present)
  → PENICILLIN → PENICILLIN, machine, nano, 海賊 → PENICILLIN, machine
• 千聖 (Chisato) - Guitar (1992 - present)
  → PENICILLIN → PENICILLIN, 千聖 → PENICILLIN, Crack6, nano, Acid Black Cherry (support)
• O-JIRO - Drums (1992 - present)
  → PENICILLIN → PENICILLIN, STAR MAN

Former members

• GISHO - Bass (1992 - 2007.5.20), Vocals (1992)
  → PENICILLIN → PENICILLIN, STAR MAN
• 泰祐 (Shaisuke) - Guitar (1992 - 1993)
  → Blanche → PENICILLIN → Deshabillz → BAISER → Swallowtail
• YUJI - Guitar
  → GUST → Deshabillz → Blanche → PENICILLIN

Support members

• HIROKI - Support Bass (2007.9 - 2018.2.18)
  → SWEET DEATH → Def Master → Media Youth → superbrunch → s-minor → CyanBeach, ZERO MHZ (support), Julian (support) → BLADE, 廣嶋, HYDE (support) → machine (support), AGE of PUNK (support), m.o.v.e (support), 海賊 → KILLERS, Tourbillon (support → the ROMEO, PENICILLIN (support), 河村隆一 (support), Crack6 (support), Loveless (support) → dead pan brothers, PENICILLIN (support), Crack6 (support)
• NAOMI - Live Keyboards (until 2008)
  → NOISE FACTORY → LAREINE (support) → PENICILLIN (support) →
• Ni～ya - Studio and Live Bass (2007)
  → → PENICILLIN (support) →
• SHUSE - Studio Bass (2007)
  → KNOCK'EM DEAD → THE 6-TEENS → La'cryma Christi → SHUSE, Acid Black Cherry (support), Samurai Dead City

Discography

Albums

Penicillin Shock
EP (1994.05.30)

Missing Link
full-length (1994.12.24)

God of grind
EP (1995.06.20)

EARTH
EP (1995.09.30)

INTO THE VALLEY OF DOLLS
EP (1995.09.30)

VIBE∞
full-length (1996.06.26)

Indwell
full-length (1996.04.27)

FLY
EP (1996.11.27)

Limelight
full-length (1997.07.02)

Ultimate Velocity
full-length (1998.10.21)

UNION JAP
full-length (2000.05.24)

NUCLEAR BANANA
full-length (2001.11.07)

No.53
full-length (2002.10.30)

赫赫
full-length (2003.10.01)

FLOWER CIRCUS
full-length (2004.10.20)

hell bound heart
full-length (2005.11.23)

BLUE HEAVEN
full-length (2007.02.28)

Supernova
full-length (2008.11.26)

cell
full-length (2009.11.04)

WILL
full-length (2011.03.02)

瑠璃色のプロヴィデンス
full-length (2014.03.19)

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[[Memories
〜Japanese Masterpiece〜]]
cover album (2015.3.18)

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Lunatic Lover
full-length (2016.11.9)

Singles

• 1995.09.30 In the Kingdom of the Moonlight
• 1996.01.25 MELODY/マザー・グース (Mazā gūsu)
• 1996.03.15 Blue Moon/天使よ目覚めて (Tenshi yo mezamete)
• 1996.05.15 Imitation Love
• 1996.07.25 The Flame (distributed single)
• 1996.07.26 I WANT YOU TO WANT ME (distributed single)
• 1997.03.19 99番目の夜 (99banme no yoru)
• 1997.05.28 DEAD or ALIVE/ナルシスの花 (Narushisu no hana)
• 1997.06.25 夜をぶっとばせ (Yoru o buttobase)
• 1998.01.15 ロマンス (Romansu)
• 1998.05.30 make love
• 1998.09.09 CRASH
• 1998.11.26 Butterfly
• 1999.09.01 NICE IN LIP+L
• 2000.02.23 理想の舌 (Risō no shita)
• 2000.05.17 ウルトライダー (Urutoraidā)
• 2000.05.17 Japanese Industrial Students
• 2001.01.24 イナズマ (Inazuma)
• 2001.05.30 リミットコンプレックス (Rimitto konpurekkusu)
• 2001.11.28 腐海の砂 (Fukai no suna)
• 2002.06.26 NEW FUTURE
• 2002.09.19 花園キネマ (Hanazono Kinema)
• 2003.05.28 四次元ダイバー/少年ダイバー (Shijigen Daibā/Shōnen Daibā)
• 2003.11.27 白髏の舞 (Byakuro no mai)
• 2004.05.26 SAMURAI BOY/LOVE DRAGOON
• 2005.02.02 フリージア (Furījia)
• 2005.09.28 JUMP#1/ハカナ (Hakana)
• 2006.03.15 月千古輝/零 (Tsuki senko teru/Rei)
• 2006.09.27 hyper chord/hyper kids～東海大学物語～ (Tōkai daigaku monogatari)
• 2007.01.31 Grind Candy/エデン (Eden)
• 2008.04.23 太陽 (Taiyō)
• 2008.08.20 RAINBOW/SCREAM
• 2009.05.08 BLACK HOLE
• 2009.09.02 WARP
• 2010.08.04 Rosetta
• 2013.10.09 幻想カタルシス
• 2014.09.10 SOL
• 2015.10.14 Stranger

Demo tapes

• 1992.11.?? Unknown Title
• 1993.??.?? Penicillin

Compilations

• 1999.10.06 THIS IS PENICILLIN 1994-1999
• 2001.02.21 SINGLES
• 2012.04.11 20th Anniversary Fan Selection Best DRAGON HEARTS
• 2012.12.05 20th Anniversary Member Selection Best PHOENIX STAR

VHS

• 1995.07.25 HUMAN DOLL
• 1995.07.21 QUARTER DOLL
• 1996.07.10 Indwell
• 1995.09.30 In the Kingdom of the Moonlight (distributed VHS)
• 1996.02.10 マザー・グース (Mazā gūsu) (distributed VHS)
• 1996.02.11 Melody (distributed VHS)
• 1996.12.04 FLY
• 1997.07.30 Limelight
• 1998.03.25 Video History 1995
• 1998.03.25 Video History 1996
• 1998.03.25 Video History 1995
• 1998.11.21 HAMLET
• 1999.05.12 A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN Vol.1
• 1999.05.12 A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN Vol.2
• 1999.05.26 A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN Vol.3
• 1999.05.26 A LOCUS OF PENICILLIN Vol.4
• 2000.10.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.1
• 2000.10.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.2
• 2000.11.18 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.3
• 2000.11.18 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.4
• 2000.12.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.5
• 2000.12.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.6
• 2001.04.11 SINGLES

DVD

• 2000.10.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.1
• 2000.10.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.2
• 2000.11.18 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.3
• 2000.11.18 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.4
• 2000.12.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.5
• 2000.12.21 PENICILLIN SHOCK 2000 Vol.6
• 2003.01.29 HUMANDOLLQUARTERDOLLINDWELL
• 2006.07.12 SINGLES
• 2013.05.15 PENICILLIN 20th Anniversary LIVE FINAL @2013.2/16(土) 渋谷公会堂

Boxed sets

• 1998.03.25 Video History 1995～1996

Omnibus albums

• ????.??.?? PRACTICAL J･O･K･E volume 1
• 1995.06.05 TURN OVER "PEACOCK" VERSION
• 1995.07.01 SACRED SEEDS ~Stairs to the moon~
• 1995.08.21 TURN OVER "EAGLE" VERSION
• 1996.03.20 プラティカルジョーク2

External Links

• Official website