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Sambomaster (サンボマスター) is a Japanese Rock band, signed to Sony Music Japan. They were formed in February 2000 when Takashi Yamaguchi (山口隆) (Guitar & Vocals) and Yasufumi Kiuchi (木内泰史) (Drums & Back-Up Vocals) who had first met at a music club at university a few years prior, met Youichi Kondo (近藤洋一) (Bass & Back-Up Vocals) and decided to start a band. Thus, Sambomaster were born.

They first made their debut at a live house (known as Showboat) in the Koenji district of Tokyo not too long after first forming the band. This was quickly followed by them self-producing their first mini-album, Kick no Oni, which took almost a year to complete and was eventually released in April 2001, limited to only 300 copies. They then built on this progress by participating in various indie complations and anthologies, coupled with seemingly endless gigging across the country, which helped create a large amount of interest for the band.

However, Sambomaster’s big break finally came in Summer 2003, when they appeared at Fuji Rock Festival’s Rookie a Go-Go (a show designed to highlight up-and-coming new bands) which lead to them getting signed to Sony Music Japan and releasing their major-label debut album, Atarashiki Nihongo Rock No Michi To Hikari, in December 2003. It eventually peaked at #3 on the music charts, which was a miraculous achievement for the band, as the album had next been given to no advertisting on Sony Music’s part, and was being sold on word of mouth and good reviews only.
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  • madeira_sensei

    xD

    17 Nov 2012 Reply

  • buurbs

    New album is really good! [2]

    12 Nov 2012 Reply

  • PokeBaal

    New album is really good!

    25 Oct 2012 Reply

  • dhantez

    FUN... FUN... and so much FUUNN... even more FUN than 'fun.'

    30 Aug 2012 Reply

  • colddusk

    I bought every cd from them! Love it all!

    28 Aug 2012 Reply

  • siltyy

    These guys are so awesome, they're my new favorite band. I just wish I could find somewhere to buy the music. As it stands, I have to download all the songs I want one-by-one from Youtube. ):

    12 Jun 2012 Reply

  • TheScientistt

    I hope to see this guys someday!!!

    1 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Morganmorgy

    They're really good.

    7 May 2012 Reply

  • hurrikanlover

    This band is so fucking fun. [5]

    21 Apr 2012 Reply

  • anub64

    Замечательные мужчины.

    16 Mar 2012 Reply

  • zeggoo

    I love them. They're just great.

    26 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Chemin

    This band IS fun indeed. I concur.

    13 Dec 2011 Reply

  • Tribalfunk

    This band is so fucking fun [4]

    16 Nov 2011 Reply

  • dhantez

    These crazy guys actually went to college??? Hahahha... They'd surely rock the building..

    11 Nov 2011 Reply

  • JapaneseBard

    Great band I can't afford smiling when I'm hearing them :).

    1 Oct 2011 Reply

  • paulus_germanus

    This band is so fucking fun [3]

    12 Sep 2011 Reply

  • MirrorDepth

    Get down! Three, two, one, zero!

    3 Sep 2011 Reply

  • alemii

    I always wonder how Japanese bands pick their names, if they're even aware of the ridiculous connotations they have sometimes, or if they only choose it because it sounds cool. [2]

    28 Jul 2011 Reply

  • paradisekeik

    I miss their aggressive attitude from earlier albums. They blended too well into soft pop torrents in music. And they even cut out secret track from 朝 (asa) on best of... shame.

    19 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Ed_Hyo

    \,,/_

    6 Jun 2011 Reply
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