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Tokyo, Japan (2000 – present)
In 1998, Riki Kinoshita moved from Osaka to Tokyo to start a solo career and after the release of his first and sold out mini-album, TEENAGE LAST in 1999, he decided to start the band ART-SCHOOL in March 2000, with his support musicians at that time Hinata (bass), Sakurai (drums) and later Oyama (guitar).
The same month, they gave a concert in the Shimokitazawa Shelter. Their first mini album SONIC DEAD KIDS was released on September 8th, followed by their single-tape and two other releases the following year.
Together with the band Straightener they released a split-cassette on March 6th, 2002, which has been long sold out since its release. The band’s success continued into summer for two main reasons; first because of their appearance at the Fuji Rock Festival and second because of their contract with the major label Toshiba EMI. ART-SCHOOL released a new single that October and their first full-length album, REQUIEM FOR INNOCENCE, the following November.
Their first nationwide tour took place in January 2003, with the gig in the Shibuya Club Quattro being sold out on the first day. EVIL, their second major single, was released in April and again they were part of a big Japanese rock festival, the Japan Circuit in June. The following tour left a great impression and ensured the band’s future success. The year continued with more releases and, unfortunately, ended with Oyama and Hinata leaving the band in December.
The same month, they gave a concert in the Shimokitazawa Shelter. Their first mini album SONIC DEAD KIDS was released on September 8th, followed by their single-tape and two other releases the following year.
Together with the band Straightener they released a split-cassette on March 6th, 2002, which has been long sold out since its release. The band’s success continued into summer for two main reasons; first because of their appearance at the Fuji Rock Festival and second because of their contract with the major label Toshiba EMI. ART-SCHOOL released a new single that October and their first full-length album, REQUIEM FOR INNOCENCE, the following November.
Their first nationwide tour took place in January 2003, with the gig in the Shibuya Club Quattro being sold out on the first day. EVIL, their second major single, was released in April and again they were part of a big Japanese rock festival, the Japan Circuit in June. The following tour left a great impression and ensured the band’s future success. The year continued with more releases and, unfortunately, ended with Oyama and Hinata leaving the band in December.
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Requiem for Innocence
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PARADISE LOST
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Flora
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kedjiny0 wrote:
fuck yes new dvd
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Zer0exe wrote:
Amazing news! we don't have a live dvd since 2007
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Furederikku wrote:
they'll release a CD/DVD of their show in shin-kiba!
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a_spaceman wrote:
I guess Suzuki and Uno really hit it off, haha. Let's hope Riki and Toddy recruit some rad new members later :D
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panflower wrote:
who the fuck thought they were going to get away with deleting my pictures just to have some shit low quality 100X100 photo up there. y'all are a bunch of psychotic fucks, and I'm just going to go ahead and re upload them, because guess what, they aren't duplicates and proof for the matter, they are PNG, not JPG. I hate having to deal with ignorant pages like this
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NanSan_Ogawa wrote:
SUZUKI & UNO already have new band~
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Furederikku wrote:
SUZUKI and UNO will leave ART-SCHOOL and they are going to play their last live in the current line-up on the 9th december.
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NanSan_Ogawa wrote:
bad things..DEJAVU!
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cloudblood84 wrote:
KKK [3] FTW
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a_spaceman wrote:
KKK [2]
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q1azxsw2 wrote:
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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Tai-Jin wrote:
Yes it is...
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deemush wrote:
is this art-school song? http://youtu.be/53nlJit8C0Y
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Joghurts wrote:
Sad Kinoshita often makes me happier.
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cloudblood84 wrote:
so good
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a_spaceman wrote:
Why DID Sakurai actually leave this band? :[
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Granamonkey wrote:
Danny Boy is amazing.
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pauliuazas wrote:
Some songs are indeed very beautiful! I'm loving the vocals!
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roxas105 wrote:
Really love their unique sound, cant get enough !
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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
japan alone is special so it needs its own tag for everything deal with it
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