Earthshaker

Although they can not claim to be probably the most successful of ’80s Japanese rock bands (not really by a longer shot, that could need to be Loudness), Earthshaker is possibly probably the most stable, having maintained exactly the same core lineup of singer Masafumi Nishida, guitarist Shinichiro Ishihara, bassist Takayuki Kai, and drummer Yoshihiro Kudo throughout their two-decade-plus existence — simply no mean feat. Acquiring their name from the renowned Y&T recording (only a blip for the U.S. radar, but a complete smash in Japan), Earthshaker accomplished some small reputation in the Western because of their superb eponymous debut of 1983 (that they documented while surviving in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, with none apart from Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith performing as maker) and, to a smaller level, 1984’s Fugitive (offering future soft rock and roll maker Mitchell Froom on keyboards!). But following efforts Midnight Trip (1985) and Enthusiasm (1986) grew significantly unfocused and fraught with ill-advised industrial aspirations, in order that, following a same year’s obligatory Reside in Budokan LP, Earthshaker made a decision to simply disregard the Western and concentrate on being successful within their homeland. That they definitely did, savoring a string of effective albums in a long time (including 1987’s Aftershock, 1989’s Treachery, and 1993’s True, to mention but three) until heading their separate methods in 1994, while Ishihara centered on his parallel J-metal supergroup Sly, with Blizzard bassist Koichi Terasawa and ousted Loudness associates, vocalist Minoru Niihara and drummer Munetaka Higuchi, towards the melody of four effective albums. However, well-known demand and their 20th wedding anniversary duly reunited Earthshaker for 2001’s aptly entitled Birthday, with extra studio room albums (today sung mostly within their indigenous Japanese) following nearly on a annual basis.