White Heaven

The roots of Japanese neo-psych legends White Heaven time back again to 1980. Originally dubbed Living End, the group was designed from some jam periods helmed by vocalist/guitarist You Ishihara, its sprawling, ever-revolving lineup of music artists ultimately crystallizing in 1984 around You, guitarist Tetsuya Sakamoto, bassist Takayuki Nakagoshi, and drummer Ken Ishihara. After a small number of gigs, Living End added guitarist Ken Matsutani, and in past due 1985 the quintet followed the name Light Heaven. Matsutani exited in middle-1986 to create his own clothing, Marble Sheep & the Rundown Sun’s Kids, and after adding ex-ONNA guitarist Michio Kurihara, the group released Electric Cool Acid solution, a self-released cassette documenting a live appearance in Tokyo. Some lineup adjustments plagued Light Heaven over another few years, so when in the springtime of 1991 the music group finally released its first public LP, the P.S.F. label discharge Out, the lineup contains You on vocals, Michio on electric guitar, Ken on drums, and Naohiro Yoshimoto on bass. Michio and Naohiro both exited immediately after the periods wrapped, with brand-new guitarist Souchirou Nakamura and bassist Kouji Samura putting your signature on on for the next White colored Heaven LP, 1993’s Unusual Bedfellow. Michio came back towards the roster with time for 1994’s Next to Nothing at all, with bassist Koji Shimura changing Kouji for the follow-up solitary, “Threshold from the Discomfort.” After issuing an extended Electric Cool Acid solution, White colored Heaven toured European countries. Upon time for Japan, Kouji came back towards the lineup, this time around changing Ken on drums, with Chiyo Kamekawa presuming bass responsibilities for what would end up being the group’s last LP, 1997’s Levitation. Pursuing an Osaka efficiency later that yr, White colored Heaven dissolved, with You mounting a single task and Michio becoming a member of Ghost. In past due 1999 You, Michio, and Chiyo reunited as the Celebrities, recruiting drummer Yasunobu Arakawa for his or her 2004 debut LP, Will.