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Sazabi by Coaltar Of The Deepers

Artist Biography For Coaltar Of The Deepers

Coaltar Of The Deepers Is A Rock Band From Tokyo Japan. Their Style Is Rooted In Shoegaze But Incorporates Elements From Diverse Sources Ranging From Conventional Alternative Rock To Heavy Metal And Electronica. The Group Was Founded In Tokyo In May 1991 By Front-Man Narasaki. During That Time They Recorded Demo Tapes In Which Most Of The Songs Made It On Their First EP Release. Near The End Of The Year The ”White EP” Was Released On Strange Records. The EP Had Former Member Watanabe On Vocals While Narasaki Played Guitar. The Band Was Inactive Until Late 1992 When They Released Their Second EP ”Queen’s Park All You Change” On Stomly Records. The EP Featured Narasaki Assuming His Current Role Of Lead Vocals And Guitar. The Band Gained Some Recognition With The Release Of Their Third EP ”Sinking Slowly” A Month Later.
The Group's First Album "The Visitors From Deepspace" Was Released In 1994 On Victor Records. In 1997 The Band Released New Material Another EP Cat EP Was Released On ZK Records. In 1998 The Band Released Submerge An Album Full Of Remixes Rare And New Songs And A Best-Of Album Breastroke. Dog EP Was Released Before Their Next Full-Length Album In 2000 Come Over To The Deepend A Play On The Band's Abbreviation COTD . The Band Put Out The Robot EP In 2001 Which Was Followed By The Release Of Their Album No Thank You. The Album Marked A New Era For The Band As They Experimented Even More Heavily With Electronic Elements. A New Album Was Released In 2002 Newave. With Their Small U.S. Tour In 2003 Narasaki Showed Interest In An Even Heavier Sound And Released The Mouse And Penguin EPs. After The Release Of The 2004 EPs Narasaki Composed The Musical Score For The Anime Paradise Kiss And Worked On His Side Project Sadesper Record Which Released A Full-Length Album Earlier That Year. In 2006 The Band Continued Working On A New EP And Album Both Of Which Were Released In Mid-2007 Named Tortouise EP And Yukari Telepath. Narasaki While Being The Leader Of The Band Has Been An Active Musician In Japan. In 1999 Narasaki Created The Side Project Sadesper Record Which Is More Electronic Based Than Coaltar Of The Deepers. In 2004 The Second Sadesper Record Album Was Released. He Has Also Contributed To The Band Tokusatsu In Which The Group Created The Soundtrack For The Movie Stacy Attack Of The Schoolgirl Zombies.
Narasaki Has Also Contributed To The Shoegaze Band Astrobite. Current Members Narasaki Nackie - Vocals Guitar Programming
Kanno - Drums Former Members Watanabe - Vocals Left 1991 Takanori - Guitar Left 1992 Fjtk - Vocals Guitar Left 199x Negishi - Guitar Left 1995 Nagasawa - Bass Left 1995 Koji - Guitar Left 1998 Ichimaki - Guitars Backup Vocals Left 2001 Kawanaka - Bass Left 2001 Yoshio - Bass Left 2007 Supporting Members Akira Nakayama - Guitar From Plastic Tree Koji - Guitar From Now-Defunct Cocobat Watchman - Keyboards Percussion Ex-Member Of Melt-Banana Also Takes Part In Helping Narasaki With Sadesper Record Kenjiro Murai - Bass Ex-Member Of Cali≠Gari Current Support As Of 2007 Discography Studio Albums
THE VISITORS FROM DEEPSPACE April 21 1994 Come Over To The Deepend March 8 2000 NO THANK YOU May 23 2001 Newave February 28 2002 Yukari Telepath July 4 2007 EPs
WHITE E.P. December 1991 Queen’s Park All You Change October 25 1992 SINKING SLOWLY November 25 1992 GUILTY FOREST 1994 CAT EP January 31 1997 CAT EP II 1997 RECEIVE E.P. March 25 1998 DOG E.P. November 21 1999 ROBOT EP April 25 2001 MOUSE E.P November 2 2004 - Limited Sale Live Only Penguin E.P November 26 2004 TORTOISE EP May 23 2007 BEAR EP December 5 2007 - Included With The EP Box Set 1991-2007 DEAR FUTURE 2011 RABBIT EP 2018 Compilations
SUBMERGE Rarities And Remixes March 25 1998 THE BREASTROKE Best-Of December 16 1998 THE BREASTROKE II January 13 2010 DVD
FOREVER April 13 2005 Boxset
Coaltar Of The Deepers Ep Box Set 1991-2007 December 5 2007 Official Webpages Http //www.Musicmine.Asia/cotd/info.Html
http //www.Myspace.Com/cotdeepers
http //www.Entreaty.Jp/
http //cotdfan.Thisisht.Com/
http //www.Myspace.Com/cotdfan

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