All Off
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Formed: March, 2004
Genres: Rock (Alternative, Loud), Emo, Hardcore (Melodic)
Introduction:
All Off is a Japanese five-piece rock band under record label No Big Deal Records (2012-), previously having been under JACKMAN RECORDS (2009-2012) and Warner Bros Home Entertainment (2015-2017)
Biography:
The band was formed in high school by four classmates, after which they live debuted at an event with some friends in a certain Club Asia in Shibuya. In 2005, they would make regular appearances at the MTV Dream Stage, while also making several MTV Rocks Live appearances.
Skipping to 2007, on December 1st the band released their first self-produced EP titled "ALL OFF EP", which contained three songs. The same year two of the original founding members left the band, which meant there were only two members left in the band: Sohei Matsuura and Yukio Naito. The band now had to find new members to fill their roster.
In 2008, the band recruited two new members: Kaneaki Koshimoto (ba) and Shinichi Otsuki (dr), which filled the gap that was left by the members a year before. Kaneaki joined the band in January of 2008, while Shinichi joined a few months later in June of 2008. Later in the same year they appeared on the largest end-of-the-year rock festival called COUNTDOWN JAPAN 08/09.
A year later, in June of 2009, the band signed with record label JACKMAN RECORDS, which is a label under the music publisher Rocking On Inc. A couple of months later, in August of 2009, the band recruited a fifth member: Gaku Hatashima (g). With this addition they finally reached their five-piece line-up, which they now have kept for eleven years.
They would later in the year of 2012, swap their record label from JACKMAN RECORDS to No Big Deal Records, which they have kept since 2012. In a moment between 2015 to 2017, they would also sign a contract under record label Warner Bros Home Entertainment.
The band would, however, announce an "indefinite" suspension on May 24 of 2017, which also broke the contract with Warner Bros Home Entertainment ending it in 2017.
On February 15 of 2018, to everyone's surprise, the band announced they would participate as a guest at the "Anime Next 2018" event, even though their band activities were "supposedly" suspended. Later on July 18 of 2018, All Off announced their return as a five-piece rock band, resuming their band activities.
Members:
- Sohei Matsuura (松浦奏平) - vocalist
- Yukio Naito (内藤祐貴夫) - guitarist
- Gaku Hatashima (畑島岳) - guitarist
- Kaneaki Koshimoto (越本兼瑛) - bassist
- Shinichi Otsuki (大槻真一) - drummer
(Source: Wikipedia (All Off), edited)
