Earthshaker (band)

Japanese heavy metal band

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Earthshaker
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock
Years active	1978–1994, 1999–present
Labels	Toshiba EMI

Members	Masafumi "Marcy" Nishida (vocals) Shinichiro "Shara" Ishihara (electric guitar) Takayuki Kai (bass guitar) Yoshihiro Kudo (drums) Toshio "Toshi" Egawa - keyboards

Past members	Minoru Niihara - (vocals, bass guitar) in early years Yoshinobu Watanabe (drums)

Website	Earthshaker.jp/

Earthshaker (アースシェイカー, a-susheikā) is a Japanese heavy metal^[1] band that was formed in 1978 in Osaka. One of the first Japanese metal bands, they steered toward a poppier sound^{[citation needed]} on later albums and dropped from worldwide view, preferring to record and tour in their home country. After a successful run, they broke up in 1994, but returned five years later and remain active.

The quintet from the nineties is still together. An early incarnation of the band included Minoru Niihara (of Loudness fame) as singer (originally bass and vocals).

Discography

Studio albums

1983 - Earthshaker
1984 - Fugitive
1984 - Midnight Flight
1985 - Passion
1986 - Overrun
1987 - Aftershock
1988 - Smash
1989 - Treachery
1990 - Pretty Good!
1992 - Earthshaker
1993 - Real
1993 - Yesterday & Tomorrow
2001 - Birthday
2003 - Soko-Ni Aru Shi
2004 - Faith
2007 - AIM
2008 - Quarter
2009 - The Course of Life
2010 - Back to Nexus ^[2]
2011 - Pray for the Earth
2013 - The Earthshaker ^[2]
2015 - Bird ^[3]
2018 - The Story Goes On ^[4]

Singles

1983 - Blondie Girl
1984 - T-O-K-Y-O
1984 - Exciting Mini
1985 - ありがとう君に
1985 - Exciting Mini 2
1987 - Shaker's Shakies
1987 - Shaker's Shakies (CD)

Live albums

1986 - Live in Budokan
1989 - Earthshaker Live Encore!
1994 - More - Earthshaker in Vancouver
1994 - Remains
2014 - 30th Anniversary Special Live ^[2]

Compilations

1984 - “Hell Comes To Your House”
1987 - The Best of Earthshaker
1988 - The Ballads of Earthshaker
1995 - The Very Best of Earthshaker
2002 - Golden Best
2002 - The Best of Nexus Years
2005 - 1987-1992 The Best

Video/DVD

1984 - Midnight Flight
1985 - Passion the Movie
1987 - After Shock
1990 - So Good

References

^ "Earthshaker - discography, line-up, biography, interviews, photos". Spirit-of-metal.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "DISCOGRAPHY". Earthshaker.jp (in Japanese). 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
^ "BIRD". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "THE STORY GOES ON", Amazon.co.jp, retrieved 15 November 2019