SuG - Gr8 Story PV

‘Kay! Figured I should give you all a little taste of the the group I introduced you to last time. This is the latest ED theme for the anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Gr8 Story - SuG

Introducing SuG

Last time, I said I would be introducing a new J-Rock band each week. This week, I’m starting with SuG.

 

“SuG is a young visual/oshare kei band from Japan. Their band-concept is “Heavy Positive Rock”.

Members:
Vo. 武瑠 (Takeru) | Dizzy×Glow → トラベル → SuG
Gt. masato | トラベル → SuG
Gt. yuji (formerly ゆーじ) | トラベル → SuG
Ba. Chiyu | Lusia → Ａｒｃ → ナナ → SuG
Dr. shinpei | Dizzy×Glow (as 晋平) → シリウス (as 晋) → 胡蝶ノ夢 (as 晋平) → Seciliaルナ (as 晋) → D’LORE (Support Member) → SuG

Ex-members:
Ba. 渉歌 (Shouta) | ＡｍｅｒｉＡ → SuG
Dr. MITSURU (formerly 葵熾/Aoshi) | Ｒｅｔｉｎａ → SuG

SuG was formed in October 2006 by Takeru (vocal), masato (guitar), yuji (guitar) and Shouta (bass). One month later, drummer MITSURU joined the band. In the beginning of 2007, they began their activites, but Shouta decided to leave the band. Shouta was soon replaced by their current bassist Chiyu. The band’s first release, “7th Breeze,” was featured on the compilation album “CANNONBALL vol. 3” in Japan, released February 21st 2007.
After being on tour in Japan during the spring and early summer, the band was signed to PS Company, as a part of their newly formed branch, Indie PSC. Their first single was released on August 1st 2007, and titled “Scheat”. One month later, on September 5th, they released a second single, “Alterna.,” the title track of which was featured on the “Shock Edge ‘07” compilation. A special single, “Yumegiwa Downer,” was released on the 1st of the month, and available only to those who attended their concert held that day. On December 9th, the band released their first mini-album, “I SCREAM PARTY.” Soon after they held their first concert outside of Japan at the “J-ROCK INVASION EPISODE I” festival in Germany on December 29th.
On May 14th 2008 SuG’s debut full-album, “n0iZ stAr,” was released in co-operation with Bellwood Records. Their second mini-album, “Punkitsch,” was released September 3rd 2008. The band ended their year with the release of their “Tricolor Color” single, which was available in a Red, White, and Blue version, on December 3rd.
On April 15th 2009, SuG released a new single, “39GalaxyZ.” The next day, the 16th, drummer MITSURU announced that he was leaving the band due to differences in musical opinions. MITSURU played his last live with the band at the oneman live show ☆★☆BL⇔Rock Party MonstAr☆★☆ on May 9th 2009 at Shibuya O-EAST. On June 1st, support drummer shinpei joined them to perform the remaining shows of the tour.
In late 2009, SuG scheduled a two-month, back-to-back release promotion, featuring the singles “Life♥2Die” on October 14th 2009, and “P!NK masquerade.” on November 18th 2009.
On September 3rd 2009 it was announced that shinpei would join as an official member.
Additionally, in early September , following an informal announcement previously posted by vocalist Takeru via blog, it was announced that SuG would appear in Bankok, Thailand, for their first oneman live overseas. The hour-long show, titled “The 2st Attack in Bankok: Love Scream Party,” was soon confirmed by the PSC and successfully took place October 31st 2009.
On November 30th, 2009, again by a blog statement from Takeru and guitarist masato, it was announced the SuG would release their first major label single, “g8 story,” through the Pony Canyon label on January 27th, 2010.
In January 2010, SuG got signed in Europe by German record label CLJ Records.

SuG Official Site: www.indie-psc.com/sug/”

Kangen-Pon!

Okay! KangenPon is a J-Rock themed blog that I’ve started up! Basically, this will be a place to learn about new J-Rock artists that I like, and hopefully that you will too. Every now and then, I’ll be adding some recent news about what’s going on in the J-Rock world so that it isn’t just me introducing new bands.

Once a week, I’ll introduce a new J-Rock band that I find interesting. And believe me, my mind is always changing about them.!

So, I hope you enjoy!

~Kaddy