Dirty Trashroad ( D.T.R.)

  Vocals: Takeuchi Mitsuo
  Bass: Taiji
  Guitar: Fujimoto Taiji
  Guitar: Shimizu Kenji
  Keyboard: Shimizu Kenji
  Drums: Takahashi "Roger" Kazuhisa

  Started: 1994
  Status: Active

Profile

Dirty Trashroad was formed in 1994 by former X Japan member TAIJI, who created D.T.R. as a solo project after he left the band LOUDNESS. The band came to include Takeuchi Mitsuo on vocals, Fujimoto Taiji and Kuroda Tomoyuki on guitar, Toshihiko Okabe on drums, ichiro on support guitar, and Komori Shigeo on support keyboards. TAIJI, of course, would be the bassist.

In June of 1994, the band held their sold-out debut live "Drive to Revolution" at the Shibuya Public Hall. In July they released their debut album "DIRTY TRASHROAD" and a mini-album "DIRTY TRASHROAD ~ACOUSTIC~" simultaneously. They then set off on a nationwide tour "DRIVE TO REVOLUTION" from August to September, after which they released a live VHS and an art book in November and December, respectively. At this point drummer Toshihiko decided to leave.

Without a new drummer, D.T.R. participated in the Kobe charity concert "ROCK ON KOBE" in March 1995. In May they began a new tour, "CLUB HOUSE GIGS TOUR 1995" and simultaneously released their second album "DARING TRIBAL ROAR" with their first single "CHAIN[KIZUNA]/I BELIEVEc" In July keyboardist Shimizu Ken joined the band as an official member.

Dirty Trashroad released their final album "DRIVE TO REVOLUTION", a compilation of remixes and lives of their songs, in August of 1996. Vocalist Takeuchi also announced that he was leaving the band, and D.T.R. ended all activity.

After the band breakup, Takeuchi joined HOT ROD CRUE. Fujimoto joined The Dead Pop Stars and Otokaze. TAIJI went on to form Cloud Nine, joined Otokaze, and is working on a side project, GEN&TAIJI, with Gentaro of Otokaze.

In July 2006 D.T.R. restarted activities, opening an official website and online store. The band was also featured in the magazine Rockin’ in December.

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Thoughts

Overall DTR’s music isn’t too bad, but their vocals are a bit outdated. The vocals are very reminiscent of a poor attempt to sing 1980’s rock. Of course these comments are all directed towards their old releases. It will be interesting to see if they continue to use this style when they start to release their new works.
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Music Samples:

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Pictures

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Discography

Albums
Drive to Revolution
Daring Tribal Roar
Dirty Trashroad

Mini Albums
Dirty Trashroad -Acoustic-

Singles Chain[Kizuna]/I Believe...

Links

Official Site

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