Earthshaker

  Vocals: Masafumi Nishida
  Guitar: Shinichiro Ishihara
  Drums: Yoshihiro Kudo
  Bass: Takayuki Kai


  Started: 1983
  Status: Active

Profile

Earthshaker is what you would call a traditional heavy metal band that eventually turned popular. That means they went to appease the greater public, not just the underground metal scene and, sadly, eventually lost their heavy metal feel and turned into pop rock.

Even so, Earthshaker was one of several 80’s Japanese metal bands with a similar style (meaning, at least a passing resemblance to Loudness). The debut album was one of the best Japanese metal albums of the era, but the band steered toward a poppier sound 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 are still going strong today. Remarkably, the original quartet from the first album are still together.

NickBlaze

My Thoughts

Earthshaker is a great pop rock band. Their background music has that classic rock feel to it. Its a bit generic, but Masafumi Nishida’s voice really brings out their music. You definitely need to check them out!

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Music Samples:

Need a player like Windows MP that can read wma files to listen!

T-O-K-Y-O

Midnight Fight

Radio Magic

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Pictures

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Discography

Albums
Decade - Super Best Album
Faith
Soko ni aru shi
The Best of Nexus Years (compilation)
Golden Best (compilation)
Birthday
The Very Best of Earthshaker (compilation)
Remains
More - Earthshaker in Vancouver (live)
Decade (compilation)
Yesterday and Tomorrow
Real
The Best from ‘87 to ‘92
Pretty Good!
Treachery
Earthshaker Live Encore!
Smash
The collection of Earthshaker (compilation)
The Ballads of Earthshaker (compilation)
Aftershock
The Best of Earthshaker (compilation)
Overrun
Live in Budokan
Passion
Midnight Flight
Fugitive
Earthshaker


Mini-Album
Earthshaker
Shaker’s Shakies
T-O-K-Y-O
Exciting Mini 2
Exciting Mini
Blondie Girl


Singles
Say Goodbye
Treachery
Don’t Look Back
Radio Magic
More

Links

Official Site

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