Coaltar of the Deepers are an alternative shoegaze rock band from Japan. They formed in May 1991. While staying true to the alternative shoegaze sound, they have covered many musical elements throughout their career (such as death metal to techno) and have a very devoted fanbase.
History
In the spring of 1991, the band was formed in Tokyo by frontman Narasaki. During that time, they recorded demo tapes in which most of the songs made it on their first EP release. Near the end of the year, that EP, "White EP" was released on Strange Records. The EP had former member Watanabe on vocals while Narasaki played guitar. The bands activity was silent until the end of 1992 when they released their second EP, "Queen's Park all you change" on Stomly Records. The EP had Narasaki permanently on lead vocals and guitar in which he continues to do so today. The band gained some recognition which showed the release of their third EP, "Sinking Slowly" a month later.
The bands activities went silent once again until the release of their first album, "The Visitors From Deepspace" in 1994 on Victor Records. The album highlighted brand new songs. It wasn't until 1997 when the band released new material. Another EP, "Cat EP" was released on ZK Records. In 1998, the band released "Submerge", an album full of remixes, rare and new songs and a best-of album, "Breastroke". Fans were pleased to hear a new EP "Dog EP" which was a teaser until their next full-length album in 2000, "Come Over to the Deepend" (a play on the bands abbreviation COTD). The album experessed a lot of interest in the English language.
In the similar style of their "Come Over to the Deepend era", the band put out the "Robot EP" in 2001 to hold fans off until the release of their popular album "No Thank You". The album marked a new era for the band as they experimented even more heavily on electronic beats and noises. Very pleased with the sales of the album, a new album was released in 2002, "newave". The album took the similar style of their previous and showed a new tropical-style sound. By 2004, the band showed a completely new sound. With their small U.S. tour in 2003, Narasaki showed interest in an even heavier sound and released the "Mouse" and "Penguin" EPs, featuring heavy distorted guitars and deathmetal-like growls. while continuing to stay with their shoegazing roots.
After the release of the 2004 EPs, the band decided to stay quiet, only playing small gigs while Narasaki composed the musical score for the anime Paradise Kiss and work on his side project Sadesper Record, which released a full-length album earlier that year. In 2006, the band continued heavy activity working on a new EP and album set for release in 2007
Current Events
The first week of March 2007, Narasaki announced the highly-anticipated TORTOISE EP. This will be the first original work since 2004's penguin ep.
By the end of March 2007, the official website announced a new album titled "Yukari Telepath". The album will feature the single off the Tortoise EP re-recorded.
May 2007 saw the departure of bassist Yoshio. Narasaki reported this (while stating the new album was in production for 5 months). No reason was given but the album will be the last featuring Yoshio. Kenjiro Murai (of Cali≠Gari fame) has been supporting the bass position in live performances since then.
Members
NARASAKI (Nackie) - Vocal, Guitar, Programming
KANNO - Drums
Former Members
Watanabe - Vocals (left 1991)
Takanori - Guitars (left 1992)
Negishi - Guitars (left 1994)
ICHIMAKI - Guitars, Backup Vocals (left 2001)
Nagasawa - Bass (left 1994)
Kawanaka - Bass (left 2001)
YOSHIO - Bass (left 2007)
FIFI - Vocals, Guitar (left 199x)
KOUJI - Guitar (left 199x)
Support Members
Akira Nakayama - Guitars (from Plastic Tree)
KOJI - Guitars (from now-defunct Cocobat)
Watchman - Keyboard, Percussion (ex-member of Melt-Banana, also takes part in helping NARASAKI with Sadesper Record)
Kenjiro Murai - Bass (ex-member of Cali≠Gari, current support as of 2007)
Discography
Albums
THE VISITORS FROM DEEPSPACE (April 21, 1994)
SUBMERGE (March 25, 1998)
THE BREASTROKE (Best-Of) (December 16, 1998)
COME OVER TO THE DEEPEND (March 8, 2000)
NO THANK YOU (May 23, 2001)
newave (February 28, 2002)
Yukari Telepath (July 3, 4, 11, 2007)
EPs
White e.p (December, 1991)
Queen's Park all you change (October 25, 1992)
Sinking Slowly (November 25, 1992)
Guilty Forest (1994)
CAT EP (January 31, 1997)
CAT EP II (1997)
receive e.p. (March 25, 1998)
DOG EP (November 21, 1999)
ROBOT EP (April 25, 2001)
MOUSE E.P (November 2, 2004 - Limited Sale, Live Only)
PENGUIN E.P (November 26, 2004)
TORTOISE e.p (May 23, 2007)
DVD
FOREVER (April 13, 2005)
Official site :
http://www.musicmine.com/cotd/Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaltar_of_the_Deepers
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