Earthshaker (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Earthshaker


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Origin = Japan
Genre = Heavy Metal
Years_active = 1978 - Present
Label = Toshiba EMI
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Current_members = Masafumi "Marcy" Nishida (vocals)
Shinichiro "Shara" Ishihara (electric guitar)
Takayuki Kai (bass guitar)
Yoshihiro Kudo (drums)
Past_members = Toshio Egawa - keyboards
Don Airey - keyboards
Minoru Niihara - (vocals, bass guitar) in early years
Notable_instruments = nihongo|Earthshaker|アースシェイカー|a-susheikā were one of a handful of Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1978 in Tokyo. Their earlier music was very similar in style to countrymen Loudness and Anthem, 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. The band was named after the Y&T (Yesterday and Today) album. An early incarnation of the band included Minoru Niihara (of Loudness fame) as singer (originally bass and vocals)!

Discography

tudio Albums

* 1983 - "Blondie Girl EP"
* 1983 - "Earthshaker"
* 1984 - "Exciting Mini EP"
* 1984 - "Fugitive"
* 1985 - "Midnight Flight"
* 1985 - "Passion"
* 1986 - "Overrun"
* 1987 - "Shaker's Shakies"
* 1987 - "Aftershock"
* 1988 - "Smath"
* 1990 - "Treachery"
* 1991 - "Pretty Good!"
* 1992 - "Earthshaker EP"
* 1993 - "Real"
* 1993 - "Yesterday & Tomorrow"
* 2001 - "Birthday"
* 2003 - "Soko-Ni Aru Shi"
* 2004 - "Faith"
* 2007 - "AIM"
* 2008 - "Quarter"

Live Albums

* "1986 - Live In Budokan"
* "1989 - Earthshaker Live Encore!"
* "1994 - More - Earthshaker In Vancouver"
* "1994 - Remains"

Compilations

* "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"

External links

* [http://www.earthshaker.jp/ Earthshaker Official Homepage]
* [http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/eart.htm Earthshaker@BNR Metal Pages]