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Girugamesh (Japanese: ギルガメッシュ, Hepburn: Girugamesshu) is a Japanese rock band, formed in 2003. Their name is sometimes stylized with a metal umlaut as girugämesh and is derived from the Final Fantasy character.[1][2] They disbanded on July 10, 2016, although announced a new song, to celebrate label MAVERICK's 40th anniversary as well as to encourage the music scene exhausted by COVID-19, in January 2022.[3][4]

Girugamesh
Girugämesh at the Hush Full Band Festival in 2013
Background information
Also known asGirugämesh (until 2007)
OriginChiba, Japan
GenresRock
Years active2004–2016; 2022–present
Labels
  • Danger Crue
  • Gan-Shin (EU)
MembersSatoshi
Nii
Shū
Ryo
Past membersCyrien
Hotaru

History



2003–2007: Formation


Formed in 2003 in Chiba, Shuu and Nii had been friends since elementary school,[5] and the earliest incarnation of the band made its first performance while the members were still in high school.[6] Girugamesh began playing gigs with their final lineup in 2004,[5] and were later signed to record label Gaina-Japan. Their first single, "Kaisen Sengen" ("Declaration of War"), ranked #10 on the Oricon Indies chart.[2] In 2005, Girugamesh embarked on a nationwide tour, after which they released their first live DVD featuring footage from the tour, followed by the EP Goku -Shohankei Enban-.

Girugamesh performing at the J-rock Revolution Festival in 2007.
Girugamesh performing at the J-rock Revolution Festival in 2007.

In 2007, Girugamesh was signed to the European label Gan-Shin. The band then participated in the 9-band Japanese rock festival in Los Angeles, California called "J-Rock Revolution". They performed on the second night alongside Merry, D'espairsRay, and Mucc.[7] Around the time of J-Rock Revolution, Girugamesh released their music in the iTunes Store. Ryo commented that "if you really like the band after the initial listen, you will buy the original CD."[8] In the summer of 2007, Girugamesh released an EP entitled Reason of Crying, and in December released their eponymous album, Girugamesh.


2008–2015: Girugamesh and international success


In 2008, in support of Girugamesh, the band toured in both Japan[9][10] and Europe,[11] under the tour title "Stupid Tour '08". The Japanese leg had Girugamesh performing throughout Japan,[9] and later in January, the band toured Europe for the first time, visiting Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland.[11] Following their European tour, Girugamesh continued the "Stupid Tour '08 in Japan".[9] In March, Girugamesh returned to touring visiting venues all over Japan including Okinawa.[10]

Following a performance at Wacken Open Air,[12] a support tour for Girugamesh will occur, entitled "Shining Tour '08".[13] The first performances will endure through July, visiting Osaka and Nagoya, with one finale performance in August at the Liquidroom in Tokyo.[13] Concerts in July will feature second acts, including Gelugugu, Tr. Dan, Sel'm, Dogma, and Deathgaze, while the tour finale show will be a one-man performance, with only Girugamesh.[13]

In July 2008, an English version of their website was activated; shortly after this, the band announced they would release their debut American album, with Girugamesh being sold exclusively through Hot Topic stores.

The band's third full-length album, titled Music, was released on November 5, 2008. After a lengthy Japan tour throughout the first quarter of 2009, the band made its second appearance in the United States, showcased at Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington. Not long after the end of "Crazy Tour 2009" they released the live DVD "Crazy Crazy Crazy" on June 3. Another release was announced to be out on July 10 but this time it was a single named "Alive" which they had been playing for the audiences during the end of their "Crazy Tour". Just a month later on August 5 the single "Border" came out along with "Crying Rain" on October 7. On December 16 they released the fourth album with the name Now and this will be the name of their tour in 2010.

The band had a live album release, Premium Oneman Show 2010, on January 31, 2010 at Shinkiba Studio Coast, and at the same time, the members tweeted in real time through musicJAPANplus before the live began.[14]

Girugamesh released the single "Color" on July 6, 2010. On October 7 they released the single "Inochi no Ki". On September 19, 2010, the band performed at D'erlanger's "Abstinence's Door #005" with Head Phones President and Defspiral. The concert was streamed worldwide live on Ustream.tv.[15]

On January 26, 2011, Girugamesh released their album Go which includes their recent singles, "Color" and "Inochi no Ki",[16] one of the songs, "Destiny", leaked out a few days before. Go will be released in Europe on February 2, 2012. On April 22, 2011, Girugamesh played a concert at Anime Boston 2011.

In November 2013, Girugamesh released an album titled "Monster" and performed at the Hush!! Full Band Festival in Macau as headlining act.[17]

In September 2014, Girugamesh released a mini-album titled "Gravitation".

In February 2016, Girugamesh released a mini-album titled "chimera". The title alludes to the band's image as it is today : a chimera being an hybrid creature just like the band's music as Ryo says in French interview[18] "The sound of girugmesh is a mixture of different types of music." The artcover has been designed by singer Satoshi who depicted an egg and fire: "The artcover of ‘chimera’ represents an egg from which an hybrid creature, a chimera, comes out. The chimera symbolizes metaphorically the band. The split created when the monster comes out reveals fire. And fire usually alludes to passions, anger and rage. Rage is the key-word of the concept of ‘chimera’. It’s Satoshi’s idea. He’s the one who designed it."[19]

Girugamesh had toured in Europe in May 2016.


2016: Final performance and disbandment


On May 2, 2016, girugamesh announced on their public Facebook page that they would be disbanding following their final show at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo on July 10, 2016.[20] Although no specific reason was given, girugamesh has said that they are thankful for the many years they have been together, and for all their fan support. For girugamesh's final concert, the four band members performed for 3 hours and played over 35 songs.[21] During the show, a sneak peek video revealing the release of a DVD box collector was shown on screen as announced on French media VerdamMnis Magazine: ″The box will include the farewell performance, which at the moment was simply outstanding, it will span the career of the band from its debut and will also contain exclusive footage from its very last tour which occurred in Europe in May of 2016″.[22][23]


2021–present: New announcement for 2022, and comeback


On Dec 27, 2021, Girugamesh posted a short video on their Twitter account after several years of inactivity.[24] The same video was posted to the MAVERICK DC GROUP YouTube channel.[25] The video contained a somewhat vague message, containing mentions of the 40th anniversary of MAVERICK DC GROUP, the parent company of their record label, COVID-19, and most notably, the date February 1st, 2022.

On January 30, 2022, it was revealed on the official Girugamesh twitter that they will be releasing a new song titled "engrave" on February 1, 2022.[4]



The band was mentioned in a 2009 Sakura-Con commercial, wherein several people are excitedly discussing their love of Japan-related material, and a man says "Gurugamesh!" It later became an internet meme and went viral.[26][27]


Band members


Current members

Former members


Discography


Albums
EPs
Singles
Compilations
Demos
DVDs

References


  1. "Girugämesh J-Shock interview at JaME". jmusiceuropa.com.
  2. "Girugämesh interview". 25 September 2011.
  3. "ギルガメッシュ、解散ライブをあますことなく映像化". ナタリー. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. "@girugamesh_Official". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  5. Christina (2008). "Interview with girugamesh: PART ONE". jrockrevolution.com. Jrock Revolution. p. 1. Archived from the original (Interview) on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  6. "Girugamesh Jrock Revolution interview at JaME". jmusiceuropa.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  7. "Girugamesh at J-Rock Revolution". jrockrevolution.com.
  8. "Interview with Girugämesh in London". jmusiceuropa.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  9. "Stupid Tour '08 in Japan". jame-world.us. Asian Music Entertainment. p. 1. Archived from the original (Database article) on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  10. "Stupid Tour '08 Girugamesh Vs Roach". jame-world.us. Asian Music Entertainment. p. 1. Archived from the original (Database article) on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  11. "Stupid Tour '08 in Euro". jame-world.us. Asian Music Entertainment. p. 1. Archived from the original (Database article) on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  12. "Wacken Open Air 2008 lineup". wacken.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  13. "Girugamesh live info". girugamesh.jp (in Japanese). p. 1. Archived from the original (Information page) on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  14. "Next Event!![girugamesh]". Musicjapanplus. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  15. "Live Stream of Abstinence's Door #005, #006". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  16. "Girugamesh Year Plan for 2011 Announce!! Von girugamesh bei Myspace". www.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  17. As shown in set of photos: "Girugamesh | Flickr". Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  18. "girugamesh". mandah frenot (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  19. FRENOT, Mandah. "VerdamMnis Music E-Magazine | Interviews | girugamesh : chimera | Février 2016". www.verdammnis.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  20. "GANSHIN FB translated announcement". Facebook. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  21. "【report】 girugamesh (Tokyo | Zepp DiverCity ) LAST LIVE !". Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  22. "Live Report : Girugämesh @ Zepp DiverCity Tokyo (10 juillet 2016) | VerdamMnis Webzine". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  23. "Report of girugamesh's last live at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo". VerdamMnis Magazine.
  24. "youtu.be/mB1nsI6Pw8E", girugamesh_Official, Dec 27, 2021, retrieved 27 December 2021
  25. A Message from girugamesh, Dec 27, 2021, retrieved Dec 27, 2021
  26. Sakura-Con 2009 Commercial, Jan 21, 2009, retrieved November 17, 2011
  27. Jones, Marcus (23 May 2020). "The Sakura-Con 2009 Commercial is Still the Cringiest of All Time". CBR. Retrieved 27 October 2022.



На других языках


[de] Girugamesh

Girugamesh (auch: Girugämesh, jap. .mw-parser-output .Kana{font-size:120%}ギルガメッシュ, Girugamesshu von engl. Gilgamesh) ist eine japanische Visual-Kei-Band aus Chiba, die 2004 gegründet wurde und sich 2016 aufgelöst hat.
- [en] Girugamesh

[ru] Girugämesh

girugamesh (яп. ギルガメッシュ Girugamesshu), Girugämesh — японская метал-группа, в настоящий момент подписавшая контракт с лейблом Danger Crue Records (с которым работают такие известные группы, как MUCC и SID). Своё название коллектив получил в честь Гильгамеша, персонажа серии видеоигр Final Fantasy. Успех группе обеспечили тяжёлое и в то же время мелодичное звучание и социальные темы лирики. Музыканты не боятся рисковать, каждый раз представляя слушателям что-то новое, будь то элементы электронной или даже поп-музыки.



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