Special Others is a Japanese post-rock band that blends improvised jazz and post-rock influences to create a modern style of jazz that is popular with younger club scene fans. The members of the band met in high school and formed the group in 1995. They began performing in earnest in 2000, and their first major release, Indy-Ann, remained in the CRJ-tokyo charts for seven weeks.
Their first release on NMNL Records was the EP "Ben" which entered t...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Special Others
Music
Record Labels:
We can also tell you Special Others is a
If you know more about Special Others, you can add more facts here »
Similar topics in Freebase
-
Love Psychedelico
Love Psychedelico (ラブ・サイケデリコ - RABU SAIKEDERIKO) is a Japanese band, widely popular in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. The band was formed in 1997 by singer Kumi (born April 11, 1976 in Chiba Prefecture) and guitarist Naoki Sato (born July 21, 1973 in Shizuoka Prefecture), while studying at Aoyama... -
JAM Project
JAM Project ("JAM" standing for "Japan Animationsong Makers") is an anime music genre (or anison) "supergroup" based in Japan, originally founded on July 19, 2000 by famous 1970s theme song artist Ichirou Mizuki. The group is composed of many vocal artists well known in the genre; aside from the... -
Slaughter
Slaughter is an American hard rock/glam metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band reached stardom in 1990 with their first album, Stick It to Ya which spawned several hit singles including "Up All Night", "Spend My Life"... -
Remioromen
Remioromen (レミオロメン) is a rock band group formed in 2000. Remioromen was formed in December 2000 with their current three person line up. They claim that the name of the band has no real significance and was instead the result of wordplay. On November 25th of 2003 they did their first one-man live... -
Keigo Hayashi
Keigo Hayashi (better known as simply KEIGO) is one of two vocalist of the notable Japanese mixture rock band FLOW. They are part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label. KEIGO, along with KOHSHI, TAKE, and GOT'S formed FLOW in 1999, with IWASAKI joining them in 2000. KEIGO writes the lyrics for... -
The Ink Spots
The Ink Spots were a popular Negro vocal group that helped define the musical genre that led to rhythm & blues and rock and roll, and the subgenre doo-wop. They and the Mills Brothers, another black vocal group of the 1930s and 1940s, gained much acceptance in the white community. Their songs... -
cali≠gari
Cali Gari (or cali≠gari) was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed with the concept erotic grotesque. It was founded in 1992 and named after the horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The band's debut single came out in 1994 and their first major single was "Dai 7 Jikkenshitsu Yokokuban -Maguro-... -
Coaltar of the Deepers
Coaltar of the Deepers are an Alternative rock band from Japan. They formed in May 1991. Although primarily influenced by shoegaze sound, they sound incorporates musical elements as diverse as thrash metal, electronica, and bossa nova. Possessing a devoted fanbase, they are also known for their... -
The Surf Coasters
The Surf Coasters are a Japanese surf band, started by Shigeo Naka in 1994. The band became known with their stint on the talent show television program, Ebisu-Onsen, a show very similar in concept to the American program, Star Search), on which the winning band would receive a recording contract.... -
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
The Mills Blue Rhythm Band was an American big band of the 1930s. The band was formed in Harlem in 1930, with reedman Bingie Madison the first of its many leaders. It started life as the Coconut Grove Orchestra, changing to Mills Blue Rhythm Band when Irving Mills became its manager in 1931. At...