Penicillin is a Japanese rock band formed in 1992.
Formed by friends at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan on February 14, 1992 Penicillin went on to become one of the largest acts in the Japanese Visual Kei scene and is still thriving today, sixteen years later. The band formed with Chisato on Vocals, Gisho on Bass, O-Jiro on drums and both Yuuji and Shaisuke on guitar. Before anything was recorded however the bands line up changed to Hakuei on...
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Penicillin is a Japanese rock band formed in 1992.
Formed by friends at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan on February 14, 1992 Penicillin went on to become one of the largest acts in the Japanese Visual Kei scene and is still thriving today, sixteen years later. The band formed with Chisato on Vocals, Gisho on Bass, O-Jiro on drums and both Yuuji and Shaisuke on guitar. Before anything was recorded however the bands line up changed to Hakuei on vocals, Gisho on Bass, O-jiro on drums and both Shaisuke and Chisato on guitar. This line up stayed for the first single of PENICILLIN SHOCK which was produced by Kiyoshi of then Media Youth. After PENICILLIN SHOCK however, Shaisuke left the band to join Deshabillz.
The band made their major debut in 1996 with Blue Moon on PIONEER LDC. They stayed on Pioneer until 1998 when they changed to east west japan. Their sixth single released, “Romance,” released January 15th, 1998 ranked within the top 10 on the Oricon charts for six consecutive...
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