Ra:IN

Ra:IN乐队成立于2002年,是来自东瀛的新锐摇滚乐队。日本传奇乐队X Japan吉他手Tomoaki Ishizuka(PATA),Tensaw乐队贝斯手Michiaki Suzuki,而鼓手Tetsu Mukaiyama曾与Cocco等多个音乐家及乐队合作过。Ra:IN的独特性来自音乐本身,他们都是历练多年的摇滚艺术家,他们深知什么是如假包换的摇滚。他们在日本和欧洲各地演出均获成功,他们硬朗的风格抓住了日本和全世界听众的心。
2003年,“辣音”频频出击,利用巡演机会出售唱片,11月,期待已久的专辑“THE LINE”终获发表,在日本内外的音乐界赢得初步声誉。专辑发布后,随即进行了名为"Ra:IN on the Line 2003"的日本巡演;2004年开始了“超越边界”的亚洲主题巡演,在上海Ark、在台湾摇滚音乐节Formoz引起轰动;2005年,“辣音”在法国巴黎爱丽舍山成功演出,吸引了来自法国、比利时、德国、西班牙等地的乐迷。目前,乐队在准备第二张专辑。
成立至今,Ra:IN参加过多次大型演出,包括在横滨举办的“纪念The Who 贝司手John Entwistle演出”,在HIDE(X-Japan已故吉他手)博物馆举办的“HIDE生日派对”,在新宿举行的新年通宵派对等。他们的音乐迅速引起了日本及其他各国音乐人的注意。
吉他/主唱:Tomoaki Ishizuka(石冢智昭)
贝斯: Michiaki Suzuki(铃木秋)
鼓手: Tetsuya Mukaiyama(向山哲也)
pata
PATA (Tomoaki Ishizuka)
Birthplace:Chiba-City
Birthday: 04 / Nov
Star Sign:Scorpio
Bloodtype:B-type
Formerly a guitarist of the well-known Japanese band, X Japan. Since his career with X Japan, PATA has been engaged in solo activities, and released his 1st solo album "PATA" (starring Tim Boggard, Tommy Aldridge, James Christian, etc.) in 1993. In the same year he toured throughout Japan. In 1995, his 2nd solo album "raised on rock" was released. In 1994 and 1996, he joined the solo tours of hide, another guitarist from X Japan.
After X Japan disbanded in 1997, PATA started his own project P.A.F. Since 2000, he formed Dope HEADz with Heath and INA, and released 2 maxi singles and 2 albums, made Japan wide tours, and in 2002, as a representative from Japan, appeared in front of 20,000 people at the global rock festival "2002 ETP FEST" in Korea.
PATA has played with the drummer Tetsu Mukaiyama since they joined forces for P.A.F.
michiaki
michiaki (Michiaki Suzuki)
Birthplace:Yokohama-City
Birthday: 21 / Sep
Star Sign:Virgo
Bloodtype:A-type
michiaki made his debut as the bassist of TENSAW, a Yokohama-based rock band whose music and radical live performances were very influential in Japan's early '80's rock scene. After TENSAW, michiaki played with Char as a supporting musician for Katsuhiko Nakagawa.
In 1988, he formed THE TOYS with Yasuaki Honda, and after the band broke up, michiaki started his career as a session musician and played with cutting edge Japanese musicians including hide, Kazuya Yoshii(THE YELLOW MONKEY), Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Sentimental Bus, al.ni.co, Demon Kogure, Fujio Yamaguchi(MURA HACHIBU), Makoto Ayukawa(SHEENA & THE ROCKETS), Keiko Terada, Akira Takasaki(LOUDNESS) just to name a few. On top of Ra:IN, michiaki plays in such bands as "ZokuZokuKazoku" (with Masayoshi Kabe), and "Mosaw" (with Shinji Miyake).
Michiaki's abilities also include being an arranger and/or producer, having worked for such music acts as Mikoto Momono, Hysteric Suzies, Keiko Terada, al.ni.co, and at the 30th anniversary event of the apparel maker "BIGI", as well as the "Eral Jean" men's collection, and, together with Coba, Gontiti, and others, a tribute album for Nino Rota, an Italian movie music virtuoso. He also played in the "Harukaze (Spring Breeze)" event, which gathered some 50,000 people in two days, and other events such as "Rolling Thunder".
Tetsu
Tetsu Mukaiyama
Birthplace:Nagasaki-City
Birthday: 31 / Jan
Star Sign:Aquarius
Bloodtype:A-type
Tetsu made his entry into the professional music scene at the age of nineteen, when he joined Off Course as a support drummer in 1978, and in 1980 joined DAIZO&ELEPHANTS. After DAIZO & ELEPHANTS broke up, he formed Alphabets with the bassist Toben Yukawa, and the band made a debut album on the Polydor label.
Since 1993, Tetsu has been actively engaged in session work with such musicians as Eikichi Yazawa, Masaharu Fukuyama, Yosuke Eguchi, Kazuyoshi Saito, Tatsuya Ishii, NOKKO, Spiral Life, Red Warriors, Sentimental Bus, Ryuichi Kawamura, Mikoto Momono, CoCCo, FAKE?, and many others. He has also been involved in a wide variety of studio work, including TV, commercials and animation.
On top of Ra:IN, his activities also cover various sessions and studio work. Tetsu is also known as the owner of the rock bar "Boogie Stock" located in Daita, Setagaya, Tokyo.