{{Short description|Japanese visual kei rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Megamasso | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Tokyo, Japan | genre = {{hlist|Pop punk|power pop|dance rock|hard rock (early)}} | years_active = 2006-2017 | label = NXSIE/Knowledge Alliance/PCI Music (2006-2009)<br>HPQ (2009-2017) | associated_acts = Ayabie, Watashime Slug | website = [http://megamasso.jp/index.html megamasso.jp] | current_members = Ryōhei<br> Inzargi <br> Gou | past_members = Yūta }} {{nihongo|'''Megamasso'''|メガマソ|Megamaso}} was a Japanese visual kei rock band. Their sound was lively and upbeat, with a unique mix of punk, piano ballads and pop rock.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070824202802/http://www.jmusicamerica.com/us/database-artist.php?id=629 Megamasso: Profile & Biography - JaME U.S.A]}}</ref>
Formerly signed to NXSIE Records, they are now connected to Avex Group's HPQ label. Since the release of "SWAN SONG", they have switched their label to Timely Records.
== Biography == Megamasso was formed by Ryōhei, ex-guitarist of Ayabie. He recruited members relatively new to music to produce a fresh, new sound. Their first mini-album, ''Namida Neko'', released on December 6, was distributed through LIKE AN EDISON shops in Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagoya.
On December 16, Megamasso held their first show at Shibuya O-East, which was then filmed and released on DVD ''Mega-star Tokyo''. This concert included unreleased songs which would be available on their second mini-album, ''Kai no Mokutō no Zokuryō'', released January 24. Yūta decided to leave the band on June 9 because he was not interested in their gradually more poppy musical style, versus their original sound which was much more heavy.<ref>[http://blog.livedoor.jp/megamasso_dr_yuta/archives/54380753.html Yūta's Blog: Archive 06/02/07]</ref>
Megamasso covered hide with Spread Beaver's "Rocket Dive" on the compilation ''Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-''. The album was released on November 2:ja:へすていあ3, 2011 and features current [[visual kei:ja:さくらももこ]] bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.<ref name="Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-"> {{cite web | title = Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album | work = tokyohive.com | url = http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/09/aoi-moran-and-more-to-release-90s-visual-kei-cover-album/ | accessdate = 2011-11-26}} </ref>
After 11 years together, Megamasso ended up officially disbanding on November 23, 2017.
==Members == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * Ryōhei (涼平) - lead guitar <small>(2006–2017)</small> * Inzargi (インザーギ) - vocals, additional guitar <small>(2006–2017)</small> * Gou - bass <small>(2006–2017)</small>
;Live members * Shinya (信也) - drums <small>(2015–2017)</small>
;Former members * Yuta (優太) - drums <small>(2006-2007)</small>
{{col-2}} ;Former live members * Leo (レオ) - rhythm guitar <small>(2006-2007)</small> * Akihiro Goto - drums <small>(2007-2009)</small> * Masahiro Sakurai - drums <small>(2009-2010)</small> * Sala (セラ) - drums <small>(2010-2011)</small> * Yuusuke (悠介) - drums <small>(2012-2013)</small> * Mikami - drums <small>(2013-2015)</small> {{col-end}}
== Discography ==
=== Mini-albums === * ''Namida Neko'' (涙猫) (December 6, 2006) # Namida Neko (涙猫) # Goshiki Tōru Ten Mazochī (伍式融天マゾチー) # Dāshā Do Jin no Odori (ダーシャード人の踊り) # A Morning Ray Is Cold. # Sasquatch Ranker (サスクワッチランカー) # Shibō no Katamari (脂肪の塊)
* ''Kai no Mokutō no Zokuryō'' (櫂の目塔の属領) (January 24, 2007) # The Majority Loves Killstar # Full Nelson 2nd Attack # Meteo # Mothermage=Bounce # Tō wa Kōyō Suru. (塔は高揚する。) # Yoru, Sakana, Kaze, Tsurarina (よる、さかな、かぜ、つらりな) # Umibe ga Chikai Tame, Sabitsuki Yasui Mono wa Mochikomi Shite wa Naranai. (海辺が近いため、錆び付きやすいも のは持込してはならない。) # Dream to Secret Room (ドリムトシクレトルム)
=== Albums === * ''Yuki Shitatari Hoshi'' (ゆきしたたりほし{通常盤}) (March 21, 2007) # Shingetsu No Mizutamari Yori (新月の水たまりより) # Throne Angel (トローネエンゼル) # FM1 # Blanco (鞦韆) # Number Midi. # Tenrankai no Neriori (展覧会のネリオリ) # Bullet Song # Yawarakai Kōshō, Shinkai (柔らかい鉱床、深海) # Paradisa Halo (パラディサヘイロー) # Laughter at Lump of Flesh # Mandrake Usagi Konagusuri (マンドレイクウサギコナグスリ)
* ''Matataku Yoru'' (またたくよる) (October 21, 2007) # Gyūnū(mjolk) (牛乳（mjolk）) # Lips # Monoeye Old Team # Ame Gakkitai (雨楽器隊) # Gymnasium (ギムナジウム) # Put a Whammy # Yukikokoyashi (ユキココヤシ) # A Winter's Day # Menō (めのう) # Hoshi Furi Machi Nite (星降町にて) # Modern Amplifier (モダンアンプリファイア) # Love You So... '''*Regular edition only'''
* ''Untitled'' (Best Album) (タイトル未定) (March 19, 2008) * ''Sweet Switch'' (July 8, 2009) # The World Is Mine (ザワールドイズマイン) # White, White # In the Shadow of the Lyrics # Air Station Dance (エアステイシヨンダンス) # Howling Fragment # Bless # Sugarless Nocturne (シュガーレスノクターン) # Sodababe Nigao (そだばべ似顔) # Seinaru kana Seinaru kana Seinaru kana Kouri Usagi Tachi to (聖なるかな聖なるかな聖なるかな、氷うさぎたちと。) # Shakku (赤口) # Beautiful Girl (ビューティフルガール) # Kobune Okiba no Ie (小船置き場の家)
* ''M of Beauty'' (March 10, 2010) # M of Beauty # Chimes # Happily Mosh Floor, Headbanging Song (ハピリーモッシュフロア，ヘッドバンギングソング) # Awake # Wasurenagusa (ワスレナグサ) # Yon no Kissakan Monogatari (四の喫茶館物語) # Maegami, Deformer sareta Kayoukyoku wo Tsukuru (前髪、ディフォルメされた歌謡曲を作る。) # Torisarideishi's Love # Hakuya no Shouwakusei (白夜の小惑星) # Memories # Megumu Misa Dame Kitazora ni Naku no (メグムミサダメキタゾラニナクノ) # Eyes # Sense of Stargazer (センスオブスターゲーザー) [Regular track only]
* ''Loveless, More Loveless'' (February 16, 2011) # Sekai no owari no jellyfish (世界の終わりのジェリーフィッシュ) [''Jellyfish at the End of the World''] # Loveless, More Loveless # Hakuginshoujo (白銀少女) [''Silver Woman''] # Kagomekagome in Tokyo Night (かごめかごめin Tokyo Night) # Wonder Wall Sunset # Tasukete (たすけて) [''Help Me''] # Fate # Pandemonium, Hakken (パンデモニウム、発見。) [''Pandemonium, Discovery''] # The Requiem # Shizukana kuchiduke de、asa no aisatsu wo ( 静かなくちづけで、朝の挨拶を。) [''Morning Greeting, By a Quiet Kiss.''] # Twilight Star (トワイライトスター) # Hanabira (花びら) [''Fireworks''] # Sumire September Love (feat. IZAM) (すみれSeptember Love feat. IZAM) [''Violet September Love''] # Until (Regular Edition)
* ''Ugokanaku naru made, suki de ite.'' (動かなくなるまで、好きでいて。) (April 10, 2013) # Ugokanaku naru made, suki de ite. (動かなくなるまで、好きでいて。) # Mochi miga kubo (望ミガ窪) # SurrenderPowerPlant no kanshu (SurrenderPowerPlantの看守) # fish tank # The girl died when bound (Kare no omoide) (ザガールダイドホエンバウンド(カレノオモイデ)) # Suibotsu jiin (水没寺院) # Yuki wa mada furisosoi de iru ka? (雪はまだ降り注いでいるか?) # SWAN SONG # Bezoarstein (ベゾアルステーン) # WINTER HOLLOW # Umibe no machi -SE- [available in Limited Edition Type A only] # Saigo no yoru ni Kiss wo shite (最後の夜にKissをして) [available in Regular Edition Type B only] # Bankoku satou hinpyoukai (Saiyuushuu kanmishou jushou) (万国砂糖品評会(最優秀甘味賞受賞)) [available in Regular Edition Type B only]
* ''M4U.'' (August 2, 2014)
=== Singles === * ''Hoshi Furi Machi Nite'' (星降町にて) (June 6, 2007) # Hoshi Furi Machi Nite (星降町にて) # Sdot Initial Value # Sanmanganjin (サマンガンジン) # Imomushi no Nushi (芋虫の主)
* ''Lips'' (August 15, 2007) # Lips # Blue V-neck Japan (ブルーブイネックジャパン) # In Pinkey Jelly tonight # Nijūrokunin no Bōzu to Hitori no Ama (二十六人の坊主と一人の尼)
* ''Kiss Me Chuchu'' (キスミイチュチュ) (February 20, 2008) # Kiss Me Chuchu (キスミイチュチュ) # Wosare Cat Showbiz (ヲサレキャットショウビズ) # Kiss Me Chuchu (Inzargi-less version) (キスミイチュチュ（インザーギチューless ver.）)
* ''Beautiful Girl'' (ビューティフルガール) (August 8, 2008) # Beautiful Girl (ビューティフルガール) # Mitsu to ga (蜜と蛾) # Shakunetsu taiyou (灼熱太陽)
* ''White, White'' (September 24, 2008) # White, White # Shizuka na hoshi shizuka na hitobito (しずかなほし しずかなひとびと) # Fukan no tsubasa (俯瞰の翼)
* ''Bless'' (March 25, 2009) # Bless # Hadairo (肌色) # Kikai ka jin madison no tomodachi (機械化人マディソンの友達)
* ''Chimes'' (October 7, 2009) # Chimes # Kanashimi no Kyouri (悲しみの距離) # Kingusudoon (キングスドーン) (King's Dawn) # chimes [instrumental]
* ''Memories'' (January 27, 2010) # Memories # Sweet Change # Kunkutatoru Ranbu (クンクタトル乱舞) # Memories [instrumental]
* ''Twilight Star'' (May 26, 2010) # Twilight Star (トワイライトスター) # Palette (パレット) # Junsui baiyou (純粋培養) # From Far # Twilight Star (instrumental)
* ''Hanabira'' 「花びら」(August 25, 2010) # Hanabira (花びら) # Moon # Oborozuki (unplugged) (朧月) # AmberFlight # Hanabira (instrumental)
* ''Yuki wa mada furisosoide iru ka?'' (雪はまだ降り注いでいるか？; ''Is the snow falling yet?'', January 18, 2012) # Yuki wa mada furisosoide iru ka? (雪はまだ降り注いでいるか？) # Namida Neko-sound asleep mix- (涙猫)(included in limited edition TYPE B) # Kimi wa maibotsurin ni mukau (君は埋没林に向う。)(included in limited edition TYPE A & regular edition) # Sore wa shiroi hikari to kuroi kage (それは白いひかりと黒いかげ。)(included in limited edition TYPE A & regular edition) # Bankoku satou Hinpyoukai (万国砂糖品評会)(included in regular edition)
* ''SWAN SONG'' (July 18, 2012) # SWAN SONG # Kyuuraman (キュラーマン) # Kiss-go-round
* ''BEZOARSTEIN'' (October 3, 2012) # BEZOARSTEIN (ベゾアルステーン) # Shellfish (セルフィッシュ) # Hysteresis (ヒステリシス)
* ''Winter Hollow'' (December 12, 2012) # WINTER HOLLOW # Gokkan (ゴッカン) # Shoku (燭)
* ''Nakigoe de kizuita'' (泣き声で気づいた。, August 7, 2013) # Nakigoe de kizuita (泣き声で気づいた。) # Jibeta yotsunbai tarou (地ベタ四ツン這イ太郎)* # Manatsu no yo no yume(instrumental) (まなつのよのゆめ) [available in Limited Edition CD only] # Kyuuyakugiten houkouhahen (旧約偽典咆哮破片) [available in Regular Edition Type A only] # Sagashi motomete(instrumental) (さがしもとめて) [available in Regular Edition Type A only] # Kyuuyakugiten asa no hikari wa tsumetai (旧約偽典あさのひかりはつめたい) [available in Regular Edition Type B only] # Tsumetai asayake(instrumental) (つめたいあさやけ) [available in Regular Edition Type B only] <small>*The lyrics of "地ベタ四ツン這イ太郎 (Jibeta yotsunbai tarou)" will have slight differences in different types.</small>
=== DVDs === * ''Mega-star Tokyo'' (February 21, 2007) * DVD # Namida Neko (涙猫) # Goshiki Tōru Ten Mazochī (伍式融天マゾチー) # Full Nelson 2nd Attack # Dāshā Do Jin no Odori (ダーシャード人の踊り) # A Morning Ray Is Cold # Umibe ga Chikai Tame, Sabitsuki Yasui Mono wa Jikomi Shite wa Naranai. (海辺が近いため、錆び付きやすいも のは持込してはならない。) # Tō wa Kōyō Suru. (塔は高揚する。) # Sask Watch Ranker (サスクワッチランカー) # Meteo # Viper (バイパー) # Shibō no Katamari (脂肪の塊) # The Majority Loves Killstar. # New Romancer (ニューロマンサー) : CD # Paradisa Halo (パラディサヘイロー) # Traum
* ''Lunch Box M4'' (July 18, 2007) # Namida Neko (涙猫) # Dream to Secret Room (ドリムトシクレトルム) # Throne Angel (トローネエンゼル) # Hoshi Furi Machi Nite (星降町にて) # Imomushi no Nushi (芋虫の主)
== Watashime Slug == Ryōhei is producing for the band {{nihongo|'''Watashime Slug'''|ワタシメスラッグ|Watashimesuraggu}}, which has members {{nihongo|Leo|レオ|Reo}}, a former support guitarist for Megamasso, and {{nihongo|Soshi|総史}}, a vocalist.<ref>[http://www.watashime.jp/en/top.html Official Watashime Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181204/http://www.watashime.jp/en/top.html |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> Their debut album, ''Jūryoku'', was released on August 22, 2007 and distributed through Like an Edison shops in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Harajuku.
==In media== The songs "Hoshi Furi Machi Nite" and "Sanmanganjin" were featured on [http://www.livly.com/main.php ''Livly Island''],<ref name="peko1">[http://yaplog.jp/peko-ayabie/archive/2290 Ryōhei's Blog: Archive 08/04/07]</ref> and "Lips" is opening theme for [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/joho/ ''Anitere Jōhōkyoku''].<ref name="peko1"/>
純粋培養 "Junsui Baiyou" is featured in Guitar Freaks V6 & DrumMania V6 Blazing!!!!. The song's video uses various clips of previous Megamasso songs. According to Gou, the song will be only heard in the video game or played live.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ameblo.jp/mm-gou/entry-10237118030.html|title=メガマソ Gou『「純粋培養」』}}</ref>
The short song of Twilight Star (トワイライトスター) is made 1st ending song of manga Major S6
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.megamasso.jp Official website] {{in lang|ja}} *[http://ameblo.jp/mm-peko Ryōhei's blog] {{in lang|ja}} *[http://ameblo.jp/mm-inzargi Inzargi's blog] {{in lang|ja}} *[http://ameblo.jp/mm-gou Gou's blog] {{in lang|ja}}
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