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The Pillows

Musical artist

The Pillows (or the pillows) are a Japanese rock band, best known internationally for the soundtrack of the anime series FLCL. The group was formed in 1989 in Hokkaidō and is currently signed to the Avex Trax label. During their long-running career, The Pillows have released more than a dozen original studio albums, along with several EPs, singles and compilations.

Lineup

Sawao Yamanaka (山中さわお, Yamanaka Sawao) – vocals, rhythm guitar
Yoshiaki Manabe (真鍋吉明 Manabe Yoshiaki) – lead guitar
Shinichirou Sato (佐藤シンイチロウ Sato Shinichirou) – drums
Jun Suzuki (鈴木淳 Suzuki Jun) – bass (support member, since 1999)

Former members

Kenji Ueda (上田ケンジ Ueda Kenji) – bass (1989–1992)
Tatsuya Kashima (鹿島達也 Kashima Tatsuya) – bass (1992–1999)

Band Biography

Early beginnings

The Pillows formed in 1989 with Sawao Yamanaka, Shinichirou Sato (of Kenji & Trips), Yoshiaki Manabe (of the band Persia), and Kenji Ueda. Bassist Kenji Ueda would leave 3 years later.

They began with the name "The Coinlocker Babies" but swtiched to The Pillows when they were picked up three years later by Captain Records.

FLCL

In 1999, The Pillows were approached by Gainax, an anime studio known for anime shows like Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Gainax wanted to license The Pillows' three most recent albums, for their latest anime, entitled FLCL. The Pillows agreed and also composed two new songs for the anime. These tracks became the singles "Ride on Shooting Star" and "I Think I Can".

Delicious Bump Tour in USA

In March 2005, The Pillows played their first show in the USA at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. After that, they began touring with a band also on their label, the Noodles, in their "Delicious Bump Tour in USA," hitting other large market cities including New York City, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

My Foot Tour in Mexico and the USA

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Sawao Yamanaka during The Pillow's My Foot tour at Slim's in San Francisco, CA

The My Foot Tour in USA and Mexico began June 16, 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico and ended June 28, 2006, in San Francisco, California, supporting their CD release of the same title. They also had a meet and greet on June 28 at Kunokuniya Bookstore in San Francisco before their concert that evening.

Buster-kun

Buster-kun has been The Pillows' mascot since about 1997, when on one of several visits to London, they saw an interesting-looking toy in a window. Buster-kun is often featured on band shirts, and fans of The Pillows are affectionately known as "little busters", referring to The Pillows' song and album of the same name.

Discography

Main article: The Pillows discography

References

^ Asian Week J-Pop Is the Quiet Storm in American Culture Retreived on 2007-08-05 Cite error: The named reference "AW J-Pop Is the Quiet Storm" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
"The Pillows profile". pillows.jp. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
Japan 101 The Pillows - Japanese rock band Retreived on 2007-08-05
Anime News Network Bonnie Pink at SXSW Retreived on 2007-08-05
Anime News Network More Pillows concerts Retreived on 2007-08-05
Anime News Network The Pillows in Seattle Retrieved on 2007-08-05
Anime News Network The Pillows Tour North America in June Retrieved on 2007-08-05
Anime News Network The Pillows in San Francisco Retrieved on 2007-08-05
Mays, Jonathan Sound Decision Anime News Network
Japan-zone.com Musicians the pillows Retrieved 2008.08.05

External links

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Sawao Yamanaka Yoshiaki Manabe Shinichiro Sato Kenji Ueda
Studio albums	Moon Gold White Incarnation Kool Spice Living Field Please Mr. Lostman Little Busters Runners High Happy Bivouac Smile Thank You, My Twilight Penalty Life Good Dreams My Foot Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Pied Piper OOPArts Horn Again Trial Moondust Stroll and Roll Nook in the Brain Rebroadcast
EPs	Pantomime 90's My Life The Pillows Presents Special CD Turn Back
Compilations	Fool on the Planet Another Morning, Another Pillows Synchronized Rockers Lostman Go to Yesterday Rock Stock & Too Smoking the Pillows Once Upon a Time in the Pillows Rock and Sympathy Across the Metropolis
Singles	"Ame ni Utaeba" "Kanojo wa Shisuta" "Daydream Wonder" "Girlfriend" "Tiny Boat" "Strange Chameleon" "Swanky Street" "Trip Dancer" "Kanojo wa Kyou" "One Life" "Hybrid Rainbow" "Another Morning" "No Self Control" "Instant Music" "Carnival" "Rush" "Ride on Shooting Star" "I Think I Can" "White Summer and Green Bicycle, Red Hair with Black Guitar." "Terminal Heaven's Rock" "Sono Mirai wa Ima" "Non Fiction" "The Third Eye" "Gazelle City" "Scarecrow" "Ladybird Girl" "Tokyo Bambi" "New Animal" "Ameagari ni mita Maboroshi" "Lightning Runaway (No Music, No Life)" (w/ Ben Kweller) "Rodeo Star Mate" "Movement" "Tabasco Disco" "Comic Sonic" "Energiya" "Happy Birthday" "About a Rock'n'Roll Band" "One Flew Under the Cuckoo's Nest" "Ousama ni Nare" "The World There is Nowhere" "Boku no Tomodachi"
Home video	Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo We Have a Theme Song Busters on the Planet Dead Stock Paradise Walkin' on the Spiral 916 Delicious Bump Tour in the USA Delicious Bump Show!! Lostman Go to America Wake up! Stand up! And Go! Pied Piper Go To Yesterday Blue Song With Blue Poppies Lostman Go to Budokan
Related articles	Discography Discography of FLCL Avex Group

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