Color (band)

Color
Promotional photo of Color. Dynamite Tommy is in front, with Marry, Toshi, Cindy and Tatsuya behind him.
Promotional photo of Color. Dynamite Tommy is in front, with Marry, Toshi, Cindy and Tatsuya behind him.
Background information
OriginOsaka, Japan
GenresPunk rock
Years active1985–1997,
2003 and 2008 (reunion shows)
Labels
MembersDynamite Tommy
Tatsuya
Cindy
Marry
Toshi

Color (stylized as COLOR) was a Japanese punk rock band formed in Osaka in 1985 by vocalist Dynamite Tommy, who founded the Free-Will record label a year later.[1][2] They are considered to be important to the formation of visual kei,[2] with the phrase "X of the East, Color of the West" (東のX、西のCOLOR) comparing the importance of the Kansai band to that of X Japan in Kantō.[3][4] Their debut album Gekitotsu was named one of the top albums from 1989–1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze.[5]

  1. ^ Free-Will and Groove Productions Press Release Retrieved Sep 12 2007
  2. ^ a b Dejima, Kouji. "Bounce Di(s)ctionary Number 13 - Visual Kei". bounce.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 1, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2007.
  3. ^ "COLORの『激突!!』は自由なる意志を貫き、現在のV系シーンに多大な影響を及ぼした神盤". OK Music (in Japanese). March 14, 2018. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  4. ^ Yamano, Sharin (July 21, 2018). "20年以上待ち続けているニューアルバム以上に出してほしい！ X JAPANのインディーズ時代の初期楽曲ベスト盤". Nikkan Spa! (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. May 9, 2004. Retrieved March 8, 2013.