Mad Capsule Markets
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| Music genre(s) | Punk Rock, Rap-Metal, Hardcore Punk |
| Homebase | Yokohama, Japan |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Current Status | On hiatus |
| Notable Records | OSC-DIS |
| Label(s) | Insect Noise, Victor/Invitation, Sony Music Japan |
| Website | [1] |
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The Mad Capsule Markets are a Japanese Punk rock band formed in 1985 under the name "Berrie" paying tribute to early Japanese punk group Boøwy. Their new name "Mad Capsule Markets" is the term for the distributors of Betaphenethylamine.
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[edit] 1985-1990
While in high school guitarist Kyono set up the band Berrie as mentioned above. After opening for bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers they kicked out their drummer, replaced him and recorded and released their debut album Humanity
[edit] 1991-Present
In 1991 released their second album "P-O-P", followed by Capsule Soup and SPEAK! Capsule soup saw the introduction of various sampling into their music while the album after SPEAK!, MIX-ISM had a more ska influenced sound. In 1994 they recorded PARK, and in 1996 it was their first album released in the United States. Their next album "4-Plugs" once again saw them changing their style. And shortly after the release of their self titled album Ishigaki left the band and was replaced by TORUxxx. TORUxxx took over guitar playing for their second world-wide album "Digidogheadlock" which experimented more with a techno/electronic sound. Later in 1999 they released probably their most well known and recognized album to date: OSC-DIS (Oscillator in Distortion). Their tenth album to date "010" was released next year and saw the return of guitarist Kojima Minoru. Since then they have released one live album and 2 best-of compilations before the hiatus.
[edit] Members
Current line-up
(as of 2004's Cistm K0nfliqt)
- Kyono- vocals
- Motokatsu Miyagami (Motokatsu) - drums
- Takeshi Ueda (Takeshi)- bass
- TORUxxx - additional guitar
Former members
- Takashi Fujita (Support briefly after Ishigaki left, before TORUxxx) - guitar
- Ai Ishigaki (ISHIG∀KI)support guitarist 1990-1996, replaced by TORUxxx - guitar
- Minoru Kojima (Played in 2001, and 2004) - guitar
- KAZ (appeared on Countdown Japan 04/05 performance) - guitar
- Seto (Berrie drummer, left before first Mad release) - drums
[edit] Discography
Albums
- HUMANITY (Insect Noise, 1990; re-released in 1996 on Victor/Invitation)
- P.O.P (Victor/Invitation, 1991)
- Capsule Soup (Victor/Invitation, 1992)
- SPEAK!!! (Victor/Invitation, 1992)
- MIX-ISM (Victor/Invitation, 1994)
- P-A-R-K (Victor/Invitation, 1994)
- 4 Plugs(Victor/Invitation, 1996)
- Digidogheadlock (Victor/Invitation, 1997; released in America in 1998)
- Osc-Dis (Oscillator in Distortion). (Victor/Invitation, 1999; released in US/UK in 2001)
- 010 (Victor/Invitation, 2001; released in US/UK in 2003 on Gut Records)
- CiSTm K0nFLiqT(Victor/Invitation, 2004; released in the UK in 2005 on Gut Records)
Compilations
- Gichi-Early Singles Collection (Victor/Invitation, 1994)
- The Mad Capsule Markets (Victor/Invitation, 1996)
- 1990-1996 (Victor/Invitation, 2004)
- 1997-2004 (Victor/Invitation, 2004; released in UK in 2005 by Gut Records)
Live Albums
- 020120 (Victor/Invitation, 2002; released in the UK in 2005 by Gut Records)
[edit] Misc.
Martial arts fighter Takanori Gomi uses the song "Scary" for his entrance music.
