Koichi Fukuda
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Koichi Fukuda during the Operation Annihilation tour October 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
July 1, 1975 Osaka, Japan |
| Genres | Industrial metal, nu metal, alternative metal |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboard |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records7, Reprise Records |
| Associated acts | Bellusira, Static-X, Otep, Revolve, Drugstore Fanatics |
| Website |
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Koichi Fukuda (born July 1, 1975 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese musician, and former lead guitarist, programmer, and keyboardist for the industrial metal band Static-X, and was the lead guitarist from Drugstore Fanatics. He is currently the lead guitarist of Bellusira.
He was present on Static-X's debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip, but left the band prior to the recording of their second album, Machine, citing personal problems due to excessive touring. However, he did still contribute keyboards to the record. He rejoined Static-X after the firing of their then-current guitarist, Tripp Eisen, at the end of the recording process of the 2005 album Start a War, and was present to record their fifth album, Cannibal.
Between his stints in Static-X, he formed another, less aggressive band called Revolve. Drawing comparisons to Tool and Pink Floyd, they were very successful locally and played several concerts in and around the Los Angeles, California area. They released several demos as free downloads on their website, and released one EP containing several reworked versions of previously released demos, as well as a few new tracks.
On Koichi Fukuda's rejoining into the band, frontman Wayne Static said:
As of February 10, 2010 Koichi joined Drugstore Fanatics while Static-X since broke up.[2]
Koichi contributed to the KMFDM album, WTF?!, playing guitar on the song "Come On – Go Off".
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