Tetsu Takano
| Tetsu Takano | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tetsu Takano |
| Born |
December 12, 1972 Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Alternative rock, hard rock, gothic rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Afro Skull Records |
| Associated acts | Nil, The JuneJulyAugust, Zigzo, Mega8Ball, Malice Mizer, Ner-vous |
Tetsu Takano (高野哲 Takano Tetsu, born on December 12, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese rock musician and singer-songwriter. He is probably best known as the first vocalist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. After leaving them, he joined Mega8Ball from 1995 to 1997. He then started the supergroup Zigzo, they were active from 1999 to 2002 and became quite popular despite being an independent band. Tetsu is currently working on his band Nil, which was originally formed in 1998 but went on hiatus until restarting in 2002, his sporadic solo career which he began in 2006, the band The JuneJulyAugust and the newly reunited Zigzo.
Tetsu Takano first burst onto the scene as a vocalist sometime in 1991 at the age of 18 as vocalist for the band Ner-vous. In January 1992, Ner-vous's drummer left the band and Kiyoshi Moro replaced him; however, he only had the chance to play with the band for two live shows before they disbanded. In March 1992, Tetsu went to see Kiyoshii play in his new band which included bassist Hiroyuki "Marawo" Kashimoto. Tetsu, Kashimoto, and Moro became good friends for years to come.
In August 1992, Tetsu became vocalist of Malice Mizer, a visual kei rock band, alongside Mana, Közi, Yu~ki and Gaz. For the next two years they would perform live, release several demos, and have a song on an omnibus, shortly after which Gaz left and was replaced by Kami, before they were finally able to release their first full-length album, Memoire, in July 1994. Later that year the album would be released again as Memoire DX with the bonus track "Baroque", but at that point Tetsu had decided to leave the group. While the exact reason for his departure is not known, his parting words at his last show with them, on December 27, 1994, hinted at musical differences. This can arguably be verified by the sound of Tetsu's later musical endeavors, them being alternative and hard rock instead of gothic rock. While only eight Malice Mizer songs with Tetsu were recorded and released officially, nearly 10 more were written and performed by the band during that two-year period; these appear on a large number of bootlegs. Two of the songs, "Ma Cherie" and "Shi no Butou," would later be released by Malice Mizer with new vocalist Gackt; these songs feature Tetsu's original lyrics, suggesting an amicable split from the band.
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