The Back Horn
| The Back Horn | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Indie rock, alternative rock, post-grunge |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels |
Victor Entertainment Speedstar Records |
| Website | thebackhorn.com |
| Members | Masashi Yamada Eijun Suganami Kohshu Okamine Shinji Matsuda |
| Past members | Naoki Hirabayashi |
The Back Horn (ザ・バックホーン?, stylized as THE BACK HORN) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo in 1998.
The band got started around April in 1998, when the original members all came to Tokyo from the countryside where they all lived, all for different reasons. They met, and decided to start a band. First called Gyorai, they soon changed their name to The Back Horn. This name was based on Matsuda's misreading of the "backhoe" he used in his construction work. From the beginning, one of the features of the band was a harsh sound and lyrics dealing with decadence and destruction, war, peace, isolation, love and death. In a 2005 interview, the band members listed Nirvana and Radiohead as inspiration for their musical style.
Following their first notable performance at the Fuji Rock Festival in 1999, they released a mini-album Doko e Yuku on Kando Records. Seven months after that, they released their first full-length, Yomigaeru Hi. After this, the band got signed to a major label, Speedstar Records. Although they, to this day, still remain on Speedstar Records' roster, they're still often thought of as an indie band. It was also around this time when Hirabayashi decided to leave the band.
It was only after the release of their first album release on Speedstar Records, Ningen Program, that they found a new bassist, Okamine Koushu, though he wasn't immediately made a full-time member. He was however involved in recording of the next album, Shinzou Orchestra, and while touring for the album, the band announced that he was now an official member. In the period when The Back Horn were between bassists, vocalist Yamada overtook bass duties.
As the band was becoming increasingly popular, they were asked to provide music for 2 movies: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Bright Future and Kazuaki Kiriya's Casshern, releasing the album Ikiru Sainou in between them.
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