GARO Project (band)
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:10 am
I was looking through the forum trying to find a thread that might've already been created for Garo Project, but didn't find any, so I decided to created one.
I'm sure alot of you here who have been in the Garo fandom for quite some time now know about the Garo Project band that was formed in 2006. But for anyone who don't know them, Garo Project were a temporary music band formed in 2006 that consisted of the actors from the first season; Konishi Hiroki (Kouga), Hijii Mika (Kaoru), Fujita Ray (Rei/Zero), Kyomoto Masaki (Kiba/Barago), and Watanabe Hiroyuki (Saejima Taiga). Both Konishi & Fujita were the main vocalists in the band, while Mika was a backup vocalist, Watanabe played the drums, and Kyomoto was the producer, lyricist and composer for all their songs. As a band, they sang the ending themesongs for the first season & Byakuya no Maju, and had released 2 singles together in 2006 and that's it, before they disbanded.
Here are all the songs from the band, they're all so beautiful! I love them all!
Boku ga Ai wo Tsutaeteyuku:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VklW8B5Ao
Boku wa Mada Koi wo Shite wa Ikenai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeLbJQvXMU8
Akai Bara:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7WC4EnG7ho
Aurora no Shita de:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-31waD9X7k
unlike all the band's other songs which Mika only sang the choruses, she actually had her own lines in this song.
They're all really good singers (except Watanabe), I really like Konishi's slightly husky vocals and Ray's deep voice, and Mika's vocals were surprisingly good too, she's got a unique deep voice. Even though Kyomoto produced, wrote & composed all of the band's songs, he himself never provided his vocals in any of the songs, but he's got a good voice too, he's a veteran musician in the Japanese music industry. Not much to comment on Watanabe though, you can't even hear his voice in the songs since he was only a backup singer and he's mainly the drummist.
And here are some images of the band:
Why did I decide to create a thread for them even though it's been 7 years since they disbanded? Because all their songs are so damn beautiful and awesome! So much so that's it's such a pity that they only lasted for such a short period of time...I understand that they were only created to promote the first season, but I really miss this band! I think they could've revived the band to promote Makai Senki, Konishi, Mika and Fujita would've been no problem to reunite for the revival. And even though both Kyomoto and Watanabe only appeared in season 1 and not any of the subsequent Garo works so there's no reason for them to return, but I think Kyomoto could've still be able to write and produce songs for the band, and by extension, Makai Senki.
To be honest, I actually wish that the band had continued on and sang all the themesongs for all the subsequent Garo productions instead of JAM Project, I think I've said before that I don't really like JAM Project, and don't particularly like any of their songs either. It would've been so great if Garo Project had sang all the themesongs for all the other Garo works too.
What do you guys think about the Garo Project band? Their songs? and any guesses as to why they chose not to revive the band?
I'm sure alot of you here who have been in the Garo fandom for quite some time now know about the Garo Project band that was formed in 2006. But for anyone who don't know them, Garo Project were a temporary music band formed in 2006 that consisted of the actors from the first season; Konishi Hiroki (Kouga), Hijii Mika (Kaoru), Fujita Ray (Rei/Zero), Kyomoto Masaki (Kiba/Barago), and Watanabe Hiroyuki (Saejima Taiga). Both Konishi & Fujita were the main vocalists in the band, while Mika was a backup vocalist, Watanabe played the drums, and Kyomoto was the producer, lyricist and composer for all their songs. As a band, they sang the ending themesongs for the first season & Byakuya no Maju, and had released 2 singles together in 2006 and that's it, before they disbanded.
Here are all the songs from the band, they're all so beautiful! I love them all!
Boku ga Ai wo Tsutaeteyuku:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VklW8B5Ao
Boku wa Mada Koi wo Shite wa Ikenai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeLbJQvXMU8
Akai Bara:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7WC4EnG7ho
Aurora no Shita de:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-31waD9X7k
unlike all the band's other songs which Mika only sang the choruses, she actually had her own lines in this song.
They're all really good singers (except Watanabe), I really like Konishi's slightly husky vocals and Ray's deep voice, and Mika's vocals were surprisingly good too, she's got a unique deep voice. Even though Kyomoto produced, wrote & composed all of the band's songs, he himself never provided his vocals in any of the songs, but he's got a good voice too, he's a veteran musician in the Japanese music industry. Not much to comment on Watanabe though, you can't even hear his voice in the songs since he was only a backup singer and he's mainly the drummist.
And here are some images of the band:
Why did I decide to create a thread for them even though it's been 7 years since they disbanded? Because all their songs are so damn beautiful and awesome! So much so that's it's such a pity that they only lasted for such a short period of time...I understand that they were only created to promote the first season, but I really miss this band! I think they could've revived the band to promote Makai Senki, Konishi, Mika and Fujita would've been no problem to reunite for the revival. And even though both Kyomoto and Watanabe only appeared in season 1 and not any of the subsequent Garo works so there's no reason for them to return, but I think Kyomoto could've still be able to write and produce songs for the band, and by extension, Makai Senki.
To be honest, I actually wish that the band had continued on and sang all the themesongs for all the subsequent Garo productions instead of JAM Project, I think I've said before that I don't really like JAM Project, and don't particularly like any of their songs either. It would've been so great if Garo Project had sang all the themesongs for all the other Garo works too.
What do you guys think about the Garo Project band? Their songs? and any guesses as to why they chose not to revive the band?