GIFT

[Machine Translation] Hakata's finest ROCK'N SOUL! The first full album in 3 years! The members are ZENJIRO "YAMAZEN" YAMABE ( Vocal ) ex.RURALIST , The Drill , Smile , Shinichi "ONIHEI" SAKATA ( Drums ) ex.BROKE DOWN ENGINE,SONHOUSE , UN , Jun KUMAGAI ( Guitar ) ex.MAGIC SAN , Keisuke ISHII ( Keyboard ) ex. EST, Kazuo Masaki (Bass) ex.VOICE,TEENAGE NEWS recorded this album " GIFT" at "HEART STRINGS STUDIO" in Fukuoka city from March 2006. It is the latest work by the five members of the current band, with guest artists including Masahiko Goto (ex. ACCIDENTS), Hiroshi Matsunaga (ex. MOTION, current HEART STRINGS STUDIO representative), and Nobuhiko Gyotoku (ex. YAMAZEN BAND). This is the first album after Shinichi Sakata, a.k.a. Onihei, formerly of Sun House, joined as the strongest drummer in Hakata, both in name and reality, and it is a full-length album with 16 songs. In addition, as a bonus track, Yamazen has included "Kirei Ano Musume" for the first time as a self-cover song from the Hakata days of TH eROCKERS. This song was also featured as the main song in Takanori Jinnai's 2003 autobiographical film "Rockers," and is a masterpiece of Hakata. The jacket was newly written by Yamazen himself.

博多極め付きのROCK'N SOUL!!!3年ぶりのフルアルバム完成!!! メンバーは山部"YAMAZEN"善次郎(Vocal)ex.田舎者、The Drill、Smile、坂田"鬼平"紳一(Drums)ex.BROKE DOWN ENGINE,SONHOUSE , UN、熊谷純(Guitar)ex.MAGIC SAN、石井啓介(Keyboard)ex.EST、正木和男(Bass)ex.VOICE,TEENAGE NEWSによる本作"GIFTは2006年3月より福岡市内の「HEART STRINGS STUDIO」にて録音。現BANDの5人を中心に後藤昌彦(ex. ACCIDENTS)、松永浩(ex. MOTION、現HEART STRINGS STUDIO代表)、行徳伸彦(ex 山善BAND)などをゲストに迎えて作成された最新作である。元サンハウスの鬼平こと坂田紳一という名実共に博多最強ドラマー加入後の初作品であり、全16曲、渾身の1枚である。さらに今作では、ボーナストラックとして、山善がTH eROCKERSが博多時代に提供した「可愛いアノ娘」をセルフカバーとして初収録。この曲は、2003年、陣内孝則の自伝的映画「ロッカーズ」でもメインソングとしてフィーチャーされている、博多のマスターピースな一曲。ジャケットは山善本人による書き下ろし作品。