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[Machine Translation] This album is a long-awaited album for fans, non-fans, and would-be fans to hear MEN PLA mainly from their mature period to the present with the band sound. A man who has built a legend marks a page of further legends. From now on, he will perform not only at live houses but also at nursing homes and mental hospitals. Mempra will continue to perform in order to cheer up those who are in the same situation as he is. The song he pushes is "END ROLL. MEN PLA has been playing only one electric guitar for a long time. What would happen if they played it with a band? This album was completed to answer everyone's simple question and expectation. The same MEN PLA style is still there, but with a gorgeous band sound. DOKUDAMI", which is always the second song at every live performance, is of course included. Two remixes of "DOKUDAMI" are also included. The collaboration with yoshiakisuzuki, the production engineer, has found a new place in the music world. Profile: Born in Kumamoto, Japan in 1978. (This is where the title of the song "1978" comes from. ) He spent his childhood playing rugby and playing in a band. He started playing guitar at the age of 13. He never got any better, but often fell asleep with his guitar in his arms. His love for music has not changed since then. He came to Tokyo for college. After graduation, he started live performances with his original songs. 19 years old, he suffered from a mental illness and was in and out of the hospital repeatedly. I do music because I love it, because I want to contribute to society with the music I love, and because I want to throw a ray of hope to people in the world who are suffering (especially those who have mental illnesses just like me). Overcoming various hardships, you are here and I am here. Let's enjoy life. Let me make such a proposal. I started playing live when I was a high school student in a GREENDAY copy band with my friends. After graduating from college, they performed in Tokyo for the first time with their original songs at Shibuya O-NEST. Shibuya O-NEST. Perhaps in recognition of their love for music, they began to perform once a month. After that, they moved their base of activities to Shimokitazawa Attic, where they have been performing steadily and steadily. Past live houses: Shibuya O-NEST, Shibuya asia P, Shibuya asia NEO, Shibuya HOME, Shibuya club CRAWL, Koenji GEAR, Koenji 20000V, Koenji club ROOTS, Shinjuku HEAD POWER, Shinjuku JAM, Shinjuku ANTIKNOC

このアルバムは、主に成熟期から現在にかけてのMEN☆PLAをバンドサウンドで聴けるというファンもファンじゃない人も、これからファンになる人も、待望の一枚である。 伝説を築き上げてきた一人の男が、更なる伝説の1ページを刻む。今後はライブハウスだけではなく、介護施設や精神病院などでもライブ活動を行う。自分と同じ境遇の方に元気になってもらうために、メンプラは走り続ける。押し曲はEND ROLL。長いことエレキギター一本の弾き語りスタイルを貫き通してきたMEN☆PLA。バンドでやったらどうなるのだろう?皆の素朴な疑問と、期待に応えるべく完成した本作。相変わらずのMEN☆PLA節はそのままに、華やかなバンドサウンドでぶちかます。毎回のライブで必ず二曲目にやる『DOKUDAMI』、もちろん収録。『DOKUDAMI』のリミックスも二曲収録されている。制作のyoshiakisuzukiとの共同制作で新天地が見えた。○プロフィール1978年、熊本に生まれる。(『1978』という楽曲のタイトルはここから来ている。)ラグビーとバンドに明け暮れる少年時代。ギターを始めたのは13歳だった。一向に上手くならないが、ギターを抱いたまま力尽きて眠ることもしばしば。音楽への愛情はこのころから変わらない。大学で東京に出てくる。卒業後、満を持してオリジナル曲でのライブ活動を始める。19歳のころから心の病を患い、入退院を繰り返す。俺が音楽をやる理由、好きだから、好きな音楽で社会に貢献したいから、世の中の悩み苦しんでいる人たち(特に自分と同じように心の病を抱えた人たち)に希望の光を投げかけたいから。さまざまな苦難を乗り越えて、貴方がいて、俺がいる。人生を楽しもう。そんな提案をしてみるとする。○活動歴高校生のころに友達とGREENDAYのコピーバンドをやっていたのがライブ活動の原点。大学卒業後にオリジナル曲を引っ提げて東京初ライブ。渋谷O-NEST。音楽への愛が認められたのか、月一で出演させてもらうようになる。 それから活動の拠点を下北沢屋根裏に移し、地道にコツコツ。 過去出演ライブハウス:渋谷O-NEST、渋谷asia P、渋谷asia NEO、渋谷HOME、渋谷 club CRAWL、高円寺GEAR、高円寺20000V、高円寺club ROOTS、新宿HEAD POWER、新宿JAM、新宿ANTIKNOC