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ELLEGARDEN
Country	Japan
Years active	1998-present
Genres	J-Punk
Labels	Growing Up Inc./Dynamord, Denka Secca
Members	Hirotaka Takahashi Takeshi Hosomi Shinichi Ubukata Yuichi Takada

ELLEGARDEN is a Japanese rock group that formed in December of 1998 in Chiba, Japan. It includes drummer Hirotaka Takahashi, vocalist Takeshi Hosomi, guitarist Shinichi Ubakata, and bassist Yuichi Takada. Their names are usually abbreviated and is called "ELLE". ELLEGARDEN has a sound strikingly similar to some American Pop Punk bands, and sings in both Japanese and English. Because of their usually grammatically correct English lyrics (mostly written by Hosomi) and the generally perfect pronounciation of them, there have been many different theories to Takeshi Hosomi speaks English so well, ranging from him being in a band covering English songs for six years to having a foreign roommate.^[1] It is still not known why.

ELLEGARDEN has been compared to famous artists of similar style, most notably Sum 41 (ELLEGARDEN was the band's opening act on February 2005 during the Sum 41 Japan Tour 2005), Blink 182 and Good Charlotte.Their popularity comes from the sounds that they bring which has an emotional punch to it.

In 2006 ELLEGARDEN performed in numerous Japanese Summer Music Festivals, such as FUJI ROCK, SUMMER SONIC, NANO MUGEN FES and RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL.

Their final tour of 2006 features the American band Allister - the bands became friends during SXSW 2006.

It's difficult to get their tour and live ticket because it solds out in a second. They are also supported by many female fans as well as men.

1 Discography
2 Video and DVD
3 Maxi Singles
4 Tours
5 Equipment
6 Trivia
7 See also
8 References

[edit] Discography

Japan:

ELLEGARDEN (mini-album) May 23, 2001
DON'T TRUST ANYONE BUT US - April 3, 2002
My Own Destruction (mini-album) - October 16, 2002
BRING YOUR BOARD!! - July 2, 2003
Pepperoni Quattro - May 26, 2004
RIOT ON THE GRILL - April 20, 2005
ELEVEN FIRE CRACKERS - November 8, 2006

U.S.:

RIOT ON THE GRILL - March 14, 2006

[edit] Video and DVD

My Own Destruction Tour Bootleg VHS - March 20, 2003
BRING YOUR BOARD!! Tour Bootleg II DVD - May 26, 2004
Bad for Education Tour Bootleg III DVD - February 26, 2005
Doggy Bags - August 9, 2006

[edit] Maxi Singles

Bare Foot - October 12, 2001
Ring - February 20, 2002
Jitterbug - November 12, 2002
Missing - November 3, 2004
Space Sonic - December 7th, 2005
Salamander - August 9, 2006

[edit] Tours

Dates shown are announcement dates

First tour - August 2002 - 20 stop tour through Japan
My Own Destruction Tour - October 16, 2002 - 30 stops in Japan to promote album of same name. Included some performances due to selling out of tickets.
BRING YOUR BOARD!! Tour - July 10, 2003 - 25 stops in Japan; one extra live performance
Jitterbug Live Tour - November 12, 2003
Pepperoni Quattro Tour - June 12, 2004 - Toured 19 cities in Japan
Bad for Education Tour 2004 - November 2, 2004 - 15 cities
RIOT ON THE GRILL Tour - May 5, 2005 - 39 stops - See Dynamord's site for a complete listing
Space Sonic Tour 2005-2006 - December 3, 2005 - 36 stops
Japan Nite Tour 2006 - January 16, 2006 - First US tour; appearance at SXSW followed by 7 cities
ELLEGARDEN TOUR 2006-2007 - October 12, 2006 - 54 stops, first half featuring Allister

[edit] Equipment

Takeshi Hosomi (Vocal & Guitar)
- Gibson Les Paul Standard ('89 model)

Shinichi Ubukata (Guitar & Chorus)
- Gibson ES-335TD ('00 model)

Yuichi Takada (Bass & Chorus)
- Fender Precision Bass (early '70's model)

Hirotaka Takahashi (Drums & Chorus)
- Ludwig Classic Maple Drum Set

(SOURCE: "GiGs" Magazine 2005 June Issue)

[edit] Trivia

Vocalist/Guitarist Takeshi Hosomi lists Weezer as the band that he respects the most. He honored the band by warming up with their first single (Undone - The Sweater Song) during their 2006 U.S. Tour.

Takeshi Hosomi is very good friends with Asian Kung-fu Generation's Masafumi Goto and Straightener's Atsushi Horie. Ellegarden's song "虹 Niji (Rainbow)" was made after Takeshi saw a rainbow with them.

"Pizza Man" was based on his experiences with a pizza delivery person vocalist Takeshi Hosomi met while living in San Francisco.