Jealkb (ジュアルケービー juarukeebii) is a Japanese visual kei rock band made up of seven members, all of them comedians including London Boots Ichi-go Ni-go's Atsushi Tamura.

Jealkb
OriginJapan
Genres
Years active2006–present
Labelsjkb records/Yoshimoto r&c
MembersHaderu (vocals)
Dunch (bass)
Elsa (drums)
Hideki (violin, cello)
Ediee (rhythm guitar)
Sapoto (lead guitar)
Past membersMofto (keyboards)
Chaos (lead guitar)
WebsiteOfficial Website

History

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Their debut single Metronome hit number 1 on the indies Oricon chart and sold out the same day.[1][2] The band's name is a Japanese anagram for "visual kei" (ビージュアルケー biijuarukee).

Dunch is also in the supergroup Karasu, that formed in 2009 with Tatsuro (Mucc), Hiroto (Alice Nine), Mizuki (Sadie) and Kenzo (Ayabie).[3]

Discography

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Singles
  • Metronome (05/31/2006)
  • Koi Kizu (恋傷) (10/25/2006)
  • Julia (11/29/2006)
  • Kuroi Sabaku (黒い砂漠) (04/11/2007) (Ending theme of Elite Yankee Saburo)
  • Chikai (誓い) (11/07/2007)
  • Fly (03/12/2008)
  • Hana (花) (06/11/2008)
  • Nageki no Endless (嘆きのエンドレス) (10/22/2008) (Opening theme of Ten no Haoh)
  • Will (08/05/2009)
  • Makemagic (01/20/2010) (Theme song for Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie: Super Fusion! Bonds that Transcend Time)
  • Super Special Summer (06/30/2010)
  • Shoushin Macchiato (傷心マキアート) (10/13/2010)
  • Reboot (11/02/2016)
  • R.P.S. (11/22/2017)
Albums
  • Roses (05/16/2007)
  • Noroshi (狼煙) (11/26/2008)
  • Invade (02/09/2011)
  • Against (09/14/2011)
  • V (10/10/2012)
  • Jealkb no Kore Kawanakute Inde Live ni Kite Kudasai (ジュアルケービーのコレ買わなくて いーんでライブに来てください) (06/25/2014)
  • Identity (07/19/2017)

TV appearances

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Jealkb has appeared on Menguo Selection. The band also composed "Nageki no Endless", the opening theme for the anime series Legends of the Dark King.

References

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  1. ^ Jealkb Biography at CD Journal Retrieved Aug 27 2007
  2. ^ ロンブー淳が率いるV系バンド“jealkb”ついにデビュー! Barks News Retrieved Aug 27 2007
  3. ^ "KARASU is "free"". tokyohive.com. 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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