Biography
Ground Zero
Effective period / Period of releases: 1995 - 1999
Members: Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, Yamatsuka Eye, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Kato Hideki, Masahiro Uemura, Tony Buck, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Mitsuru Nasuno, Yumiko Tanaka, Shuichi Chino
Jazzy Rock Noise Unit formed by Otomo Yoshihide in 1990 and disbanded after their last concert in 1998. Otomo Yoshihide (samplers, turntable and guitar), Hideki Kato (bass: replaced in 1992 by Kazuyoshi Kimoto), Yasuo Sano (drums), Makio Tada (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums), Kyoko Kuroda (piano) with guest Koichi Makigami (vocals), Yamatsuka Eye (vocals). The line-up changed in 1994-95: Otomo Yoshihide (sampler, turntable), Sachiko M (sampler), Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar), Mitsuru Nasuno (bass), Masaki Shimizu (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums). 1996: addition of Kikuchi Naruyoshi (soprano sax) and Tanaka Yumiko (gidayu shamisen and futozao shamisen) as regular members.