Biografia : Murasaki
In 1983, the original members of Murasaki came back together for a reunion that fired up the local music scene that was stagnant at the time. With the backing of loyal supporters, the band staged a reunion concert titled “Murasaki, Why Now? Peaceful Love Rock Concert.” Encouraged by the large turnout of more than 5,000 cheering fans, Murasaki and its supporters decided to turn this concert into a rock festival to be held regularly in the summer with participation by numerous bands. Since then, the festival – named “Peaceful Love Rock Festival” – has continued to grow into one of the most reputed rock festivals not only in Okinawa, but also throughout Japan. The festival’s title was named by George Murasaki and was inspired by a song from George Murasaki & Mariner’s second album titled “Peaceful,” which was written by JJ, the band’s lead vocalist.
After going through a series of personnel changes over a couple of decades, Murasaki finally regrouped in late 2007 with the current lineup: George Murasaki (keyboards), Kiyomasa Higa (guitars), Yukio Shimoji (guitars), Eiichi Miyanaga (drums), JJ (lead vocals), and Chris Teruya (bass guitar). (The first four are original members of the band). In addition to performing at the Peaceful Love Rock Festival and numerous local venues, the new band performed in major events in mainland Japan: Tokyo in May 2008, Kobe in October 2009, and most recently in Tokyo in November 2009, after which the band signed on with a new Japanese record label (Hydrant Records). On 9 June 2010, the band released their new CD album titled "Purplessence," which is currently available on the Japanese Amazon online store. The album and individual songs can also be purchased from the Japanese iTunes Store.
Additional information: Murasaki was voted number one in a popularity poll conducted in 1977 by “Music Life,” the most popular music magazine in Japan at the time. All the members were also selected in the top 10 in their individual categories in 1978 (George Murasaki #1 keyboardist, Eiichi Miyanaga #3 drummer, and the bassist, lead vocalist, and the two guitarists in the #5, #6, and #10 positions, respectively).
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