The Birthday (band)

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The Birthday
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	Garage rock Blues rock Punk rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Universal Music Group
Associated acts	Rosso Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Website	The Birthday
Members
Past members

The Birthday is a Japanese garage rock band formed by and members of his previous bands, Rosso and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.^[1]

History[]

In June, 2006, Chiba and Imai announced the release of Rosso's album Emissions, and also that Rosso would go on a hiatus. Immediately after The Birthday was formed and in August of the same year, their first single Stupid was released. The band was formed with Yusuke Chiba as the leader, but with the intention that all the members would contribute to the songwriting process. In 2011 the band's lead guitarist left and in the same year , famous in Japan as a guitarist and songwriter of My Little Lover, joined them after a hiatus of some months.

Discography[]

The Birthday released many full-length albums, singles, EPs as well as several live show recordings on DVD and Blu-ray. Album and single releases are usually available as a standard and a limited edition with bonus DVD.^[2]

Albums[]

• Rollers Romantic (2006)
• Teardrop (2007)
• Motel Radio Sixty Six (mini-album) (2008)
• Night on Fool (2008)
• Star Blows (2010)
• I'm Just a Dog (2011)
• Vision (2012)
• Come Together (2014)
• Blood and Love Circus (2015)
• Nomad (2017)
• Vivian Killers (2019)
• Sun burst (2021)

Singles[]

• "Stupid" (2006)
• "Kiki the Pixy" (2006)
• "Night Line" (2007)
• "Alicia" (2007)
• "Press Factory" (2007)
• "Namida Ga Koboresou" (2008)
• "Ai de Nuritsubuse" (2009)
• "Piano" (2009)
• "Dig Zero" (2010)
• "Maddy Cat Blues" (2010)
• "Nazeka Kyouha" (2011)
• "Roka" (2012)
• "Sayonara Saisyuuheiki" (2012)
• "Lemon" (2013)
• "Kusottare no Sekai" (2014)
• "I Know" (2015)
• "Mother" (2015)
• "Yume to Bach to Caffeine to" (2016)
• "Dakishimetai" (2017)
• "The Answer" (2018)
• "Aozora" (2018)
• "Oh Baby!" (2019)

Compilations[]

• Watch Your Blindside (B-side and rare track collection) (2010)
• Gold Trash (Greatest hits album) (2015)
• Watch Your Blindside 2 (B-side and rare track collection) (2019)

Other releases[]

• Party People (2008)
• The Birthday Meets Love Grocer at On-U Sound Mixed by Adrian Sherwood (2009)
• Live at XXXX (live album) (2018)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Site
• Trippin' Elephant Records' Site