SIAM SHADE
Siam Shade was formed in Tokyo in 1991 by vocalist Hideki Imamura, bassist
Yasushi "Natchin" Nakagawa, guitarist Kazuma Endo, lead guitarist Daita Ito, and
drummer Jun-ji Sakuma. Hideki and Natchin had earlier played together in the
band Power. The band released the album Siam Shade in 1994, which sold 10,000
copies and reached number 2 on the independent Oricon chart. Signing with Sony
Music Entertainment Japan in 1995, they debuted with the single "Rain" on 21
October 1995, followed by the studio album Siam Shade II on 11 November 1995.
Their breakthrough came in 1997 when the ...
