Rottengraffty
Rottengraffty is a Japanese rock band from Kyoto Prefecture, formed in 1999. Their musical style mixes alternative rock, heavy metal, electronica, hip hop and reggae. They have had several top ten albums and several top twenty singles on the Oricon charts.
History
Rottengraffty formed as a five-piece rock band with two vocalists in 1999. The mini-album Radical Peace × Radical Genocide was released on Bellwood, a sub label of King Records in 2001. After releasing Ekisapiko in 2005, Rottengraffty left King Records. In 2006, they released the single "Mandāra" on Inferno Records, a sub label of Universal created by J.In 2010, the band switched from writing their name in katakana, to writing it in English. The album This World was released by Pine Fields Recordings that year. After signing to Victor Entertainment's Getting Better Records, Rottengraffty released the mini-album Life is Beautiful on October 7, 2015. It reached number 6 on the Oricon Albums Chart. However, it was announced on December 29 that distribution of the mini-album would be discontinued due to issues with the rights to its songs.
Their 2017 single, "70cm Shiho no Madobe", was used as the 10th ending theme song for the Dragon Ball Super anime. On September 9, 2020, it was announced that guitarist and programmer Kazuomi would be refraining from live performances due to poor health. On March 15, 2022, the band announced he was stepping away from live performances permanently and will work as their "sound producer".
Members
- Nobuya Murase – vocals
- Naoki Makizawa – vocals
- Kazuomi Nakakita – guitar, programming
- Yuichi Adachi – bass
- Hiroshi Nakama – drums
Discography
Studio albums
Classick – 2004Ekisapiko – 2005This World – 2010Familiarize – 2011Walk – 2013Play – 2018Hello – 2022Wabi Sabi – 2025Mini-albums
Radical Peace × Radical Genocide – 2001Grind Vibes – 2002Synchronicitizm – 2003Life is Beautiful – 2015Goodbye to Romance – 2021Singles
- "Warudakumi ~ Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence" – 2003
- "E for 20" – 2004
- "Mandāra" – 2006
- "D.A.N.C.E." – 2012
- "Sekai no Owari" – 2014
- "So... Start" – 2016
- "70cm Shiho no Madobe" – 2017
- "Hallelujah" - 2019
- "Towa to Kage" - 2020
- "Goodbye to Romance" - 2021
- "Akizakura" - 2022
- "Akatsuki Identity" - 2024
Limited singles
- "Bō izu Dead" – 2001
- "Chaos in Terminal" – 2005
- "Palm" – 2006
- "Form" – 2006
- "Maido Ookini" – 2008
Demos
- "Noise Performance Attitude"
- "Destrocker's Revolution"