The Boom


The Boom is a Japanese rock band. Its members are Kazufumi Miyazawa, , Yamakawa Hiromasa, and Tochigi Takao.

History

The four musicians, friends from Yamanashi Prefecture, formed the band in 1986 as a hokoten street band in Tokyo. They soon began getting club gigs and a record deal with Sony, with whom they released their first album, A Peacetime Boom, in 1989.
Vocalist Kazufumi Miyazawa who is the composer and lyricist for The Boom was inspired by the music of Okinawa. A single CD "Shima Uta" was released in 1993 with high sales, which reached approximately 1.5 million and brought fame to the band, around the world as well as at home. On December 31, 1993, The Boom participated in Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an exclusive show usually reserved for elite musicians.
After they released "Shima-uta," the group went on to perform "Kaze-ni Naritai," "Kaero-kana," and "Tsukisaemo-nemuruyoru," but Miyazawa wanted to write more Okinawa songs, so an album composed purely of Okinawa songs was released.
Miyazawa released several solo albums and composed songs for other musicians, including Akiko Yano, Kyōko Koizumi, and Rimi Natsukawa. He also started a new band named Ganga Zumba who released their first album Um in April 2007.

Discography

Singles

  • "Kimi wa TV-kko"
  • "Hoshi no Love Letter"
  • "Kikyu ni Notte"
  • "Tsuri ni Ikou"
  • "Sakadachi sureba Kotae ga Wakaru"
  • "Kyofu no Hiruyasumi"
  • "Michizure"
  • "Soredake de Ureshii"
  • "Shima Uta "
  • "Tsuki sae mo Nemuru Yoru"
  • "Shima Uta "
  • "Manatsu no Kiseki"
  • "Karatachi Nomichi"
  • "Yuzai"
  • "Kaeroukana"
  • "berangkat -Buranka-"
  • "Kaze ni Naritai"
  • "Teida Akara Nami Kirara" – Not sold in stores
  • "Tegami"
  • "Toki ga Tateba"
  • "Chuousen"
  • "Tsuki ni Furu Ame"
  • "Osaka de Momareta Otoko"
  • "Furusato ni Nattekudasai"
  • "Kamihikoki" – Not sold in stores
  • "Itsumo to Chigau Basho de"
  • "Kuchibue ga Fukenai"
  • "Kamisama no Hoseki de dekita Shima"
  • "Shima Uta – Shima Uta"
  • "Kono Machi no Dokoka ni"
  • "Boku ni Dekiru Subete"
  • "Kaze ni Naritai"
  • "Hikari"
  • "24 Jikan no Tabi"
  • "Yume kara Samete/All of Everything"

    Albums

  • A Peacetime Boom
  • Sairen no Ohisama
  • JAPANESKA
  • D.E.M.O.
  • Shisyunki
  • THE BOOM
  • FACELESS MAN
  • Kyokuto Sanba
  • REMIX MAN '95
  • Samba do Extremo Oriente
  • TROPICALISM-0
  • THE BOOM2
  • THE BOOM2
  • Singles +
  • No Control
  • LOVIBE
  • THE BOOM STAR BOX EXTRA
  • OKINAWA -Watashi no Shima-
  • SHIMA UTA -Grandes Exitos-
  • Singles + a
  • Hyakkei
  • ''89-09　THE BOOM COLLECTION 1989–2009''