GLAY - ANSWER Feat Himuro Kyosuke
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ANSWER is a collaboration single between GLAY & Himuro Kyosuke . The single was released 4 years ago on 2nd Aug .
The A-side was written & composed by GLAY's guitarist/keyboardist TAKURO & the single doesn't contain any B-sides & let alone the instrumental for ANSWER .
Himuro Kyosuke is best known for being the lead singer of the now disbanded JRock quartet BOØWY whom even up to this date , they're credited for being 1 of the most influential JRock bands in history .
The 90's band movement in Japan was credited to BOØWY as they made being in a band look cool . Musical instrument sales hit an all time high during the 90's and various record companies signed and debuted close to 80 bands during the 90's in hopes of finding a new BOØWY .
Some of Himuro's music credits include composing DAIGO☆STARDUST's debut single MARIA & also having a hand in cowriting KAT-TUN's 5th single Keep the faith with SPIN which Himuro composed the song on his own .
Well I wouldn't lie that in line with my BREAKERZ fandom , I decided to give Himuro's music a shot since after all , he's such a driving force in the JRock industry even during/after his days with BOØWY & it helps that BREAKERZ's lead singer/frontman DAIGO holds Himuro in such super great/deep respect .
Not to mention , some of what Himuro's works which he did for DAIGO☆STARDUST & KAT-TUN are fantastic since MARIA & Keep the faith are 2 songs that I still adore even up to now .
Also , it helps that before this , I have been listening to GLAY for quite sometime so when I found out that both artistes came together 4 years ago to sing ANSWER , I decided to give it a listen .
ANSWER is basically JRock stamped all over . It's old school & it's a mean gritty aggressive no. . I frankly was surprised when I heard Himuro's voice because what I imagined his voice to be , it's nothing as so & also his vocals are quite distinct to a certain extent .
Since I like Rock music a great deal , I wasn't surprised that I like ANSWER a significant deal & I think it's great that both acts came together to do this neat song since after all , each of them played quite a big part in shaping/influencing the current JRock scene in Japan as they're both veterans in their own respective right .
It might be a bit too late for me to try Himuro's music since he has been in the business for like forever it seems but as they say , it's better to be late than never .
