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Formation

Vocal: Miyawaki Wataru

Guitar: Sakai Hiroaki

Guitar: Suga Yuusuke

Bass: Enya Tomoyuki

Drums: Kawauchi Tohru

12 012 (pronounced "ichi ni zero ichi ni ') is a visual kei band that comes from one of the Kansai region of Japan. The band is wearing a name derived from the laws in the state of California, the contents of the ban on possession of firearms. Band consisting of five members, it is often packed his songs into a story, where the lyrics are always done by the vocalist Miyawaki Wataru ie. This band's musical style tends to be more ngerock, dark with an aggressive flow.

BIOGRAPHY

12 012 officially formed on May 1, 2003, which was then also immediately joined the Undercode Productions, where other bands such as shelter Vidoll and Phantasmagoria. End of May, they jointly held the first concert at a club in Osaka on May 31. This summer, the band released their first maxi single titled depression sign a limited 1000 copies, and until now the maxi is still sought after by fans.

The band has participated in various events and donated numerous omnibuses, 12012's popularity increased from 2003 to 2004. In October 2004, they held a six-day event, titled Guilty of Six Days, in which each event is organized by one member of 12012, while the final event was organized by all members. Bands that appear on the show such as Duel Jewel and Panic Channel, and featured along with several other bands. Still in the same month, they start the release schedule by issuing a series of releases; Bell Salem mini album which was released in October, followed by Knight Mare in November, and finally shin ~ deep in December. In late 2004 they appeared on the same day but in two different places or cities, namely Tokyo and Osaka.

February 2005, they held their first one-man at Esaka Muse and the subsequent live was launched on DVD. In May, they celebrated their second anniversary as a band before re-releasing a slew of their older, including depression sign. In July, a DVD containing the PV was released before the band held a small tour in September.

12 012 apparently increasingly busy entering the year 2006; they participate in various events, they released three photobooks, and released two albums before the middle of the year.

Their first album, entitled PLAY DOLLS, was released in two versions, one containing a DVD and the other a bonus CD. They also released a? Best of? album entitled not obtain +1.

In May, they staged a one-man tour to celebrate three years together and released a new single, Heart. Then they released a DVD containing tour footage that was released in August.

Although it has been doing a lot of touring and releasing, there is no word breaks for them because Miyawaki Wataru Sakai Hiroaki present and visiting international fans at the Anime Expo 2006 in Southern California, where the event contains the distribution of signature and a handshake. Not only that, in the fall of the entire band then went to Germany and France to visit his fans in there before they return visit to America to perform at the event held in Texas Onicon. Besides all that, they also released three singles in a row; PISTOL in September, wana in October, and finally Over ... in November. Then they held another tour in Japan, which began in mid-November through December.

The winds of change occurred in the band when it entered in 2007, after graduation from Undercode Productions indie label, they signed with a new label called Back Coat in February. Although they changed the label, but the works of 12 012 does not look to change dramatically; additional they released a new single, summer tour, and traveled both to America by holding a show there, no denying this band has a lot have increased in recent years.