B'z Support Members: Difference between revisions

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B'z Support Members are musicians who appear with B'z during their LIVE-GYM events playing the instruments not occupied by the primary duo of Koshi Inaba on vocals and Tak Matsumoto on guitar as well as contribute to their studio recordings. The stable of support musicians that have provided drums, bass, keyboards, and other instruments during various B'z shows and in the studio include a number of esteemed musicians from various other successful music acts. Among those who have recorded and performed with B'z are American bassists Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big and Barry Sparks, who has previously toured with the Scorpions, UFO, and the Michael Schenker Group.

Typically, those touring with the band at a given time are also those providing their respective parts on the most recent recording efforts. This formation of touring and recording with the same team began in 1993 with one of the band's best-regarded albums, RUN. Additionally, active members often also appear in the band's music videos as well.

In addition to taking on various drummers, bassists, and keyboardists over time, B'z also occasionally tour with additional performers, such as brass sections, orchestras, and occasionally performance troupes providing choreography on stage behind the band's performance. In recent years, the band has added a backing guitarist and vocalist beginning when Shinichiro Ohta toured with the band beginning in 2003 through 2008. The role went absent from the band's 2009 and 2010 tours, but would be again filled in 2011 by a friend of Tak's, Yoshinobu Ohga, who was featured as one of the fellow guitarists on his concept album Theatre Of Strings in 2005.

Most recently, since 2011, drums have been provided by Canadian drummer Shane Gaalaas, bass by American Barry Sparks, backing guitar by Yoshinobu Ohga, and keyboards by Takanobu Masuda.

Drums

Profile

Data

Shane Gaalaaas

Born: August 8, 1967

Tours

SSSS

Recordings

2002: Yoro yo Akenaide

2003: Yasei no ENERGY, Arakure, IT'S SHOWTIME!! (Album Version), BIG MACHINE, Nightbird, Mabushii Sign, ROOTS

2004: BANZAI, ARIGATO, Mou Hanasanai

2005: 愛のバクダン, Fever, 甘く優しい微熱, THE CIRCLE, X, パルス, Fly The Flag, アクアブルー, 睡蓮, Sanctuary, 白い火花, イカロス, Brighter Day, OCEAN, なりふりかまわず抱きしめて, Dear my lovely pain

2006: 衝動, ゆるぎないものひとつ, ピエロ, SPLASH!, MVP, ALL-OUT ATTACK, 恋のサマーセッション, ケムリの世界, 無言のPromise, MONSTER, ネテモサメテモ, Happy Birthday, 雨だれぶるーず, 明日また陽が昇るなら

2007: FRICTION, FRICTION -LAP 2-, Kuroi Seishun, Boku ni wa Kimi ga Iru, Koubou, Traveling Men no Theme, BUDDY

2008: BURN -Fumetsu no Face-, yokohama, Kibou no Uta, BAD COMMUNICATION -ULTRA Pleasure Style-, Pleasure 2008 ~Jinsei no Kairaku~, BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style-, Glory Days, Itsuka Mata Koko de

2009: MY LONELY TOWN, Kirei na Namida, Time Flies, PRAY, MAGIC, Mayday!, TINY DROPS, Dare ni mo Ienee, Yume no Naka de Aimashou, Freedom Train

2011: Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo, Dawn Runner, Don't Wanna Lie, Homebound, C'mon, Hito Shizuku no Anata, DAREKA, Boss, Too Young, Pilgrim, The Meister, Dead End, Meimei, ultra soul 2011

2012: GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-, Honoka Naru Hi, Ryuusei Mask, Love Bomb, Splash, Juice, Ultra Soul, Into Free -Dangan-

2013:

Kaichi Kurose

Tours with B'z

Denny Fongheiser

(1995-1997)

Ikko Tanaka

(1990-1994)

Abe Kaoru

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(1989-1990)

Masato Yamaguchi

File:Masato Yamaguchi.jpg

(TV)

Pat Torpey

(TV once)

GO

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(TV 2007+)

Chad Smith

(Recording only)

Bass

Barry Sparks

Barry Sparks (born June 20, 1968 in Lucasville, Ohio) is an American bassist that has played with some of the most recognizable rock and metal acts in the world, including Yngwie Malmsteen, UFO, and Ted Nugent.

Introduced to Tak and Koshi by his longtime friend Shane Gaalaas, whom he met during their time touring with The Michael Schenker Group and also played in the sideproject Cosmosquad with, he first embarked on a live effort with them during B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BANZAI IN NORTH AMERICA" and soon thereafter B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BIG MACHINE". After touring with fellow rock acts Dokkun, UFO, and Ted Nugent in the interim, he returned to tour with B'z beginning with the "ACTION" tour in 2008. Since, he has appeared on every B'z tour to follow as well as numerous television appearances. He has likewise appeared in a number of videos, including those for "C'mon", "Don't Wanna Lie", and "MY LONELY TOWN". In addition to being their live bassist, Barry has also provided bass on the majority of B'z recordings since 2008, including for various singles and the studio albums of MAGIC and C'mon.

Barry describes himself as the world's biggest KISS fan and has amassed a large collection of vinyl records. His love of records would be something he would introduce to Tak, which has become a bonding point for the two ever since. Barry considers Tak a close friend and has become one of the longest mainstay support members to have ever toured with B'z.

In 2004, Barry released a solo album entitled Can't Look Back on which he performed all vocals, guitar, and bass. For the majority of the tracks, Shane Gaalaas provided drums.

Tours with B'z

Tokunaga Akihito

(1998, 2003-2007)

Billy Sheehan

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(2002)

Shotaro Mitsuzono

(1999~2001)

Akashi Masao

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(1989~1997)

Hazuki Kido

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(TV once)

Juan Alderete

(Recording only)

Backup Guitar

Shiganobu Ohga

(2011~)

Shinichiro Ohta

(2003-2008)

Keyboards

Takanobu Masuda

(1992~1997, 1999-)

Kosuke Oshima

(1998)

Yoko Hiromoto

(1989-1992)

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 :'''2005''': 愛のバクダン, Fever, 甘く優しい微熱, THE CIRCLE, X, パルス, Fly The Flag, アクアブルー, 睡蓮, Sanctuary, 白い火花, イカロス, Brighter Day, OCEAN, なりふりかまわず抱きしめて, Dear my lovely pain
 :'''2006''': 衝動, ゆるぎないものひとつ, ピエロ, SPLASH!, MVP, ALL-OUT ATTACK, 恋のサマーセッション, ケムリの世界, 無言のPromise, MONSTER, ネテモサメテモ, Happy Birthday, 雨だれぶるーず, 明日また陽が昇るなら
-:'''2007''': FRICTION(LAP 2も), 黒い青春, 僕には君がいる, 光芒, トラベリンメンのテーマ, BUDDY
+:'''2007''': [[SUPER LOVE SONG|FRICTION]], [[SUPER LOVE SONG|FRICTION -LAP 2-]], [[ACTION|Kuroi Seishun]], [[ACTION|Boku ni wa Kimi ga Iru]], [[ACTION|Koubou]], [[ACTION|Traveling Men no Theme]], [[ACTION|BUDDY]]
-:'''2008''': BURN -フメツノフェイス-, yokohama, 希望の歌, BAD COMMUNICATION -ULTRA Pleasure Style-, Pleasure 2008 ～人生の快楽～, BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style-（恐らく）, グローリーデイズ, いつかまたここで（恐らく）
+:'''2008''': [[BURN -Fumetsu no Face-|BURN -Fumetsu no Face-]], [[BURN -Fumetsu no Face-|yokohama]], [[BURN -Fumetsu no Face-|Kibou no Uta]], [[B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"|BAD COMMUNICATION -ULTRA Pleasure Style-]], [[B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"|Pleasure 2008 ~Jinsei no Kairaku~]], [[B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure"|BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style-]], [[B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure"|Glory Days]], [[B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure"|Itsuka Mata Koko de]]
 :'''2009''': [[MY LONELY TOWN]], [[MY LONELY TOWN|Kirei na Namida]], [[MAGIC|Time Flies]], [[MAGIC|PRAY]], [[MAGIC]], [[MAGIC|Mayday!]], [[MAGIC|TINY DROPS]], [[MAGIC|Dare ni mo Ienee]], [[MAGIC|Yume no Naka de Aimashou]], [[MAGIC|Freedom Train]]
 :'''2011''': [[Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo]], [[Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo|Dawn Runner]], [[Don't Wanna Lie]], [[Don't Wanna Lie|Homebound]], [[C'mon]], [[C'mon|Hito Shizuku no Anata]], [[C'mon|DAREKA]], [[C'mon|Boss]], [[C'mon|Too Young]], [[C'mon|Pilgrim]], [[C'mon|The Meister]], [[C'mon|Dead End]], [[C'mon|Meimei]], [[C'mon|ultra soul 2011]]