The Cro-magnons

The Cro-Magnons (ザ・クロマニヨンズ, Za Kuromaniyonzu?) are a band created in July 2006 by Hiroto Kōmoto and Masatoshi Mashima previously of The Blue Hearts and The High-Lows.

Masaru Kobayashi on bass and Katsuji Kirita on drums are support members, but according to TV and promotional information, they are effectively official members.

After The High-Lows ceased activity in November 2005, Mashima proposed forming a new band to Kōmoto. Due to an introduction from a recording engineer named Satoshi Kawaguchi known from the time of The Blue Hearts, Kobayashi and Kirita joined the formation of The Cro-Magnons.

With their album due to be finished in the winter of 2006, they appeared all over the country in summer music events without announcement and without a name. On the net, people blinked and wondered "Is this Hiroto and Mashi's new band?" Before their live performance on Osaka's "Meet The World Beat 2006," news of their appearance was leaked and some of the crowd called out "Hiroto!," "Mashi!." With a bitter smile, the band members said "It wasn't a secret at all." At 1:41pm on July 23, The Cro-Magnons made their first official appearance as a band. Two months later, on September 20, the band began their first nation-wide tour, The Cro-Magnons Shutsuen Tour!! (ザ・クロマニヨンズ出現ツアー!! The Cro-Magnons Appear Tour!!).

The band had a second tour in early 2007, entitled Haru no Uraura Matsuri (春のウラウラ祭り Spring Gently Shining Festival), with 16 performances nationwide.

One can not compare the transition from The Blue Hearts to The High-Lows to the change from The High-Lows to The Cro-Magnons since the first album is only two albums have been released for sale. But if forced to, the lyrics and sound have become simpler but there is no change in appearance.

There will certainly be activity immediately following their debut, and the media exposure is increasing even above the level during their High-Lows era.

Band members
The two main members of the band are Hiroto Kōmoto and Masatoshi Mashima, who had worked together in two previous bands—The Blue Hearts and The High-Lows.

Masaru Kobayashi and Katsuji Kirita often work closely with the band, but are just considered support members. Kobayashi previously performed with Sads and is currently involved in nil. Kirita currently performs with Gargoyle. · close