Members * Vocal: Ken Lloyd * Guitar: KAZ * Bass: Rikiji Support Members * Guitar: Pablo * Drums: Masuo Ex-Member...

Members

* Vocal: Ken Lloyd
* Guitar: KAZ
* Bass: Rikiji

Support Members

* Guitar: Pablo
* Drums: Masuo

Ex-Members

* Drums: Taka Motomura
* Bass: Matt Garrett
* Bass: Derek Forbes
* Bass: Koozie Johns
* Guitar: Masaru Yoshida
* Drums: Souta Oofuruton

Early support members

* Bass : Ju-ken [only 2001]
* Guitar : Masaru Yoshida (May) [from 1998 to 2000, then official member only in 2001]
* Bass : Josh Lazie [only 1997]
* and a lot more

In May of 1995 the band Addict of the Trip Minds stopped activities due differences in the direction of the band. The drummer Taka Motomura (who played in the self-titled album Addict of the Trip Minds in 94) and the bassist Derek Forbes (who had arrived short while ago to the band) decided reform the band starting over again and taking a "western style". They recruited KAZ as lead guitarist and later Ken Lloyd as vocalist and (in a beginning) guitarist. They started to make songs and play in small clubs. In that moment, thanks to the help of hide and Ray McVeigh (Zilch) they signed with alternative label cutting edge, a sublabel of Avex. They went to Los Angeles, California to record their first album (which wasn't released until the following year) with Ray McVeigh as producer (he would also be the producer of their second album), but once recording of the album was completed Derek Forbes dropped out of the band and was replaced on bass by Koozie Johns(Jer Koozie) who only played in a few shows from mid 1996 until the end of that year, then left the band and was replaced by Matt Garrett. Among that, in September the name of the band was changed Oblivion Dust, being their debut under this name in november of 1996.

On January 1997, they released their first single entitled Sucker. March witnessed the release of their second single Numb. In April the group toured the West Coast of the United States with a series of 10 concerts. In May, they managed to release one more single and in June their first full length album entitled Looking for Elvis . In July, they returned to the West Coast of the United States to play 10 more concerts and Matt Garrett left the band. In september they did their first Japanese tour consisting of a total of 11 shows and 5 extra shows in October.

In January 1998, one new bassist joined the band as official member: Rikiji. That same month they played as the sole Japanese opening band for the UK electronic group, The Prodigy's gig in Tokyo before a crowd of 10.000 fans, gaining the band a name for themselves. 1998 also saw the release of 2 singles and their second album:Misery Days. Between both singles, they toured again the West Coast of the United States in April. The rest of year they toured japan and in November of 1998, Souta Oofuruton (Furuton) replaced Taka Motomura who left around August.

In 1999 Oblivion Dust released 4 new singles, another new album and their first video, Overdose vhs. Apart from that, they toured all year long, playing with other well known bands such as Marilyn Manson and Zilch. In September their official fanclub, embryo, was temporarily opened, and December witnessed the opening of their official website.

The band began 2000 with a nationwide Reborn tour. In February their fanclub was officially opened, and in May their new song entitled S.O.S. appeared on the Japanese version of the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack. In the same year, the band played numerous sold-out gigs; they also played at the Summer Sonic Festival, released more singles, an album and their second video. The gig performed on December 23 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall turned out to be Rikiji's last, as he decided to quit the band soon afterwards.

In January 2001, their support member Masaru Yoshida (May) gained the status of an official member, and the band was joined by a new bassist Ju-ken as a support member. The members didn't enjoy their new roles for long, because only a few months later, in June 30th, Oblivion Dust announced that they would officially disband. The last release was the album entitled Radio Songs (the best of Oblivion Dust) which came out two months later, finally the group did their 2 last concerts that were called Oblivion Dust Last Two Nights "THANK YOU & GOOD BYE" the September 22 and 23.

In June 28th 2007 was announced Ken Lloyd, KAZ and Rikiji would reunite again as OBLIVION DUST members in two concerts called "Resurrected" in September 8 and 9. At the end of the latter concert, Ken walked off the stage saying "See you in another 6 years", only to give way to a video announcing a new album to be "coming soon". In November 7th, it was announced they would release three digital download in three weeks before release of their first new album on stores on January 23rd of 2008, this self-titled album will be available in a regular edition and a limited edition that will come with a DVD with the full performance of September 9 gig and the "Never Ending" PV. But, They schocked everybody uploading the whole album on their Myspace between January 18 and 20.

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