Alice Nine alice nine. (アリス九號.) is a Visual-Kei, Oshare-Kei band under PS Company that was formed by Shou(leader/vocalist) and Tora(guitarist) in 2004. Their music vari...

Alice Nine

alice nine. (アリス九號.) is a Visual-Kei, Oshare-Kei band under PS Company that was formed by Shou(leader/vocalist) and Tora(guitarist) in 2004. Their music varies between soft alternative rock and harder rock. When bis was still with PS Company, they were often coupled as performers.

Shou and Tora were members of a band called Givuss. When they dissband in 2004 the two created Alice Nine. along with Hiroto, Saga and Nao.

Their first concert was held at the Ikebukuro Cyber on May 11, 2004. After a few concerts, they began to tour with other artists/bands such as Miyavi, Ayabie, Karen, Kagrra,, Kra, and bis. They completed their first solo (one-man) tour between August 8 and August 31, 2005. Their third solo tour hit 14 stops across Japan in August of 2006.In 2006 Alice Nine had two songs, "Akatsuki" and "Ikuoku no Chandelier", used as opening and closing themes in the second season of the anime series Meine Liebe.

Members

Shou (将) (Vocals)
Hiroto (ヒロト) (Guitar)
Tora (虎) (Guitar)
Saga (沙我) (Bass)
Nao (ナオ) (Drums)


They have now finished their one-man tour 'BLACK JEWEL, WHITE ROSE 2007' and are continuing to improve and develop new ways of making music.

Recently, they have produced a full length second album ALPHA which was released on November 28, 2007. The album contains a few tracks from previous albums and singles, such as Jewels, Number Six, White Prayer and Blue Planet. The album is ranked 9th on the Oricon Weekly for 2007 week 49.

The band will be holding a 2008 standing tour across Japan, 'A to U', starting from Zepp Sendai on January 10, 2008 until it ends on February 9, 2008.

Recently Guitarist Tora has been in critical condition with spinal disc hernia. He was numb from his head to his left hand and his entire left arm had gone cold. The rest of the band has postponed three stops on the tour until further notice of Tora's health. The tour has been resumed with Tora's persistence wanting to go on with the tour. The other members of alice nine has quoted on their blogs that Tora has gained his strength, However, he has not fully recovered. No further information was released after that.


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