9mm Parabellum Bullet 9mm Parabellum Bullet- 15th Anniversary

THE BAWDIES

The Bawdies is a Japanese rock band signed to the Seez Records label and the Getting Better sub-label of Victor Entertainment. The band is heavily influenced by 1950s-1960s beat music and early rhythm & blues styles of music.
Band members Roy Watanabe, Jim Kimura, and Marcy Yamaguchi became friends as children, and met fourth member Taku "Taxman" Funayama while in high school. Watanabe discovered The Sonics, a 1960s American garage band, which influenced his musical tastes. The band was formed on New Year's Day in 2004. Starting in 2006, as of September 2011 the band has released five full-length albums. The band has been compared to The Beatles is some news stories.

English "modfather" Paul Weller reportedly was impressed with the band's third album This Is My Story, released in April 2009. The album reached # 1 on the iTunes Store rock chart and # 4 on the J-Pop album chart soon after its release. The album was their first album release with Victor Entertainment, and Naoki Sato of Love Psychedelico oversaw production.

In January 2010, the band received the favorite Japanese act award at the CD Shop Awards. Also in 2010, the band's single "Just Be Cool" reached #8 on the Oricon chart, and #5 on the Japan Hot 100. The "Hot Dog" single made it to #7 and #3, respectively.

In April 2011, the band's single "Love You Need You" peaked at #3 on the Japan Hot 100. For the single's title track, the band collaborated with singer and rapper Ai.

The band played at the Budokan in November 2011, and a live CD of the performance is to be released in March 2012.

In February 2012, the band's single "Rock Me Baby" rose to number 6 on the Japan Hot 100 chart. The song was also selected to be the theme song of the new Japanese television drama "Hungry!" (ハングリー!).

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• ｅｌｌ．ＳＩＺＥ
  ｅｌｌ．ＳＩＺＥ

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  日本、〒460-0011 愛知県名古屋市中区大須２丁目１０−３５ ｅｌｌ．ＳＩＺＥ  Map

• Liquid Room
  リキッドルーム

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  日本、〒150-0011 東京都 渋谷区東３丁目１６−６  Map

• Showa Women's University Memorial Auditorium
  人見記念講堂

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  日本、〒154-0004 東京都世田谷区太子堂１丁目７−５７  Map

• Shinjuku BLAZE
  新宿BLAZE

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  日本、〒160-0021 東京都新宿区歌舞伎町１丁目２１−７  Map

• Hiroshima Club Quattro
  クラブ クアトロ

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  日本、〒730-0035 広島県広島市中区本通１０−１  Map

• Eight Hall
  エイトホール

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  日本、〒920-0981 石川県金沢市片町１−６−１０  Map

• festhalle
  festhalle-フェストハレ

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  日本、〒760-0054 香川県高松市常磐町１丁目３−２  Map

• Zepp Sapporo
  Zepp Sapporo

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  日本、〒064-0809 北海道札幌市中央区南９条西４丁目４  Map

• Team Smile · Sendai PIT
  チームスマイル・仙台ＰＩＴ

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  日本、〒982-0007 宮城県仙台市太白区あすと長町２丁目２−５０ チームスマイル・仙台ＰＩＴ  Map

• Zepp Fukuoka
  Zepp Fukuoka

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  日本、〒810-0065 福岡県福岡市中央区地行浜２丁目２  Map

• Zepp Nagoya
  Zepp Nagoya

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  日本、〒453-0872 愛知県名古屋市中村区平池町４丁目６０−７  Map

• Zepp Osaka Bayside
  Zepp OSAKA Bayside

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  日本、〒554-0031 大阪府大阪市此花区桜島１丁目１−６１  Map

• Zepp Tokyo
  Zepp Tokyo

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  日本、〒135-0064 東京都江東区青海１丁目３−１１  Map

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