Yoshiaki Manabe
- Alternative rock
- punk rock
- grunge
- jazz
- funk
- reggae
- pop rock
Yoshiaki Manabe (真鍋 吉明, Manabe Yoshiaki) is the lead guitarist[1] for the Japanese rock band The Pillows.[2] As a mixing engineer, Manabe has worked on albums by The Pillows and The Stereo Future. He enjoys reading in his free time and is an enormous fan of Bob Marley. He also has his own signature guitar made by Sago New Material Guitars.
History
Life
Was born in Hokkaido Prefecture on October 2, 1962. Affectionately known as "Pee-chan" because his friends commented that he looked like the cartoon character, Snoopy. Was in a band called PERSIA before joining The Pillows in 1989, then known as "Pisuke". Manabe is influenced by reggae legend Bob Marley, especially with his work in Nine Miles. He has said that he was influenced by reggae and some punk rock.
Bands
Persia
Before starting in the Pillows, Manabe was a member of a rock band named PERSIA, which disbanded some time before The Pillows formed.
The Pillows
The Pillows, Manabe's main and current band. Formed in 1989 on September 16. Has been playing with them since the beginning and is an important part of the group. Aside from playing guitar, he also works on some of the mixing for the albums.
Nine Miles
Nine Miles is a solo project named after the town in which Bob Marley grew up in Jamaica. He is in charge of everything (excluding some track mixing). Plays all instruments that are heard in the albums. Manabe is influenced by reggae legend Bob Marley to build his own unique reggae sound. Manabe's constant use of reverbs, electronic effects, horns, among others are what give him his incredibly unique sound. The arrangement of instruments only adds to the uniqueness.
Discography
Albums
- [2001.03.07] Solomonic Polar Bear
- [2003.08.06] Return of the Polar Bear
- [2008.01.30] Revolution is My Name
- [2012.11.14] Rutile
Compilations
- [2005.22.02] Go! Delicious Go! (Omnibus Album)
Covers by The Pillows
The single release by The Pillows (Nonfiction) contained a Nine Miles cover. Nonfiction contained a cover of the Nine Miles song HEART IS THERE.
References
External links
- nine miles official website
- the pillows official website
- nine miles official myspace[permanent dead link]
- v
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- Sawao Yamanaka
- Yoshiaki Manabe
- Shinichiro Sato
- Moon Gold
- White Incarnation
- Kool Spice
- Living Field
- Please Mr. Lostman
- Little Busters
- Runners High
- Happy Bivouac
- Smile
- Thank You, My Twilight
- Penalty Life
- Good Dreams
- My Foot
- Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!
- Pied Piper
- OOPArts
- Horn Again
- Trial
- Moondust
- Stroll and Roll
- Nook in the Brain
- Rebroadcast
- Pantomime
- 90's My Life
- The Pillows Presents Special CD
- Turn Back
- Fool on the Planet
- Another Morning, Another Pillows
- Synchronized Rockers
- Lostman Go to Yesterday
- Rock Stock & Too Smoking the Pillows
- Once Upon a Time in the Pillows
- Rock and Sympathy
- Across the Metropolis
- "Ame ni Utaeba"
- "Kanojo wa Shisuta"
- "Daydream Wonder"
- "Girlfriend"
- "Tiny Boat"
- "Strange Chameleon"
- "Swanky Street"
- "Trip Dancer"
- "Kanojo wa Kyou"
- "One Life"
- "Hybrid Rainbow"
- "Another Morning"
- "No Self Control"
- "Instant Music"
- "Carnival"
- "Rush"
- "Ride on Shooting Star"
- "I Think I Can"
- "White Summer and Green Bicycle, Red Hair with Black Guitar."
- "Terminal Heaven's Rock"
- "Sono Mirai wa Ima"
- "Non Fiction"
- "The Third Eye"
- "Gazelle City"
- "Scarecrow"
- "Ladybird Girl"
- "Tokyo Bambi"
- "New Animal"
- "Ameagari ni mita Maboroshi"
- "Lightning Runaway (No Music, No Life)" (w/ Ben Kweller)
- "Rodeo Star Mate"
- "Movement"
- "Tabasco Disco"
- "Comic Sonic"
- "Energiya"
- "Happy Birthday"
- "About a Rock'n'Roll Band"
- "One Flew Under the Cuckoo's Nest"
- "Ousama ni Nare"
- "The World There is Nowhere"
- "Boku no Tomodachi"
- Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo
- We Have a Theme Song
- Busters on the Planet
- Dead Stock Paradise
- Walkin' on the Spiral
- 916
- Delicious Bump Tour in the USA
- Delicious Bump Show!!
- Lostman Go to America
- Wake up! Stand up! And Go!
- Pied Piper Go To Yesterday
- Blue Song With Blue Poppies
- Lostman Go to Budokan