Taia (band)

Taia (大鴉, literally "Raven") was a female fronted metal band from Okinawa, Japan. They are named after the Edgar Allan Poe poem "The Raven".

History

The band was formed in 1998, by college classmates; Taka, Yasha and Hakua, as an Iron Maiden cover band. Seika soon joined and they felt having a female vocalist would make their music more interesting.

In 2000, Taia released a self-titled demo and the following year a second, entitled "Sanctus". The group eventually found its current sound with the arrival of a keyboardist.

In 2002, Taia won a prize with their song "Beware". In the same year Fuuga replaced the old keyboardist, and the band released their first single "Sorrow".

In 2004 they released their second single, "Yumegatari". That same year, Taia went on their first tour in Tohoku, while Higa joined as second guitarist.

In February 2005, the band appeared on the Trendkill2005 compilation, and later in May on Total Steel Okinawa 2005. By the end of the year, on the 16th of November they released their first album, Asymmetry, which was followed by a tour in Okinawa, Tokyo and Osaka.

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+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.

History

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Band

Band or BAND may refer to:

Science and technology

Band (mathematics), an idempotent semigroup

Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission and radar, specifically:

Shortwave bands
UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones
LTE bands used for cellphone data

Shortwave bands

UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones

LTE bands used for cellphone data

Band cell, a type of white blood cell

Gastric band, a human weight-control measure

Bird banding, placing a numbered metal band on a bird's leg for identification

BAND, acronym for "birds are not dinosaurs," a controversial stance on the evolution of birds

BAND (application), a private online space for groups

Computing and electronics

Microsoft Band, a smart band with smartwatch features created and developed by Microsoft.

Organizations

Band (channel), nickname of Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes

Bands (Italian Army irregulars), military units once in the service of the Italian Regio Esercito

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Bandō

Bandō may refer to:

People

Eiji Bandō, Japanese entertainer/sportsman

Naoki Bandō, Japanese voice actor

Japanese surname, especially among Kabuki actors, such as:

Bandō Kakitsu I (1847–1893), Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage
Bandō Shūka I
Bandō Tamasaburō
Bandō Tamasaburō V
Bandō Mitsugorō III
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
Bandō Mitsugorō X