[This is the rough translation of the article in Ongaku to Hito magazine 2006/07, scaned by lovely matsuchan ^o^]
Creature Creature appeared secretly and played " " and " " at Tenki event last year. The main person of the band is Morrie.
Morrie was the vocalist of DEAD END, the famous Kansai Indies band.
The band released the album "DEAD LINE" which hit record sales that time, "GHOST OF ROMANCE" and "shambara". However, the band broke up in 1990.
Morrie became solo artist and released "ignorance", " " then he stopped musical act, moved to N.Y. after releasing the album " " in 1995. Nobody imagined that he returns in this scene ever again.
Now he is back as a member of Creature Creature, with 3 singles "Red", " " and "Paradise". All lyrics were written by Morrie. "Red" was composed by Minoru (Ex-The MAD CAPSULE MARKETS), " " was by tetsu (L'Arc-en-Ciel) and "Paradise" was composed together by tetsu and Morrie. Morrie's vocal echoes to listener's heart - It can't be ignored.
His music expresses his 'active' and 'calm' side. "Red" is heavy and emotional song, " " is sad, middle tempo tune, and "Paradise" is up-tempo tune that expresses a human search for something in the dark.
Shinya (ex-Luna Sea) plays on drums in "Red" and " ".
(ex- ) plays the guitar solo in " ", and
(ex-DEAD END) plays the guitar solo in "Paradise".
Moreover, the original members of DEAD END; (Drums) and Crazy-Cool-Joe also joined for his recording.
You will know how much influence he gave to the rock vocalist like Atsushi Sakurai and Kiyoharu (by listening Creature Creature). He was the root of all.
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