RELEASE DATE: July 31st, 2002
TRACK LIST:
1. Mr.NEWSMAN (Mr.NEWSMAN Lyrics)
2. Ugly (Ugly Lyrics)
3. HADES (HADES Lyrics)
4. umbrella (umbrella Lyrics)
5. children (children Lyrics)
6. 秒「」深 (Byou｢｣Shin) (Byou｢｣Shin Lyrics)
TRIVIA:
The 2nd EP released by Dir en grey
The album showed musical growth in both drummer Shinya and guitarist Die
The album marked a direction more similar to western heavy metal which caused some division among fans of the group
The band's name on the cover is written in the traditional Coca-Cola font.
The album featured two previously released songs by the band (children and 秒「」深) that had been updated to fit their newer sound
Remastered versions of the songs "Mr.NEWSMAN" and "umbrella" are included on the second disc of the DECADE 1998-2002 compilation
LIVE INFORMATION:
Mr.NEWSMAN: Has been performed one-hundred twenty-four times. It was first performed on July 8th, 2002, on the
列島激震行脚 2002 MASTER OF MONSTER tour, and was last performed on October 4th, 2008, on the
TOUR08 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN tour.
Ugly: Has been performed sixty-seven times. It was first performed on July 8th, 2002, on the
列島激震行脚 2002 MASTER OF MONSTER tour, and was last performed on May 29th, 2008, on the
TOUR08 DEATH OVER BLINDNESS tour.
HADES: Has been performed fifty-eight times. It was first performed on July 8th, 2002, on the
列島激震行脚 2002 MASTER OF MONSTER tour, and was last performed on September 17th, 2005, on the
TOUR05 It withers and withers tour.
umbrella: Has been performed eighty-three times. It was first performed on July 8th, 2002, on the
列島激震行脚 2002 MASTER OF MONSTER tour, and was last performed on July 31st, 2006, on the
TOUR06 IT WITHERS AND WITHERS tour.
children: Has been performed sixty times. It was first performed on August 1st, 2000, at the Fujikyu Presents SOUND CONIFER 229 ﾒSHAKE the BLACK 2000 show (
Once More, Here ya go), and was last performed on September 18th, 2005, on the
TOUR05 It withers and withers tour.
秒「」深: Has been performed one-hundred thirty times. It was first performed on March 22nd, 1998, on the
SHOCK WAVE'98 vol.1 〜春の嵐〜 tour, and was last performed on October 2nd, 2005, on the
TOUR05 It withers and withers tour.
RELATED ALBUMS/SINGLES:
MISSA
DECADE 1998-2002
太陽の碧
かすみ
凌辱の雨
TRACK INFORMATION:
1. "Mr.NEWSMAN" - 3:52 (Words: 京 / Music: Die)
2. "Ugly" - 4:54 (Words: 京 / Music: Shinya)
3. "HADES" - 3:24 (Words: 京 / Music: 京)
4. "umbrella" - 4:06 (Words: 京 / Music: Shinya)
5. "children" - 4:01 (Words: 京 / Music: Die)
6. "秒「」深" - 5:37 (Words: 京 / Music: 薫)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
Dir en grey:
Vocal: 京
Guitar: 薫
Guitar: Die
Bass: Toshiya
Drums: Shinya
Produce: Dir en grey
Recording Engineer: Tetsushi Mase
Mixing Engineer: Tatsuya Sakamoto (Deep)
Assistant Engineer: Hiroki Yamada (St.Greenbird), Yuki Mizutani (St.Greenbird), Keiko Takano (St.Greenbird), Masanori Ihara (Hi.t Sound), Atsutoshi Sato (Hi.t Sound)
Mastering Engineer: Yasuji Maeda (Bernie Grundman Mastering)
Recording Studio: Studio Greenbird, Hi.t Sound, OMEGA A,T, HATSUDAI STUDIO, Studio Fine, G-REC Studio
Mastering Studio: Bernie Grundman Mastering
Assistant Program: Masahide Takuma
Program: 薫, Yoshihisa Shirakawa (aqua notes)
Art Direction & Art Design: Koji Yoda (Quan)
CG Design: Kiminori Higuchi (Quan)
Jacket Photo: Takao Ogata
Costume & Styling: Fumika Suzuki
Model: SAMUEL・POP・ANI
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Artist Photo: Masayuki Kusakari
Artist Costumne: ID-JAPAN
Styling: Sawako Sato (ID-bis)
Hair & Make-up: Atsushi Yamaguchi (animus), Masahito Sano
Executive Producer: DYNAMITE TOMMY (sun-krad)
A&R Director: Hideki Furuta (FIREWALL-DIV.)
Artist Promotion: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (FIREWALL DIV.)
Product Control: Nao Matsumura (FIREWALL DIV.)
Sales Promotion: Takeichiro Nomura (SME), Kentaro Hayashi (SME)
Artist Management: Atsushi Inoue (sun-krad)
Desk: Emiko Kakechi (sun-krad)
Crew: Masanobu Nirazuka (sun-krad), Takuma Terakawa (sun-krad)
Official Fan Club 「a knot」: Shinobu Ozawa (sun-krad), Satomi Mochizuki (sun-krad)
Supervisor: Daisuke Goto (sun-krad)
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