Sug

J-rock

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) A Japanese band. 2) A hip-hop artist. 1) SuG was a band from Japan with a bright and fun sound. Their band-concept is Heavy Positive Rock. SuG was formed in October 2006 by Takeru (vocal), masato (guitar), yuji (guitar) and Shouta (bass). One month later, drummer MITSURU joined the band. In February of 2007, Shouta left the band citing that his poor health would hinder himself and SuG as a whole. He was replaced by their current bassist Chiyu on the 22nd of the same month, following the band's first release, 7th Breeze, was featured on the compilation album CANNONBALL vol. 3 in Japan, released February 21st 2007. After being on tour in Japan during the spring and early summer, the band was signed to PS Company, as a part of their newly formed branch, Indie PSC. Their first single was released on August 1st 2007, and titled Scheat. One month later, on September 5th, they released a second single, Alterna., the title track of which was featured on the Shock Edge '07 compilation. A special single, Yumegiwa Downer, was released on the 1st of the month, and available only to those who attended their concert held that day. On December 9th, the band released their first mini-album, I SCREAM PARTY. Soon after they held their first concert outside of Japan at the J-ROCK INVASION EPISODE I festival in Germany on December 29th. On May 14th 2008 SuG's debut full-album, n0iZ stAr, was released in co-operation with Bellwood Records. Their...