GUNIW TOOLS

GUNIW TOOLS

Spelling	グニューツール
Status	major, disbanded
Origin	Tokyo
Years	1992 - 2000.11.26 2014.9.24 - present
Genres	Alternative rock Industrial rock New wave Folk rock
Labels	Victor
Related	SHILFEE AND TULIPCOROBOCKLES cloudchair
Website	http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/guniwtools/

Biography[]

GUNIW TOOLS started from Tomo Furukawa's artistic outlet GUNIW in 1990, but became a full-time band after guitarist JAKE joined in 1992. ASAKI first joined as a support guitarist around 1994 and eventually became an official member.
The band aimed at combining music with fine arts: music videos directed and produced by Furukawa himself were shot for every song, and contemporary dancers often joined the band on stage.
In 1996 GUNIW TOOLS signed a contract with the major label Victor Entertainment and released a collection of videoclips produced during the indies days. One year later, after a succesful oneman live at the NHK Hall, JAKE left the band citing creative differences. Since JAKE had been the main songwriter and sound producer until that moment, Asaki took a more prominent role influencing the band sound with his taste for electronic music.
In 2000 GUNIW TOOLS announced that after their oneman concert at Shibuya Kōkaidō they would stop their activities for two years in order to pursue new musical projects. Furukawa formed Nookicky with GUNIW TOOLS dancer Dinah, while Asaki started formed two bands called BUG and AGE of PUNK.
Despite the announcement that the break would last two years, the band never resumed activities since both members were pleased with their current projects. It was rumoured that the break was due to contractual reasons and conflicts with Victor.

Lineup[]

古川とも (Furukawa Tomo) - Vocals (1992 - 2000, 2014 - present)
→ GUNIW TOOLS → Nookicky → SHILFEE AND TULIPCOROBOCKLES → SHILFEE AND TULIPCOROBOCKLES, TAFUCA, OCQ → GUNIW TOOLS, SHILFEE AND TULIPCOROBOCKLES, TAFUCA
山鼻あさき (Yamahana Asaki) - Guitar, Programming (1994 - 2000, 2014 - present)
→ GUNIW TOOLS → BUG, AGE of PUNK → GUNIW TOOLS, AGE of PUNK
渡部充一 (Watanabe Juichi) - Support Guitar (1997 - 2000, 2014 - present)
→ Jap House → DEEP → Navel Peel Soup, GUNIW TOOLS (support) → Girl no Pain , SPEED-iD (support) →
三代堅 (Miyo Ken) - Support Bass (2000, 2014 - present)
→ M-AGE → GUNIW TOOLS (support) → THE MORTAL, GUNIW TOOLS (support)
岡崎達成 (Okasaki Katsuhige) - Support Drums (1997 - 2000, 2014 - present)
→ M-AGE → GUNIW TOOLS (support) → Lucy, AGE of PUNK

Former Members[]

JAKE - Guitar, Bass, Piano (1992 - 1997.9.16)
→ GUNIW TOOLS → super soul sonics → cloudchair → THE MORTAL

Former Support Members[]

長谷隆治 (Hase Ryuji) - Bass (1996 - 2000)
→ GUNIW TOOLS (support) → Nookicky (support)
大光ワタル (Daiko Wataru) - Drums (1996 - 1997)
→ GUNIW TOOLS (support) → T.M.R
Dinah - Dancer (1996 - 2000)
→ GUNIW TOOLS (support) → Nookicky, vibot → Sound Dope
HIROPON - Dancer (1996 - 1997)
→ GUNIW TOOLS (support) →