Trademark of members of Ellegarden when posing (except Hiro)
Before that, for those who do not know Ellegarden, please watch these videos first 😆 You will not regret to know them.
Ellegarden - Salamander
Ellegarden - Missing
Ellegarden - Fire Cracker
These 3 are my favourites all the time. Then, I want to make sure for those who read this post will be their fans.
Ok back to the topic;
2 days ago was 7th September. Yes, I was waiting for this date cause I know Hosomi soon will update his blog related to this historical date in ELLEGARDEN's world. Every year, he not missed it. I don't want to make any judgement or telling signs that Ellegarden will confirm to be resurrected soon but I can see what I've found has leading into high expectation for Ellegarden to be come back.
1. Hosomi's blog from his website
Every year he will write about 7th September in which Ellegarden's activities were on hiatus indefinitely. The members are not knowing when they will make a reunion. But I found this from his blog,
"It is painful to wait, I feel it is hard for me to wait for the restarting of activities in this world better than anyone" - 7th September 2014
"I did not understand the meaning of living if the bands that were all in my world were gone" - 7th September 2014
"I am bad with giving up. With all of the pieces together, ELLEGARDEN can be live again, then becoming three bands and becoming super busy. I am looking forward to it now :-)" 7th September 2015
"I do not yet know when the day comes but, of course, I will try to make everyone smile, including myself" - 7th September 2017
You can refer to Hosomi's official website here: http://www.takeshihosomi.com/blog/
2. Monoeyes debut
This band bring the same concept as Ellegarden but I think it is more pop-punk rather than punk rock. The style, some of them suit me. Some of the songs make me hook and some not. Get me down is one of a kind. Cold reaction is not bad. But I'm not into "Get Up" and their debut single "My Instant Song" even they got million views in YouTube. Monoeyes had been debut for about 2 years and I just found this
ELLEGARDEN Official Picture
MONOEYES Official Picture
Can you find something? It makes me surprised that I just knew about it recently, but I came across this picture a lot of time. From left,
Drummer: Takahashi Hirotaka (ELLEGARDEN), Masakazu Ichinose (MONOEYES)
Vocalist, rhythm guitarist: Hosomi Takeshi (ELLEGARDEN, MONOEYES)
Lead Guitarist: Ubukata Shinichi (ELLEGARDEN), Masafumi Todaka (MONOEYES) - both have same hairstyle
Bassist: Takada Yuichi (ELLEGARDEN), Scott Murphy (MONOEYES)
and the wooden background behind them. I know it just coincidence but maybe Hosomi really meant it. Who knows?
Check out Monoeyes's hit songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVl8urlE2o
3. Growing Up (ELLEGARDEN's label)
Recently, Growing Up update their YouTube channel and upload all Ellegarden's video. Ellegarden music video including their lyrics video that already have a lot of views had been deleted. Urgghh, this is really made me mad! I lost my memories about their first song that make me acknowledge them. I can't remember exactly, is it Kaze no Hi, Hana or else? Then, suddenly it come through my mind. Why they update their channel with Ellegarden video and delete other's video? Ellegarden had not been resumed their activities for such a long time, 10 years on hiatus in this upcoming 2018. They should done this since their golden era (2003 - 2008) but why now? I hope what I assume is correct. Ellegarden will make come back finally.
Growing Up YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uf5ZhHDKsE
4. Other member's feeling
Lately, I'm also following Takahashi Hirotaka (Ellegarden drummer)'s blog and twitter. Today, 9th September 2017 at 9.09 am sharp, he update about their 9th year suspension of the band. I've read some of his other posts but nothing about Ellegarden and Hosomi Takeshi. Yeah I know he close to Yuichi and I found lot of Yuichi name in his story and Ubu as well. But, there's no sign of Hosomi-san! Today, he talks about Elle and how kind Hosomi was. They had a lot of fight and laughing together. From his story, he is not the first drummer of the band because other drummer quit with the excuse of not having same chemistry as Hosomi. And 9th September word can be found in No.13 lyrics.
Hiro at the beginning of Ellegarden activity
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