ArtistInfo

Ground Zero

Band,
Jazz, Electronic and Rock

Jazzy Rock Noise Unit formed by Otomo Yoshihide in 1990 and disbanded after their last concert in 1998. Otomo Yoshihide (samplers, turntable and guitar), Hideki Kato (bass: replaced in 1992 by Kazuyoshi Kimoto), Yasuo Sano (drums), Makio Tada (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums), Kyoko Kuroda (piano) with guest Koichi Makigami (vocals), Yamatsuka Eye (vocals). The line-up changed in 1994-95: Otomo Yoshihide (sampler, turntable), Sachiko M (sampler), Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar), Mitsuru Nasuno (bass), Masaki Shimizu (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums). 1996: addition of Kikuchi Naruyoshi (soprano sax) and Tanaka Yumiko (gidayu shamisen and futozao shamisen) as regular members.

Members

	Sachiko M sampler *1970 JP
	Otomo Yoshihide ttbl, g *1959 JP
	Yamatsuka Eye voc
	Uchihashi Kazuhisa g *1959 JP
	Kato Hideki b *1962 JP
	Masahiro Uemura dr *1967 JP
	Tony Buck dr, perc *1962 AU
	Yasuhiro Yoshigaki dr, perc *1959
	Naruyoshi Kikuchi sax JP
	Mitsuru Nasuno b JP
	Yumiko Tanaka voc JP
	Shuichi Chino key, p