THE BOOM
The Boom was a Japanese rock group formed in 1986 by friends from Yamanashi
Prefecture, namely Kazufumi Miyazawa on vocals, Takashi Kobayashi on guitar,
Yamakawa Hiromasa on bass, and Tochigi Takao on drums. They first performed as a
hokoten street band in Tokyo before signing with Sony. Their debut single, "Kimi
wa TV‑kko", issued on 1989, preceded the release of their first album, A
Peacetime Boom, on the same year. The band followed it with albums such as
Sairen no Ohisama (1989), Japaneska (1990), and D.E.M.O. (1992). The 1993 single
"Shima Uta", sold 1.5 million copies and e...
