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- Minoru_Niihara abstract "Minoru Niihara (二井原 実, Niihara Minoru) (born March 12, 1960 in Osaka, Japan) is the original and current lead singer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly his voice to the high pitch tones requested in a heavy metal act. He was selected after an audition to become the lead singer of Loudness in 1981 and his voice, together with the flashy guitar work of guitarist Akira Takasaki were recognized as a trademark of the band. Although the first three albums were sung using mostly Japanese lyrics, he started singing in English only on their 1984 album, Disillusion.After Loudness released Jealousy, he left the band in 1988 and was replaced by the American singer Mike Vescera. After working with several bands (including Ded Chaplin, Sly and X.Y.Z.→A), as well as his solo career, he returned to Loudness in 2001. He released two solo albums: One in 1989 and Ashes To Glory in 2006, in addition to recording many albums with Sly and X.Y.Z.→A.In 2008 he formed a parallel band called Nishidera Minoru, with Show-Ya's singer Keiko Terada and Earthshaker's singer Masafumi ”Marcy” Nishida. This new band released an album and produced and organized the HARD NA YAON 2009 festival.".
- Minoru_Niihara activeYearsStartYear "1980".
- Minoru_Niihara associatedBand Earthshaker_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara associatedBand Loudness_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara associatedBand Sly_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara associatedBand X.Y.Z.→A.
- Minoru_Niihara associatedMusicalArtist Earthshaker_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara associatedMusicalArtist Loudness_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara associatedMusicalArtist Sly_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara associatedMusicalArtist X.Y.Z.→A.
- Minoru_Niihara background "solo_singer".
- Minoru_Niihara birthDate "1960-03-12".
- Minoru_Niihara birthPlace Osaka.
- Minoru_Niihara birthYear "1960".
- Minoru_Niihara genre Heavy_metal_music.
- Minoru_Niihara genre Rock_music.
- Minoru_Niihara hometown Japan.
- Minoru_Niihara hometown Osaka.
- Minoru_Niihara instrument Bass_guitar.
- Minoru_Niihara instrument Singing.
- Minoru_Niihara occupation Musician.
- Minoru_Niihara occupation Singing.
- Minoru_Niihara occupation Songwriter.
- Minoru_Niihara thumbnail Loudness_2010_06.jpg?width=300.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageID "10731973".
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageLength "6649".
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageOutDegree "67".
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageRevisionID "659966236".
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink 2012_(Loudness_album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink 8186_Live.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Akira_Takasaki.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Bass_guitar.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Biosphere_(album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Blues.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Blues_music.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Breaking_The_Taboo.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Breaking_the_Taboo.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Category:1960_births.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Category:Japanese_heavy_metal_singers.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Category:Japanese_rock_singers.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Category:Loudness_(band)_members.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_Osaka.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Cozy_Powell_Forever.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Devil_Soldier.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Disillusion_(album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Earthshaker_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Eurobounds.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Eve_to_Dawn.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink HARD_NA_YAON.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Heavy_metal_music.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Hurricane_Eyes.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Japan.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Japanese_language.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Jealousy_(Loudness_EP).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Keiko_Terada.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink King_of_Pain_(Loudness_album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink King_of_Pain_(album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Lightning_Strikes_(Loudness_album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Live-Loud-Alive:_Loudness_in_Tokyo.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Loudness_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Loudness_Live_2002.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Masafumi_”Marcy”_Nishida.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Metal_Mad.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Vescera.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Mike_Vescera.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Musician.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Nishidera_Minoru.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Odin_(EP).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Odin_(Loudness_EP).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Osaka.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Pandemonium_(Loudness_album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Racing_(Loudness_album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Racing_(album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink RockShocks.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Rock_(music).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Rock_music.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Show-Ya.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Singing.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Sly_(band).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Songwriter.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Spiritual_Canoe.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Terror_Hakuri.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink The_Birthday_Eve.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink The_Everlasting_(Loudness_album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink The_Everlasting_(album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink The_Law_of_Devils_Land.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink The_Soldiers_Just_Came_Back.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink The_Sun_Will_Rise_Again.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Thunder_in_the_East_(album).
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Tusk_of_Jaguar.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Vocalist.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink Vocals.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLink X.Y.Z.→A.
- Minoru_Niihara wikiPageWikiLinkText "Minoru Niihara".
- Minoru_Niihara associatedActs "Loudness, Earthshaker, Ded Chaplin, Sly, X.Y.Z.→A".
- Minoru_Niihara background "solo_singer".
- Minoru_Niihara birthDate "1960-03-12".
- Minoru_Niihara dateOfBirth "1960-03-12".
- Minoru_Niihara genre Heavy_metal_music.