MEIN KAMPFMEIN KAMPFマインカンプ
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MEIN KAMPF (マインカンプ) is formed by IZUMI in Osaka (大阪)大阪.
The band is briefly active without a vocalist, releasing one instrumental demo during this time.
There's contradictory info online, but the band's first flyer confirms that DEAN is ex-KAISER, and ROD, KERRY, and TOSHI are ex-JAIL BAIT.
Vocalist ROD joins.
Tour, "TOKYO TOUR", begins.
Tour, "TOKYO TOUR", ends.
Guitarist IZUMI announces that he will secede in May.
Bassist DEAN announces that he will also secede in May.
Last oneman is held.
Although not intended as such at the time, the band holds their last live.
Guitarist IZUMI and bassist DEAN secede.
Vocalist ROD secedes.
Later, vocalist RONNY, guitarist THRASHER (スラッシャー), and bassist NON-TA join. However, the band never undertakes any activity with this new lineup.
MEIN KAMPF disbands
One-day revival is held.
Original guitarist IZUMI and original bassist DEAN perform, along with support vocalist NOV, support guitarist SHE-JA (黒岩靖), and support drummer TOBBY.
Support V. NOV / G. IZUMI / Support G. SHE-JA (黒岩靖) / B. DEAN / Support D. TOBBY
One-day revival is held.
Original guitarist KERRY, original bassist DEAN, and original drummer TOSHI appear with support vocalist HISAYOSHI and support guitarist KOUSHIRO (鋼刺狼).
Support V. HISAYOSHI / G. KERRY / Support G. KOUSHIRO (鋼刺狼) / B. DEAN / D. TOSHI
One-day revival is planned to be held, but is cancelled due to COVID-19.
MEIN KAMPF revives.
MEIN KAMPF is a semi-active visual kei band in Osaka. They have been active since 1985.
The KOUSHIRO dude? I've seen him mentioned on HAUNTED HOUSE RECORDS website, but I read somewhere it was actually IZUMI playing as a support member. But, maybe it really is a different guy.
Did some more research and I'm almost sure the guy is KOUSHIRO, ex-THE DAY OF REVENGE guitarist, owner of rock bar Mirrorcle World and big AION/IZUMI fanatic (as this post in KISAKI's blog indicates).
At first, I was thinking he was IZUMI going by a different name, because of the signature guitar and everything, but I believe it's this guy. He also played some sessions with NOV, so the AION/MEIN KAMPF connection is there. He even has the ProCeed/ESP signature IZUMI guitar model...
So, yeah, this is my best guess by now haha.
It really is him, according to this HAUNTED HOUSE RECORDS tweet. Dude was AION's roadie too:
That line-up right before disbanding was a total mystery to me before visiting their profile here lol. Japan Metal Indies and Metal Archives both had only their classic line-up or the revival members... TOSHI and KERRY are active on Twitter, maybe asking them directly would make things clearer.
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