

released their first full length album, Zekkeishoku. rang in the new year with some new releases, including their first live DVD, ALICE IN WONDEЯFILM, and three new singles, one of which was featured in the anime "Meine Liebe." In April, alice nine. The band's official fan club, club ALICE, also opened that month. took part in the massive Peace & Smile Carnival Tour, organized by PS COMPANY and featuring their artists. heated things back up again, performing at Shibuya O-West with Duel Jewel and Soroban in October before re-releasing several CDs, including a third press of their first single. However, just when the temperature began to cool alice nine. After an exhausting summer, the band appeared to slow down in August and September, attending various in-store events but performing only once. The band also released their second mini-album, ALICE IN WONDEЯLAND, on July 27th. had just finished their tour with ayabie and they hopped right back onto the tour bus to participate in PS COMPANY presents: Tribal Arivall Tour 2005 with Kra and bis, both PS COMPANY label-mates at the time. In June, they did another two-man tour with ayabie, this one much more extensive than their previous tour together, taking both bands across Japan. In the next three months they released three more singles and spent April performing as label-mate Kagrra,'s opening band during their 2005 tour. They participated in a number of other events throughout February and March, including a live on Valentine's Day at Electric Lady Land. kicked off 2005 by holding their first one-man live at Liquid Room Ebisu. They continued to perform and ended their first year together at an event at Holiday Shinjuku.Īlice nine. This tour was much larger than their first with ayabie, and took them all across the country for about a dozen shows. They also went on a second two-man tour, this time with Karen. Like alice nine.'s previous releases, this one was also limited and ranked third on the Oricon Indies chart. In September, the young band joined PS COMPANY and released their first mini-album shortly afterward. During this time, they went on a short two-man tour with fellow indie band ayabie, with the sold-out tour finale taking place at Shibuya O-East. They released a second press of the single in August, this one limited to 3000 copies, which also sold out.

The following month they released their first maxi-single, Namae wa, imada muhi, which was limited to 1000 copies and sold out during its pre-order period. Shortly after forming, the band held their first live at Ikebukuro Cyber and continued to give a number of performances as well as participating in PS COMPANY presents: Tribal Arivall Vol.81 in June. Alice Nine was originally known as alice nine. Shou and Tora had previously been in the band Givuss together. ∙ Their take on Panic! At the Disco’s “High Hopes” appeared on the 2019 covers album Worship and Tributes Volume II, celebrating the 250th issue of British music mag Rock Sound.Alice Nine's line-up is the same as it was at their inception: Shou on vocals, Tora and Hiroto (ex- BAQUEPIA) on guitar, Saga (ex- Visage) on bass and Nao (ex- Fatima) on drums.

∙ Partnering with anti-bullying organization The BULLY Project, the group released the popular video for the rock anthem “Sunrise” in 2014. ∙ The band’s videos for their versions of Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive,” Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” and Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” each have more than 20 million views. ∙ The 2013 video for their first pop cover, of Adele’s “Skyfall”-included on a deluxe edition of the 2012 album Age of Ignorance-has been viewed more than 17 million times. 6 on Billboard’s Heatseekers-Northeast Region chart. ∙ Their debut album, 2008’s The Ghosts Among Us, rose to No. ∙ With live shows and self-released EPs, Our Last Night built a regional New England following, then signed with Brett Gurewitz’s Epitaph Records in 2007, when Trevor was just 13 years old. Formed in 2004 by brothers Trevor and Matthew Wentworth, Our Last Night is a post-hardcore/metal band with a penchant for covering hit pop songs.
