Disclose were a Japanese punk rock band from Kōchi City, heavily influenced by Discharge. Their sound heavily replicates Discharge's style, with an increased use of fuzz and distortion guitar effects. The subject matter is also similar to Discharge, in that the songs' themes are primarily about nuclear war, and its horrific consequences. On 5 June 2007, Disclose frontman Kawakami died from acute alcohol poisoning .[3]

Disclose
OriginKōchi City, Japan
GenresCrust punk,[1] hardcore punk[2]
Years active1990–2007
Past members
  • Tsukasa
  • Kawakami
  • Fukugawa
  • Yasuoka
  • Will
  • Yuusei
  • Gori
  • Abe
  • Masa
  • Hiro the Aggression
  • Fujiwara
  • Uo-Katsu
  • Doi
  • Aki
  • Naoto
  • Joe

Former members

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  • Tsukasa (vocals)
  • Kawakami (vocals, lead guitar)
  • Fukugawa (bass guitar)
  • Yasuoka (bass guitar)
  • Ben (bass guitar)
  • Herb (guitar)
  • Jung (bass guitar)
  • Will (bass guitar)
  • Yuusei (bass guitar)
  • Gori (bass guitar)
  • Abe (bass guitar, US tour)
  • Masa (bass guitar)
  • Hiro the Aggression (drums and bass sometimes)
  • Fujiwara (drums)
  • Daniel (guitar)
  • Uo-Katsu (drums)
  • Doi (drums)
  • Aki (drums)
  • Naoto (?)
  • Joe (?)

Discography

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  • Tragedy (1994)
  • Yesterday’s Fairytale, Tomorrow’s Nightmare (1/6/2003)
  • The Demos Album (1995)
  • No More Pain
  • Nightmare or Reality (May/June 1999)

Split 12"

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  • Split 12" with Totalitär (2000)

10"es

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  • Great Swedish Feast (1995)
  • The Aspects of War (1997)
  • Nuclear Hell (with G.A.T.E.S., 2005)

7"es

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  • Once the War Started (1993)
  • Visions of War (1996)
  • 4 track EP (1997)
  • The Nuclear Victims (1998)
  • A Mass of Raw Sound Assault (2001)
  • Apocalypse of Death (March 2002)
  • Neverending War (2003)
  • The Sound of Disaster (2003)
  • Apocalypse Continues (2004) Overthrow Records

Split 7"es

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  • Kochi-City Hardcore (with Insane Youth, 1993)
  • Why Must We Die? (with Hellkrusher. 1994)
  • No More Pain! (with Selfish, 1994)
  • (unknown) (with Warcollapse, 1995)[4]
  • War of aggression (with Cluster Bomb Unit, 1995)
  • Attack The Enemy (with Homomillita, 1995)
  • Endless War (with Squandered, 1998)
  • Chainsaw Tour '04 (with Framtid, 2004)
  • Noise Not Music (with No Fucker, 2004)
  • Split 7" with Hakuchi (2004)
  • Dis-Nightmare still continues (with World Burns to Death, 2004)
  • Split 7" with Besthöven (2005)
  • In Chaos We Trust (with FlyBlown, 2005)
  • Controlled By Fear (with Cruelty, 2005)
  • Split 7" with Scarred For Life, (2007)

Demos

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  • Crime (1992)
  • Conquest (1993)
  • Fear of the War (1993)
  • Total Dis-Lickers (1998)

Tapes

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  • The Aspect of War (1997)
  • Sound of Disaster (2003)
  • The Best of Disclose 1993-2001 (2006)

Compilations

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  • Demo & Live 92 (1992, Combines Crime and Conquest demos, plus a live show from December 1992)
  • Raw Brutal Assault Vol. 1 (2003, has tracks from 1992–1994)
  • Raw Brutal Assault Vol. 2 (2003, has tracks from 1994–1998)

References

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  1. ^ Hayes, Craig (19 February 2018). "Kawakami Forever! Japanese Raw Punk 101, Part 1". Yourlastrites.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ YOUNG, ALEX (3 June 2016). "Kim Kardashian's new jacket is further proof punk is dead and buried". Consequence.net. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ Leaving Normal: Kawakami Disclose Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "[BANKA BÄVER] Demorecensioner #3". 17 January 2021.