Interview with SHiFT

Questions about their sound.

1. Would you tell us your musical instruments experience? How long have you Play it? And how did you decide to play it?

Ryo: I was influenced by Kyo. 【The Kyo is the vocalist of D'ERLANGER】
Atsuo: My friend invited me to join his copy band was signal. I spend a third of my life to play the guitar.
Teru: I played it just a game. But I was highly praised for playing it. My career is less than 10 years.
Koma: I and percussions are united by some tie when I was a little boy. I have been playing the drums for 14 years.

2. Have you ever tried other instruments before?

Ryo: Guitar
Atsuo: I haven't tried to play, but I played some because I was asked for.
Teru: Guitar
Koma: Everything that I was interested

3.  How did you get together?

Ryo: I found Atsuo's comment in the recruitment band members web. So I was attracted by his sound in Posh Music.
Atsuo: It is a fatality.
Teru: Fate
Koma: Vaguely. We got together by a strange coincidence

4.  Who is your band leader？

Ryo: All of us.
Atsuo: Case by case. Who could have an image of doing it.
Teru: I don't know
Koma: Atsuo

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5.  Who compose music mainly?

Ryo: All of SHiFT
Atsuo: Every members hearts.
Teru: Every member
Koma: Atsuo

6. How about poems?

Ryo: All of SHiFT
Atsuo: Every members hearts.
Teru: Ryo
Koma: Ryo

7.  Who is your favorite musician?

Ryo: Kyo san
Atsuo: Mr. Ichiro Takigawa. ZAKK WYLDE
Teru: I love any player who plays a strong sound.
Koma: Yasuhiro Umezawa/ Munetaka Higuchi

8.  What message is in your sound?

Ryo: To decide you by yourselves
Atsuo: There are so many feelings, but now thanks and confidence.
Teru: As you like. It's depend on you.
Koma: No comment

9. Please tell us your live schedule.

Shinjuku/MARZ:MARCH/1^st.

10.  Please give a message to your fans.

Ryo: 1(I)+1(Atsuo)+1(Teru)+1(Koma)+1(YOU!)≠5 I want to feel it together!
Atsuo: We're dashing to our future. Follow us!
Teru: Come to see me in the live house
Koma: Cheer us!!

 Personal Questions

1. What is your favorite food?

Ryo: Tonjiru/Japanese pork soup
Atsuo: Curry and rice, Ramen
Teru: Japanese deep fried chicken
Koma: Beer and Cheese

2.  How do you spend your free time?

Ryo: Hallucination
Atsuo: Drinking...maybe
Teru: Just enjoy it.
Koma: I spend my time at a café

3. What is your specialty, except music?

Ryo: I am good at cutting hair
Atsuo: Do you ask me what is it? (laugh)
Teru: Swimming.
Koma: Soccer

 4. What type of girls or boys do you like?

Ryo: Positive thinking and regard to others
Atsuo: Attractive type is the men or the women who have a sexy air.
Teru: The people who persist in their belief.
Koma: People who have GUTS

 5. Where do you want to go when you have a date?

Ryo: Kamakura, Enoshima
Atsuo: Midnight drive
Teru: Germany
Koma: No comment

 6. What presents make you happy?

Ryo: The handwriting message
Atsuo: Anything fine ,but casually presents are good to me.
Teru: Tobacco
Koma: Alcohol

 7. What type of girls or boys do you dislike?

Ryo: Backbiter
Atsuo: The people who tell stupid lie and feign that he or she is the somebody.
Teru: I have no idea.
Koma: Insensitive

 8.  When is your first love, and who grabbed your heart？

Ryo: When I was an Elementary school student's little boy. She was my classmate.
Atsuo: Awkward! Even I remember her name. (bitterly) I was an elementary student.
Teru: Preschool teacher.
Koma: Se★cre★t

 9.  Do you have a steady now?

Ryo: Rock is my steady(laugh)
Atsuo: How about you go out with me? (smile)
Teru: Every mankind is my lover.
Koma: Se★cre★t

 10.  What perfume do you use?

Ryo: DAVIDOFF Cool Water
Atsuo: SCULPTURE HOMME、CK-ONE
Teru: BVLGARI
Koma: Some kind of citrus