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Sunday, July 11, 2010 3:14:36 PM
The J-Rock group is called B'z the lead singer is Koshi Inaba and Takahiro Matsumoto, is the composor and arranger and plays guitar.
The debut album for B'z was released in 1988, Takahiro Matsumoto is their composer. Inaba started his solo career in 1997 with album Magma, Koshi Inaba composed his own songs for his solo albums.
His musical influences are Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen, and Guns N' Roses. He respects David Coverdale, Robert Plant, and especially Steven Tyler as vocalists. He is a fan of Elvis Presley.
As a vocalist, he is known for his wide vocal range, covering three and a half octaves.
Inaba sang on the Steve Vai song "Asian Sky" from the album The Ultra Zone in 1999. He has played with overseas musicians such as Greg Upchurch (Puddle of Mudd), Stevie Salas, and others.
On September 29, 2009, it was announced that he would be featured in Slash's upcoming solo album, Slash, due for release on 31 March 2010. Inaba sang on the first single, "Sahara", released on November 11, 2009 in Japan.
The song Sahara was featured in the 15th track of the Japanese edition of the album. On February 24, 2010, it was announced that single "Sahara" won the Western single of the year 2010 at Japan Gold Disc Award 2010 held by RIAJ.
With respect Takahiro Matsumoto and Koshi Inaba have been making music since 1988. If you have a chance please visit their website to learn more. They have accomplished so much in their lifetime. I could not find any additional videos on their site only music clips to listen to. Be sure to check out their profile too.
Direct Link B'z website: http://bz-vermillion.com/ 
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Tom RondelloFrlmnk # Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:05:45 AM
I'll check out the site.
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Tom RondelloFrlmnk # Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:13:11 AM
I feel muffled?
What kina place you tryn send me to?
Tom RondelloFrlmnk # Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:21:49 AM
Back in the summer of '75 in Cape May I met a young lady who went by the name; Tara McDuffy. She had a melanoma on the edge of one iris and exhaled her cigarette smoke out of the corner of her mouth.
Talk about a long strange trip!
Tom RondelloFrlmnk # Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:29:35 AM
It strikes me, however, that I somehow find that intriguing.
That may account for my "success" with women.
Tom RondelloFrlmnk # Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:29:45 AM
I've got the netbook hookedup with the BlackBerry desktop instead of the Sprint softwaren and it's almost fast enough to play the video!
Monsoons finally cooled things off a bit.