BACK-ON has been added to the lineup of of bands performing at the 10th Anniversary of the major Japanese ROCK Music Festival: SUMMER SONIC 2009!

Just to give you some idea as to how big this festival is, here’s a snapshot list of some of the other big name artists that have been lined up for the event in Osaka:

You might not listen to any of their music, but I’m willing to bet a BACK-ON album/single that you’ll have heard the name of at least ONE of them! :)

According to the SUMMER SONIC 2009 Osaka timetable, BACK-ON will be performing at on 7th August 2009 at 16:20pm on the Garden Stage and you can get buy the one-day pass directly from the SUMMER SONIC 2009 website for ¥ 13,000. The ‘sister’ event will be running concurrently just outside Tokyo.

Now, moving onto non-factual commentary: I know we like to talk about BACK-ON‘s “milestones” (like their work with GReeeeN to form BAReeeeeeeeeeN and doing the theme song for TotW:RM2) every so often on this fan site, but considering the variety and pulling power of the lineup and the enormity of the event – it attacted 200,000 people in 2007 – I think anyone would agree that for a ‘home grown’ talent like BACK-ON, this performance will potentially be one of their crowning moments!

Fingers crossed that international producers, record companies, or even bands who are known to spot previously unrecognised talent, will take time out to listen to BACK-ON‘s 40 minute live set and take them to the next level… Glastonbury, anyone?

UPDATE 31/07/2009: A really interesting post about the logistics of the event is Summer Sonic 2009: a reader Q&A about the event by Joshua Williams .

It’s been quite hard tracking down the raw version of the episode this time round, but thankfully a Youtube user, MamoriAnezaki, has managed to find a raw version and upload the opening for the anime!

Update – May 8th 2007! However, the video has since been deleted (neu!) and we have uploaded an alternative version, but due to some odd video compressions by Youtube, the quality of the file has been severely diminished. We will continue to work on providing a better quality file.

The song BLAZE LINE is unlike a day dreaming… as it’s very fast-paced, and imho nor is it like any of the songs from the New World album, so in fact more like a throw back to songs from e.g. Baby Rock. The main focus of BLAZE LINE is on Kenji03‘s(?) singing – for both the verse and the chorus – complimented by a Teeda rap-interlude in-between the two.

Please watch the video and see what you think? :)

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I guess listening to this song will dispel any myths that Back-on are the Japanese Linkin’ Park because their style is only occasionally similar! In addition, having briefly heard EYES as part of a recording made during Back-on‘s Anime Matsuri concert (courtesy of Happysky), it seems the single BLAZE LINE/a day dreaming… which collates all 3 songs is potentially a compilation of 3 different Back-on musical styles.

This is probably something that we can elaborate on when the single comes out on June 6th 2007, but in the meantime, please let me know what you think of BLAZE LINE from this clip! :)