timeline
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1989 |
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| 09.16 | the pillows form | |
1990 |
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| 05.21 | pantomime mini-album released by captain records | |
| 10.25 | 90's my life mini-album released by captain records | |
| 12.20 | christmas tape released | |
1991 |
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| 05.21 | single ame ni utaeba (if you sing to the rain) released by pony canyon | |
| 06.21 | album MOON GOLD released by pony canyon | |
1992 |
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| 04.17 | kanojo wa SHISUTÂ (she's my sister) single released by pony canyon | |
| 05.21 | album white incarnation released by pony canyon | |
| 11 | bassist kenji ueda leaves the band | |
1993 |
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| 11 | fan club exclusive 'special cd' released - bassist tatsuya kashima's first recording with the band | |
1994 |
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| 03 | signed to king records - all subsequent releases are published by king records | |
| 04 | 3-stop "NAKED TOUR" | |
| 07.02 | album KOOL SPICE released | |
| 08.24 | single DAYDREAM WONDER released; 4-stop "DAYDREAM WONDER TOUR" begins | |
1995 |
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| 03.24 | GIRLFRIEND single (image song for the movie love letter) released; album LIVING FIELD released; 10-stop "LIVING FIELD TOUR" begins | |
| 11.14 | 6-stop "TINY BOAT TOUR '95" begins | |
1996 |
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| 01.24 | tiny boat single released | |
| 02.22 | 2-stop 'TINY BOAT TOUR '96' begins | |
| 06.21 | strange chameleon single released; 2-stop "strange chameleon tour" begins | |
| 08.21 | swanky street single released; 3-stop "swanky street tour" begins | |
| 10.21 | trip dancer single released; 13-stop "trip dancer tour" begins | |
| 12.16 | first "DELICIOUS BUMP SHOW" at kyoto muse hall | |
1997 |
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| 03.20 | album please mr. lostman released; 7-stop "please mr. lostman tour" begins | |
| 06.28 | ONE LIFE single released; 10-stop "ONE LIFE TOUR" begins | |
| 09 | trip to london; performed 2 live shows | |
| 11.21 | HYBRID RAINBOW single released; 3-stop "HYBRID RAINBOW TOUR" begins | |
1998 |
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| 01.21 | another morning single, first live video hello, welcome to bubbletown's happy zoo (instant show) and album LITTLE BUSTERS released; 16-stop "LITTLE BUSTERS TOUR" begins | |
| 09.02 | NO SELF CONTROL single released; 8-stop "NO SELF CONTROL TOUR" begins | |
| 11.27 | instant music single released; artist MAYA MAXX created the cover and the promotional video | |
1999 |
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| 01.22 | album RUNNERS HIGH released- tatsuya kashima's last recording with the pillows; 17-stop "RUNNERS HIGH TOUR" begins | |
| 02.26 | first video clip collection released- WE HAVE A THEME SONG | |
| 04 | sawao yamanaka appears on radio station NACK5's midnight rock city show | |
| 07.28 | CARNIVAL single released- bassist jun suzuki's first recording with the pillows | |
| 10.27 | RUSH single released | |
| 12.02 | album HAPPY BIVOUAC released; 20-stop 'HAPPY BIVOUAC TOUR' begins | |
2000 |
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| 04.26 | ride on shooting star single released- the theme song for GAINAX's OVA FURIKURI | |
| 06 | 5-stop 'DELICIOUS BUMP SHOW' tour begins | |
| 10.04 | FURIKURI soundtrack addict released | |
| 11.22 | i think i can single released, 'i think i can!!!! tour' begins | |
2001 |
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| 02.07 | best album fool on the planet released, 23-stop 'fool on the planet tour' begins | |
| 03.07 | yoshiaki manabe releases first album as nine miles, solomonic polar bear | |
| 07.25 | FURIKURI soundtrack kaizoku-ou (pirate king) released | |
| 08.08 | delicious label compilation album LIFE IS DELICIOUS released | |
| 08.29 | live video/DVD BUSTERS ON THE PLANET released | |
| 09 | 5-stop "delicious bump show!! ~ LIFE IS DELICIOUS TOUR" | |
| 10.31 | album smile released; 24-stop "smile tour" begins | |
2002 |
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| 01.23 | delicious label compilation my room is delicious vol. 1 released, featuring solo work by sawao yamanaka and jun suzuki | |
| 08.01 | shiroi natsu to midori no jitensha, akai kami to kuroi GITÂ (white summer and green bicycle, red hair and black guitar) single released | |
| 09.25 | delicious label compilation my room is delicious vol. 2 released, featuring solo work by sawao yamanaka and jun suzuki | |
| 10.23 | album thank you, my twilight and b-side collection another morning, another pillows released | |
| 12 | 22-stop "thank you, my twilight tour supported by smart" begins | |
2003 |
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| 08.06 | yoshiaki manabe releases second album as nine miles, return of the polar bear | |
| 09.03 | TERMINAL HEAVEN'S ROCK single, dead stock paradise video clip collection, hello, welcome to bubbletown's happy zoo live DVD and WE HAVE A THEME SONG video clip collection released | |
| 10 | 3-stop "TERMINAL HEAVEN'S ROCK TOUR" begins | |
| 11.06 | album PENALTY LIFE released | |
| 12 | 22-stop "PENALTY LIFE TOUR supported by smart" begins | |
2004 |
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| 03.08 | remastered 90s-era song collection 90's my life returns released | |
| 06.23 | self-cover mini-album turn back released | |
| 09.16 | 15th anniversary! tribute album synchronized rockers and documentary DVD WALKIN' ON THE SPIRAL released; "the pillows 15th anniversary special live THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I LIKE YOU BUSTERS" show takes place in tokyo | |
| 10.06 | sono mirai wa ima (that future is now) single released | |
| 11.03 | album GOOD DREAMS released | |
| 12 | 23 stop "GOOD DREAMS TOUR" begins | |
2005 |
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| 01.26 | 916 15th anniversary special live DVD released | |
| 03 | first US tour "DELICIOUS BUMP TOUR IN USA" begins; first US performance at SXSW festival in austin, texas | |
| 05.03 | album penalty life released in the US | |
| 07.06 | sawao yamanaka's side project, the predators, releases their mini-album, hunting!!!! | |
| 09.14 | nonfiction single, DELICIOUS BUMP TOUR IN USA live DVD released | |
| 11.23 | the third eye single released | |
| 12 | 3-stop "the third eye tour" begins | |
2006 |
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| 01.12 | album MY FOOT released; 18-stop "MY FOOT TOUR" begins | |
| 02.26 | DELICIOUS BUMP SHOW!! 2005.11.10 at shibuya O-WEST live dvd released | |
| 02.26 | gazelle city limited single released - two electro remixes of pillows' songs by guitarist manabe | |
| 03.20 | best collection band score released - first ever tab collection | |
take a little journey through the pillows' past. most information taken from