Sadie

Sadie is a rock band formed in Osaka, Japan. The band was formed in February 2005 by Mao (真緒, vocals), Tsurugi (剣, guitar), Mizuki (美月, guitar), Aki (亜季, bass) and Sora (空, drums). They began their activities on March 18th 2005 at BIG CAT in Osaka, as the support act for bands as D, Fatima, Shulla etc. On July 27th they released their debut single "黒衣の下の欲望と、苦悩の果てに視た百景の百合達", in a limited edition of 2000 copies. On December 3th of that year, they had their first oneman live 「dekiai ~ As a sad matter of fact ~ 」 on Osaka MUSE HALL in Osaka. Their single "溺哀 -dekiai-" was released only weeks after, in a limited edition of 3333 copies. In January 2006, drummer Sora decided to leave the band due family reasons. The other members moved on with the band and soon they got a new drummer, Kei (景). Their debut mini-album "The Trend Killer", was released on May 3rd of that year, in only 4444 copies, and was sold out just months after. They released a 2nd press in November 2006, and also a 3rd press in February 2007, both was sold out completely just within a couple of months. Their second mini-album "THE SUICIDE MACHINE" saw it's release on November 22nd, the album included five new songs and a PV of "迷彩" (Meisai). Sadie was front-page featured in the December 2006 edition of Cure Magazine. The beginning of year 2007, started with a lot of concerts and tours, the forth single "a holy terrors" released in March, and one month later, their first LIVE DVD "THE SUICIDAL APPLICANTS" was released. The DVD was recorded at O-WEST on January 20th of that year. They also released a third mini-album "THE BULLET STORM" and a second LIVE DVD "Distract against the terrors" under the middle of that year. The band opened a fanclub under the summer 2007, they named it "UNDEAD". 2008 started with gigs and a new single release, "Crimson Tear" in March, in April a DVD featured the Crimson Tear song, was released. The PV was directed by famous Screaming Mad George. They started a new tour "spring tour'08"Draining the crimson tear" after the single release, and performed with bands like 12012 and ギルガメッシュ. The band decided to release a compilation album "SADIE", since all their previous singles and mini-albums was sold out just months after each release. The album was released on June 25th, and included 15 tracks, all re-recorded. Sadie continued the release party with a new single just one month after, July 26th when they released "Grieving the dead soul" Sadie announced in September, a new single release entitled "Ice Romancer" is planned on December 17th 2008. Official homepage: http://www.sadie-web.com