Tak Matsumoto Group

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Tak Matsumoto Group
TMG Montage.jpg
From left to right: Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin, and Jack Blades
Background information
Also known asTMG
OriginJapan
Genres Hard rock
Years active
  • 2004
  • 2024
Labels
Spinoff of
Members Tak Matsumoto
Eric Martin
Jack Blades
Website takmatsumotogroup.com

Tak Matsumoto Group (often abbreviated as TMG) is a supergroup consisting of members from several bands around the world. It includes Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin, and Jack Blades. [1] From July to September 2004, they embarked on their "Dodge the Bullet Tour" of Japan. [2]

Contents

After a single, an album, 20 shows, and a live video, the band did not perform again until twenty years later in 2024. In a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone India , Martin said he asked Matsumoto every year about a possible reunion, to which Matsumoto always answered, "Let me think about it". [3]

On February 28, 2024, in an interview with Rockpages.gr, Jack Blades revealed that the band would be making a second album. [4] A week later, on March 8, the band officially announced its reformation 20 years after its initial conception and would be releasing a second album and hold a nationwide tour across Japan. [5] [6]

Lineup

Official members
Support members [1]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak
chart
positions
JPN
Oricon

[7]
TMG I
  • Released: June 23, 2004
  • Label: Vermillion
  • Formats: CD
1
TMG II
  • Released: September 18, 2024
  • Label: Vermillion
  • Formats: CD, CD+BD
3

Singles

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsLabel
JPN
[7]
2004"Oh Japan (Our Time Is Now)"3Vermillion
2024"Guitar Hero" [8]
"Eternal Flames" (featuring Babymetal) [8]

Video

TitleAlbum detailsPeak
chart
positions
JPN
Oricon

[7]
Dodge the Bullet
  • Released: December 15, 2004
  • Label: Vermillion
  • Formats: DVD, VHS
8

Music videos

YearSongRelease dateFormatRef.
2024Eternal flames (feat. Babymetal)September 11, 2024YouTube version [9] [8]
Guitar Hero [8] [10] [8]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 "THE TAK MATSUMOTO GROUP Schedule European Release For Debut". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. D, J (2 January 2016). "Formation of TMG, Koshi's Debut Solo Tour, "BANZAI" & "ARIGATO" Singles". www.offthelock.com. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. Chakraborty, Riddhi (2 November 2016). "Eric Martin's Big Plan". Rolling Stone India . Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. "Jack Blades reveals second TMG album with Eric Martin and Tak Matsumoto". Rockpages.gr. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. "B'z松本孝弘率いるバンドTMGが20年ぶり再始動、新作携え全国ツアー(コメントあり)". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  6. "B'z松本孝弘「TMG」20年ぶり再始動 Night Rangerジャック、MR. BIGエリックとのスーパーバンド「ついに時がきた!」". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  7. 1 2 3 "松本孝弘の作品". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "TMGニューアルバム『TMG Ⅱ』より、「GUITAR HERO」「ETERNAL FLAMES (feat. BABYMETAL)」先行配信スタート &『TMG Ⅱ』9月18日全曲配信リリース決定!!". Tak Matsumoto Group (in Japanese). 11 September 2024. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  9. TMG / ETERNAL FLAMES (feat. BABYMETAL) on YouTube
  10. TMG / GUITAR HERO on YouTube
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