PYG (band)

PYG (Pyg) was a short-lived "supergroup" from Japan, made up of members of well-known bands of the Group Sounds era: The Tempters, The Spiders and The Tigers. The spelling of "Pyg" (rather than "Pig", which was the band's original choice) was suggested by Alan Merrill, who shared the same management at the time, Watanabe Productions.[1]

For The ISO currency code for the currency of Paraguay (PYG), see Paraguayan guaraní. For the Batman character, see Professor Pyg.
PYG
OriginJapan
GenresRock
Years active1971-1972
MembersKatsuo Ohno
Takayuki Inouye
Hiroshi Oguchi
Kenichi Hagiwara
Ittoku "Sally" Kishibe
Kenji Sawada
Yuji Harada

Formed in 1971, the unit was fronted by two notable musicians of the era: lead singers Kenji Sawada of The Tigers and Kenichi Hagiwara of The Tempters. The musical director of the band was guitarist Takayuki Inouye of The Spiders. The remaining members were Katsuo Ohno on keyboards, Hiroshi Oguchi on drums, and Ittoku "Sally" Kishibe on bass. Session man Yuji Harada, a non "Group Sounds" star, was also added to the line-up as a second drummer. The band were a seven piece ensemble on stage.

The band released two albums: Original First Album (1971) and Free With Pyg (1972 live 2 album set); as well as 5 singles.

References
  1. "Alan Merrill".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.