Jumat, 22 April 2011

ganguro

Ganguro (Kanji:顔黒 Hiragana: がんぐろ Katakana: ガングロ lit. "Black Face", pronounced 'ganguro') adalah gaya berpakaian yang berbeda dengan rambut pirang atau orange dgn kulit tan(coklat tua) di kalangan anak muda dijepang yang muncul sekitar tahunn 2000-an.distrik Shibuya and Ikebukuro adalah pusat ganguro fashion



dalam style ganguro kulit tan dikombinasikan dengan rambut berwarna pirang sampai orange,atau silver keabu-abuan yang disebut high bleach.tinta hitam digunakan sebagai eye-liner dan concealer putih digunakan sebagai lipstik dan eye-shadow.bulu mata palsu,kuku plastic tambahan,dan bedak bergliter biasanya ditambahkan pada make-up mereka.sepatu tebal dan kostum warna warni melengkapi dandanan mereka.rok mini,sticker diwajah dan banyak kalung,gelang,cincin adalah salah satu style mereka juga.
Ganguro jadi subculture dari gyaru (eng: gal),teen slang yang diartikan sekelompok gadis muda yang biasanya childish atau agak rebel. penelitian dilapangan menunjukkan kalo ini adalah salah satu hal yang melawan gaya tradisional,padahal ini sebenarnya cara expresi diri dan kebebasan mereka diluar peraturan sekolah(agak nakal y^^). Fashion magazines kaya egg ato Ageha punya peran langsung terhadap para ganguro.majalah ganguro lain termasuk Popteen and Ego System.budaya ganguro biasanya dikaitkan dengan para - para dance,tarian khas jepang,ya,walau g semua penari para - para adalah ganguro dan sebaliknya,tapi para gal banyak yang suka para - para.

gangguro girl yang paling terkenal adalah buriteri

nicknamenya diambil dari kecap untuk ikan ekor kuning( ==,a) di masakan teriyaki,majalah Egg membuatnya terkenal dengan memasang fotonya saat kegilaan terhadap ganguro meninggi.stelah jadi model dan bintang iklan untuk salon tanning di shibuya "blacky" (kaya nama pukwuk y...^^) , tekanan masyarakat dan image negative membuatnya mundur dari kehidupan ganguro.

Manba
Yamanba and manba
Yamanba (ヤマンバ?) and manba (マンバ?) adalah style dari ganguro. Old school Yamanba and Manba (dikenal sebagai 2004 Manba) pake lipstik putih dan tan gelap,make up pastel eye ada gliter dibawah matanya gt,lensa kontak berwarna,dan aksesoris yang kadang g nyambung.Sticker dimuka mulai dikit yang make setelah 2004,sementara itu mamba redup peminat. Yamanba sekarang malah lebih extreme,rambutnya jadi warna warni dan biasanya sintetic.manba tahun 2008 punya tan yang lebih gelap dan tanpa sticker diwajah. rambutnya biasanya diwarnai terang,biasanya pink banyak diminati.Wool ("dreadlocks"), extensions dan clips digunakan untuk membuat rambut mereka terlihat lebih panjang.
gak usah bingung mana Manba and Yamanba. Yamanba pake white make-up cuma diatas matanya,sementara Manba pake dibawah matanya juga.cowok ganguro disebut "center guy" (センター街 Sentāgai?, Center Street),

Sabtu, 26 Maret 2011

peolpe and their weird habit^^













just for laugh folks^^

Cara Menangkal Santet Dengan Hukum Fisika ???




Santet, teluh, sihir atau apapun namanya adalah energi negatif yang mampu merusak kehidupan seseorang : berupa terkena penyakit, kehancuran rumah tangga hingga sampai dengan kematian.


Berbagai penyelidikan pun telah banyak dilakukan ilmuwan terhadap fenomena santet dan sejenisnya. Tentu metode penelitian para ilmuwan agak berbeda dengan agamawan. Jika para agamawan memakai rujukan dalil2 kitab suci (ayat kitabiyah), maka para ilmuwan menggunakan ayat kauniyah (alam semesta) untuk menyelidiki santet ini. Penyelidikan menggunakan ayat kauniyah tentunya harus memiliki metode yang s ifa tnya ilmiah, mulai dari mencari kasus2 santet, tipe2 santet, gejala, akibat dlsb. Lalu kemudian dilakukan berbagai eksperimen untuk penyembuhannya. Salah satu kesimpulan/pendapat yang mengemuka adalah santet itu sebenarnya adalah energi. Kenapa dalam kasus santet bisa masuk paku, kalajengking, penggorengan dll bisa dijelaskan melalui proses materialisasi energi.


Nah, santet dan mahluk halus itu ternyata energi yang bermuatan (-). Bumipun ternyata memiliki muatan (-). Dalam hukum C Coulomb dikatakan bahwa muatan yang senama akan saling tolak menolak dan muatan yang tidak senama justru akan tarik menarik. Rumusnya :

F = K * ((Q1*Q2)/R^2)
F = gaya tarik menarik
K = Konstanta
Q1, Q2 = muatan
R = jarak

Nah karena demit alias mahluk halus dan bumi itu sama-sama bermuatan (-) makannya para demit itu tidaklah menyentuh bumi. Orang tua jaman dulu juga sering mengingatkan jika bicara dgn orang yg tidak dikenal pd malam hari maka lihatlah apakah kakinya menapak ke bumi atau tidak. Jika tidak maka ia berarti golongan mahluk halus.

Begitu juga dengan santet yang ternyata bermuatan (-) maka secara fisika bisa ditanggulangi atau ditangkal dengan hukum C Coulomb ini. Saya tidak membahas metode melawan santet dengan zikir karena sudah banyak dibahas tapi saya menawarkan alternatif lainnya yg bisa bersifat “standalone” (utk non muslim) maupun digabungkan dgn zikir (utk muslim).

Beberapa Metodenya :

Cara 1
Tidurlah dilantai yang langsung menyentuh bumi. Boleh gunakan alas tidur asal tidak lebih dari 15 Cm. Dengan tidur dilantai maka santet kesulitan masuk karena terhalang muatan (-) dari bumi.

Cara 2
Membuat alat elektronik yang mampu memancarkan gelombang bermuatan (-). Mahluk halus, jin, santet dll akan menjauh jika terkena getaran alat ini. Tapi Kelemahan alat ini tidak mampu mendeteksi mahluk baik dan jahat. Jadi, alat ini akan “menghajar” mahluk apa saja. Jika ada jin baik dan jin jahat maka keduanya akan “diusir” juga.

Cara 3
Melakukan gerakan senam khusus dimana tapak kaki harus menyentuh bumi. Gerakan senam ini hanya punya satu gerakan inti saja jadi mudah sekali dilakukan oleh anak2 hingga orang tua. Selain utk penyembuhan berbagai penyakit medis yg sulit sembuh, senam ini cukup banyak menyelesaikan kasus santet juga. Ini murni senam, tanpa mantra atau pernafasan khusus.

Cara 4
Menanam pohon atau tanaman yang memiliki muatan (-). Bagi yang peka spiritual, aura tanaman ini adalah terasa “dingin”. Pohon yang memiliki muatan (-) diantaranya : dadap, pacar air, kelor, bambu kuning dll. Tanaman sejenis ini paling tidak disukai mahluk halus. Biasanya tanaman bermuatan (-) ini tidaklah mencengkram terlalu kuat di tanah (bumi) dibandingkan dengan tanaman bermuatan (+)

Lain halnya dengan pohon yang memiliki muatan (+) seperti pohon asem, beringin, belimbing, kemuning, alas randu dll maka phohon sejenis ini tentu akan menarik mahluk halus dan seringkali dijadikan tempat tinggal. Hal ini dikarenakan ada gaya tarik menarik antara pohon (+) dan mahluk halus (-) sesuai hukum C Coulomb.


well semuanya bisa dicoba tapi ya g tau juga ya..^^

source :disini

Jumat, 25 Maret 2011

Finger board

A fingerboard is a working replica of a skateboard that a person "rides" by replicating skateboarding maneuvers with their hand.



The device itself is a scaled-down skateboard complete with moving wheels, graphics and trucks.the founder of finger boards was Cam Fox Bryant. Others that have been given credit to the improvements of the common fingerboard are Andrew Lenert Maffson, Cody Fegger as well as Timothy Puffet. A fingerboard is 96 millimeters long or longer, and can have a variety of widths like 26mm (regular), 28mm (wide), and 29mm and up (extra wide). There are the 57mm minis and the 96mm regular and the cruiser boards. Skateboarding tricks may be performed using fingers instead of feet. Most tricks done on a fingerboard are the same as people do on skateboards. Lance Mountain helped develop fingerboarding as a hobby in the late 1970s and wrote an article on how to make fingerboards in TransWorld'sSKATEboarding magazine in 1985. ≥ Although fingerboarding was a novelty for years, they became a collectible toy as skateboard manufacturers realized the potential for product branding and profit starting in the 1990s. Fingerboards are now available as inexpensive novelty toys as well as high-end collectibles, complete with accessories one would find in use with standard-size skateboards. Fingerboards are also used by skateboarders as 3-D model visual aids to understand potential tricks and maneuvers; many users make videos to document their efforts.
Similar to fingerboarding, handboarding is a scaled-down version of a skateboard that a user controls with their hands instead of just fingers, while finger snowboarding utilizes a miniature version of a snowboard.
History



Fingerboards were first created as homemade toys in the 1970s and later became a novelty attached to key chains in skate shops (but were also mentioned as a model for a skateboard.) In the 1985 documentary "Future Primitive" a homemade fingerboard was ridden in a sink; some consider this the earliest fingerboard footage available for public viewing. Currently fingerboards are a popular hobby in Berlin, Germany and often made of wood veneer. The homemade fingerboard was built from cardboard, coffee stirrers, and Hot Wheels axles. Fingerboards have been a peripheral part of the skateboarding industry since the late 1980s and were originally marketed as keychains. Although barely "rideable," they were improved upon by the Tech Deck brand which mass produced a "rideable" miniature skateboard. The first entertainment licensed fingerboards were introduced by Bratz Toys, released through a Hong Kong-based toy company named Prime Time Toys, and designed by Pangea, the company that helped develop the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line for Playmates Toys. The designs were harnessed from entertainment properties such as "Speed Racer," "Woody Woodpecker," "NASCAR," "Heavy Metal," and "Crash Bandicoot." The licensed boards drove the Tech Deck brand into licensing strong urban brands, rather than simply creating their own designs. In the late 1990s, as fingerboards became more prominent outside the skateboarding community, X-Concepts' Tech Decks licensed "actual pro graphics from major skateboard brands" riding "the 1999 fingerboard wave right into Wal-Mart and other major outlets." In 1999 there was a Tech Deck fashion of collecting one of each design similar to the Beanie Baby fad months prior. Thus, Tech Deck, and its distributors at Spin Master Toys, suddenly found themselves a large market to milk. Entertainment-based fingerboard brands couldn't compete against the urban juggernaut, and eventually disappeared. Other "major players in the skateboard industry" soon followed in hopes of reaping profits as young toy-playing children would choose to take up skateboarding. More modern fingerboards feature "interchangeable wheels and trucks, a fairly accurate scale size, and pad-printed graphics reproduced from the most popular skateboard companies in the business."Many fingerboard companies such as crackerwood provide all manner of fingerboarding accessories including sophisticated and customizable components able to duplicate, in scale-model, the skateboarding experience. They thus developed the fingerboard into a collectible toy and the practice into a "form of mental skating".
Fingerboarding is popular in Europe and the United States, and there is growing popularity in Eastern Europe. Besides skateshops and the internet, Fingaspeak, a fingerboard store opened inSteyr, Austria although rumored to be the worlds first fingerboard store it joins a very small list of fingerboard stores that are available. Although the sport of fingerboarding originated in the United States over 25 years ago it has really caught on fire in the European scene. The United States is following every so slowly and it is estimated that although the popularity seems to be in favor of the Europeans the American Fingerboard scene has much more sales. This may be due to the flooding of the market and the availability of resources in the United States. Fingerboarding has evolved from a hobby to a lifestyle for some people. Fingerboarders have regular "contests, fairs, workshops and other events".Fingerboard-product sales were estimated at $120-million for 1999.
Fingerboarding is a good match for videography as the action can be controlled and framing the activity offers opportunities for creativity. With the rise of the online video business from early 2006, fueled, in part, because the feature that allows e-mailing clips to friends, several thousand finger board and handboard videos can now be found on popular video-sharing sites such asYouTube. Thus even if the weather does not permit a skateboarder to practice outside they could try a potential trick with their scaled-down fingerboard and related items and share the video with whomever they wished.


Kamis, 24 Maret 2011

Fixed-gear bicycle

In Australia, "fixed-wheel" is the normal term for the subject of this article — meaning the opposite of freewheel, and "fixed-gear" usually refers to a single-speed bicycle.

A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed-wheel bicycle, sometimes known in the USA as a fixie) is a bicycle that has no freewheel, meaning it cannot coast — the pedals are always in motion when the bicycle is moving.
The sprocket is screwed or bolted directly onto a fixed hub.
When the rear wheel turns, the pedals turn in the same direction. This allows a cyclist to stop without using a brake, by resisting the rotation of the cranks, and also to ride in reverse.


Uses


A fixed/freewheel rear hub (flip-flop)


The track bicycle is a form of fixed-gear bicycle used for track cycling in a velodrome. But since a "fixed-gear bicycle" is just a bicycle without a freewheel, a fixed-gear bicycle can be almost any type of bicycle.
Traditionally, some road racing, club cyclists used a fixed-gear bicycle for training during the winter months, generally using a relatively low gear ratio, believed to help develop a good pedalling style. In the UK until the 1950s it was common for riders to use fixed-gear bicycles for time trials. The fixed-gear was also commonly used, and continues to be used in the end of season hill climb races in the autumn. A typical club men's fixed-gear machine would have been a "road/path" or "road/track" cycle. In the era when most riders only had one cycle, the same bike when stripped down and fitted with racing wheels was used for road time trials and track racing, and when fitted with mudguards (fenders) and a bag, it was used for club runs, touring and winter training.By the 1960s, multi-gear derailleurs had become the norm and riding fixed-gear on the road declined over the next few decades. Recent years have seen renewed interest and increased popularity of fixed-gear cycling. In urban North America fixed-gear bicycles have achieved tremendous popularity, with the rise of discernible regional aesthetic preferences for finish and design details.

Dedicated fixed-gear road bicycles are being produced in greater numbers by established bicycle manufacturers. They are generally low in priceand characterized by a very forgiving, slack road geometry, as opposed to the steep, aggressive geometry of track bicycles.

Fixed-gear bicycles are also used in cycle ball, bike polo and artistic cycling.
A fixed-gear bicycle is particularly well suited for track stands, a manouver in which the bicycle can be held stationary, balanced upright with the rider's feet on the pedals.
The fixed-gear bicycle is often identified with the hipster subculture.

Advantages and disadvantages


In slippery conditions some riders prefer to ride fixed because they believe the transmission provides increased feedback on back tire grip.
Descending any significant gradient is more difficult as the rider must spin the cranks at high speed (sometimes at 170 rpm or more), or use the brakes to slow down. Some consider that the enforced fast spin when descending increases suppleness or flexibility, which is said to improve pedalling performance on any type of bicycle.
Riding fixed is considered by some to encourage a more effective pedaling style, which is claimed translates into greater efficiency and power when used on a bicycle fitted with a freewheel.
When first riding a fixed gear, a cyclist used to a freewheel may have a tendency to try to coast, particularly when approaching corners or obstacles. Since freewheeling, or coasting, is not possible this can lead to a 'kick' to the trailing leg, or even to loss of control of the bicycle.
Riding at high speed around corners can be difficult for the novice rider, as the pedals can strike the road, resulting in possible loss of control.
A fixed gear bicycle has fewer moving parts than a multi-gear bicycle and requires less maintenance.

Brakeless

Some fixed-gear riders think brakes are not strictly necessary, and brakeless fixed riding has a cult status in some areas. For the image-concerned cyclist, brakes and their cables add extra aesthetic "bulk" to the simple, minimalist look of a fixed gear.

Other riders dismiss riding on roads without brakes as an unnecessary affectation, based on image rather than practicality. Furthermore, riding brakeless can be very dangerous, and may jeopardize the chances of a successful insurance claim in the event of an accident — and is against the law in many jurisdictions.
Physics and technique

It is possible to slow down or stop a fixed-gear bike by resisting the turning cranks, and a rider can also lock the rear wheel and skid to slow down or completely stop on a fixed-gear bicycle, a maneuver sometimes known as a skid stop. It is initiated by unweighting the rear wheel while in motion by shifting the rider's weight slightly forward and pulling up on the pedals using clipless pedals or toe clips and straps. The rider then stops turning the cranks, thus stopping the drivetrain and rear wheel, while applying his or her body weight in opposition to the normal rotation of the cranks. This action causes the rear wheel to skid, which acts to slow the bike. The skid can be held until the bicycle stops or until the rider desires to continue pedalling again at a slower speed. The technique requires a little practice and using it while cornering is generally considered dangerous. A wet surface further reduces the effectiveness of this method, almost to the point of not reducing speed at all.

On any bike with only rear wheel braking, the maximum deceleration is significantly lower than on a bike equipped with a front brake As a vehicle brakes, weight is transferred towards the front wheel and away from the rear wheel, decreasing the amount of grip the rear wheel has. Transferring the rider's weight back will increase rear wheel braking efficiency, but normally the front wheel might provide 70% or more of the braking power when braking hard
Legality




United States — The use of any bike without brakes on public roads is illegal in many places, but the wording is often something along the lines of "...must be equipped with a brake that will enable the person operating the cycle to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level and clean pavement..." which some have argued allows the use of the legs and gears. The retail sale of bikes without brakes is banned by the U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commission – but with an exception for the "track bicycle" (...a bicycle designed and intended for sale as a competitive machine having tubular tires, single crank-to-wheel ratio, and no free-wheeling feature between the rear wheel and the crank....

UK — The Pedal Cycles Construction and Use Regulations 1983 requires pedal cycles "with a saddle height over 635 mm to have two independent braking systems, with one acting on the front wheel(s) and one on the rear". It is commonly thought that a front brake and a fixed rear wheel satisfies this requirement .
Germany — All bicycles are required to have working brakes on both wheels, as well as reflectors and bells. In Bonn a local court accepted that the fixed-gear mechanism was suitable back brake, but high-profile crackdowns specifically targeted fixies in Berlin, in an attempt to control what police described as a "dangerous trend"

Australia — In every state, bicycles are regarded as vehicles under the Road Rules. By law, a bike is required to have at least one functioning brake.
New Zealand — By law all bicycles must have a minimum of "...a good rear brake..."—and those made since 1 January 1988 must also have"...a good front brake..."


France — To be approved for road traffic, a bike must have 2 brakes, 2 lights, numerous reflectors, and a ringer. However the laws are rarely enforced, and the sight of all kinds of non officially approved bikes is quite common.
Denmark — All bicycles are required to have working brakes on both wheels, as well as reflectors and bells.

Conversion

Many companies sell bicycle frames designed specifically for use with fixed-gear hubs. A fixed-gear or track-bike hub includes special threads for a lockring that tightens in the opposite (counter-clockwise) direction compared with the cog. This ensures that the cog cannot unscrew when the rider "backpedals" while braking.


A horizontal dropout on a steel frame road bicycle converted to a single-speed. The derailleur hanger (below the axle) and an eyelet (above the axle) for mounting a fender or rack, both integral parts of the original frame, are now unused.
For a variety of reasons, many cyclists choose to convert freewheel bicycles to fixed gear. Frames with horizontal dropouts will be straightforward to convert, frames with vertical dropouts less so.One method is to simply replace the rear wheel with a wheel that has a track/fixed hub. Another is to use a hub designed to be used with a threaded multi-speed freewheel. Such a hub will only have the normal right-handed threads for the cog and not the reverse threads for the lockrings used on track/fixed hubs. There is the possibility that the sprocket on a hub without a lockring will unscrew while back pedalling. Even if a bottom bracket lockring is threaded onto the hub along with a track sprocket, because the bottom-bracket lockring is not reverse threaded, the possibility still exists that both the sprocket and locknut can unscrew. Therefore it is recommended to have both front and rear brakes on a fixed-gear bicycle using a converted freewheel hub in case the cog unscrews while back pedaling. It is also advisable to use a thread sealer for the cog and bottom bracket lockring. Therotafix (or "frame whipping") method may be helpful to securely install the sprocket.
Bicycles with vertical dropouts and no derailleur require some way to adjust chain tension. Most bicycles with horizontal dropouts can be tensioned by moving the wheel forward or backward in the dropouts. Bicycles with vertical dropouts can also be converted with some additional hardware. Possibilities include:
 An eccentric hub or bottom bracket allows the off center axle or bottom bracket spindle to pivot and change the chain tension.
 A "Ghost" or "floating" chainring. An additional chainring placed in the drive train between the driving chainring and sprocket. The top of the chain moves it forward at the same speed that the bottom of the chain moves it backwards, giving the appearance that it is floating in the chain.
 A "Magic gear". With some math you can calculate a gearing ratio to fit a taut chain between the rear dropout and bottom bracket. Also, using a chain half link and slightly filing the dropouts to increase the width of the slot will increase the chances of finding a "magic gear." It is worth noting that the "magic gear" setup is controversial, due to inevitable chain stretch and subsequent slippage that can lead to serious injury.
Separate chain tensioning devices such as the type which are attached to the dropout gear hanger (commonly used on single speed mountain bikes) cannot be used because they will be damaged as soon as the lower part of the chain becomes tight.
Additional adjustments or modification may be needed to ensure a good chainline. The chain should run straight from the chainring to the sprocket, therefore both need to be the same distance away from the bicycle's centerline. Matched groupsets of track components are normally designed to give a chainline of 42 mm, but conversions using road or mountain bike cranksets often use more chainline. Some hubs, such as White Industries' ENO, or the British Goldtec track hub, are better suited to this task as they have a chainline greater than standard. Failure to achieve good chainline will at best lead to a noisy chain and increased wear, and at worst can throw the chain off the sprocket. This can result in rear wheel lockup and a wrecked frame if the chain falls between the rear sprocket and the spokes. Chainline can be adjusted in a number of ways, which may be used in combination with each other:
 Obtaining a bottom bracket with a different spindle length, to move the chainring inboard or outboard
 Choosing a bottom bracket with two lockrings, which gives fine adjustment of chainring position
 Respacing and redishing the rear wheel, where permitted by the hub design
 Placing thin spacers under the bottom bracket's right-hand cup (Sturmey-Archer make a suitable 1/16" spacer) to move the chainring outboard
 Placing thin spacers between the chainring and its stack bolts to move it inboard (if the chainring is on the inside of the crank spider) or outboard (if the ring is on the outside of the spider)
 Placing thin spacers between the hub shoulder and the cog- only recommended in the case of a freewheel-threaded hub, which has sufficiently deep threads for this
Competition
There are many forms of competition using a fixed gear bike, most of the competitions being track races. Bike messengers and other urban riders may ride fixed gear bicycles in alleycat races, including New York City's famous fixed-gear-only race Monstertrack alleycat.
There are also events based on messenger racing such as Mixpression which has been held 9 times in Tokyo. Trick demonstrations have been held since the late 1800s in the US and Europe; while they continued into a competitive form in Europe (Artistic Cycling), subsequent to the recent widespread popularity and advancement of fixed gear bikes, trick competitions have also now established themselves at venues in the US and Asia. European competitions include solo and team balletic movements on a controlled, flat surface; US and Asian competitions often include "park" and "flatland" styles and venues, a la BMX. Other competitions include games of "foot down" and bike polo.
In 2006, Adventures for the Cure made a documentary film on riding across the United States on fixed gears; they repeated this feat as a 4-man team at the 2008 Race Across America.
Fixed gear riders sharing the specific philosophy are also seen at the Single Speed World Championships.
Maintenance and upkeep
Maintaining a fixed gear is relatively easy because it has fewer parts than a geared bicycle. The sprocket should be checked regularly to make sure there is no damage to any teeth and that no object is grinding it as it turns with the rear wheel. The chainring should be checked similarly for any damage.
As with any other bicycle, the chain should be checked making sure the master link is securely latched. The chain can be lubricated monthly for smooth riding.Also, as needed, the brakes should be tightened as they wear and tire condition observed for possible puncture locations. Air pressure in the tires, tire alignment, brake handle placement, and rust should be monitored on a daily basis because they can change very easily during a jarring ride.






source : original text source here

Rabu, 23 Maret 2011

COLDRAIN

today after my friend told me about this band suddenly im in love with their music
so i review a lil about em

lets start with their history

Coldrain was formed in 2007 in Nagoya with 5 members: Vo/Masato, Ba/RxYxO (Ryo), Gt/Y.K.C (Yokochi), Dr/Katsuma y Gt/Sugi. When they started out, they only performed in their hometown. After their performances at lives, they distributed their own homemade demo discs. Soon after, the band won the audience’s confidence and became recognized. All this, in spite of singing all in english, due the vocalist (Masato) is half-American and the english is his native language.

A year had barely passed and coldrain signed a major contract with VAP. After The band released its long-awaited debut maxi single "Fiction" on November 5, 2008. They set off for the first national tour and played in 30 venues.

After performing a series of concerts, the musicians released another maxi single "8AM". The limited edition included a DVD which featured the music video of the title song and three live videos: Fiction, Painting and Come Awake. 8AM was also used as a theme song to the anime series Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger. Summer of 2009 saw them perform at the Summer Sonic Festival. In October, they released their first album "Finale Destination" and started another national tour that was a total success as all tickets were sold out.

The band released their mini album "Nothing lasts forever" on June 23, 2010. One of the songs, We’re not alone, was used as an opening theme of the anime series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin.

And other song, Die Tomorrow, was used as soundtrack of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011.

The last of them was the album "The enemy inside" and the song "Chandler" to the album tribute to Kuroyume called "FUCK THE BORDER LINE -a tribute to KUROYUME-".

Discography

Fiction (Maxi Single) - 2005
8AM (Maxi Single) - 2008
Final destination album - 2009
Nothing lasts forever - [EP] - 2010
The enemy inside -Album - 2011
[edit] Omnibus

FUCK THE BORDER LINE -a tribute to KUROYUME-(#5 Chandler) - 2011


source : official website
myspace of em

this is their video

coldrain - We're not alone lyric

Sunlight was the only thing that felt right
before I came here
But inside it feels like it keeps raining
And every drop is like the tears we couldn't cry
Because outside we were all alone
But this place gave us something
that somehow made us strong

If there's a place inside this world
Where hopes and dreams are not yet lost
We'll stand as one against these walls
And fight this fight forevermore

Sometimes I feel this anger changing
slowly in to
A monster that keeps on creeping under
And I don't think I can take anymore
I need your help like never before
But can you hear me call?

If there's a place inside this world
Where hopes and dreams are not yet lost
We'll stand as one against these walls
And fight this fight forevermore
If there's a place inside this world
Where we must go back to once more
Until the day we find that place
We're not alone

When things go bad
When things go wrong
When on the verge of letting go
There's something that I really want you to know

When things go bad
When things go wrong
When on the verge of letting go
There's something that I really want you to know

You're not alone anymore

If there's a place inside this world
Where hopes and dreams are not yet lost
We'll stand as one against these walls
And fight this fight forevermore
If there's a place inside this world
Where we must go back to once more
Until the day we find that place
We're not alone

We're not alone!

When things go bad
When things go wrong
When on the verge of letting go
There's something that I really want you to know