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GISM

Japan

Formed 1981 in Tokyo by vocalist Shigehisa "Sakevi" Yokoyama, guitarist Randy Uchida, bass player Kannon "Cloudy" Masuo, and drummer Tohru "Monamour" Hiroshima, this newly minted project would ultimately go by many names but always under one acronym:

G.I.S.M.

“No band does what GISM does or shocks like GISM can. That kind of brilliance people call insane." - Pushead in Puszone, MRR August 1987