Munetaka Higuchi (樋口
宗孝,
Higuchi Munetaka?)
(born December 24, 1958 in Nara, Japan - November 30, 2008) was the original drummer
of the Japanese heavy
metal band, Loudness.
From the very beginning he was considered as a young talent,
many bands wanted Munetaka to play with them. That's why besides
his own band, during his high school years Munetaka played in seven
bands. But the talented drummer wasn't happy with this situation,
he wanted to spend his time in only one band. That's when future
bandmate Akira
Takasaki came along and they formed Lazy.
When he and Akira got into hard rock and heavy metal, they
formed Loudness in 1981. During his first stint with Loudness, he
released his first solo album, Destruction, in 1983. He left
Loudness in 1992 and not only he resumed his solo career in the
late-1990's, he also got into side projects, including Sly,
Bloodcircus, Rose of Rose, and the Rock 'n' Roll Standard Club
Band.
[Loudness is Akira and Higuchi!]
