BIOGRAPHY(ENGLISH)

In 2003, the band released their 1st album “24-7″.
Since then the band has passed through a couple of member changes and solidified its lineup.

In June 2004, with Tokyo’s Numb and Nagoya’s Calusari, they released a split cd titled “quoutlaw”,
and then embarked on nationwide touring.

In March 10th 2007, their 2nd album titled “Nuthin’ But A Bitter Mouth” was released.
After the release they played 32 record release shows all over the nation.
They got a lot of positive feedback on the tour,which caused them to get offered to play more shows than they did in 2007.
The album caught the attention of the overseas hardcore community as it reached top sales for German label/record shop Filled With Hate Records for 3 weeks.In December 2007, the band went to play a fest in Korea for the 3rd time.

In June 2008, they embarked on Canada & Brooklyn NY tour with Edge Of Spirit.
In August 2008, they invited Merauder from U.S. to Japan and embarked on Japan tour together.
They presented a fest in Osaka titled “Freestyle Outro’5” .

In August 2009, they invited Madball and did a Japan tour.
As the last date on the tour, they presented “Freestyle Outro’6” with over 3,100 attendees.

In May 2010, they were offered to play New York’s hardcore festival Black N Blue Bowl
(formerly known as Superbowl Of Hardcore), went on a US mini-tour including dates in PA and MD,
that resulted in selling out all the merchandise they brought.
In August 2010, they organized the Skarhead Japan Tour as well as the tour’s last show “Freestyle Outro’7” .

SAND releases the 3-track EP “Tie the shoelaces, just knock em” on June 22, 2011.

In 2011, they went back to U.S. again and toured the east coast including appearances at East Coast Tsunami Fest and sold out all the merch they brought.
Summer of 2011, they organized the Next Step Up Japan Tour as well as the tour’s last show “Freestyle Outro’8″ .

In 2012, organized worldwide hardcore benefit compilation “Unite For Relief” with Next Step Up’s JR,SAND provided a new song for it.
In the summer, the band went back to the States again with Numb including a date at Summer Of Hate Festival 2012.
Right after that, they and Numb organized a Nasty/Warhound Japan Tour including their own show “P.D.F. Summer Bash” (SOLD OUT).

On October 2012, they played a 2-band show with Akihiro Namba (Hi-STANDARD) at Umeda Club Quattro.

In 2013, they played a 2-band show with Ken Yokoyama(Ken Band/Hi-STANDARD) at Namba Hutch.

They and Numb then organized a Vehement Serenade/Suburaban Scum Japan Tourincluding their own show
“P.D.F. Summer Bash”.

SAND’s 3rd album Asian edition is released by Pizza Of Death in [9.Oct]

SAND’s 3rd album US/EU edition is released by BEATDOWN HARDWEAR in [27.Sep]

In Oct/Nov 2013, the band embarked on a European tour with Nasty and Words Of Concrete and played at
[ONE LIFE ONE CREW FEST], [RELMOSH FEST], also shows in Germany & Belgium such as Duisburg, Sarrlouis, Siegen, Frankfurt, Wien, Augsburg, Gorlitz, Kortrijk.

Embarked on Japan tour playing 33 cities since October 2013 till May 2014. Tour final shows at TSUTAYA O-west in Tokyo and BIGCAT in Osaka sold out.

Toured the East Coast US (Baltimore / Phoenixville / Amityville / Plymouth / Detroit / Lakewood / Columbus / Altoona) in August 2014

Went on a Japan tour with Nasty in September of the same year

Contributed 2 songs for the compilation album “Japanese Katana Soundtrack” produced by BBQ CHICKENS and released on November 26, 2014.

SAND is participated 2015’s THIS IS HARDCORE music festival held on America’s East Coast in July.
Together with that, they toured the East Coast.

SAND then invited UK hardcore band DESOLATED to Japan for a tour in September 2015.
The last show of the tour will took place in Osaka at P.D.F SUMMER BASH, which SAND organized and played at.

SAND’s 4th ablum “DEATH TO SHEEPLE” is released by PIZZA OF DEATH RECORDS on October 7, 2015.
SAND played together with Hi-STANDARD at Zepp Sapporo in December 2015.

In the same month, SAND played a 2-man show at Yokohama Bay Hall with Ken Yokoyama (Ken Band).

Embarked on a domestic tour in march 2016 in 4 major cities (Mie, Fukuoka, Tokyo, and Osaka).
The Mie, Tokyo, and Osaka shows were all played to a sold out audience.

US edition of “DEATH TO SHEEPLE” released on Fast Break! Records in March 2016.

EU edition of “DEATH TO SHEEPLE” released on BeatDownHardWear in June 2016.

In October, same year the band went on 「Taste Of Anarchy Tour」with Nasty, Malevolence, Aversions Crown and Vitja.
Making their appearance at [Back To Reality Fest], [Taste Of Anarchy Fest] and played in 5 countries, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Poland and UK, 15 places such as Hammern / Antwerpen / Saarlouis / Poznan / Berlin / Rostock / Leipzig / Einhoven / Manchester / Glasgow / Birmingham / London / Utrecht / Koln / Hamburg.

In April 2017, the band organized and held [Furious Festival '17] presented by Furious Records, which was the 1st ever festival held by Furious Records.

June the same year, the band performed at [SATANIC CARNIVAL '17] held by PIZZA OF DEATH.

September the same year, invited Nasty from Europe for Japan tour. Held [P.D.F SUMMER BASH 2017] in Osaka on the same month.

July 2018, played at the MOTOR CITY FEST in Detroit US.
Then went on a tour to US North East region and West Coast (Chicago、Indiana、Long beach、Tucson、Phoenix、Las vegas).
4 shows on the West Coast was with EASY MONEY

September that year, invited EASY MONEY from US for Japan tour. Held [P.D.F SUMMER BASH 2018] in Osaka on the same month.

Total hardcore fury - SAND

BIOGRAPHY(JAPANESE)

2003. 1stアルバム「24-7」リリース
幾度かのメンバーチェンジを経ていまに至る.

2004.6月に東京NUMB.名古屋CALUSARIと共にスプリット音源quoutlawをリリースし3バンドでツアーを敢行.

2007.2nd ALBUM 「NUTHIN' BUT A BITTER MOUTH」
リリース後は32カ所以上怒濤の全国TOURを敢行.
翌年にはレギュラーオファーのみで、前年度のリリースツアー本数を上回る.
海外からもその注目度は高く、ドイツのFILLED WITH HATE RECORDSでは販売開始直後3週連続セールス1位を獲得.
2007.12月には3度目の韓国ライブを敢行.

2008年6月にはEDGE OF SPIRITと共に北米ツアーを敢行.
2008年8月“MERAUDER”をアメリカより招聘しJAPANツアーを敢行.
ツアーファイナルとなるOSAKAでは[FREESTYLE OUTRO'5]を主催.2000人強の動員を記録.

2009年8月、"MADBALL"を招聘しJAPANツアーを敢行.
ファイナルとなるOSAKAでは[FREESTYLE OUTRO'6]を主催.3100人強の動員を記録.

2010年5月にNEW YORK HARDCOREの祭典B'N'B BOWL
(旧 SUPERBOWL OF HARDCORE / ニューヨーク州マンハッタン)に招聘されPA、BaltimoreでのLIVEを含むU.S. SHORT TOURを敢行、物販全てSOLDOUTに.
2010年8月にSKARHEAD JAPAN TOURを企画、招聘、ファイナルとなるOSAKAは [FREESTYLE OUTRO'7]を
主催.3300人強の動員を記録.

2011/06/22 3曲入りEP「Tie the shoelaces, just knock em」発売
2011年6月にはアメリカ東海岸の大規模フェス EAST COAST TSUNAMI FESTIVAL(ペンシルベニア州レディング) に招聘され、再びU.S.TOURを敢行.ツアーT-SHIRTSが全てSOLDOUTに.
2011年8月にNEXT STEP UP JAPAN TOURを企画、招聘、 ツアーファイナルの[FREESTYLE OUTRO'8]を主催.
4000人超の動員を記録

2012年春 ワールドワイドハードコアベネフィットコンピをNEXT STEP UPのJRと共に企画し発売.1曲新曲を提供.
同年7月にはSummer Of Hate Festival(オハイオ州クリーブランド)出演を含む
USツアーをNUMBと敢行.TOUR T-SHIRTとEPがSOLDOUT.
2012年8月にNASTY/WARHOUND JAPAN TOURをNUMBと共同で企画、招聘、ファイナルとなるOSAKAでは[P.D.F. SUMMER BASH]を主催(キャパ1000人)、SOLDOUT.

2012.10月難波章浩(Hi-STANDARD)と梅田クラブクアトロで2マン.

2013.KEN YOKOYAMA (Ken Band/Hi-STANDARD)と難波ハッチで2マン.

Vehement Serenade/Suburaban Scum JAPAN TOURをNUMBと共同で企画、招聘、ファイナルとなるOSAKAでは[P.D.F. SUMMER BASH]を主催

SAND 3rd ALBUMアジア盤がPIZZA OF DEATHより10月9日リリース.

SAND 3rd ALBUM US/EU盤がBEATDOWN HARDWEARより9月27日にリリース.

2013年10/11月、Nasty、Words Of Concreteとヨーロッパツアーを敢行。
[ONE LIFE ONE CREW FEST], [RELMOSH FEST], Duisburg, Sarrlouis, Siegen, Frankfurt, Wien, Augsburg,Gorlitz, Kortrijkなどドイツ、ベルギー各地を周る。

2013年10月から2014年5月まで全国33箇所でJAPANツアーを敢行.
ツアーファイナルの東京TSUTAYA O-west、大阪BIGCATでは、両公演SOLDOUTを記録.

2014年8月にはアメリカ東海岸TOUR
(Baltimore / Phoenixville / Amityville / Plymouth / Detroit / Lakewood / Columbus / Altoona)を敢行.

同年9月にNASTYとともにジャパンツアーの敢行.

2014年11月26日発売のBBQ CHICKENSプロデュースのオムニバスアルバム
[Japanese Katana Soundtrack]に新曲2曲で参加.

2015年7月にアメリカ東海岸で開催された.大規模フェス THIS IS HARDCORE Xに出演.出演日には
マーチがSOLD OUTに.
それに伴い、アメリカ東海岸TOUR(WashingtonDC/Albany/Cleveland/Altoona/Detroit)を敢行.

同年9月に、UKよりDESOLATEDを招聘し、JAPAN TOURを企画.
同月、TOUR FINALの大阪で [P.D.F SUMMER BASH] を企画、敢行.

SAND 4th ALBUM [DEATH TO SHEEPLE ]がPIZZA OF DEATHより同年10月7日リリース.

同年12月 ZEPP札幌にて行われた[POWER STOCK]でHi-STANDARDと共演.

同年12月にKEN YOKOYAMA (Ken Band)と横浜ベイホールで2マン.

2016年3月に4都市(三重、福岡、東京、大阪)で[DEATH TO SHEEPLE ]ツアーを敢行.
三重、東京、大阪ではSOLDOUTを記録.

同年3月 アメリカFastbreakRecordsから [DEATH TO SHEEPLE ] US版がリリース.

同年6月 EUのBeatDownHardWearから[DEATH TO SHEEPLE ]ヨーロッパ版がリリース.

同年10月 Nasty , Malevolence , Aversions Crown , Vitja とともに . 「Taste Of Anarchy Tour」を敢行。
[Back To Reality Fest], [Taste Of Anarchy Fest] , Hammern / Antwerpen / Saarlouis / Poznan / Berlin / Rostock / Leipzig / Einhoven / Manchester / Glasgow / Birmingham / London / Utrecht / Koln / Hamburg ドイツ、ベルギー、オランダ、ポーランド、イギリス、5ヶ国15箇所を回る。

2017年4月 Furious Records初主催の [Furious Festival '17]を企画、敢行。

同年6月 PIZZA OF DEATH 主催の[SATANIC CARNIVAL '17] に出演.

同年9月に、ヨーロッパよりNASTYを招聘し、JAPAN TOURを企画、敢行。 同月、大阪で [P.D.F SUMMER BASH 2017] を企画、敢行。

2018年7月に、 アメリカ デトロイトにて開催されたMOTOR CITY FEST に出演
それに伴い、 アメリカ北東部、西海岸ツアー(Chicago、Indiana、Long beach、Tucson、Phoenix、Las vegas)を敢行。
＊西海岸4カ所はEASY MONEYとのツアー

同年9月、アメリカよりEASY MONEYを招聘し、JAPAN TOURを企画、敢行。 同月、大阪で[SUMMER BASH FEST 2018]を企画、敢行。

Total hardcore fury - SAND

Overseas bands we have shared the stage with:
●ABSOLUTE SUFFERING ●ADVENT●ALCON ●ALL OUT WAR●A LOSS FOR WORDS ●ANOTHER VICTIM ●ANTE UP ●AT HOPES END ●ARKANGEL ●ARM'S REACH ●AVERSIONS CROWN ●AZTEK
●BACKTRACK ●BAD BLOOD ●BAR DOWN●BANE●BARBARIC ●BEFORE THE BETRAYER ●BET THE DEVIL ●BELIEF ●BEYOND THE STYX ●BIOHAZARD ●BLACKLISTED ●BLOOD BY DAYS ●BLOOD FOR BETRAYAL ●BLOOD FOR BLOOD ●BREAK AWAY ●BROKEN TEETH ●BROTHERS IN CRIME
●CAPSIZE ●THE CASUALTIES ●CAUGHT IN A TRAP ●CDC ●CFF ●CHOKE ON YOUR TEETH ●CHOKEHOLD ●CHUNK! NO, CAPTAIN CHUNK! ●CONTRA ●CITY OF SNAKES ●CLENCHED FIST ●COLD EXISTENCE ●COLD WORLD ●COLD REALITY ●CONSTRICT ●COPYKILL ●CRACKDOWN ●CROMAGS ●CROSSFACE ●CROWD DETERRENT ●CRUEL HAND ●CUNTHUNT 777
●DAMAGE ●DEAD ON THE STREETS ●DEMENTOR ●DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR ●DEATH GRIP ●DEATH THREAT ●DEATH OF SELF●DEMENTOR ●DESPISED ICON ●DESOLATED ●DIRTY FINGERS ●DOGCHAINS ●DONE ●DOS DIAS DE SANGRE ●DOWN TO NOTHING ●DOWNLOW ●DROWN IN YOUR BLOOD ●DISSENT
●EVERYBODY GETS HURT ●EVERYDAY DOLLARS ●EASY MONEY ●END THESE DAYS
●FACEWRECK ●FIGHT IT OUT ●FINAL STRUGGLE ●FALLBRAWL ●FAREWELL TO FREEWAY ●FIRST BLOOD ●FORCED OUT ●FROM WITHIN●FULL BLOWN CHAOS ●FUCK U ALL
●GET RAILED ●GONE TO WASTE ●GLOVES OFF ●GREAT REVERSALS
●H2O ●H8 INC. ●HAZEN ST. ●HEAVEN SHALL BURN ●HIGHER POWER ●HUNDREDTH
●IN BLOOD WE TRUST ●IN HEARTS WAKE ●IN OTHER CLIMES ●IN OUR BLOOD ●INCENDIARY ●IRE ●ISVARI ●THE INTEGRAL ●INTEGRITY ●INIQUITY ●INFAMY
●JURY OF PEERS
●KILLING TIME ●KOTTONMOUTH KINGS
●LIFELESS ●LIFE AFTER DEATH ●LIGEIA ●LINE OF SCRIMMAGE ●LIONHEART
●MxPx ALL STARS ●MADBALL ●MALEVOLENCE ●MEDEA RISING ●MENACE ●MERAUDER ●MORNING AGAIN ●MURPHY'S LAW ●MANIC OUTBURST ●MH CHAOS ●MISDIRECTION ●MOMENTUM
●NASTY ●NEXT STEP UP ●NO REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE ●NO TURNING BACK ●NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT ●NOT WITHOUT RESISTANCE ●NO ZODIAC ●NOMADS ●NO ALTARS ●NO WAY TO LIVE
●OLDHAMBOYS ●OPIE ORTIZ(LONG BEACH DUB ALL STARS) ●OUTTA CONTROL
●PARKWAY DRIVE ●PALEHORSE ●PIECE BY PIECE ●PEACE OF MIND ●PILLARS OF VILLAINY ●POISON TONGUES ●PSYCHO ENHANCER ●PENITENTIARY ●POSTAL ●PURGATORY ●PUSH
●QUEENSWAY
●REACH THE SKY ●READY TO DIE ●REBORN TO CONQUER ●REDEMPTION ●REDUCTION ●REPRESSED ●RINGWORM ●THE RIVALRY ●RIVALS ●ROCKBOTTOM
●SBLC ●SCARS OF DECEIT ●SHAI HULUD ●SHATTERED REALM ●SICKER THAN MOST ●SICK OF IT ALL ●SICKER THAN MOST ●SKARHEAD ●SNAPCASE ●SNUFF ●SPINE BUSTERS ●STATE CHAMPS ●STEEL NATION ●STOUT ●STRENGTH THROUGH SUFFERING ●STRIKE ANYWHERE ●STAB ●SUBURBAN SCUM ●SUPREME COMMANDER ●SURGE OF FURY ●SWING FIRST ●SWORN ENEMY ●SWORN TO VENGEANCE ●SILVERHAMMER ●SMASH YOUR ENEMIES
●TURNSTILE ●TEN OF SWORDS ●TERRIBLE MINDS ●TERROR ●THICK AS BLOOD ●THE MISFITS ●TIMEBOMB ●TORCHBEARER ●TRAPPED UNDER ICE ●TRUE VALIANCE THROUGH N THROUGH ●TRAIL OF LIES ●TRENCH ●TTCM
●UNLEARN ●UNSPOKEN THEMES ●UPLIFT
●VEHEMENT SERENADE ●VITJA ●VILE MENTALITY
●WALKING DEAD ON BROADWAY ●WARHOUND ●WHATEVER IT TAKES ●WINDS OF PLAGUE ●WISDOM IN CHAINS ●WORDS OF CONCRETE ●WORLD OF PAIN
●XIBALBA ●XVICIOUSX
●YESTERDAYS YOUTH ●YUPPICIDE
●45 STAINLESS etc...