Futoshi Uehara
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Futoshi Uehara also known as Ue-Chan (上ちゃん), is a Japanese bassist
and current member of Nu Metal
/Metalcore
band Maximum The Hormone
. He was the last to join the band in replacement of their former bassist "Key" who departed the band in 1999. He is the youngest member of the band. Uehara's playing style is highly influenced by Michael Peter Balzary, otherwise known as Flea, bassist for the band The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Uehara is characterized by his twangy and heavy slapping and popping bass style. In many of the band's songs his playing is easily audible over the harsh vocals and guitar riffs. He plays a Modulus
FB4 and also sports tattoos that resemble those of his idol, Flea. He very rarely sings, but in some songs such as "Houchou Hasami Cutter Knife Dosu Kiri", "Kyoukatsu" and "Nigire Tsutsu", he has provided backup vocals.
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
and current member of Nu Metal
Nu metal
Nu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...
/Metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Maximum The Hormone
Maximum the Hormone
is a Japanese nu metal band from Hachiōji, Tokyo.-1998–2001: Creation, early days and line-up change:Maximum the Hormone was created in 1998 by Daisuke Tsuda and Nao Kawakita. After a couple of regional shows, the band signed a contract with the Japanese rock label Sky Records. A.S.A...
. He was the last to join the band in replacement of their former bassist "Key" who departed the band in 1999. He is the youngest member of the band. Uehara's playing style is highly influenced by Michael Peter Balzary, otherwise known as Flea, bassist for the band The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Uehara is characterized by his twangy and heavy slapping and popping bass style. In many of the band's songs his playing is easily audible over the harsh vocals and guitar riffs. He plays a Modulus
Modulus
Modulus may refer to:* Modulus a genus of small sea snails* Modulus , a formal product of places of a number field* The absolute value of a real or complex number...
FB4 and also sports tattoos that resemble those of his idol, Flea. He very rarely sings, but in some songs such as "Houchou Hasami Cutter Knife Dosu Kiri", "Kyoukatsu" and "Nigire Tsutsu", he has provided backup vocals.
Discography
- HōHoHo, HO, or variations, may refer to:* Ho, Denmark, a town* Ho, Ghana, a town* Ho , Japanese kana* Ho language, spoken primarily in India* Ho people, primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand...
(2001) - Mimi KajiruMimi Kajiruis the third EP by Japanese nu metal band Maximum the Hormone, released on 23 October 2002. This was the first full album release to feature Maximum the Hormone's current lineup.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Daisuke – vocals* Maximum the Ryo – guitar, vocals...
(2002) - KusobanKusoban-Album:...
(2004) - Rokkinpo GoroshiRokkinpo Goroshi-Album:-Notes:*"Rolling1000toon" was featured as an ending theme for the anime series Air Master and as a playable song in the Bemani games DrumMania 10th MIX and GuitarFreaks 11th MIX.*Several songs on the album finish with a quacking noise....
(2005) - Bu-ikikaesu (2007)