Lemoned Plantis an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 founded in 1989 by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto

Hide (musician)

, better known by his stage name hide , was a popular Japanese musician. He was primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan from 1987 to 1997...

, primarily known for his work as guitarist of the group X Japan

X Japan

is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...

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History

The label was originally named Lemoned and was part of a wider range of businesses under the same name; such as the Lemoned Shop. Lemoned was created as a venue for unsigned musicians that Matsumoto watched perform in local clubs in Japan. The first band signed to this label was Zeppet Store

ZEPPET STORE

Zeppet Store was a Japanese rock band, discovered by X Japan guitarist hide and signed to his label LEMONed in 1996. Formed in 1989 as a three piece by vocalist and guitarist Seizi Kimura, guitarist Makoto Gomi and bassist Yuichi Nakamura, soon after drummer Eiki Yanagita joined. Makoto Gomi left...

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Current activity

After a period of inactivity following the 1998 death of its founder, Lemoned relaunched as Headwax Corporation subsidiary Lemoned Plant in 2007, opening a website and creating a MySpace

MySpace

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 profile. Acts signed to the label currently include Hurdy Gurdy, the solo project of former Zeppet Store

ZEPPET STORE

Zeppet Store was a Japanese rock band, discovered by X Japan guitarist hide and signed to his label LEMONed in 1996. Formed in 1989 as a three piece by vocalist and guitarist Seizi Kimura, guitarist Makoto Gomi and bassist Yuichi Nakamura, soon after drummer Eiki Yanagita joined. Makoto Gomi left...

member Seizi Kimura, 0 Limited Execution, Trees Asylum and Plastic.

External links

• Official website (currently down)
• Official MySpace
• Official Lemoned Shop website