Take Yokouchi is a musician best known for his work with the Japanese glam rock

Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 band Vodka Collins

Vodka Collins

Vodka Collins is a Tokyo based Japanese-American rock band, formed in 1971. The core band members are drummer Hiroshi Oguchi , singer-guitarist Alan Merrill, singer-guitarist Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu and bassist Take Yokouchi...

. Take was originally a live touring guitar player for the popular teen idol band The Four Leaves

Four Leaves

was a Japanese boy band from the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Four Leaves was one of the earliest acts produced by the agency, and the four-member group first formed in 1967 and made their record debut with the single the following year. They disbanded in 1978, but they reunited in 2002....

.When he was approached to join the new band Vodka Collins in 1971, it was on bass guitar, and a job he took gladly. Take Yokouchi played bass on the classic 1972 Vodka Collins hit singles "Sands Of Time" and "Automatic Pilot", and the "Tokyo - New York

Tokyo - New York

Tokyo – New York by the band Vodka Collins is an EMI-Toshiba LP, recorded in 1971-72. The album was a top seller and yielded hit singles "Sands of Time", "Automatic Pilot", and "Billy Mars"....

" album released on EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

-Toshiba in 1973.

Later career

After Vodka Collins broke up in 1974, Take Yokouchi went back to playing guitar, ultimately forming the band Tensaw, who would re-record the Vodka Collins song "Automatic Pilot" in the 1980s, and the band would have a chart hit with it. For reasons unknown, Take Yokouchi did not take part in the later Vodka Collins reunion albums in the 1990s, being replaced by Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe, of The Golden Cups

The Golden Cups

were one of the top bands performing in Japan's Group Sounds scene in the late 1960s.Featuring singer Dave Hirao, guitarist Eddie Ban, and bassist Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe, and made a number of hit singles in addition to many re-workings of international songs. A full length documentary film about the...

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External links

Author Julian Cope's Vodka Collins research