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Obituary is an American death metal band formed in October 1984 in Tampa, Florida, United States, under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner before finally changing their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarist Trevor Peres and bassist Terry Butler. The band was a fundamental act in the development of death metal music and is one of the most successful death metal bands of all time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=It's official: Cannibal Corpse are the top-selling death metal band of the SoundScan era )〕 ==History== Obituary are one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. Founded as Executioner in Seffner, Florida in 1984, they soon dropped the "E" from their name after discovering another band of the same name, becoming Xecutioner. The band's first lineup was composed of John Tardy (vocals), Jerry Tidwell (lead guitar), Trevor Peres (guitar), Jerome Grable (bass) & Donald Tardy (drums). The band released demos in 1985, 1986, and 1987, (the 1985 demo as Executioner and the 1986 and 1987 demos as Xecutioner). They made their vinyl debut in 1987 with two tracks ("Find The Arise" & "Like The Dead") on the ''Raging Death'' compilation. Not long after the release of the compilation, bassist Grable was replaced by Daniel Tucker. The following year, shortly before the release of the band's first album ''Slowly We Rot'', they changed their name to Obituary. After 1997's ''Back from the Dead'' album, the band had grown tired of touring, which led to the group disbanding. During this time period, Donald Tardy played in Andrew W.K.'s touring band (during W.K.'s appearance on ''Saturday Night Live'' Tardy wore an Obituary shirt). Allen West focused on his two projects, Lowbrow and Six Feet Under. Trevor Peres formed Catastrophic in 2001, which released one album, ''The Cleansing'', in that same year. Obituary reformed in 2003 and Catastrophic continued to exist alongside the reformed Obituary. A reunion album, ''Frozen in Time'', was released in 2005. The band's first live DVD, ''Frozen Alive'', was released in January 2007. Obituary was signed with Candlelight Records for its next three releases, ''Xecutioner's Return'' (2007), ''Darkest Day'' (2009), and the EP ''Left to Die'' (2008). A concert DVD release was also announced for January 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕 Since 2012, the band have been highly involved with the promotion of a new social networking site called Unation, as well as Donald Tardy beginning a Cat Sanctuary organization called Metal Meowlisha, an organization practicing “trap-neuter-vaccinate-return”, and caring for 25 cat colonies (200 cats). In April 2010, Obituary began work on new material for their ninth studio album ''Inked in Blood'',.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕 It was the first Obituary album not to be recorded with longtime bassist Frank Watkins since their 1989 debut album ''Slowly We Rot'' .〔 In 2013, the band rebuilt their studio, and continued work on the new album. On Friday, August 2, 2013, the band launched a (Kickstarter campaign ) with a goal of raising $10,000.00; the money raised was promised to allow Obituary to record and release their ninth album independently. The goal was met on August 3. When interviewed by metal webzine All About The Rock, John Tardy said of the Kickstarter campaign, "This campaign has been awesome and just confirms again what we already know and that is that we have the greatest fans in the world. We are using Kickstarter to raise enough money to release an album on our own. This is not a bash against record companies, it is just what we want to do. Years ago this would not even be a thought, but today we feel everything is in place for us, for better or worse, give it a shot.". Though the band raised enough money to self-released, they still signed to Relapse Records and partnered with the label for distribution of ''Inked In Blood'', their first Relapse release. On October 18, 2015, their former bassist Frank Watkins died from cancer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Obituary (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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