Takashi (15)

Takashi formed in 1982 in New York City, New York with vocalist Danny Stanton, guitar duo Craig Khoury and Bob Simonson with rhythm section Tom Cangemi on bass and drummer Chuck Khoury. The band would quickly become a familiar name in the local hard rock/heavy metal circuit. The buzz quickly grew and soon the band was recording their debut that would be released on a small up starting label. In 1983 New York’s Mongol Horde Records released a handful of EPs from bands such as Thor and Virgin Steele, and like those bands the label would go down in cult metal history for its contribution to the US metal scene – and it all started with Takashi Kamikaze Killers. The release of Kamikaze Killers would help the band’s name to grow and now internationally as they began to gain more and more press in such publications as Hit Parade and Kerrang. As their popularity increased the band would land supporting slots for acts like Twisted Sister and Anthrax. A couple of more scattered recordings on compilation albums would follow before Takashi would disappear like a spirit wind.