Naked Angels

Naked Angels are a band founded by Alice Rinju and Shou Nobunaga. Their current line-up consists of Alice Rinju (vocals, guitar), Yui Amaya (bass guitar), Natsuko Murakami (keyboards, piano, backing vocals) and Rika Hanagami (drums, percussion). 
==History==
After Alice inherited her guitar from her late aunt Mikoto, she started playing around with the idea of starting a band, in order to express her feelings in the music she loves. Her then boyfriend Shou Nobunaga decided to join her as drummer and after some initial discussion about the music genre the new band would represent, the two set out to find more people to join. The band was soon joined by Yui and Natsuko, the former taking over as fellow creative spill after the death of Shou, Alice swearing to continue the band in his honour.
From 2011 until 2015, Naked Angels played some gigs throughout town and gained some local fame. The band is primarily well known by University of Mitakihara students. At the start of Act II, Naked Angels played a gig at a local rock venue, yet they served as an opening act for Sugartits. Soon after, Larry left the band and returned to the USA, after which Alice and co. recruited Rika Hanagami as their new drummer. The band has passed an audition to play at the annual Yozakeira music festival, thanks to a competition held by national radio station Wave FM.
==Musical Style==
On the band fliers, Naked Angels was presented as an alternative/indie rock band. Their sound has generally gotten darker and more mature as time went by and Alice's mental condition started to worsen. This also led to an introverted and eccentric stage persona. Slowly getting better at her instrument prompted Alice to start incorporating shoegazing and post-rock elements into her songs.
Naked Angels are known for their emotional lyrics and have been described as sounding like "the song structure of Smashing Pumpkins with less harsh, dreamier vocals like Radiohead and post-rock-y guitars in stead of straight up distortion" and "the guitar of Marilyn Manson combined with the voice of Evanescence and R.E.M. together and semi-simplistic drumming ala Phish".
Known songs by Naked Angels are "Arcana", "Waterfall", which is played during the concert at the beginning of Act II "Cannibal", which is played during one of the rehearsal scenes, and "Something I Can Never Have", a Nine Inch Nails cover.
==Members==
====Current line-up====
*Alice Rinju (guitars, vocals, samples), 2011-present
*Yui Amaya (bass guitar, backing vocals), 2011-present
*Natsuko Murakami (keyboards, piano), 2011-present
*Rika Hanagami (drums, percussion), 2015-present
====Past members====
*Shou Nobunaga (beats, samples), 2011
*Larry Stevens (drums, percussion), 2011-2015
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