Question: Facts: - website: http://www.united-official.com - years active: 1981 -- present - past members: oz '' nao '' takeshi '' mantas '' nakazato tetsuo '' yasu tetsu '' takizawa masaki '' marchan '' hara iwao furusawa tsukahara yoshiaki furui hirokazu uchino shinichi inazu yusuke nakamura nob faisal jouichi '' kenshin '' al-salem akihiro yokoyama '' joe '' hirokawa kouichi - origin: tokyo , japan - genre: thrash early years -rrb- metal , death metal , heavy metal -lrb- - name: united - background: group_or_band - label: hold victor entertainment , spiritual beast , 413 tracks up , howling bull , metal blade , - current members: yoshifumi yuasa '' hally '' yoshida singo otani akira masatoshi - associated acts: x japan , doom Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of united -lrb- band -rrb- .
Answer:
united is a thrash metal band from japan formed in 1981 .they took their name from the song of the same name , off of judas priest 's '' british steel '' .