TM Network


TM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro, Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine. When they released the single "Get Wild" in 1987, their music became popular in Japan as the "futuristic pop songs with synthesizer."
They are regarded as a prototype of J-pop, because Tetsuya Komuro became a famous producer of dance-oriented J-pop singers in 1990s. However, their 2000 album Major Turn-Round was influenced by progressive rock.

History

They were originally members of a band called Speedway during their school days. The three of them formed TM Network. Their name is commonly thought to stand for "Time Machine Network". However, on September 6, 2006 on an episode of Trivia no Izumi claimed that TM actually stands for 'Tama', the district from Tokyo they all came from. While Trivia no Izumi claims that TM stands for 'Tama' Tetsuya Komuro himself as early as 1984 on the show LiveG, has said that the TM stands for Time Machine.
On August 22, 1983 TM Network took part in "the Fresh Sounds Contest" which was sponsored by Coca-Cola. The song they performed was "1974" and it was aired on TBS. This was their first step towards a record deal.
They made their record debut with single "Kinyoubi no lion " and album "Rainbow Rainbow" on April 21, 1984.
They became famous first in Hokkaido. After a while they had more hits with the songs "Self Control", "Get Wild", "Beyond the Time", and others. So they've become one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. More particularly, in the Anime world, "Get Wild", as the 1st ending song of "City Hunter", has especially got a lot of cover versions by many J-Pop bands and singers alike, and it's also covered by Vocaloids as well. "Get Wild" and a 1989 remix sold a combined 515,010 singles in Japan. "Beyond the Time" was used as the ending theme the 1988 anime film . Both songs above have even enhanced their fame since then.
Several musicians have supported them at their live shows as backing bands such as Tak Matsumoto, Daisuke Asakura, and more.
They changed their name to TMN in 1990, and broke up in 1994. They had reunited under their old name of TM Network in 1999.
They compiled with the overseas musicians such as Julio Iglesias Jr., Sheila E., Leehom Wang for "Happiness×3 Loneliness×3".

Members

Singles

  1. Kinyōbi no lion: Take It To The Lucky
  2. 1974
  3. Accident
  4. Dragon The Festival
  5. Your Song
  6. Come On Let's Dance
  7. Girl
  8. All-Right All-Night
  9. Self Control
  10. Get Wild
  11. Kiss You
  12. Resistance
  13. Beyond the Time
  14. Seven Days War
  15. Come On Everybody
  16. Just One Victory / Still Love Her
  17. Come On Everybody
  18. Kiss You
  19. Get Wild '89
  20. Dive Into Your Body
  21. The Point Of Lovers' Night
  22. Time To Count Down
  23. Rhythm Red Beat Black
  24. Rhythm Red Beat Black / Rhythm Red Beat Black by Denki Groove
  25. Love Train / We Love The Earth
  26. Wild Heaven
  27. Ichizu na Koi
  28. Nights Of The Knife
  29. Get Wild Decade Run / It's Gonna Be Alright
  30. 10 Years After
  31. Happiness×3 Loneliness×3
  32. Message
  33. Ignition, Sequence, Start
  34. We Are Starting Over
  35. Castle In The Clouds
  36. Network TM
  37. Welcome Back 2
  38. I Am
  39. Loud

    Original Albums

  40. Rainbow Rainbow
  41. Childhood's End
  42. Twinkle Night
  43. Gorilla
  44. Self Control
  45. humansystem
  46. Carol -A Day In A Girl's Life 1991-
  47. Rhythm Red
  48. Expo
  49. Major Turn-Round
  50. Network TM -Easy Listening-
  51. Speedway
  52. Quit30

    Remix Albums

  53. Dress
  54. Tmn Classix 1
  55. Tmn Classix 2
  56. Dress2

    Video

  57. Vision Festival
  58. "BEE" Presents TM Visions
  59. Fanks "Fantasy" Dyna-Mix
  60. Self Control and the Scenes from "the Shooting"
  61. Gift for Fanks Video since 1985–1988
  62. Fanks the Live 1 Fanks Cry-Max
  63. Fanks the Live 2 Kiss Japan Dancing Dyna-Mix
  64. Fanks the Live 3 Camp Fanks!! '89
  65. Fanks the Live 4
  66. Carol the Live
  67. Rhythm Red Beat Black
  68. Rhythm Red Live World's End I / II
  69. Expo Arena Final
  70. Final Live Last Groove 5.18
  71. Final Live Last Groove 5.19
  72. Decade
  73. Live Tour Major Turn-Round 1
  74. Live Tour Major Turn-Round 2
  75. Live Tour Major Turn-Round 3
  76. TM Network Tribute Live 2003
  77. Live in Naeba'03 -Formation Lap-
  78. TM Network Double-Decade Tour "Network"
  79. All the Clips
  80. Spin Off from TM -Tribute Live 2005–
  81. Spin Off from TM −8 songs, and more.-
  82. Spin Off from TM 2007 -Tribute Live III
  83. TM Network -Remaster- at Nippon Budokan 2007
  84. Incubation Period
  85. Final Mission -Start Investigation-
  86. TM Network 30th 1984~ The Beginning of the End
  87. TM Network 30th 1984~ Quit30 Huge Data
  88. 30th Final
  89. TM Network 2012-2015

    Video game