Ninezero

Ninezero (born Craig Andrew Schweizer, 18 October) is an Australian rock/metal singer, songwriter and musician. He is influenced by heavy metal and hard rock to create a new kind of sound, referred to as power cacophony metal.[1] Born in Sydney, Australia. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.

Ninezero
Ninezero
Background information
Birth nameCraig Andrew Schweizer
Born18 October
Sydney, Australia
GenresHeavy metal, hard rock
Occupation(s)Vocalist, songwriter
InstrumentsVocal
Years active1989 – present
Associated actsMaziora The Band, Ninezero, Kick Star Babies & Raiden
Websiteninezero.net

Ninezero started his singing career singing in his high school choir and in classic musicals, such as The King and I, Oklahoma! and Kiss Me, Kate at the Riverside Theatre Parramatta. He moved on to singing in rock and heavy metal bands after graduating from the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Bands

Maziora The Band (2010–)

Ninezero joined forces with some of Japan's most famous musicians to form Maziora The Band. The line-up is Ninezero-vocals, Kentaro-guitar (gargoyle), Yoshito Onda-bass (Zamza, formerly from Judy and Mary, Presence) and Himawari-drums (Dustar-3, formerly from Sex Machineguns).[2]

Solo (2007– )

His solo career as Ninezero, adopting his own name as the band's name, began with 2008's album The Beginning. This album was followed up with Ninezero's debut CD Sanity released in 2009. Ninezero also sang the official theme song for WeROCK City, "Rock City" from The Beginning CD.[3]

Raiden (2003–2007)

Ninezero was originally in a band called Raiden. Raiden broke into the Japananse market with 2006's first album Sound of Thunder. Several songs from the CD are used as background music in music interviews for WeROCK City.[4]

Discography

Maziora The Band
  • Best Ass-Kickin Heavy Rock Vol.2 (2013)
  • Best Ass-Kickin Heavy Rock Vol.1 (2011)

Solo
  • Sanity (2009)
  • The Beginning (2008)

Raiden
  • Sound of Thunder (2006)

Guest appearances
  • GREAT LEFTY: Live Forever (2015) [5]
  • D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die official soundtrack (2014)[6]
  • Kenjiro Murai "Bass Line" Soundtrack (2013)[7]
  • Guitar Freaks V5 and Drum Mania V5 Original Soundtracks CD (2008) – Far Beyond Blackened
  • The Gitado Live Benami 10th Memorial event DVD (2008) – Inside-Out, and Fire in the Dark.[8]
  • Guitar Freaks V4 and Drum Mania V4 Rock X Rock CD (2007) – Inside-Out, Black Night – Deep Purple and Rock And Roll All Nite – Kiss.

GuitarFreaks and DrumMania

Ninezero is also the singer of Konami's GuitarFreaks and DrumMania series. He first appeared in the GuitarFreaks and DrumMania series with his original song, Inside-Out, in GuitarFreaks V4 and DrumMania V4 in 2007.[9] He also performed on two more tracks which were included in this series; Black Night – Deep Purple[10][11] and Rock And Roll All Nite – Kiss.[11][12] He performed Inside-Out and Fire in the Dark at The Gitado Live Bemani 10th Memorial event[8] in 2007 with an attendance of over 2000 people at Zepp Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. This performance was released on The Gitado Live Bemami 10th Anniversary Live DVD.[8] Inside-Out, Black Night and Rock And Roll All Nite were released on the GuitarFreaks V4 and DrumMania V4 Rock X Rock CD by Konami in 2007.[13] He released his second original song, Far Beyond Blackened in GuitarFreaks V5 and DrumMania V5 Rock To Infinity in 2008.[14][15] This was followed by the inclusion of Far Beyond Blackened in GuitarFreaks V5 and DrumMania V5 Original Soundtracks CD in 2008.[16]

Other entertainment work
  • Sings the theme song for Mr. Donuts, June 2015.[17]
  • Sings a song on D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, an episodic video game developed by Access Games and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox One.[18]
  • Sings the theme song for Bacardi Rum, April 2012.[17]
  • Sings the theme song for DOCOMO Eigahasumahode TV commercial, March 2012.[17]
  • Sings the theme song for Spa-O TV commercial, August 2011.[19]
  • Sings the theme song for Tama Home TV commercial, July 2011, March 2012 and April 2013.[19]
  • Appears as Steve Wolf (Tony Wolf in English-language release), one of the characters in the Nintendo DS game Last Window 2010, as a rock singer.[20]
  • Performed in the promotional video for Heiwa's Kenken Aloha de Hawaii pachinko game in 2007.[21]
  • Sings the theme song for Namco's Pro Yakyuu Netsusuta 2006 game[22]

References
  1. Burrn! magazine (December 2008, Japan, page 116)
  2. / Official site for Maziora The Band
  3. Official site for WeROCK City Archived 21 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Official site for WeROCK CITY Archived 21 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Official website
  6. D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die official website
  7. Kenjiro Murai's official website
  8. "The Gitado Live Benami 10th Memorial event". Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  9. Ninezero-Inside-Out official Konami Page
  10. Black Night-Deep Purple performed by Ninezero from the official Konami site
  11. "Official Song list for GuitarFreaks V4 and DrumMania V4 from Konami". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  12. Rock And Roll All Nite-Kiss performed by Ninezero from the official Konami site
  13. "GuitarFreaks V4 and DrumMania V4 Rock X Rock CD". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  14. GuitarFreaks V5 – Far Beyond Blackened difficulty
  15. DrumMania V5 – Far Beyond Blackened difficulty
  16. "GuitarFreaks V5 and DrumMania V5 Rock To Infinity CD". Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  17. Official site for Ninezero Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  18. Bandcamp site for the Official soundtrack
  19. Official site for Dagmusic
  20. Official site for Last Window
  21. Official site for Heiwa's Kenken Aloha de Hawaii
  22. Official site for Namco's Pro Yakyuu Netsusuta 2006
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