Happy New Year 2011 From B’z!
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Tak and Koshi send their greetings to their fans and are eager to start rocking as B’z again! Of course we have grabbed the video from the B’z PARTY website, translated it, and have it here right for you!
And check out Koshi’s new haircut!
Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2010 Reader’s Poll”
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Just as last year, the latest issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on the year 2010, and what readers of the magazine liked the most.
Here’s how B’z, Shane Gaalaas and Masuda Takanobu were ranked.
Category “Best Artist”: B’z ranked 5th (3rd in 2009)
Category “Best Live Performance in Japan”: B’z ranked 5th (4th in 2009) – Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto ranked 9th
Catagory “Best Vocalist”: Koshi Inaba ranked 1st (same as 2009)
Category “Best Guitarist”: Tak Matsumoto ranked 1st (3rd in 2009)
Category “This year’s biggest news”: Collaboration between Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto ranked 4th
Category “Best Drummer”: Shane Gaalaas ranked 8th (9th in 2009)
Category “Miscellaneous Player”: Masuda Takanobu ranked 4th (6th in 2009)
Source(s): B’zaholic Blog (Japanese)