Line Up: Guitar: Manavy Guitar & Vocals: Ochi Drums: Sasaki Bass & Screaming: Morita Vocals: Daisuke
Biography: They always believe that "My Future is new." ..... 16 reasons started their band with Morita (Ba/Vo) who is a former member of AR15. Manavy (Gt). Sasaki (Ds). and Ochi (Gt/Vo/Supportmember), as a sporting member, during the fall of 2002. In the summer of 2002, Ochii has confirmed to became a regular member. And during the winter, Daisuke joined us as a vocal. Now they are member of five.
In 2003, 16 reasons started performing their music in the public. They have been having their concert one to three times a month and have made a demo cd which includes their three original songs. They have been greatly influenced by the bands called Emo, Metalic Hardcore, Screamo, Melodic, Youth crew Hardcore, and Melodic Punk. They also love the bands such as Thursday, Grade, Boy Sets Fire, Strike Anywhere, Taking back sunday, Hopesfall, As Friends Rust and so on. Their basic music is metalic. 16 reasons add emotional sound, melodies and screaming that created by three voices in it. They want to make an unique sound with all those elements. As a result, they have recorded a 3-songs demo CD which has been No. 1 best seller in Japan. And they are featured on a compilation CD called "Light Your Way Compilation" on Satire Records with the track "My Future Is New" in October. And 16 reasons have been at least 20,000 downloads from purevolume.com.
In June 2004, their first mini-album included 6-songs has been released under Gods Child music. They have played in Gods Child Fest on 05th June which also featuring FC Five, Endzweck and Nitro Mega Prayer in Hong Kong. The band also headed to China on the next day for another show. They have rocked the show's atmosphere and the crowd.