Tak Matsumoto Group
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Tak Matsumoto Group | |
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 From left to right: Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin, and Jack Blades | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | TMG |
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | Hard rock |
| Years active |
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| Spinoff of | |
| Members | Tak Matsumoto Eric Martin Jack Blades |
| Website | takmatsumotogroup |
Tak Matsumoto Group (often abbreviated as TMG) is a supergroup consisting of members from several bands around the world. It includes Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin, and Jack Blades.[1] From July to September 2004, they embarked on their "Dodge the Bullet Tour" of Japan.[2]
After a single, an album, 20 shows, and a live video, the band did not perform again until twenty years later in 2024. In a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone India, Martin said he asked Matsumoto every year about a possible reunion, to which Matsumoto always answered, "Let me think about it".[3]
On February 28, 2024, in an interview with Rockpages.gr, Jack Blades revealed that the band would be making a second album.[4] A week later, on March 8, the band officially announced its reformation 20 years after its initial conception and would be releasing a second album and hold a nationwide tour across Japan.[5][6]
- Official members
- Tak Matsumoto (B'z) – guitar, leader
- Eric Martin (Mr. Big) – lead vocals
- Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw Blades) – bass, backing vocals
- Support members[1]
- Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne, Seether, Whitesnake, Foreigner, Pride & Glory, Glenn Hughes, Sass Jordan, Slash's Snakepit) – studio drums
- Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz) – studio drums
- Chris Frazier (Whitesnake, Foreigner) – live drums
