What is Loudness (band)?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Loudness | Img = Loudness 2010 01.jpg | Img_capt = Loudness performing in 2010 | Img_size = 250px | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Osaka]], [[Japan]] | Genre = <!--Please discuss on the talk page before changing the genres, and please don't cite references in the infobox. Verifiable references in the article outweigh editor opinion.-->[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[hard rock]] | Years_active = 1981-''present'' | Label = [[Nippon Columbia]], [[Atco Records|Atco]], [[Warner Music Group]], Rooms, Tokuma Japan, [[Wounded Bird Records]] | Associated_acts = [[Lazy (band)|Lazy]], [[Ezo (band)|Ezo]], [[Earthshaker (band)|Earthshaker]], [[Anthem (band)|Anthem]], [[X Japan]], [[Obsession (band)|Obsession]], [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], [[Animetal USA]] | URL = [http://www.loudness.jp/ Loudness Website] | Current_members = Minoru Niihara<br>Akira Takasaki<br>Masayoshi Yamashita<br>Masayuki Suzuki | Past_members = Munetaka Higuchi (deceased)<br>Mike Vescera<br>Hirotsugu Homma<br>Naoto Shibata<br>Masaki Yamada<br>Taiji Sawada (deceased) }} '''Loudness''' is a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[band]] from [[Japan]]. The band was [[:wikt:found|founded]] in 1981 by [[singer]] Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi.<ref>[http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-39/artist_name-loudness/ Nippop Loudness Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012045518/http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-39/artist_name-loudness/ |date=2007-10-12 }} Retrieved Sep 21 2007 (English)</ref> Loudness was the first Japanese heavy metal band to be signed to a [[contract|recording contract]] in the [[United States]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www3.livemedia.co.jp/loudness/ Loudness Official Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407194701/http://www3.livemedia.co.jp/loudness/ |date=2007-04-07 }} *[http://www.takasaki.net/Loudness/ Takasaki.net Loudness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423203959/htt