History Music / MasakiYamada

Masaki Yamada (born 1964) is the former singer for EZO and Music/{{Loudness}}, and currently the bassist and secondary vocalist for New York City based metal band Firesign. His band EZO holds the honor of being the very first Japanese hard rock/heavy metal band to be signed by a Western or international label and the very first Japanese hard rock/heavy metal band to officially film in or tour the US, preceding Loudness by two years.

* Creator/GeffenRecords: Signed EZO as of 1985, making them the first Japanese HR/HM band signed by an international label.

* UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons: ''Fire Fire'' is about nuclear war and the world after.

* VocalEvolution: When Yamada was in EZO, his voice was rather high-pitched and screechy, but almost punk-rock esque. By the time he exited Loudness, his voice took on a much more varied tone, ranging from reverberating medium ranged on songs such as Babylon and Jasmine Sky, to high-pitched banshee wails, like on Twisted.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Having learned English while living in New York with EZO, Yamada's lyrics with Loudness, although on a few albums he did have help, tended to be more coherent than Niihara's, as well as his English being less accented while speaking.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: ''Wild Talk,'' which is about phone sex.

* {{Biseinen}}

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Firesign is PowerPop that occasionally plays at being HairMetal, NuMetal, slam, and pop punk.

** From EZO, ''Fire Fire'' is a protest against AtomicHate, and ''Senso'' is a commentary on the Japanese government's [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain attitude]] on WorldWarII.

'''Masaki Yamada''' (born 1964) is the former singer for EZO and Music/{{Loudness}}, and currently the bassist and secondary vocalist for New York City based metal band Firesign. His band EZO holds the honor of being the very first Japanese hard rock/heavy metal band to be signed by a Western or international label and the very first Japanese hard rock/heavy metal band to officially film in or tour the US, preceding Loudness by two years.

* TheDeadliestMushroom: ''Fire Fire'' is about nuclear war and the world after.

* AnimeHair: His hairdo in EZO even rivaled Toshi of Music/XJapan's hair in sheer craziness.

'''Masaki Yamada''' (born 1964) is the former singer for EZO and Music/{{Loudness}}, and currently the bassist and secondary vocalist for New York City based metal band Firesign.

!!Tropes encompassing Yamada's 30 years career include!!

* AnimeHair: His hairdo in EZO even rivaled Toshi of XJapan's hair in sheer craziness.

* VisualKei: Pretty much is a Visual Kei musician still, however his style emphasizes the more metal side of Kei rather than the "pretty boy side".

* HarshVocals: Even more harsh than Minoru's at times.

** ''Racing The Wind'' is a ReligionRantSong, and ''Slaughter House'' is an anti AnimalTesting song.
** From EZO, ''Fire Fire'' is a protest against AtomicHate, and ''Senso'' is a commentary on the Japanese government's attitude on World war II.

* RearrangeTheSong: Rewrote In The Mirror with different lyrics.

* BreakupSong: Love Kills

* GriefSong: "Explode" is Masaki's rage and sadness about the 9/11 attacks embodied into a musical form.

* IntercourseWithYou: "She's Riding The Rhythm", "Love Junkie", "Wild Talk", "House of 1000 Pleasures" from EZO, "Twisted"(also ObligatoryBondageSong), "Nightcreepers" and "Jasmine Sky" for Loudness.

* ProtestSong:
** Racing The Wind is a Religion Rant Song, and Slaughter House is an anti Animal Testing song.
** From EZO, Fire Fire is a protest against AtomicHate, and Senso is a commentary on the Japanese government's attitude on World war II.

* LeadBassist: A surprising lot of FIRESIGN's fans are there [[JustHereForGodzilla Just For Masaki]].

'''Masaki Yamada''' (born 1964) is the former singer for EZO and Loudness, and currently the bassist and secondary vocalist for New York City based metal band Firesign.

* Biseinen