Trivia / The Tigers

• Genre-Killer: Despite popularising GS, they can also be blamed for killing it. 1968's Human Renascence proved to be a disaster for Watanabe Productions, with the orchestral compositions being so complex it made most of the album next to impossible to perform live. That and the critics bashed the album for being too pretentious.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Good luck finding the Tigers pre-Kenji Sawada material from when they were an instrumental band.
• Troubled Production: Human Renascence was originally meant for another band entirely, but they quickly said no to the project, and Watanabe Pro gave it to the Tigers. The album sold well, but reportedly according to various accounts, the album proved near impossible to do live. The fallout from everything caused Toppo to leave the band in annoyance.