Yoichi Aoyama

Yoichi Aoyama

Born August 26, 1963 in Nagano City. At the end of 1984, he formed Grandfathers with Tetuya Nishimura and others in Tokyo. Yuzuru Ota (currently Carnation) joined from 1985, and his steady live activities gradually attracted attention, and from 1987 to 1991, he released sound sources at Nagomu Records and Metrotron Records. He started solo activities in 1990 while he was active in Grandfathers, transferred 4 albums from Metrotron and transferred to Tokuma Japan in 1998, and released 4 albums. After that, Dreamusic, Flowers Land, and P-VINE released a total of 11 solo albums by 2011. He also actively participates in various compilation albums, provides music, and participates in sessions as a guitarist. Currently, he is developing live activities in various places such as Yoichi Aoyama the BM's, Blues Lab, various sessions, and rarely Grandfathers. He is also a regular author of music magazines such as "Record Collectors" and "Guitar Magazine".