Tokyo Blade

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As you can see from the picture, about the closest these guys got to being Japanese was when they ordered take out. Tokyo Blade was an English band that started out way back in 1981 as a band called "Killer", and later as a band called "Genghis Kahn". The band was considered one of the handful of groups that came out of the British New Wave of Heavy Metal movement. In the early days, Tokyo Blade shared the stage with bands like Metallica and Venom.

Tokyo Blade's had their debut release in 1983 and a follow up in 1984, Night of the Blade. As the mid 80's rolled on, Tokyo Blade toured with the Scorpions, Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, and Blue Oyster Cult. Unfortunately, band member stability was an issue for the band, and by 1985, the band had it's first break. From 1985 to 1989, guitarist Andy Boulton continued the Tokyo Blade moniker as "Andy Boulton's Tokyo Blade" while other former members went on to other projects (Shogun, Johnny Crash, for examples).

Since the 1980's, Tokyo Blade has been reincarnated in various ways. At the time of this writing, the Tokyo Blade Discography was as follows:

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