- Ken Lloyd
Kentaro James Shibuya Lloyd (born
March 25 ,1976 inLondon ) is a Britishmusician ,vocalist andsongwriter . Fluent in both Japanese and English, he writes his lyrics in both languages. He is currently in the bandsFake? andOblivion Dust .With an English father lawyer and a Japanese mother, Ken Lloyd graduated from high school in
London , and went to university inJapan . Once in Japan, he left the university to joinOblivion Dust as the vocalist and (in a beginning) guitarist. He later said that he joined the band whilst he was drunk, and in response to his parents, whose expressed concerns about his future, he printed the message "currently disobeying my parents" on his guitar pick.Ken also worked as a VJ on the
MTV Japan show called "British Code", where he played music videos from British bands. As Oblivion Dust became more popular, he left the show to concentrate on the band.In September 2001, Oblivion Dust disbanded. The same year, he joined up with ex-
Luna Sea memberInoran and formedFake? of which he is the vocalist and currently the only official member, afterInoran dropped out of the band in October 2005.In 2007 he hosted a short lived radio show at "Inter-FM" called "KEN LLOYD`S 13 DAYS" every Friday from January to March 2007. He ended his stint with "Inter-FM" after announcing that he wanted to concentrate on the return of
Oblivion Dust , but he has also announced that a newFake? album is in the process of being written.External links
* [http://www.hedfuc.com FAKE? Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fakeofficial FAKE? Official Myspace]
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