MaveRick was formed in March 2006 by young members of recently split bands: Kray and Kenji (both ex-Grind), Mukuro (ex-HATED) and Makoto (ex-KeiL). They started their live activities with a gig on March 7th at Nagoya ell.FITS ALL, and the band continued playing lives in their hometown, distributing their first demo-single at the shows. That summer, the band expanded their activities to other parts of the country.
Songs of the band were featured on two omnibuses, gaining them more recognition and allowing them to play their first free one-man at Holiday Nagoya on October 14th. At the beginning of November, MaveRick released their first full album and continued touring. In January 2007, they played another one-man, this time not free. In July, the single SILENT DEATH was released, and busy as ever playing lives across the country, the band gradually gained more popularity.
The year 2008 continued their steady success; however, the announcement came that after the live on June 8th, the band would stop activities. This live became the start of the new band, EAT YOU ALIVE, as the four members continued making music together. Kray changed his stage name to Hiro, and Mukuro to Ryohei. The first single released under their new name, JENNIFER/hanamizuki, was available for pre-order on the same day and came out on general sale ten days later.
They played another one-man in August, and the band continued touring, although comparably less and concentrating mostly on Nagoya and Osaka. They played lives steadily through 2009. On June 13th, the band organized an event which saw MaveRick perform a one-day comeback. As EAT YOU ALIVE's activities continued, the band simultaneously released two maxi-singles: ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS and ATROCITY AND BLUE. At a New Year countdown live, the group performed as MaveRick once more.
The year 2010 started with the release of their fourth maxi-single, Coke in a vein, and another maxi-single followed in May. Leading up to the release of Missing you/akatsuki was a novel akatsuki that was written by Hiro and was being uploaded gradually onto the band's official homepage. The band's sixth maxi-single REVIVE, which consists of three re-recorded songs previously released when the band was known as MaveRick, came out in August. At their successful second one-man in September, EAT YOU ALIVE announced that soon they would become a five-member band. Indeed on October 1st they were joined by a second guitarist, Shoya (ex-Juliette), and the band's first single with the new line-up THE REASON came out at the end of December.
The band has also announced that their next one-man will take place in May 2011 at Nagoya ell. FITS ALL. As EAT YOU ALIVE continue expanding their activities, we will want to be sure to keep an eye out for this talented and promising band.
The Nagoya band EAT YOU ALIVE started out as MaveRick, a band with unique, heavy music somewhat reminiscent of old-school visual rock with metal influence. Their image was dark and at times rather eccentric.
Since the name change, however, both the music and the image of the band have evolved away from conventional visual kei. Their new sound and appearance, resembling western nu metal bands such as Limp Bizkit with the addition of rap vocals, make EAT YOU ALIVE a distinctive band in the visual kei scene.
