Oblivion Dust was created in 1996 and the only member from the original lineup who lasted till the end was the vocalist, Ken. Oblivion Dust played their first live at the end of 1996 at the Toyko NK Hall. Already in January 1997 they released their first single entitled 'Sucker', which marked the foundation of the band. March witnessed the release of their second single, 'Numb', and in April that same year the group toured the West Coast of the US with a series of 10 concerts. Before 1997 was over, they managed to release one more single, their first full album entitled 'Looking for Elvis', come back to play 10 more concerts at the West Coast of the US and tour their native Japan twice, playing 10 and 5 gigs subsequently.
With the coming of 1998, two new members joined Oblivion Dust: Kaz (who earlier played with hide and the Spread Beaver) on guitars, and Rikiji, who replaced their earlier bassist, Mark Garrett (brother of one of J's drummers, Scott Garrett). Still in that same year, Oblivion Dust played as a support band for a 10 thousand publicity before the Prodigy's gig in Tokyo, released a few singles and their second album: 'Misery Days'. In November Furuton (ex-Space Cowboys) replaced Taka, the band's original drummer who left around August.
In 1999 Oblivion Dust released 5 new singles, another new album and their first video, 'Overdose'. Apart from that, they toured all year long, playing with other well known bands such as Marilyn Manson or zilch. In November their official fan club, embryo, was temporarily opened, and December witnessed the opening of their official website.
The band begun the year 2000 with a nationwide Reborn tour. In February their fan club was officially opened, and in May their new song entitled 'S.O.S.' appeared at the Japanese version of the Mission: Impossible 2 movie soundtrack. In the same year, the band played numerous gigs, the tickets to some of which were sold out till the very last one; they also played at the Summer Sonic festival, released more singles, an album and their second video. The gig performed on December 23 at the Tokyo NK Hall turned out to be Rikiji's last, as he decided to quit the band soon afterwards.
In January 2001, their hitherto support member, Masaru (also called May) gained the status of an official member, and the band was joined by a new bassist, Juken, a support member. These two didn't enjoy their new roles for long, because only a few months later, in June 2001, Oblivion Dust officially disbanded.
The last release singed with the name 'Oblivion Dust' was the album entitled 'Radio Songs' (the best of) which came out two months after Oblivion Dust's official disbandment.
Six years later, Oblivion Dust made an announcement of their Resurrection concerts, which were held on September 8th and 9th. Ken Lloyd will sing for both Oblivion Dust as well as FAKE? as the latter should once again pick up activities in 2008 since the band previously mentioned their break-up would only last through 2007.
It's hard to say who the men behind Oblivion Dust were. The line up changed frequently, but most people, upon hearing the name, would probably think of the line up from the times when Oblivion Dust were at the peak of their popularity: Ken (vocals), Kaz (guitar), Furuton (drums), Rikiji (bass) and May (guitar).
Their original style was created by a group of experienced musicians: all of them had been in different bands before, and Oblivion Dust's music was mainly created by Kaz, an ex-member of (hide and the) Spread Beaver. What also made them stand out in the crowd of other Japanese bands was the fact that, due to Ken's mixed Japanese-English background, a big part of their songs were written and sung in English.
