Hound Dog (band)

While attending Tohoku Gakuin University in 1976, guitarist and founding member Yoshihide Takahashi (高橋良秀 ) gave the impetus to form the band when he called out to Kohei Otomo by saying "Let's do it together!".

Despite many ups and downs such as changing members in 1984, Hound Dog had since then managed to continue a lasting activity within the Japanese rock scene.

Without any hit songs at all, the band managed to gather a crowd of roughly ten thousand people for their first public debut at Nippon Budokan, after which they continued their live tour for a period of around three years.

For the sake of local students, who despite buying tickets, were not able to go due to school guidelines, the band organized another live performance at the same place once again in an effort to communicate their message of "music being heck of a wonderful thing".

Beginning with 1981, the Rock'n'Roll Olympics were held annually near the outskirts of Sendai City, turning into the forerunner of Japanese outdoor rock festivals.