In 1989 Kenji Ueda , bassist for Kenzi & the Trips, left the band with former Kenzi’s drummer Shinichiro Sato and invited the Coin Locker Babies vocalist Sawao Yamanaka to form a new band. Yoshiaki Manabe , the guitarist of the hair metal band Persia, joined them. The Pillows were formed on 16 September 1989. The story as to where the band’s name came about is that allegedly Sawao Yamanaka was hanging out at Yoshiaki Manabe’s place and an English post-punk compilation record entitled Pillows & Prayers hanging on Manabe’s wall inspired him.
The Pillows formed
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