Prior to forming Balzac, vocalist and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama was frontman for Astrozombies, a band from Kyoto , Japan, that was heavily influenced by the Japanese rock group Gastunk and the American punk band Misfits . After releasing just one demo cassette, entitled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Hirosuke decided to disband and started his next project, Balzac, in 1992. The name of the new band came from the famous French novelist and playwright, Honoré de Balzac . Hirosuke first came in contact with the novelist’s work during junior high school; he liked how the name sounded and decided to use it. The band’s first lineup consisted of Hirosuke Nishiyama on vocals, Yoritsugu “Anti” Azuchi on bass, Tetsuya on guitar and Naoki on drums. During that time the band released their first demo cassette, which was limited to 13 copies only, entitled Scapegoat666 .
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