Eric Zay

Born, Eric Zay Brown, April 26th, 1969 in Bronx, New York.

Moved to Tokyo, Japan at a very young age. He pick up his first pair of drumsticks at the age 9 and goes to graduate with a degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1991.

After returning from college, he soon started playing live and recordings right away with local acts and artists and also releasing his first solo album Share the Light in 1993 Vivid Sound. He started playing with his dad, Casey Rankin, a very well known rock and roller since the 70s and very famous for his TV and feature film soundtrack hits with SHOGUN as well as his solo productions.

Eric joined spAed in 1994, amongst Yamashita Masayoshi from Loudness on bass, 広瀬さとし Hirose 'Jimmy' Satoshi from 44MAGNUM on guitar and Katayama Keiji from BLUE on vocals. SpAed disbanded soon after their release of their third album 'Physique' in 1997. He joined Shogun in releasing the NEW ALBUM and a brief live tour between 1997-1998. He released another solo album INERTIA in 1998. He then joined HAL FROM APOLLO '69 along with Hal on vocals, Zoë on guitar, Ali Morizumi from Monoral on bass. He has been a of an acoustic duo with Charlie Tanaka called CHABUDAI, whom he met on the second year of the Sugizo. He toured and recorded with ’Sugizo and the Spank Your Juice’ on drums and lyric collaborations from 2000-2004'. Sugizo, well known with his band 'LUNA SEA’ and 'X JAPAN’.

Bloom UnderGrounds another project he started in 2000, a psychedelic rock trio this time as the frontman on guitar and vocals along with Ali on bass and Masahito Saito on drums Nino Minoru on resonance and VJ Yabuki on lighting and visuals. Released their first album, Not Afraid, in 2009 and an official live album 'ALIVE 2006' in 2019. He also toured and recorded with Monoral on drums and guitars from 2000-2006. Toured and recorded with 'FAKE?’ on guitar 2006-2008 along with Ken Lloyd also known from 'Oblivion Dust’.

Eric has always been writing and producing for new and established artists, TV campaigns for most of the well known company, corporations (SONY, McDonald's, NISSAN, TOYOTA, MITSUBISHI, Tokyu Agency, KEWPIE, JT, NTT etc.) since his college days to present and as the ceo of Commercial Arts/Pure Records KK, he also writes music for featured films such as Golgo13 ’Turquoise Blue' along with Yoshino Fujimaru, recorded and released the opening and the ending themes 'Black Jack' and 'Moon Shadow' for Tezuka Osamu’s Black Jack performed by The Orange Vox (Miyahara Manabu) on guitar and vocals, Ali on bass and Eric on drums. English versions of the Dragon Ball Z soundtrack album.

He is currently writing and producing with his new band 'IMOCD!’ formed in 2018 along with Ali Morizumi on guitar and vocals, Akira Yasue on guitar and vocals, Rikiji Masuda on bass and vocals, Eric Zay on drums and vocals. Releases their first album Under the Moon, Over the Cloud 2020.

CM Works to sample(YouTube)

• 1989 Composed & Produced TV commercial for HINO Ranger Trucks Composed debut single for Teichiku Records new artist 'Christina'
• 1991  Graduates from Berklee College of Music
Single『Daddy's Big Time Dance Band』released by CBS Sony 

• 1992  Japan Cycling Association CM song - Composer/Writer/Producer Toyota "Estima" CM song - Drums & Chorus CSA『Camp』National Tour - Drums 

• 1993  Released self produced Solo Album『SHARE THE LIGHT』from VIVID Sound Roger McGuinn(THE BYRDS)Japan Tour-Drums/Vocals
CHAR & NARUSE(Casiopia)Edoya ‘Hyakkasen’ - Drums
CLIFFORD ARCHER(Atlantic Stars) Live Session - Drums 
CASEY RANKIN Album 『THE REALITY OF DREAMS』Drums & Vocals 

• 1994  Composer for SONY "Wide TV" Campaign theme song 
CASEY RANKIN Live Album Recording at ‘The Troubadour’ in Los Angeles Miyahara Manabu 'Live Session' Tour - Drums
Kabe Masayoshi(PINK CLOUD) Live Recording Session - Drums 
SPAED debut Album『SpAed Vol.1』Released by Nippon Columbia Bass : Yamashita Masayoshi(Loudness)
Guitar : Hirose Satoshi (44 Magnum)
Vocals : Katayama Keiji (Blue) 
Drums: Eric Zay 

• 1995  Composer / Writer 2 songs ‘Leave Me Alone/I Want You’ from Edoya Records Forms 'THE ORANGE VOX' 
Guitar & Vocals: Miyahara Manabu Bass & Vocals : Ali Morizumi Drums & Vocals : Eric Zay
Releases new SPAED album『DESOLATION』from Columbia Records SPAED - Nationwide tour promoting the new album

• 1996 As "THE ORANGE VOX' backs Kondo Masahiko on various TV programs. Releases second SPAED single entitled『LED MOON』which is chosen as the Theme Song for the All Japan Professional Wrestling Association Begins another New Project『PEACE FORCE』
 With Peace Force Collaborates as writer & is the featured vocalist for the TOYOTA CELICA CM Song 『INNER SPACE COWBOY』by Peace Force
 Writes the English Lyrics for animated film soundtrack『DRAGON BALL Z』 Releases Single with 'THE ORANGE VOX' 『BLACK JACK』which becomes the soundtrack theme song for internationally the popular annimator Tezuka Osamu in his Animated Feature Film entitled "Black Jack" Kondo Masahiko Concert at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
 Recording member for very popular Pop Idol Masahiko Kondo Releases single with SPAED『SOUL LOVE』which is used on by TV TOKYO (Channel 12) as the NBA series ending theme song
• 1997  SPAED 3rd Album『PHYSIQUE』Released by Nippon Columbia 
Surprises the music industry by joining the legendary "SHOGUN" on Drums / Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
SHOGUN 『BAD CITY』(Single) Sony Records 
SHOGUN 『STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN』(Second Single) SHOGUN 『NEW ALBUM』 Sony Records 

• 1998  PEACE FORCE 2nd Album entitled『CHALLENGER』Nippon Columbia SHU-DO collaboration (Single) Released - AVEX 
Releases Solo project ‘ERIC ZAY’ 『INERTIA』6 song MAXI ALBUM SONY PIXY lead vocals for a TV CM Song 

• 1999  ENYZ PROJECT Vol.l Released in May Producer/Arranger/Performer
• 2000  ENYZ PROJECT Vol.ll Released in Sept. Producer/Arranger/Performer ‘ACOM’ TV-CM Lead vocal
‘Kirin’ Can Coffee 'Fire' TV CM - TVCM
'Brooke Bond' Tea TV CM - Lead Vocals
• 2001  Honda 'HRV' TV CM music/lyrics and performer/production 'Image' TV CM - Lead Vocals
Produce "Tsukasa" first single Feb. 2001 released by AVEX collaborates on Guitar with Monoral 
Joins ‘HAL FROM APPOLO ’69' on Drums.
Produce ‘Toriyama Masaki’ Warner/East West Japan
‘Aohata Blueberry Jam’ DJ Narration
SAMURAI arrangements and performer
‘Suntory MAGNUM DRY’ CM lead vocals and production
Monoral at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL
Monoral Maxi album IN STEREO collaboration on drums
‘SUBARU IMPREZA’ Lead Vocals and production
Mizuki Arisa new single on drums
‘Mitsubishi TANK’ music/lyrics/and performer/production
‘SONPO JAPAN’ music/lyrics and performer/production
Animation ‘KEI-KAKU’ soundtrack music/lyrics/performer/production SUGIZO and the Spank Your Juice tour on drums
‘JT SKY RALLY 2001’ music/lyrics and performer/production
Tsukasa second Maxi album producer/performer
Parallel Side Of Soundtrack compilation music and lyrics on SOMEONE ‘ITOKI’ CM music/lyrics and performer/production
• 2002  Produces ‘Toriyama Masaki’ Warner/East West Japan Appears on ‘UCC Coffee’ TV CM along with Okui Kaori NTT World Cup TV commercial and campaign music and production
 T.V. Drama 'Hama Mike' Soundtrack music/lyrics and performer/ production AU T.V. CM music/lyrics and performer/production
 Sony Artist 'Michelle' Tour and Recording on drums
 Toyota T.V. CM - lead vocals
 Japan Postal Services campaign song - lead vocals
 Forms DUBASI Guitar and vocals: ERIC ZAY Guitar and vocals: Shimizu Hirotaka Keyboards: Igarashi Shinji
 Bass: Udagawa Hiroshi Sugizo and The Spank Your Juice Tour - Drums
 Spankies (Sugizo) Recording collaboration - Drums and Lyrics
• 2003  ‘Aion’ instore bgm production
Produces Toriyama Masaki Warner/EastWest ‘AU’ TVCM music production/re-run
‘KDDI’ TVCM music/lyric/production 
Nissan ‘X-Trail’ TVCM (Drums) 
‘KDDI CM’ music/lyrics and performer/production ‘Haagen-Daz’ TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production 
Sugizo and The Spank Your Juice Tour - Drums
Aikawa Nanase Recording - Drums
Universal Studios Japan Spider Man Music/lyrics and performer/production
• 2004  Lisa (M-Flo) Recording - Drums
Shiseido 'PN' TVCM Lyrics And Chorus
Toyota 'Harrier' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production Hiro Takami Tour -Drums
Takahashi Katsunori Recording - Drums
Toyota 'Sienta' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production Toshiba 'Beautiful Face' TVCM music
Sharp 'FOMA/Docomo' music/lyrics and performer/production
• 2005  'I-Line' TVCM Music and production
'Can Can' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production Toyota 'Vitz' TVCM Vocals
'Itoki' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Monoral album 'Recording' collaboration on guitars and drums McDonalds TVCM Narration and Drums
Sugizo Fan Club Event - Guitar and Vocals
• 2006  Fake? Album Recording 'Beelzebub' on guitar (Tokuma Japan) Fake? Show Case Tour on guitar
'Attention Please' T.V. Drama Sountrack - Lyrics (Fuji T.V.) 'Suppli - Give It Up' T.V. Drama Sountrack - Lyrics (Fuji T.V.) Kewpie TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production 
Fake? Beelzebub Tour on guitar
Fake? Album Recording 'Marylinn Is A Bubble' on guitar (Tokuma Japan)
• 2007  Fake? 'Marylinn Is A Bubble Tour on guitar Fake? 'Beelzebub Tour' DVD TBS T.V. Drama Soundtrack - Lyrics (Haken No Hin Kaku)
AU - Eddie Cochran/Sid Viscious ' Come On Everybody' TVCM drums and vocals ‘Soft Bank’ TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Softbank 'Fukuoka Campaign’ TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production Aeon 'Cnn Asia' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Fake? 'One' Tour on guitar
Nissin 'Spao' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Men's Biore - TVCM Vocals
• 2008  ‘Kewpie’ TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Morinaga 'Choco Jumbo' TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
JTB Hawaii TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Fanta TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
McDonalds TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Fake? Liquid Pill Tour on guitar
Mitsui Sumitomo Shintaku Bank TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production Nisssn Tiida TVCM - lyrics and vocals
Nicolette TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
Honda Step Wagon 'Puff' (Peter, Paul and Mary) TVCM Production/Performer Mitsubishi -UNI European Campaign TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production
• 2009  ‘AneCan’ TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production Golden Eggs 2009 Tour Guitar And Vocal
‘Vider In Jelly’ TVCM vocal
Ide Ayaka Album Recording on drums 
‘Sun Star Gum Night Care’ - TVCM lyrics ‘Toyota Voxy’ TVCM vocals
• 2010  Rhoto 'OXY' TVCM lyrics
‘AneCan’ TVCM music/lyrics and performer/production NHK TV Sountrack music production
‘Kewpie’ TVCM Vocals
• 2011  Honda 'Spike' TVCM Vocals
Fuji Film 'Meta Barrier' TVCM Vocals
Shogakukan 'Anecan' music/lyrics and performer/production Nippon Broadcasting 'Hello Love' Internet Radio V.J./naviigtor ‘Nikon’ TVCM Vocals
‘Haier 'Aquo' TVCM Vocals
Morinaga 'Choko Monaka Jumbo' Logo
‘Pizza Hut’ TVCM Vocals
• 2012  'Audi TT' TVCM Vocals 'KFC' TVCM Lyrics 
Aeon 'Kids' music/lyrics and performer/production 'JAL' TVCM Lyrics and Vocals
Toyota 'CAROLLA' music, performer and production 'IKEA' TVCM Lyrics
• 2013  NTT 'East Japan' music/lyrics and performer/production
'Docomo' music/lyrics and performer/production
Arai Miyu 'Handle With Care' Edoya Records co-writer/performer/producer 'Goma/Beach Rabbit Story' Coastline Records performer/producer BENI 'COVERS 3' English Lyrics for 7 songs
SAKURA MOMOKO 'Cyclone' Music, Drums and Production Hata Motoharu 'Hata-kyun Bossa' performer/ producer
• 2014  TOYOTA Crown "Kiseki" (GReeen) TVCM Production (Hugh Jackman on Vocals) TOYOTA Crown "Ano Subarashi Ai Wo Mou Ichido" (Kato/Kitayama) TVCM English Lyrics and Production (Hugh Jackman on Vocals)
‘Aohata Blueberry Jam' Lyrics and Music
• 2015  Krissha ‘Covers’ Lyrics (Universal)
‘Xebio’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production
‘Fuki Kouki’ Music and Lyrics/Production ‘Bike-O’ TVCM Vocal
‘ATHOME’ TVCM Vocal
‘Osaka Gas’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production
• 2016  ‘Panasonic’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘ENEOS’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘JTECT’ TVCM Music and Production
‘NTT Communications’ Music and Production ‘Morinaga Choco Monaca Jumbo’ TVCM Sound logo
• 2017  ‘AU - ENTAIRYOUKIN’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘KEWPIE Light’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production
‘Nippon Ham’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production
‘Kikkoman - UchinoGohan’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘Ebara Shouga Yaki No Tare’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production
• 2018  ‘Pita Mask’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘中小企業基盤整備機構’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production 
‘Mastercard’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production IMOCD! Drummer/Vocals/Producer/Songwriter
• 2019 EP ‘Bitter Sweet Traps’ Pure Records ‘JPOWER’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘FABLE’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘Kose’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘ICOS’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘Yakult’ Web CM Music and Lyrics/Production
• 2020  ‘Yomiuri Shinbun’ TVCM Music and Lyrics/Production ‘Honda N WGN’ TVCM Vocals
‘CIENA’ 企業用CM Music and Lyrics/Production
• 2021  ‘VISUAL GATE’ Theme Song Music and Lyrics/Production