Officially formed as part of the Fandori Project in January 2019 (and named seven months later), Roseburn Avenue is a doujin band inspired by the voice actresses of Roselia, one of the six (as of 2021) live bands from the “BanG Dream” multimedia franchise. While the band is firmly within the hard rock genre, the influences that go into the songwriting and arrangement processes are varied, including but not limited to ambient sounds, idol music, folk rock, and electronicore.
In other words, if someone from the songwriting team likes something, they’ll find a way to integrate it into their music.
As of early 2021, Roseburn Avenue has become its own entity beyond being just a band, with its YouTube Channel becoming host to “Project ASAKAZE”, a side project focusing on rearrangements of popular anime and J-game songs (especially from other Bushiroad franchises), as well as rock and pop songs.
About the band:
The band currently consists of:
Zachary Tan (Australia; based in Japan) - bassist (2020-current), co-leader, co-songwriter (2019-current) (Currently not affiliated with the Fandori Project)
Birthday: November 24th
Influences: (Songwriting) Saltatio Mortis, Electric Callboy, Fraser Edwards, ENGST, Unantastbar, Liella; (bass performance) Ian Hill, CJ Ramone
Favourite Roselia song: “Zeal of Proud”
John Jin (Singapore) - lead guitarist (2020-current), co-leader, co-songwriter, additional keys (2019-current)
Twitter: @Rburn_Ave_John
Birthday: August 1st
Influences (alleged): SKYWINGS, BiSH, The Ventures, The Shadows, Sonata Arctica, Indica
Favourite Roselia song: “Opera of the Wasteland”
“Kiro” (Malaysia) - male vocalist (2020-current)
Twitter: @HirokawaKiro
Birthday: May 14th
Influences: Twenty One Pilots, Honeyworks, Last Note, yanaginagi, Maeda Jun
Favourite Roselia song: “Hidamari Rhodonite”
“Thewhitewhale” (Canada) - Keyboardist (2019-current)
Twitter: @thewhitewhale1
Influences: Chopin, TUYU, OSTER project, Team Grimoire, xi
Favourite Roselia song: “Promise/Yakusoku”
Character art by Valdius (Instagram: valdius.v)
Other personnel:
Tessie Corwin (Croatia) - lyricist (2021-current) (Currently not affiliated with the Fandori Project)
Twitter: @Melphis__Amekia and @terakawahana
Birthday: January 1st
Influences: Silente, Halsey, Daughter, Amarante, the music of “Revue Starlight”, Twenty One Pilots, Owel
Favourite Roselia song: “Promise” (“Yakusoku”)
Legacy members:
Rita (Portugal) - female vocalist (2019-2023)
Twitter: @liarpain
Birthday: July 8th
Favourite Roselia song: “Firebird”
miyuki - female vocalist (2019)
Twitter: @miyusical
KouhaiShy - male vocalist (2019)
Last-known Twitter account: @PeepoMeRuAra
Efthemia - Guitars, drum programming (2019)
Twitter: @Ceka_Efthx
Pakxenon - Bass (2019)
YouTube: @Pakxenon
The band’s name:
Roseburn Avenue was named after a street in a Singaporean neighbourhood where Zach grew up. The actual street simultaneously runs parallel and perpendicular to Dunbar Walk, on which he lived. Zach was inspired to name the band as such while visiting the country on vacation in August 2019.
Contact us
No email contact for the moment, but please feel free to communicate with us on Mastodon!