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Pistol Valve was formed in Tokyo, Japan on October 2005 by 10 Japanese girls with an average age of 19 years old.
Although young, the members are all accomplished musicians having met at music school and create a unique sound that blends together Rock, Pop and Hip-hop in a brass-band style.

2005/10: The Pistol Valve was formed and started performing in live houses and on the streets.
2006/01/02: They appeared and live-performed in FUJI-TV's "The Best House 1-2-3".
2006/03/15: They released the 1st. Single "Pull the TRIGGER!".
2006/03/27: They held their first solo live show at SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO (one of most famous concert venue in Japan).
2006/05/23: They again appeared and live-performed in FUJI-TV's "Tuesday Special! The Best House 1-2-3"
2006/07/17: They again held their solo live show at SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO.
2006/07/19: They released their first mini-Album "Pistol-Whip".

Pistol Valve is the most important new girls band in Japan.
Generating a buzz with heir live performances, "Pistol Valve" ranked in at #4 on Yahoo! Japan's search rankings.
Now they are appearing and performing every Wednesday in FUJI-TV's new program called "The Best House 1-2-3".

-Latest Release-
1st. Mini Album "Pistol-Whip" was released on 17th July.
Tracks listing
M1.「Sit At Cow Char Nail (Don't know such a Bullshit)」
M2.「Flap Up Elephant」
M3.「Tube Tune」
M4.「Fo-Fo」
M5.「The Best House～DJLILYA MIX～」
Bonus Movie「Pull The TRIGGER!」 Video Clip (MPEG-1)