 Tokyo-based multinational funk band Alien Liberty International (ALI) announced on Friday that they are entering an indefinite hiatus. The news comes after the two arrests and indictment of the band's drummer Kahadio (born Kadio Shirai). The band's management has rescinded its contract with Kahadio, effectively dismissing him from the band. On April 4, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kahadio for participating in a refund scam. He was arrested again on April 23 for another fraud case. The April 23 incident involved him and his friends calling an elderly woman and offering her a refund for medical expenses in exchange for her transferring 2.31 million yen (approx. US$21,000) to a bank account. ALI made its major debut with the single "Wild Side" in 2019, the opening theme for the first season of Beastars. The band also performed the first ending theme of Jujutsu Kaisen, "Lost in Paradise." ALI was booked to perform the opening theme for Subarashiki Kono Sekai The Animation (The World Ends with You The Animation) television anime "TEENAGE CITY RIOT" before Kahadio's first arrest. The anime subsequently replaced its opening theme. The band won "Best Opening Sequence" and "Best Ending Sequence" at this year's Crunchyroll Anime Award. Source: Music Natalie |
DatRandomDudeMay 15, 2021 6:50 PM
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| Damn Beastars and Jujutsu songs, those were pretty damn good imo. Mans really bout that money scheming though, huh. They'll probably continue without him, which is probably for the better. |
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| What money does to a mf. Goodness me, what a waste. I'm just curious to know how this guy pulled that off wtf. |
| Ah, such a waste. Well, that's too bad. |
| Guess he felt like living on the wild side for a bit. |
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| Scamming old people is pretty low, at least get arrested for drugs like a true musician. |
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| Liked their music a lot, gonna miss them / hope they continue making music some day... :/ |
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| That's so low. I'm disappointed. I really liked their music but oh well, hopefully it was only this one person and the band can bounce back. |
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| That's a shame, they're ops/eds were great |
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| Hope it was worth the $21K bro lol. |
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| I guess being in a band doesn't pay well eh |
| Yeah the incident came from left field, hopefully those members besides the drummer form a new band and carry on. |
| Teenage City Riot is really such a banger, the OP really would have been a contender for best of the season if it had gotten the original song |
| Man that really sucks... we were all looking forward to Teenage City Riot too. Xaeveax said: hahaha damnit... you win this oneGuess he felt like living on the wild side for a bit. |
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| I really like 'Better Days', it's amazing. The singer certainly gives some Freddie Mercury vibes. Hope they return soon! |
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| arrested twice in a month lol |
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| The whole band place on indefinite hiatus. That sucks as it was only one member that did the crime. |
| BROOOOOOOOO! why would you get yourself that much fame just to go down in history like that ? get a new drummer ~3~ |
| Well fuck. They are currently one of favourite bands and this happens. Oh well, that mf deserved it. |
| lol did he do this upon a stupid dare or something lmao wtf |
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| What a shame :( It's understandable but it's sad since I liked their work on jjk and beastars |
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| Yeah it's a shame this happened. |
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Etherius_ZS said: PirateHasan said: I really like 'Better Days', it's amazing. The singer certainly gives some Freddie Mercury vibes. Hope they return soon! +1 to this. Better Days is my favortie among their songs. Hopefully, they will return soon. Too bad, they deleted all their videos on youtube. Seriously! I love that song more than Lost in Paradise and Wild Side. Why did they have to delete the channel ._. |
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| couldnt they just replace the drummer |
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| From an international phenomenon to the butt of scams, such a shame. |
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| They were doing great these past few years. It's soo sadd. |
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| It'd be funny if ALI returns from hiatus sooner than HxH. |
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| This makes me so mad, why did the drummer have to go and do that, especially ONE FUCKING DAY BEFORE THE PREMIERE OF TWEWY??? I hope they find a replacement for him soon. |
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_cjessop19_ said: It'd be funny if ALI returns from hiatus sooner than HxH. Aged like fine wine. |
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