重厚大胆で繊細、抒情的でいてコミカル、カッコよくて奇天烈 – Sardine Headの音楽は、あらゆるジャンルを超えた独自の感性によって創造されている。 楽曲の妙、演奏技術の確かさ、硬軟自在のパフォーマンスと脱力系トーク!(Wakana Sugiyama文引用) 2000年バンド結成。東京を中心にライブ活動を開始。齋藤丈二(G)、川田義広(G)、小林武文(D)、湯浅崇(B)で2003年1stアルバム「parallel lines」をリリース。同年、12月Club Asia Pにてイベント「I scream You scream We all scream Ice cream Man!!」主催。出演はsardine headの他、日本のジャムバンドシーンの草分け的存在big frog、meltoneなど。2006年2ndアルバム「Shuffle」リリース。2007年6月1日ユーコトピアにてミネソタ州ミネアポリスを活動拠点とするジャムバンド、God Johnsonの来日公演オープニングアクトを果たす。2010年渡米。小林が行けずも荒川康伸に代役を依頼しアメリカ公演を実現。ミネアポリスCaboozeにてGod Johnson主催のイベント及びロサンゼルスThe Jointなどに出演。 2012年、自主レーベルを離れ、マインズ・レコードより4thアルバム『RECONNECT』をリリースする。2015年、初のライブハウスでのフリー・ライブに向けてototoyからシングル「No Leaf」をハイレゾ音源でリリース。同年フリー・ライブ「SARDINE HEAD for FREE vol.1」を青山月見ル君想フで行う。2016年に同じく月見ル君想フにて「SARDINE HEAD for FREE vol.2」を開催。同年フリー・ライブをDVD化、「live at moon romantic Aoyama」リリース。2019年4月、2年半ぶりに「SARDINE HEAD for FREE vol.3」を開催。 2020年5月からYOUTUBEでworks from homeシリーズを公開中。 Bold, delicate, lyrical, comical, cool and bizarre – Sardine Head's music is created with a unique sensibility that transcends all genres. The strangeness of the music, the certainty of the playing technique, the flexible performance and the weak talk! (Quoted from Wakana Sugiyama) Formed a band in 2000. Started live activities mainly in Tokyo. Released the 1st album "parallel lines" in 2003 with Joji Saito (G), Yoshihiro Kawada (G), Takefumi Kobayashi (D) and Takashi Yuasa (B). In the same year, the event "I scream You scream We all scream Ice cream Man !!" was sponsored at Club Asia P in December. In addition to sardine head, he will appear as a pioneer in the Japanese jam band scene, such as big frog and meltone. 2006 2nd album "Shuffle" released. June 1, 2007 Performed the opening act of God Johnson, a jam band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Yukotopia. Traveled to the United States in 2010. Even though Kobayashi couldn't go, he asked Yasunobu Arakawa to take the place and realized the performance in the United States. Performed at events hosted by God Johnson and The Joint in Los Angeles at Minneapolis Cabooze. In 2012, he left his own label and released his 4th album "RECONNECT" from Mines Records. In 2015, ototoy released the single "No Leaf" with high resolution sound source for the first free live at a live house. In the same year, a free live "SARDINE HEAD for FREE vol.1" will be held at Moon Romantic in Aoyama. In 2016, "SARDINE HEAD for FREE vol.2" was also held at Moon Romantic. In the same year, the free live was made into a DVD and "live at moon romantic Aoyama" was released. In April 2019, "SARDINE HEAD for FREE vol.3" will be held for the first time in two and a half years. The works from home series has been released on YOUTUBE since May 2020.