Career GISM (aka G.I.S.M.) were a Japanese hardcore punk band (with heavy metal influence) formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1981. The acronym G.I.S.M. stood for many different things. Variations include: God In the Schizoid Mind, Guerilla Incendiary Sabotage Mutineer, General Imperialism Social Murder, & Gnostic Idiosyncrasy Sonic Militant. The band initially composed of: vocalist Sakevi Yokoyama, guitarist Randy Uchida, bassist Kannon, & drummer Hiroshima. Randy Uchida often used heavy metal style guitar solos & riffs, nonetheless, G.I.S.M. were one of the first japanese hardcore bands [LINK: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/comps/outsider.html] [1]. In 1983, G.I.S.M. released their first album entitled Detestation [LINK: http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=35954] [2]. Randy Uchida & Hiroshima also played with Ronny Wakamats & Michel Hammer in a side project R.U.G

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