Haikara Kaitai Shinsho (ハイカラ解体新書)

Release date: 2005.06.30
Released by FOOL'S MATE

MERRY's indie history, from the music magazine FOOL'S MATE.
Divided into two volumes: Joukan and Gekan .

~Joukan~


Book + CD
¥3,605

B5 size
Hardcover
160 pages (80 color pages)

Includes long personal interviews with the members and 37 pages of Gekkan Merry reprinted from FOOL'S MATE issues from 2002 to 2005. Comes with a CD that includes the previously unreleased song "Sakashima End Roll" .

~Gekan~


Book + DVD
¥4,608

B5 size
Hardcover
144 pages (112 color pages)

Includes long interviews with the members talking about the band's formation in October 2001 up to their major debut in September 2005. Comes with a previously unreleased live DVD of MERRY's performances at Beauti-fool's Fest 03 and Beauti-fool's Fest 04, as well as their first Shibuya Koukaidou performance.

Beauti-fool's Fest 03
2003.12.28 @ Tokyo Bay NK Hall
  1. Roppongi Jazzy kissa / 六本木ジャジー喫茶
  2. Yasashisa Kid / やさしさキッド
  3. Atama ga zakuro / 頭がザクロ
  4. Japanese Modernist / ジャパニーズモダニスト
  5. Tasogare Restaurant / 黄昏レストラン
  6. Aikoku koushinkyoku / 愛国行進曲
  7. Violet harenchi / バイオレットハレンチ
  8. Hi no ataranai basho / 陽の当たらない場所
Beauti-fool's Fest 04
2004.12.26 @ Tokyo Bay NK Hall
  1. Sasurai Rhapsody / 流離ラプソディー
  2. Lost Generation / ロストジェネレーション
  3. T.O.P
  4. Kuroi niji / 黒い虹
  5. Japanese Modernist / ジャパニーズモダニスト
  6. Violet harenchi / バイオレットハレンチ
  7. Aikoku koushinkyoku / 愛国行進曲
Shibuya Koukaidou
2003.08.29 @ Shibuya Koukaidou