The Stalin

The Stalin
The Stalin: Tam, Jun, Michiro, Shintaro
Background information
Also known as	Video Stalin, Stalin
Origin	Fukushima, Japan
Genres	Punk rock hardcore punk
Years active	1980–1985, 1987–1988, 1989–1993
Labels	Political, Tokuma Japan, BQ, Alfa
Past members	Michiro Endo (deceased) Atsushi Kaneko Shintaro Sugiyama Jun Inui Kazuo Tamura Hitoshi Oda Makoto Tsugio Keigo Nakata Tatsuya Nakamura June-Bleed Masahiro Kitada Teruya Ogata Masayuki Ono Kubota May Shoko Aihiko Yamamori Yusuke Nishimura Ritsu Saito Chikao Adachi Shigeo Mihara

The Stalin (ザ・スターリン, stylized as THE STALIN) were a Japanese punk rock band formed in June 1980, by leader and vocalist Michiro Endo.^[1] After numerous member changes, he disbanded the group in February 1985.^[1] In May 1987 Michiro formed a group called Video Stalin, which mostly made videos instead of albums; they disbanded in 1988.^[1] In 1989 Michiro created a new band named Stalin and continued to make music with them until 1993.^[1]