UNCHAIN was formed in Kyoto, Japan in 1996 by Tanigawa (vo&gt), Tani (ba), and Yoshida (dr), who were classmates in junior high school. Later, Sato (gt) who was their junior, joined the band. As high school students, they did cover songs of various bands like: The Blue Hearts, LUNA SEA, L'Arc~en~Ciel, They even did covers of all Hi-Standard's songs before they began to compose their original songs. A few years later they moved into Osaka and began playing live gigs there.