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{{Short description|Japanese drummer (1958–2008)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = MUNETAKAHIGUCHI1.JPG
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| name = Munetaka Higuchi
| alias = Davy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|12|24}}
| birth_place = [[Nara
| origin = [[Osaka]], Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|11|30|1958|12|24}}
| death_place = Osaka, Japan
| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[Rock music|rock]]
| occupation =
| years_active = 1973–2008
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{{nihongo|'''Munetaka Higuchi'''|樋口 宗孝|Higuchi Munetaka}} (December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]], but first rose to prominence as a member of [[Lazy (band)|Lazy]] in the 1970s.
== Career ==
From a young age, he was considered a talented drummer. During his high school years, Higuchi played in seven bands. But he was not happy with this situation, wanting to focus his time on only one band.
When he and Takasaki shifted their musical interests to [[hard rock]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], they founded [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] in 1981.<ref name="Pecere" /> During his time with Loudness, Higuchi released his first solo album, ''Destruction'', in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url =
In 1997, as "Munetaka Higuchi & Dream Castle", he released the album ''Free World''. The band featured many famous musicians from the jazz and rock/metal spheres, like [[Steve Vai]], [[Stanley Clarke]], [[Billy Sheehan]], [[Ty Tabor]], [[Terry Bozzio]], [[T. M. Stevens]], [[Ronnie James Dio]], [[Richie Kotzen]], [[Paulinho Da Costa]] and others.<ref>{{cite web | url =
He returned to Loudness in 2000, maintaining his high profile in the metal genre.
On April 14, 2008, just two months after Loudness released the album, ''[[Metal Mad]]'', it was announced that he was diagnosed with [[hepatocellular carcinoma]], a type of liver cancer.<ref>{{cite news
== Equipment ==
Higuchi endorsed [[Pearl Drums]], [[Sabian (company)|Sabian]] Cymbals, [[Remo]] drumheads and [[Vic Firth]] drumsticks.
== Discography ==
*''Destruction'' ~破壊凱旋録~
*''Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle
*''[[Cozy Powell Forever]]'' (
*''Super Rock Summit
*''Super Rock Summit
*''Super Rock Summit
*''Munetaka Higuchi Drum Collection'' (
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Deaths from liver cancer in Japan]]
[[Category:Japanese rock drummers]]
[[Category:People from Nara, Nara]]
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