There is more than one artist with the name Lamp. 1. Lamp (ランプ) are a Japanese band formed in 2000. There are three members: Taiyo Someya (染谷大陽; born 13 November 1979) - guitar, synthesizer, vibraphone Yusuke Nagai (永井祐介; born 22 July 1980) – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard Kaori Sakakibara (榊原香保里; born 17 November 1979) – vocals, flute, accordion Formation Someya started playing guitar in middle school. In the folk club during high school, he became friends with Nagai through their common love of 60’s music. During college, when a friend introduced Sakakibara to Someya, he decided to start Lamp. On 9 April 2003, Lamp released their first album, Soyokaze Apartment Room 201 (そよ風アパートメント201).