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Ueda has released his first album, #1, in February 2009 with the band AA= (standing for "all animals are equal"). AA= also features vocalist Takayoshi Shirakawa (of Back Drop Bomb), guitarist Minoru Kojima (also known as Shin Murohime, previously of The Mad Capsule Markets and die in cries) and drummer Nobuaki Kaneko (of Rize).
In September 2009 AA= released a live DVD of the tour to support #1 called Tour #1. A second album, #2, followed in June 2010tio be followed by a live DVD of the tour to support the album, expected to be called Tour #2.
AA= have recorded a cover of 先天性労働者 (sentensei roudousha) on the tribute Album to Endou Michirou. They also started AA= Aid and are currently releasing a single with proceeds going to support those affected by the Japanese tsunami.
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