honeydip is an underground Japanese alternative rock band that first formed in 1996. They are known for their rich, atmospheric sound which generally has a shoegaze-center to it. honeydip changed their name to Sugarcoat in late 2002, but eventually ended up splitting all together in 2004 due to personal reasons with 2 of the members Ichihara Eiji and Masato Hayashi. Their official statement about splitting up can be found here, Some of the members of honeydip/Sugarcoat went on to form The Tron. As of April 2024, honeydip have reformed and are active on social media, posting "honeydip is not dead." playing reunion shows in Osaka in November of the same year, and Tokyo in February 2025.

Links:
honeydip's Instagram[\url]
honeydip's Twitter

Members:
Guitar: 市原英二 (Ichihara Eiji)
Guitar, Vocal: 渋谷潤 (Shibuya Jun)
Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards: 林真人 (Masato Hayashi)
Bass: 梶本隆仁 (Kajimoto Takahito) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.