Before being invited to join
Happy End in 1969, Suzuki was in a band called with his high school classmates Tatsuo Hayashi and Ray Ohara (
Sadistic Mika Band). Happy End produced three albums,
Happy End (1970),
Kazemachi Roman (1971) and
Happy End (1973), before officially disbanding on New Year's Eve 1972. Suzuki and
Haruomi Hosono then formed with Hayashi,
Masataka Matsutoya and
Hiroshi Sato in 1973. They changed their name to a year later. Suzuki released his first solo album
Band Wagon, which was recorded in Los Angeles with musicians from notable acts such as
Little Feat,
Santana and
Sly and the Family Stone, in 1975. To tour the record, he formed the band with Sato, bassist Akihiro Tanaka and drummer Toshiaki Hayashi. The group played around 10 shows, before disbanding on November 16, 1975. Suzuki, Hosono and Hayashi reformed Tin Pan Alley, dropping the "Alley" from the name, for an album in 2000. On February 17, 2009, Suzuki was arrested by the
Tokyo Wangan Police Station for violating the
Cannabis Control Law. He received a six month
prison sentence suspended for three years on March 17. To celebrate his 40th anniversary as a solo artist, Suzuki teamed up with
Ino Hidefumi for two concerts on April 3 and 4, 2015. They performed twice each day and were backed by Hayashi and
Hama Okamoto. Suzuki supported Matsutoya's wife
Yumi at the
69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen at the end of 2018. When Ohara invited Suzuki and Tatsuo Hayashi to record with
Shiro Sano in 2019, the three decided to reunite their high school band Skye. Adding Matsutoya to the line-up, they released the album
Kindan no Kajitsu with Sano on September 25, 2019. Skye's self-titled first album was released on October 27, 2021.
Album, their second album with Sano, was released on July 5, 2023. Skye's second album,
Collage, was released on July 24, 2024. ==Equipment==