THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) is formed by 29 year old social activist Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ).
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. Atsushi Kaneko (金子あつし) / B. Shintaro Sugiyama (杉山晋太郎) / D. Jun Inui (乾純)
Gt. 金子あつし leaves, and タム joins.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. TAM (タム) / B. Shintaro Sugiyama (杉山晋太郎) / D. Jun Inui (乾純)
THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) become a major act and sign to CLIMAX RECORDS (クライマックスレコード), a sublabel of TOKUMA.
Dr. 乾純 leaves, and 小田ヒトシ joins.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. TAM (タム) / B. Shintaro Sugiyama (杉山晋太郎) / D. Hitoshi Oda (小田ヒトシ)
Dr. 小田ヒトシ leaves, and 中田圭吾 joins.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. TAM (タム) / B. Shintaro Sugiyama (杉山晋太郎) / D. Keigo Nakata (中田圭吾)
Gt. タム and Dr. 中田圭吾leave, and Gt. 藤岡良次雄 and Dr. 中村達也 join.
Everyone besides Vo. 遠藤ミチロウ leave, and THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) then go on a hiatus.
A new lineup joins, with Dr. 乾純 rejoining, and THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) then resume activities.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. JUNE-BLEED / B. Teruya Ogata (尾形テルヤ) / D. Jun Inui (乾純)
THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) leave CLIMAX RECORDS and sign to the indies label BQ RECORDS.
Gt. JUNE-BLEED and Ba. 尾形テルヤ both leave, and Gt. 小野昌之 and Ba. 肥後宏 join.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. Masayuki Ono (小野昌之) / B. Hiroshi Higo (肥後宏) / D. Jun Inui (乾純)
THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) goes on a hiatus.
THE STALIN (ザ・スターリン) returns with another new lineup (with only Vo. 遠藤ミチロウ returning), and the group changes their name to VIDEO-STALIN. Vo. 遠藤ミチロウ also changes his name simply to MICHIRO.
Gt. SAKAMITSU leaves, and KUBOTA joins.
VIDEO-STALIN changes its name a third time to simply STALIN (スターリン), which comes with another lineup change. Vo. MICHIRO changes his name back to his full name: 遠藤ミチロウ.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. Naruhiko Yamamori (山盛愛彦) / B. Yusuke Nishimura (西村雄介) / D&K. Shigeo Mihara (三原重夫)
STALIN (スターリン) leave BQ RECORDS and sign to Alfa Records (アルファレコード), becoming a major act for the first time in 4 years.
Gt. 山盛愛彦 and Ba. 西村雄介 leave, and Gt. 斉藤律 joins.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. Ritsu Saito (斉藤律) / D&K. Shigeo Mihara (三原重夫)
Ba. 安達親夫 joins.
V. Michiro Endo (遠藤ミチロウ) / G. Ritsu Saito (斉藤律) / B. 安達親夫 / D&K. Shigeo Mihara (三原重夫)
STALIN (スターリン) officially disbands
STALIN (スターリン) was a non-vkei band. They were active from 1980 to 1992 and are now disbanded.