OLDCODEX

OLDCODEX (オルドコデックス ORUDOKODEKKUSU) is a Japanese rock band that was formed in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The band has released a total of six studio albums, three extended plays and eighteen singles. They have performed the opening themes for the Free! series since the first season, the ending theme of the High☆Speed！－Free! Starting Days－ movie, & the theme song for Free!–the Final Stroke– Zenpen.

The rock band also produces and performs songs for other well-known anime series such as THE BASKETBALL WHICH KUROKO PLAYS., God Eater and SERVAMP.

Members

 * Ta_2 (AKA Tatsuhisa Suzuki, the CV. of Makoto Tachibana )
 * YORKE.

Etymology
The name of the band was created by combining the words “OLD” and “CODEX”, the former meaning "of old age or the past" and the latter meaning “manuscripts, such as the Bible.”

Trivia

 * OLDCODEX's previous guitarist, R•O•N, is also a prolific composer and has composed and/or arranged several character songs featured in the Free! series, including: Ao no Kanata, Break Our Balance, and Over the Dream.