Ask the band introduction of X-JAPAN.

Yoshiki (1965165438+1October 20th) Drummer &; Piano [1982- 1997/09/22, 2007/122-]

Toshi (196565438+1October 10-) lead singer [1982- 1997/04/20, 2007/10.

Hide (1964 65438+February13-65438+May 2, 0998) Guitar and Chorus [1987-1997/09/22,2007//kloc]

Pata (1965165438+1October 4th-) Guitar [1987-1997/09/22,2007/10.

Heath (196865438+1October 22nd-) Bath [1992- 1997/09/22, 2007/122-]

ギター and ヴァィォリン

Former member:

Taiji (1966 July12-201July 17) Bath &; Chorus [1985,1986-1992/0107] is called the first bass in Japan.

After leaving the group, the real name was Taiji Sawada (once Ota, Jing Daole), and after adding loudness, related activities such as ~ D.T.R ~ Cloudnine ~ sound style were carried out, and it was reorganized in 2006. 2011July 17 died in a hospital in Saipan, USA.

Terry (テリー) (Yuji (ユジジ)) Guitar [1982- 1985]: Ji Mumin's high school classmate. He died in a traffic accident in 2002.

TOMO(トモ) Guitar [1984- 1985]

Du (ァツシ) (Dexiong (トクォ)) Bass [1985]: Senior of Liangmu Minchong.

EDDIE(エディー) Guitar [1985]: Now it's a ritual massacre.

HALLY(ハリー) Guitar [1985]: Yuan Dimentia, now United.

Jun () Shu () Guitar [1985, 1986]

Zen guitar [1985- 1986]

Hikaru (ヒカル) Bass [1985- 1986]: Now it's Mephistopheles.

Kerry (guitar [1986]

SATORU(サトル) guitar [1986]

Isao (ィサォォ) Guitar [1987]: Quit after the accident, and then PATA, who was temporarily supported, officially joined.

Underground period

After arriving in Tokyo, the two men searched for band members and houses to live in without any access. A year later, they basically figured out the band management method of 1985. In June of the same year, the first single "I will kill you" was published by Dada Records Company. Later, Jimu's mother invested 3 million yen to set up her own brand エクスタシーレコード(EXTASY Records) Co., Ltd., and then independently produced and sold 1986. At this time, X had a group of regular fans, and the band members kept rotating like flowing water, and the widely acclaimed "ォルガスム" was reprinted.

At this time, X starred in the Japanese TV genius たけしのがるテレビ, and participated in the "heavy metal game" in costume, which caused quite a big topic. The program group also planned the program "やしろラィブ", which opened fire on the sidewalk in front of the store. Jimu played drums in the narrow store, HIDE played the guitar, TOSHI shouted "eat ~" to the guests eating in the store, and the members played "ォӤ" at high speed. Shopkeepers who are puzzled by expressions and female guests who eat silently, in less than 1 minute, newly-installed and maintained shops are completely destroyed. By the way, this is the first performance since HIDE joined X. In fact, at every performance, YOSHIKI will carry out various destructive escape behaviors such as fire-breathing in LIVE HOUSE. During the performance, gasoline is poured on the cymbals of drums to light them, and after the performance, they rush to fight in front of fans under the stage, which is forbidden in many livehouses and pubs. At that time, rock people entered the pub and needed the clerk to confirm that Jimu was not in it. Because of this peculiar behavior, X and HIDE led by サーベルタィガー (Saver (Taiger)) and ディメシシ

At that time, in the music industry, especially in the rock school, "being on TV" was regarded as a taboo, and the trend of their hard-core world outlook should be maintained. However, X's performance in LIVE HOUSE and TV programs attracted disdain and ridicule from relevant people in the industry and other bands. This disapproving period is described in X's later masterpiece Red.

However, after the TV turn, the popularity of X spread widely throughout the country. At the same time, at this time, X discussed at the banquet that "in the era when DEMO (music sample tapes) that other bands could not do were mostly not given bonuses, X gave fans free videos to promote VHS (promotional videos). Compared with other bands, X is very active in its own promotion (lack of money often becomes the bane of other bands). Then he appeared on the funny show and said, "No matter how well he did it,

Around this period, the band members gradually settled down. Tai Chi, which once joined and quit, joined again at the end of 1986. PATA supported the recording of SKULL THRASH ZONE Vol. 1 album. Then, after 1987 was dissolved, HIDE, who was determined to return to her hometown as a beautician, was persuaded by YOSHIKI to join X.

In April, 1988, the self-made underground album "Lost Vision" went on the market and sold 10000 copies in a week, which was a jaw-dropping surprise in the Japanese underground music circle at that time. Then, in the summer of 1988, with the newly established CBSソニー (now ソニーーージッッ)

Contract with CBS

In MAJOR, several major record companies are scrambling to sign a contract with X. The Lost Vision may be sold after Major, but YOSHIKI decided that it was "to leave a mark in the underground age" and insisted on the independent brand ェクスタシー. As a result, CBS and X, which had the worst conditions at that time, signed the contract successfully. X. This arrogant intervention attitude made players more disgusted with mainstream companies, and YOSHIKI played a cool role in the negotiation.

In fact, Sony, which signed a contract with X, also showed X their positive and sincere attitude. At that time, Tsuda (that is, the Newcomer Excavation Department).

Cancel the contract with Sony and March into the world.

There is a lot of talk about canceling the contract with Sony. One theory is that in March of 1992, X refused to renew the contract with Sony Entertainment on the grounds that "Jimu could not accept such a contract". During the recording of the album Jealousy released by 199 1, the recording time was greatly increased due to Jimu's cervical vertebra injury, and the recording cost was also staggering. There are great differences between bands and companies on the issue of funds for going global. Considering the popularity of X, the patience of Sony Music has reached its limit. To put it another way, stakeholders said that Sony unilaterally wanted to continue to sign a contract with X, but X refused to sign a new contract because Sony had intervened in the internal problems of players. The truth about this incident is still hidden. Since the expiration of the contract, X has not had a recording company or a brokerage company for some time.

When the contract with Sony expires and the new brand contract is signed, the audition of the new bass player is also going on at the same time. 1992 In the summer, we finally signed a contract with Warner to enter the world. On August 24th, a press conference was held at Rockefeller Center in new york. Overseas works are released in Japan by Atlantic Records and MMG (now Warner Music in Japan). At the same time, the bassist Heath who published Yuan マジェスティックィザベル also joined the orchestra. When entering the world, in order to distinguish it from the American band of the same name, it was renamed X JAPAN (formerly X came from Japan).

Long-term activities outside the recording band

At the beginning of signing with Warner, I began to record the art of life that should be included in jealousy. Since 1990 summer DEMO TYPE, the tonic part of TOSHI has become difficult to record. 1993 the art of living was finally released in August.

Parallel to the band activities, solo activities of all members were published one after another, which gradually conflicted with X's own plans. YOSHIKI, who is in charge of X recording plan management, has attracted the distrust of other members. But the recording of X's album is still in slow progress.

Originally as a follow-up to Jealousy, I hope to release the album Going to the World as soon as possible. However, there are also problems within the band, such as TOSHI's English pronunciation problem (YOSHIKI was dissatisfied with the recording of the tonic for a long time, and corrected his pronunciation with a computer) and so on. YOSHIKI can't sell the album DAHLIA on a global scale (DAHLIA was originally planned to be made into a full English CD).

Because of the long-term recording, the relationship between the band and Warner has gradually deteriorated. Within four years after signing the contract, the recording cost of the album was greatly exceeded, and the band had to continue to release singles in order to balance the recording cost. In addition, because of YOSHIKI's old illness, cervical disc herniation, it is impossible to record a lot of high-speed music as in the X era.

When the album can't be released, a domestic movie GIG will be held in Japan, X Japanese brand condoms will be sold, UFO dolls and Sega games will be used, and a world cultural heritage performance will be held in Todo Temple in Nara. At the end of the year, the Tokyo Dome performance was a routine, and X Japan played in the Japanese Red and White Song Wars for many years. X Japan has various out-of-band activities.

Dahlia Tour Dahlia album released and dissolved.

1995165438+1October, Dahlia's national tour 1995- 1996 was held while Dahlia's album was still not recorded. Considering the health condition of YOSHIKI, the basic plan is to perform in one venue for two days every 1-2 weeks. Nevertheless, the two-day performance in Sendai was suspended from 1995 to 65438+ February. 1 March 1996 13 In Nagoya1,the disc herniation of YOSHIKI recurred again. After that, the tour schedule was completely suspended. In fact, tourism is equivalent to abortion. In fact (except for the postponement of Fukuoka Dome), seven performances of 18 were temporarily suspended, especially the scheduled performance of Fukuoka Dome had to be suspended from the postponement to the end.

After a long time of recording, the Dahlia album1996165438+10 was finally published on October 4th, but after a lapse of five years, six of the songs in the album10 had been sold as singles before (SCARS were sold after the album was released), which became the actually selected album. At this moment, TOSHI made the remark that "X is suffocating".

1April, 997, TOSHI quit the team on the grounds of different musical orientations. Unable to find a successor tonic, he decided to "resurrect X Japan in 2000 and dissolve it for this reason". On September 22nd, a notice of dissolution was issued in the banner advertisement of Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun. On the same day, a press conference was held to announce the dissolution of X Japan. Later, as a kind of "responsibility" for fans, the last concert was held, and then HIDE persuaded YOSHIKI to invite TOSHI to participate in the "Last Last LIVE Last Night" held in Tokyo Dome on February 3 1997+0 1. After the performance, it was the last time to attend the red and white song party.

HIDE's death and Japan after X's dissolution

It was not until the "reunion in 2000" that members began to act alone. Among them, HIDE enthusiastically launched its own solo activities in the name of hide with Spread Beaver. However,1May 2, 998, HIDE died suddenly, which made the agreement of X Japan re-bubble (this was RO-25 of YOSHIKI in 2005 and Oricon of June 2002). 1speeches in various interviews such as June 1999) Because of the death of HIDE, bands like X JAPAN became legends early. After that, he published several live concert DVDs, such as The Art of Living and The Last Live, and selected selected albums through online voting, and held GIG movies in major cities in Japan and Seoul, South Korea. At the same time, as a fellow villager of HIDE, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi publicly published "I am a fan of X Japan" about the positive construction of hideMUSEUM.

However, in the media reports, on the one hand, TOSHI's brainwashing storm, on the other hand, YOSHIKI's frequent contact with activities other than music, which makes fans more or less uneasy. In particular, the disappearance of YOSHIKI in the Japanese music industry and the promotion of VIOLET UK in the United States are the main activities, but over the past decade, hundreds of millions of funds have been invested, and there are still few official audio sources. This is the result of the great mental stimulation caused by the death of HIDE, which he trusted deeply both in public and in private.

The turning point after HIDE's death was that YOSHIKI wrote and played the song "Anniversary" for the 10 anniversary of the emperor's accession to the throne. Then in 2002, as a guest of the first program "わたしはぁきらめなぃぃ" of NHK TV in Japan, YOSHIKI talked about some topics about dissolution. Regarding the direct cause of the dissolution of TOSHI, he said that "TOSHI's voice is generally used as a prop". About this program, TOSHI said at the time, "I didn't watch TV, so I don't know."

Not only in Japan, but also in East Asia and Southeast Asia, X Japan has a high reputation. South Korea used tears as an interlude in the film "Servant, Daughter, しますす Shao Jie", which was the first time that South Korea used japanese pop in a film after the Japanese culture was lifted. In addition, X's music in Europe has also been imitated by other bands, especially X's fans in Japan, many of whom are the younger generation who only know and like it after dissolution.

Reorganized in 2007

In 2007, it became a topic to form a band again. TOSHI clearly stated on his personal homepage on February 10 of the same year that "I talked with YOSHIKI and then formed a topic". On their friend Tetsuya Koike's myspace homepage, they also talked about English reorganization. In March 2007, an interview with TOSHI in Women Weekly magazine said that "it was scheduled to talk to YOSHIKI in Los Angeles recently", but in March 2007, YOSHIKI, then captain of X Japan, said in English on his mayspace that "there is no such thing" and denied the reunion. Then, relevant comments on TOSHI's personal homepage, such as re-formed messages, were deleted. Later, in an exclusive interview with Sports News, Jimu said, "My will is very firm. As a band equivalent to the life of fans, while listening carefully to opinions from all sides, it is preparing for the resurrection. " In this way, the possibility of re-formation suddenly becomes very strong.

During Sony's contract period (that is, X era) on February 14, 2007, Blue Blood and Jealousy were sold in limited quantities respectively. On March 2 1 2007, TOSHI said in his personal official website that he found YOSHIKI in LA and cooperated with him in the recording studio nearly 10 years later. This song was included in Jimu's personal classical album "Eternal Melody" in 2005, in which Jimu mourned "Hiding Without You". At this time, it has been 10 years since the dissolution of X Japan, 25 years since its establishment, and 8 years since Dadebu/kloc-0.

Then, on June 65438+1October 65438+1October 8, 2007, X official website officially announced the reopening of the band activities with an urgent notice. According to the news, X Japan's new song "I.V. Publicity Video" will be released in "ァクシティぉぉィぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉ" At this time, the sound source of this song has not yet been decided, and the release details will not be officially released until three months later. As a music that debuted in the world, TOSHI also received special guidance from YOSHIKI on the pronunciation of English lyrics when recording Dahlia. The resurrected X gathered 1 10,000 people on the 22nd stage, and dispatched ambulances to prevent accidents. Finally, the photography was successfully completed. Among the four people in front of the camera, Yoshiki is holding HIDE's doll, so that after 10 years, X Japan is still a five-person band in front of fans. This photo strongly expresses "going to the world with the share of HIDE", not only the human figure of HIDE, but also the usual position of HIDE on the stage is empty. On the same day, めざましテレビビ published exclusive interviews with various media magazines, conveying to fans that X JAPAN will perform in Tokyo in the spring of 2008 after the photography. YOSHIKI said that not only the spring concert, but also X Japan will continue to carry out various activities including making new albums.

Then he said in a TV interview that "YOSHIKI will put an end to the gorgeous posture of X's re-formation, which will not be a long-term activity". Then TOSHI said in his personal concert after the resurrection, "I want to make my own healing music while doing X Japan".

On the other hand, Taiji Sawada did not make any announcement on this related event.

In 2008, it officially entered the world.

Shortly after the re-publication, X's activities began with a thorough transformation of the past live images. The first release was X's first performance in the name of X JAPAN, and the first New Year's concert of the Japanese in Tokyo Dome was the full DVD of "Japan Zhi ントダンンントトントト𞟘ンン𞟘𞟘𞟘ト12 On February 5th, 2007, 65438, Keisuke Kuwata, "FNS Ballad Festival" released a CM advertisement titled "About the Return of X Day". The DVD-BOX originally composed of 65438+February 30th and 3 1 is scheduled to be released in 65438+1October. Later, due to production problems, it was postponed to February 29, and the special edition was included in the box. YOSHIKI said that in the future, the past images will be digitized, and the complete versions of Dahlia Tour Finals and The Last Scene will also be scheduled for sale in the future.

On June 20th, 2008, YOSHIKI held a public press conference in Shibuya, which fans can attend. At the press conference, it was announced that a 2-2-day revival concert would be held in Tokyo Dome on March 28th and 29th of the same year. Booking began on the day of the conference, and all 654.38+million tickets were sold on the 23rd, which was completely higher than expected. Tokyo Dome decided to open temporary seats, in addition, it also performed extra performances in summer, and announced the news that X premiered overseas, including Europe, America and Asia. The name of the revival site is "X Japan attacked and opened up in 2008 I.V. Disintegration". This is almost the same name as 19921Tokyo Dome 3DAYS performance held from October 5 to 7. 28th is the night of destruction, and 30th is the night of creation. Emphasize that this is five people x Japan, and HIDE will also perform on stage. After the press conference, I.V. was released on iTunes Store in 23 countries around the world at the same time, which is the performance of X Japan going to the world in the form of sound source. In the afternoon, the team members had a small live talk with 160 people in X Japan, which showed that Yimu and Junxi had reconciled.

At the same time, in an exclusive interview with YOSHIKI in various magazine media and MySpace, I published the idea of future positioning of VIOLET UK and X JAPAN. In addition to the Japanese version of I.V. and Without You, new songs will be recorded, and it is said that "compared with the original idea, there may be long-term activities".

The next day, under the strong reaction of the resurrection concert, it was judged that the Tokyo Dome seat could not be expanded. Yimu decided to add a performance on the 29 th, and the performance on the 29 th was named after the night without thinking. This is the third time since 1992 that X Japan has arranged a performance in Tokyo Dome. At the same time, the platinum seat planned for the leukemia fund was finally cancelled because of the high price.

On the day of the resurrection performance, the Tokyo Dome, as the venue, gathered a lot of fans, and the Long Snake team lined up in the surrounding sales points. The first day of the night of destruction did not start within the scheduled opening time. It is expected to start at 18: 30, and the performance will start under the last song in 2 hours and 20 minutes. However, in this way, the order of the tracks has to be greatly changed. After Jimu fell to the ground in The Art of Living, the performance was forcibly terminated by Tokyo Dome, which caused the special situation that the performance time was shorter than the waiting time. The next day, at the press conference before the start of "Nothing at Night", Jimu said that the reason for being late on the first day was that "the 3D video setting machine for making an appointment with HIDE was constantly adjusted, because I wanted fans to see HIDE anyway". The following stupid night and creative night started on time. In addition, at the resurrection concert, SUGIZO, the eldest relative of Jimu and HIDE, and the band played songs such as Silent Envy and I.V. ..

On May 4th, 2008, the HIDE Memorial Summit was held in Tokyo for two days. X Japan performed without you and ピンクスパ.

Just after HIDE's commemorative performance, the world tour was originally scheduled to be held in Paris on July 5, 2008, in Taiwan Province Province on August 2, and in new york on September 13. However, due to the deterioration of Jimu's old disease, cervical disc herniation and tenosynovitis, the performance was postponed in June of the same year. Then, YOSHIKI's illness has resumed the performance scheduled for1October 22nd in Paris, 165438.

On February 3rd, 65438+Kloc-0/day, X Japan held the premiere of GIG, the countdown to X Japan, in BLITZ, Akasaka. This performance was broadcast by CS Fuji TV and DMM respectively, and was broadcast live at the National 13 Dong Bang Theater. As the tickets for the performance of "Blitzkrieg" were pushed to the limit, after the performance, the dome performance plan for 300,000 people in Tokyo and other areas on February 6, 2009 was announced.

In 2009, this six-member band held its first overseas performance.

After the New Year's performance, the 2009 world tour officially began. On June 65438+1October1June 17, X Japan's first overseas performance was held in Hong Kong, with the theme of X Japan World Tour Concert Hong Kong Station, 20,000 people were mobilized in Asia International Club within two days. At the beginning of the Hong Kong premiere, only one day was arranged as "Hong Kong Broken Night" on 17, but after the tickets were sold on February 18 18, all the tickets were sold on the same day. According to this great response, it was decided to add a performance called "Broken Night" to 16.

After the Hong Kong premiere, there was a contract dispute related to Heath, which delayed the performances scheduled to be held in Taiwan Province Province and Seoul in February and March, and X Japan fell into the worst situation of the bass player quitting the group for the second time. In the whirlpool of this dispute, tickets for the Tokyo Dome World Tour Concert named "X Japan World Tour Live in Tokyo Attack of Tokyo" were sold on May 2nd and 3rd, and YOSHIKI issued a "declaration of forced breakthrough".

Just when everyone thought that Heath's withdrawal from the group might be inevitable, on May 1 day, the day before the public performance, Heath directly announced that he would not leave the group, and apologized to the fans for their concerns on the formula website. At the same time, SUGIZO, who has been supporting musicians and bands since the revival of public performances, officially joined X JAPAN and became the "sixth person in the band". On May 2nd and 3rd, on the anniversary of HIDE's death, he successfully performed Invincible Night and 18 Return Night with X Japan Six. Besides I.V. and Without You, Jade, the third new song, was also performed for the first time, and new elements were added to the performance of Sugizo's violin and Jimu's piano. The concert was also broadcast simultaneously by DMM. The release of selected albums, including new songs, has been talked about by YOSHIKI many times since X JAPAN was reorganized. Although the official website has released relevant news, it is still unknown when it will be released.

On May 30th, the X-Japan Taipei Concert welcomed 20,000 fans. The first climax after the opening ceremony was the piano and violin ensemble "Silent Jealousy" by Yoshiki Hayashi and Sugihara Yasuhiro. Since then, the guitar handkerchief tower has even given a large solo performance. Then there is the interpretation of another famous X-Japan song "Tears". After Red, the dragon dance performance and fashion catwalk brought by the production team kicked off the second performance, followed by Yoshiki Hayashi's drum solo. X-Japan finally presents the most popular EndlessRain.

Yoshiki Hayashi held fan meetings in Beijing and Shanghai on June 65438+3,2003 and June 65438+4,2004.

At the meeting, Yoshiki Hayashi pointed out that when X was resurrected, he didn't think too much, just wanted to hold three performances, but the fans were too enthusiastic, so until now. If fans will continue to support X Japan in the future, then keep going.