X JAPAN

X JAPAN

エックス・ジャパン

Pronunciation : Eks Japan




Style : Visual Kei
Under style : Symphonic metal, J-rock

Nationality : Japanese

Beginning : 1982
Disband : 1997
Reformation : 2007
At present : in service


Record company : Extasy Records


Line up :

• Yoshiki ( drum, piano, composer and leader )
• Toshi ( voice )
• Heath ( bass ) [ since 1992 ]
• Pata ( guitar ) [ since 1987 ]

2nd guitarist in live for "I.V." :

• Sugizo [ since march 2008 à ? ] [ ex-LUNA SEA ] [ S.K.I.N. ]


Formerly :

• hide [ 1987 - 1997 ] [ ex-Zilch ] [ ex-Spread beaver ] [ ex-Saver Tiger ]
• Taiji [ 1987 - 1992 ] [ ex-LOUDNESS ] [ Dirty Trashroad ]


In 1982, Yoshiki Hayashi and Toshimitsu Deyama are 17 years old. Yoshiki convinces Toshimitsu to stop his studies of medicine to form a rock band : Dynamite.
Later to be named DYNAMITE then NOISE, they use simply X.

The debuts of the band are not easy and Yoshiki does not find the line up which pleases him.
In 1985, Yoshiki created his record company : Extasy Records, financed by his(her) mother.
They make two singles and next year, find finally a bass player and two guitarists :
Taiji, Tomoaki Ishizuka (Pata) and Hideto Matsumoto (hide) and publish two albums successful !

In 1991, the poor health of Yoshiki slowed down the creation of the album and Sony don't renews its contract with the band.
A group already uses the name X, what obliges them to change for : X JAPAN.

Next year, Taiji (bass player) leaves the band, for uncertain reasons…
He is replaced by Heath.

In 1993, Yoshiki finishes the composition of the masterpiece: Art of Life.
On which he worked four years and which lasts approximately 35 minutes !

Regrettably, in 1997, Toshi announces the separation of the group with the pressure of his wife…
They give a last and fabulous concert : The Last Live.

One year later, may 2, 1998, hide dies from a tragic accident…

Other members begin the solo careers…


And… In 2007, X JAPAN is reborn !

They return with a new tack : I.V., writes for the movie SAW IV, and played with Sugizo in live.
Last year, they gave a magnificent tribute to hide : the HIDE MEMORIAL SUMMIT, with many others bands of visual kei.



Official band website
Official Extasy records website

Official band MySpace


YouTube videos :

Endless Rain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beujgb0OBeY

Crucify my Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELIi9TM7tw

Tears : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG9MPxDdj5Q

Forever Love (live) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnD5U8oLlow

Week End : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6EylWJPd0

I.V (live) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6rGnUObUSY

X Japan is an excellent band.
The music composed by Yoshiki is wonderful.
Their music is simply magic.

Just awesome.

Wow I thought I havent been listening to Art of life in months, I just check my last playing was april 18th... 2 weeks... Guess that's too much! Next time I listen to X Japan Retunrs' version

For me, X-Japan is part of life and source of inspiration

X's change my life soooooo muchhhhhh, thats why that band will always by my number one ^^

Shocking! I found out the sad truth. After hide's death, 3 members of X Japan played in the remake of a famous american serie to earn enought money to feed themselves... The Sad Truth:

Spoiler:

I'm just discovering them.
And just one word to say: awesome.

I'm listening "I.V" and I find it so cool. I really love "Crucify my Love" too.
A really good band. \O/ *became fan*

Nemoisya wrote:

omg....they must have been REALLY desperate at that time °__° Furhtermore....Renegade! I think there's no tv show as trash as that series X°°°D (Although the maincharacter clearly suits Toshi appearance!!!)

Yas please tell me you're joking ç__ç

They're so much alike in their style that people start to doubt I might be telling the truth! Hahahaha.

How to not like X-japan ?! Their musics are splendid.
Especially Art of life, which I like particularly.