X Japan
Bass: Heath
Guitar: Pata
Vocals: Toshi
Piano/Drums: Yoshiki
Guitar/Vocal: Hide
Bass: Taiji
Started: 1980
Status: Disbanded
Profile
X Japan was a visual rock band that started their career in the 1980s. Yoshiki and Toshi were the first to start the band. More members were added and the band X was created. Their first singles were I’ll Kill you and Orgasm. Around this time, Pata and Taiji joined the group. In 1988, the album Vanishing Vision was released and became a immediate success. Two albums followed, and X wanted to introduce their stuff in the US but there just was not any market for visual bands at the time. The band also changed their name to X Japan because there was already a band in the US called X. It was around this time that Taiji also left the band and was replaced by Heath. X Japan, although popular, continued to face problems. In 1997, X Japan was disbanded after Toshi decided to leave. Guitarist Hide tragically died in 1998, greatly affecting his fans and former bandmates; the cause of his death has not been confirmed. Yoshiki, being one of the original members left, took time off after the incident. He finally came back into the spotlight in 2002 when he joined the band Globe.Thoughts
X Japan is definitely for hard core rock fans out there. Some of their songs get pretty wild. They also have one song that is like 20 minutes long! X Japan also has some songs that are purely instrumental. I like how they incorporate guitar and piano in some of their songs. The whole story of X Japan is quite depressing. It is not what most fans wish to become of their favorite bands. In this respect and as a dedication to X Japan, I am putting up a sample of their song Tears. This song is a really good ballad song. The lyrics are in English and Japanese, Toshi seems to switch back and forth between the two. The song has some really nice guitar solo and a piano is used to support the melody of the song.akfgfan
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Links
Official SiteX_No Sorrow
Discography
Albums
Vanishing Vision
Blue Blood
Jealousy
Art of Life
Dahlia
Singles
Forever Love
The Last Song
Say Anything
I’ll Kill You
Orgasm
Compilations
Trance X
X Japan Best Fan
The Last Live
X Japan Perfect Best
Star Box
X Japan on Piano
Art of Life Live
X Japan Live in Hokkaido Bootleg
Singles - Atlantic Years
Ballad Collection
Live Live Live Extra
Live Live Live
B.O.X. (Best of X)
Tokyo Dome Live (On the Verge of Destruction)
X Singles
Eternal Melody
Symphonic Silent Jealousy
Symphonic Blue Blood
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