Thursday, 17 March 2011

X Japan


X Japan (エックス ジャパン Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama and Yoshiki Hayashi.Originally named X (エックス), the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood. They started out as a power/speed metal band and later gravitated towards aprogressive sound, at all times retaining an emphasis on ballads. Their sound is extremely raw, sometimes countered by the incorporation of classical style piano passages and vocal melodies. They have well-developed percussion parts and often use harmonized guitar riffs and solos.
Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label,the group is widely credited as one of the pioneers of the visual keimovement.They were known in their early years for their excessively large hairstyles resembling fountains, but toned these down in later years. As of 2010, the band has sold over thirty million records and over two million home videos.
After sixteen years, four albums, and selling out the 50,000 seat Tokyo Dome 18 times, X Japan disbanded in 1997. The band did not perform or record any material for another 10 years. However, in 2007, the band re-united and performed live for the first time since their break-up. After performing concerts through-out Asia in 2007 through 2009, the band performed their first North American tour from September 25 through October 10, 2010. They also plan to release their first studio album in more than 14 years in 2011.
Musical style
X Japan's music developed in the wake of American and British glam and heavy metal music[1] and is characterized by driving power metal compositions (e.g. "Kurenai", "Silent Jealousy") and emotional ballads (e.g. "Endless Rain", "Forever Love").Many of the group's songs make use of orchestrated passages, particularly on longer tracks such as the ten and a half minute "Tears", "Crucify My Love", and the twenty-nine minute "Art of Life".
The majority of the band's catalog of music was written by Yoshiki with relatively little composition from the other members. hide contributed several songs, whilePata's only claim is "White Wind from Mr. Martin ~Pata's Nap~". Toshi's contributions are limited to lyrics for a few songs. Taiji contributed music to a couple of songs, most notably "Voiceless Screaming" on the album Jealousy where he plays the acoustic guitar. Heath's only writing credit was the instrumental song "Wriggle" on the 1996 album Dahlia, which he wrote withPata. Only one song is credited as a full band collaboration, "Easy Fight Rambling" on the 1989 album Blue Blood.
Yoshiki's composing style tends to make use of chords in sequences of eights or more with riff-based motifs or call-and-response style phrasing. He has maintained this style for the majority of his career as a composer. Having played classical piano since he was 3 years old, and once aspiring to study in a classical music academy, Yoshiki claims to be as influenced by classical music as he is by rock, a claim which is evident when considering the breadth of music released by the band. While also serving as the main song writer Yoshiki has production credit on much of X Japan's music, a fact that is embellished by the knowledge that all studio releases by the band from 1990 onwards have been recorded and produced in his privately owned recording studio in Los Angeles.
During live performances the band relies, for the most part, on its members (with drummer and pianist Yoshiki switching between instruments) and pre-recorded tracks, e.g. for orchestral strings, spoken word passages, and more recently, some of hide's guitar parts.
Member
Welcome to the Official X-Japan Website








As with numerous other Japanese bands, the members of X Japan are usually credited with their given or stage names.

2010: First North American Tour, New Album Announced

On January 9, 2010 the band made its first public U.S. appearance by shooting four new music videos in Hollywood.The four videos were for "Rusty Nail", "Jade", "Endless Rain" and "I.V."In February, Yoshiki confirmed that X Japan will be performing at Lollapalooza in August. Later that month, Yoshiki announced at a press event that the band would be relocating to Los Angeles, CA with a concert being planned for a "simple" venue in the Los Angeles area to mark the band's first official North American show.It was also announced that a 6th album was in the works and was expected to be released in the fall.
On July 1, the band appeared at Club Nokia in Los Angeles where they performed an acoustic version of "I.V.", and recorded a music video for the new song, "Born to be Free". They also released a new music video for Rusty Nail  On July 4, the two founding members Toshi and Yoshiki, appeared in Paris at the Japan Expo 2010 where they performed some of their hits including "I.V." and "Rose of Pain".
During the following month, X Japan and Yoshiki were featured in numerous newspapers and websites such as ABC News, the L.A. Times, and Chicago Sun-Times.X Japan performed at lollapaloza at Grant Park, Chicago on August 8. In the following days, Yoshiki did a long Q&A article with the Phoenix New Times and was interviewed by ABC News.
On August 14 and 15, 2010, the band performed a two-day show at Nissan Stadium, the largest stadium in Japan. It was reported that over 100,000 fans attended the two shows with some estimates as high as 140,000 in attendance. Ex-bassist Taiji joined them on stage, as a guest, for the song "X".
From September 25 to October 10, X Japan performed their first ever North American tour with dates in Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto and New York City.
Yoshiki announced in an interview that X Japan's new album would be released in 2011. He also announced plans for a world tour in Spring 2011, which is expected to see the band return to North America in March and to visit South America in April, particularly in Brazil and Chile. European dates have also been suggested with the band eager to visit France, Germany and England.
On December 17, Yoshiki announced that a new X Japan song, "Scarlet Love Song", will be used in the full length animated movie adaptation of the Buddha manga.

[edit]2011: Signing with EMI

It was announced on January 27, 2011, that X Japan signed a 3-year agreement with EMI (Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.) in November 2010. The label will handle the American distribution of their single "Jade", which will be released on March 15, and their untitled album, which is set for release in late summer. In promotion of the new album, it was also stated they would be touring extensively around the world throughout 2011.
X Japan performed on March 6, 2011, at "Asia Girls Explosion", a fashion event and music concert that Yoshiki created with Jay FR. It was announced they would perform in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru as well in May 2011.
Due the earthquake that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011, the band decided to postpone the release of their first U.S. single, “Jade”, until further notice. Yoshiki also decided to auction his crystal piano, of which all funds will help provide aid to the victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
X Japan song list
 20th Century Boy Lyrics
 Alive Lyrics
 Art Of Life Lyrics
 Blue Blood Lyrics
 Blue Blood Translation Lyrics
 Break The Darkness Lyrics
 Celebration Translation Lyrics
 Crucify My Love Lyrics
 Dahlia Lyrics
 Dahlia Translation Lyrics
 Dear Loser Lyrics
 Desperate Angel Lyrics
 Drain Lyrics
 Easy Fight Rambling Lyrics
 Endless Rain Lyrics
 Es Dur No Piano-sen (es Dur Piano Solo) Lyrics
 Evolution Lyrics
 Forever Love Lyrics
 Forever Love (acoustic Version) Lyrics
 Give Me The Pleasure Lyrics
 I.v. Lyrics
 I`ll Kill You Lyrics
 Joker Lyrics
 Kurenai Lyrics
 Kurenai (english Version) Lyrics
 Kurenai (in Album Blue Blood) Lyrics
 Kurenai (jananese Ver) Lyrics
 Longing Lyrics
 Love Replica Lyrics
 Miscast Lyrics
 No Connexion Lyrics
 Orgasm Lyrics
 Phantom Of Guilt Lyrics
 Prologue Lyrics
 Prologue (world Anthem) Lyrics
 Rose Of Pain Lyrics
 Rusty Nail Lyrics
 Sadistic Desire Lyrics
 Say Anything Lyrics
 Scars Lyrics
 Silent Jealousy Lyrics
 Stab Me In The Back Lyrics
 Standing Sex Lyrics
 Tears Lyrics
 The Last Song Lyrics
 Time Trip Loving Lyrics
 Unfinished Lyrics
 Vanishing Love Lyrics
 Voiceless Screaming Lyrics
 Week End Lyrics
 White Poem Lyrics
 White Poem I Lyrics
 White Wind From Mr Martin (pata`s Nap) Lyrics
 Without You Lyrics
 Wriggle Lyrics
 X Lyrics
 Xclamation Lyrics

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