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Osaka, Japan (1997 – present)
Dir en grey is a Japanese alternative metal band formed in 1997 from the disbanded visual kei band La:Sadie’s, that have maintained a consistent lineup consisting of 京 (Kyo) on vocals, 薫 (Kaoru) and Die on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums.
Dir en grey, in its earliest form, began in Osaka as the band of vocalist 京 and drummer Shinya - 廃人黒薔薇族 (haijin kuro bara zoku “Invalid Black Rose Family”). Members and associates of this band formed La:Sadie’s, which eventually included four of Dir en grey’s five current members. La:Sadie’s disbanded in 1996. All but the bassist, Kisaki, and former lead guitarist, Shio (replaced by Kaoru), came back together to form Dir en grey. They recruited Toshiya, a bassist from Nagano and previously in the band D†L, and officially formed “Dir en grey” in February 1997.
In 1998, the band gained major attention by becoming the first indies band to have a single place in the top ten on Japan’s Oricon music charts. They played a sold-out performance at Osakajo Hall on December 18, 1999. This remains one of the band’s most memorable solo performances to date.
The band encountered setbacks in 2000 when the promotional tour for their upcoming album MACABRE was canceled. 京 was hospitalized from a tympanic membrane perforation in his left ear, which remains partially deaf to this day. His lyrics in their 2001 single ‘ain’t afraid to die’ respond to this brush with his own mortal vulnerability.
Dir en grey, in its earliest form, began in Osaka as the band of vocalist 京 and drummer Shinya - 廃人黒薔薇族 (haijin kuro bara zoku “Invalid Black Rose Family”). Members and associates of this band formed La:Sadie’s, which eventually included four of Dir en grey’s five current members. La:Sadie’s disbanded in 1996. All but the bassist, Kisaki, and former lead guitarist, Shio (replaced by Kaoru), came back together to form Dir en grey. They recruited Toshiya, a bassist from Nagano and previously in the band D†L, and officially formed “Dir en grey” in February 1997.
In 1998, the band gained major attention by becoming the first indies band to have a single place in the top ten on Japan’s Oricon music charts. They played a sold-out performance at Osakajo Hall on December 18, 1999. This remains one of the band’s most memorable solo performances to date.
The band encountered setbacks in 2000 when the promotional tour for their upcoming album MACABRE was canceled. 京 was hospitalized from a tympanic membrane perforation in his left ear, which remains partially deaf to this day. His lyrics in their 2001 single ‘ain’t afraid to die’ respond to this brush with his own mortal vulnerability.
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UROBOROS
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Shoutbox
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deadgrandma wrote:
Visual kei is like a less lame version of emo. But still pretty lame.
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Dir en grey is my favorite.
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DeadPenguin wrote:
I'm 12 and what is this?
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AlexDiru wrote:
XD
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jkun wrote:
lmao you bloody would, wouldn't you? douchebag
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AlexDiru wrote:
I tag UROBOROS as ウロボロス...
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KILLINSTINCT wrote:
All UROBOROS-discs are just "UROBOROS"… :3
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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
No problem. You could set the original album as "Disc 1 of 3" and then the acoustic tracks as "Disc 2 of 3" and so on... rasvahappo, a bit of advice, don't trust iTunes on naming your CDs when you rip them. It usually always makes mistakes.
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MsDiplodocus wrote:
ooh thanks spark, I didn't know you could set the disc number in itunes
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rasvahappo wrote:
My rip said "UROBOROS [Limited Edition] [Disc 2]" but I guess you could just make it "UROBOROS". Also idk why but the disc 2 has "DIR EN GREY" while the disc 1 is "Dir en grey" lol
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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
I just tagged all three discs as "UROBOROS". I don't know about other music players, but on iTunes you can have the same as album set out as disc 1, 2 and 3. I did the same thing with THE MARROW OF A BONE. (By the way, the disc that came in the massive deluxe edition which includes "DOZING GREEN (Before Construction ver.)" would be disc 3, not 2.)
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MsDiplodocus wrote:
question! that bonus CD that came with Uroboros in that huge limited edition pack thing, what is it supposed to be tagged as? It was "ＵＲＯＢＯＲＯＳ Disc 2" when I ripped it but I don't see it anywhere in the albums here. just wondering. does this even matter? lol
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MsDiplodocus wrote:
YokanSaku: you deleted your comment telling off the bot :( Now i look like a fool
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KokoroScreamer wrote:
Happy New Year Fans and Bots! "I don't think it's fair to say that a band betrays their fans, because they shouldn't be making music for their fans, they should be making the music they want to make." -> which is why Deg is kick-ass. I don't really picture Kyo writing for someone who's not himself, thank god for that. "Yeah man wtf fucking they took off their corpsepaint Ulver sux now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -> what are you trying to say?
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Melodi_of_Death wrote:
Kill yourself your 12 and you piss me off
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AlexDiru wrote:
Awww <3
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YokanSaku wrote:
AlexDiru = immature hypocritical
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AlexDiru wrote:
"YokanSaku: that's a bot, lol" Owned X'D
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MsDiplodocus wrote:
YokanSaku: that's a bot, lol
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xkuladiamond wrote:
Yeah man wtf fucking they took off their corpsepaint Ulver sux now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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