Play X JAPAN Radio
X JAPAN
4,832,559 plays (106,309 listeners)
Chiba, Tokyo, Japan (1982 – 1997, 2007 – present)
X (later changed to X JAPAN in 1992 to avoid confusion with the American punk band X) is arguably one of the most influential bands in the history of the Japanese music scene. Formed by childhood friends YOSHIKI and Toshi in 1982 at Chiba, Japan, X was originally founded to play high energy rock music. Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, the group is widely credited for pioneering the visual kei movement.
The band consisted of Toshi (vocals), YOSHIKI(drums, piano, composer, lyricist), hide (guitar), Pata (guitar), and Heath (bass), and Taiji (bassist) until 1997 when they disbanded.
Once Yoshiki and Toshi recruited bassist Taiji and guitarists hide and Pata, the band began moving on the indie circuit. They garnished abundant support and fans across Japan with their outrageous dress style.
They used long, dyed hair and leather, along with makeup to make themselves shocking to the people who went to see them. This look, and their musical styling of fast, heaving, hard driving speed metal, mixed with softer and more heartfelt ballads, was the defining origin of today’s visual kei bands.
However, in 1996, after the release of their fifth and final album, DAHLIA, Toshi announced that he was departing from the band, for his own reasons - rumored to do with his wife disliking the band, ie: his time commitment and also with their performance of mostly sad, downbeat songs. Rather than go on without Toshi, the following year X JAPAN announced it was breaking up.
The band consisted of Toshi (vocals), YOSHIKI(drums, piano, composer, lyricist), hide (guitar), Pata (guitar), and Heath (bass), and Taiji (bassist) until 1997 when they disbanded.
Once Yoshiki and Toshi recruited bassist Taiji and guitarists hide and Pata, the band began moving on the indie circuit. They garnished abundant support and fans across Japan with their outrageous dress style.
They used long, dyed hair and leather, along with makeup to make themselves shocking to the people who went to see them. This look, and their musical styling of fast, heaving, hard driving speed metal, mixed with softer and more heartfelt ballads, was the defining origin of today’s visual kei bands.
However, in 1996, after the release of their fifth and final album, DAHLIA, Toshi announced that he was departing from the band, for his own reasons - rumored to do with his wife disliking the band, ie: his time commitment and also with their performance of mostly sad, downbeat songs. Rather than go on without Toshi, the following year X JAPAN announced it was breaking up.
Top Albums
-
Dahlia
X JAPANBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
New
-
BLUE BLOOD
X JAPAN
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $39.99
- eBay Search
-
Jealousy
X JAPAN Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.90
- Buy Album
- Amazon $77.52
- eBay Search
New
-
BALLAD COLLECTION
X JAPAN Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
ENDLESS RAIN
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Kurenai
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
X
full track
|
|||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 |
|
Silent Jealousy
full track
|
|||
| 8 |
|
Say Anything
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
UNFINISHED
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
WEEK END
full track
|
|||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 |
|
ROSE OF PAIN
full track
|
|||
| 15 |
Shoutbox
-
xd_Melchior wrote:
Art of Life is their best song! [5]
-
Ezza_Takarai wrote:
Oh Im incorrect,,, Dahlia!!!!!
-
Ezza_Takarai wrote:
oh no Dahlai still gimme much rest of memories,,, how I love it!!!
-
jkun wrote:
Art of Life is their best song! [4]
-
PannaOna wrote:
I also think Rusty Nail may be bored but it's PERFECT for opening.
-
xSyunikissx wrote:
Art of Life is NOT their best song!
-
Longinglolwut wrote:
Art of Life is their best song! [3]
-
xDesunoto wrote:
I editted the X Japan in Paris promotional picture to make it a possible main picture. The one with Sugizo AND hide. It can be found here: http://www.last.fm/music/X+JAPAN/+images/38254501 I put the red X Japan logo below the band members and a bit of black space on top and bottom so that all the band members should be on the pic when it's resized on one's profile. Well, SHOULD, lol. I tried. I think it came out pretty nice.
-
xDesunoto wrote:
[ don't forget ENDLESS DREAM from 1986 ] yes, it's one of the best. Shame the audio quality from the live recordings suck. It's what keeps me from listening to it more.
-
Stellarsky__ wrote:
Happy B-day YOSHIKI-sama *__________*
-
eatingthepie wrote:
Happy Birthday Yoshiki :D [2]
-
fire_blizzard wrote:
Happy Birthday YOSHIKI ^^
-
NeoJiin wrote:
Happy Birthday Yoshiki :D
-
amoxi wrote:
The Legend. CLASSIC!!!
-
Laurent87 wrote:
Art of Life is their best song! [2]
-
fire_blizzard wrote:
don't forget ENDLESS DREAM from 1986
-
TheBloodRed wrote:
X-Japan is God. End of story...
-
xansavior wrote:
i really2 want to listen to x japan new ballads songs!! come on yoshiki i tired waiting lolz...
-
Emopunkrocks wrote:
It combines beautiful songs with forts and single lengths of guitar.Its Amazing ¡¡¡ XD
-
T0mmyGun545 wrote:
So we'll march day and night by the big cooling tower, They have the plant, but we have the power.
Videos
See more
News
yoshikitty アメリカにて初お披露目!!!
21 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/xjapanofficial
ハローキティ誕生35周年を記念して 10月23日〜11月15日（現地日程）の間、アメリカのロサンゼルスにある 「ROYAL/T」（CAFE'/SHOP/ART SPACE） www.royal-t.org にてイベントが開催されます。そこで、yoshikittyの展示も決定しました。こちらの展示は期間内入場無料にて一般公開されます。また、イベントに先駆け、同会場にて 10月22日19:00〜(現地. …
-
26 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/xjapanofficial -
21 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/xjapanofficial -
1 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/xjapanofficial
Listeners
-
LarinhaJunSu
Listening now
to Amethyst -
Obi325
Listening now
to Forever Love (1997.12.31) -
KibaRyu
Top Listener
-
DarkeTiger
Top Listener
-
Lagger1337
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
shinji08, mjp-official, viiruposki and 6 other people added X JAPAN to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
ANNIEmore tagged X JAPAN with ‘j-rock’. Tuesday evening
-
clow_eriol wrote about X JAPAN in My Japanese CD-collection (last update: 24.11.09). Tuesday evening
-
shunsuke_kawa, zia88, taka_br100 and 1 other person added X JAPAN to their libraries. Tuesday evening
-
x-TheLastSong-x tagged X JAPAN with japanese metal and visual kei. Tuesday afternoon
-
xAJxKiller, pommefrite8, WiLD_FanG and 2 other people added X JAPAN to their libraries. Tuesday afternoon
-
Bariyaadochan tagged X JAPAN with ‘metal’. Tuesday morning
-
wsfjojo, zyaga, CassiTatiChan and 5 other people added X JAPAN to their libraries. Tuesday morning
-
Ahomiya tagged X JAPAN with ‘j-rock’. Monday afternoon
-
Ahomiya, xnatsu69, LiLee-MayonaKa and 8 other people added X JAPAN to their libraries. Monday afternoon
Related Journals
-
Artists to listen to sometime
by NGBahamut |
22 Nov 2009 | 7 comments
-
Milestones
by sochai |
11 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
CDs / DVDs collection (updated 06/11/2009)
by Federica-chan |
6 Nov 2009 | 2 comments
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
- Other spellings
