Ever hear of X-Japan???

[lhrocker]

Surfing thru you tube and came up with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_E3BTL1AA

Pretty cool - anyone have any info on them?

[S.O.A.F]

here is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Japan I played their songs when I was highschool student....wonderful memory :p

[AlTheHell]

H A I R

Nice hair... lol... i was surprised on the big crowd!!! WOW!! Didnt knew them!!!

[Newc]

Yeah they were great. My brother sent me Blue Blood when he was stationed in Japan in 1990. Never could find any of their CDs online that were not overpriced ($20+ for a used CD), but I did find their entire catalog on eMule.

Blue Blood is still my favorite.

Unfotunately one of the guitarists, Hide (HE-day), left the band to do a J-Pop thing, then went crazy and killed himself.

[Emperor Nakoo Hiryuu]

Yeah, I fuckin' love X-Japan. I play Kurenai and Blue Blood constantly on the guitar. And every once in a while I'll try to sit down and learn all of Art of Life, but those solos are a bitch.

Unfotunately one of the guitarists, Hide (HE-day), left the band to do a J-Pop thing, then went crazy and killed himself.

The story I remember hearing them claim is that he was in the shower, slipped and the towel got caught on something in such a way that it wrapped around his neck.




I'm banking on autoerotic asphyxiation.

[Inearthed]

Early stuff is bad ass, Vanishing Vision and Blue Blood were great. Some great speedy riffing with Helloween-esque catchy melodies.

I also wanted to add that I absolutely love the drummer's style on those first two albums, the beat selection is perfect and quick fills really give those songs that extra umph.

[Endrik]

I like all their albums, they wrote some great hooks