Vocals: Loki
Guitar: Sizna
Bass: Shingo
Drums: Atsuto
Started: 2005
Status: Active
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Sugar formed in 2005 consisting of Loki (ex-Vall’na Racill), Sizna, Koto and Atsuo.They officially began activity with a live at Urawa Narciss on February 1st of that year. Their first CD “ridicule/Dry Flower”, which was limited to 500 copies and consisted of two tracks, was distributed at this live.
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Vocals: Hizumi
Guitar: Karyu
Bass: Zero
Drums: Tsukasa
Started: 1999
Status: Active
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D’espairsRay was formed on September 9, 1999. They played their first concert on September 24, but waited until October to release their first single “Kumo”. It was such a successful single, that it was later re-released in 2001. The band continued to release new works and their fan base [...]
Bass: Heath
Guitar: Pata
Vocals: Toshi
Piano/Drums: Yoshiki
Guitar/Vocal: Hide
Bass: Taiji
Started: 1980
Status: Disbanded
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 [...]
Vocals: Jui
Bass: Rame
Guitar: Shun
Drums: Tero
Guitar: Giru
Started: 2002
Status: Active
Vidoll is a visual kei band that consists of five members, with three former members. The five current members would be Rame (Bass), Jui (Vocals), Shun (Guitar), Tero (Drums), and Giru (Guitar). Yukine (Guitar) and HIDE (Guitar) left earlier in 2005 and Ayano (Guitar) left back in 2003.
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Vocals: Hiyame
Guitar: Shii
Bass: Juya
Drums: Ruimio
Started: 2004
Status: Disbanded
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Viole Stolz was formed April 2004 by Hiyame (roadie for Schwardix Marvally), Shii (ex-member of la fille male garder), Shuya, and Rumio. They have done 7 shows. On July 16th, the band performed their first live called Meguro. On July 20, 2004 they did another show called Ikebukuro CYBER. [...]
Aikaryu was formed in 2002 by Amare, Shun, Uri, and Kaworu. They played around for a bit but felt that they needed to add someone else. Enter, Teru, another guitarist. It was in 2003 that they released their first single (after releasing many demos). They began touring in 2004 to increase their popularity, but Takamasa [...]
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Rentrer en Soi is a Japanese Visual Kei rock band formed in 2001. The band’s original line-up consisted of Satsuki, Takumi, Ao and Ryo. They remained a quartet until three years later when Mika joined the band in March as a drummer. The line-up of the band remains the same but Ao left Rentrer en [...]
”Oshare-Kei” is a sub-set of Visual Kei that began to appear in Japan around 2001. Oshare means “stylish” or “fashionable”. (the literal translation is “fashion conscious”) Visual Kei is a music genre that began in the late 1980s and was popular during the Japanese “Band Boom” of 1988 - 1998. It was the vocalist of [...]
Visual Kei refers to a movement among Japanese musicians that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of [...]
Visual Kei refers to a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of [...]
