X Japan : Yoshiki composes Golden Globe Awards theme song

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Over a thousand fans flock to see Japanese rock star YOSHIKI

June 16, 2009 by J!-ENT



Over a thousand fans of popular rock musician, X Japan member and producer YOSHIKI visited the Shibuya store of TSUTAYA to promote his book. YOSHIKI was originally planning to promote his book at Kinokuniya in Shinjuku but the security was not prepared for the large number of fans that were gathering for the music star.

During his promotion of his book, YOSHIKI said that he wants his book to receive an English translation and also a Chinese translation.  Also, commenting of performing in Shanghai (at next year抯 Shanghai International Expo) and Beijing.

Source: www.japantoday.com

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X-JAPAN the videogame?

July 16, 2009 by J!-ENT



X-Japan the videogame? Not quite. But YOSHIKI and the members of X-Japan will be appearing in the online video game as characters for “Character Wars” by SFO, Inc.  His character will be activated on July 18th at 6:00 p.m.  The other members will be available in August.

Source: www.nt2099.com/J-ENT

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X Japan drummer and leader Yoshiki is to undergo emergency surgery, he announced yesterday. He said on his official fan site that he will go under the knife at a hospital in Los Angeles today to treat a herniated disk of the cervical veterbra, a condition that has plagued him for some time. Doctors say that after the operation he will need several weeks of complete rest followed by at least a month of rehabilitation. If his condition hasn't cleared up after several months, he will need further surgery. X Japan are scheduled to perform in France on October 10.

Source: www.japan-zone.com

HangPC2

Koleksi Kaset X Japan dalam simpanan aku masih elok lagi tak berkulat...

sLapshock

wow. anyway, thanks whitedove for all the info and making this thread alive. anyway just to tell ya, my band performed xjapan last june at singapore youthpark, we played blue blood, sadistic desire, IV, and X. good, but the one in 2007 is better.

anyway can check out my band covering xjapan songs, we are from singapore but im living in JB.

my band name "slapshocked"

thanks!

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YOSHIKI, recovering from back surgery, reveals fans will benefit in his will

Tuesday 25th August, 03:29 AM JST



MIE —

Drummer, pianist and founder of popular rock group X Japan, YOSHIKI, 43, flew in by helicopter to watch his “Team Yoshiki & Dome Project” car in the Super GT Series race at Suzuka Circuit on Sunday.

YOSHIKI was wearing a neck brace and had his left arm in plaster, following surgery in late July in the U.S. on a slipped disc in his spine. He revealed that he would have to get the disc replaced within the next three years, and that if nerve damage in his arm did not heal in the next two years, then it would be permanent. He said doctors cautioned him on his drumming practice which will resume next month, telling him not to raise his arms too high, not to twist his body left and right, and not to use anything heavier than one kilogram.

Still, YOSHIKI was upbeat, saying the difficulties he faces now are nothing compared to when the band split up in 1997 or when guitarist HIDE was found hanged in his apartment the following year.

He spoke of his involvement with live video website Ustream.tv, and said he hopes to put out a best-of album before the end of the year, which will include some new songs he is working on now.

After watching his team car come in fourth, YOSHIKI then went to Ise Shrine, also in Mie Prefecture, and prayed for a recovery in his health. YOSHIKI also revealed that he has prepared his will given the risks involved with his spinal injuries, and that nearly one quarter of his assets will be used for the benefit of his long-term fans.

Source: www.japantoday.com

Kittie

X Japan to film music videos in Hollywood

Anime News Network reports that rock band X Japan will be making an appearance in Los Angeles on January 9. The band will not be performing a live concert, but instead will be filming four music videos.

The JRock Nation website states the band will be filming on the streets of Hollywood, and they are accepting sign-ups for fans interested in participating. According to Navigate Hollywood, the filming will close down a section of Hollywood Boulevard between 10:00pm on January 9 and 7:00am on January 10.


Source: Tokyograph

Kittie

Hollywood Blvd. map:

X JAPAN Filming
Type of impact: Full street closures
Date/time of impact: Saturday, January 9, 2010 10:00 p.m. - Sunday, January 10, 2010 7:00 a.m.

All lanes of Hollywood Blvd., between Highland Ave. and Orange Dr., will be closed.

Source: Hollywood Blvd. notice

Kittie

X Japan Finally Realize American Dream

Rock group X Japan have been shaking things up recently in downtown Los Angeles. The band were in Hollywood for a weeklong promotion video shoot, at a cost of over $5 million, for their upcoming launch into the U.S. market. The first ever performance on top of the Kodak Theater was announced in late December with an open invitation to American fans to attend, though they were asked to register in advance at the J-Rock Nation website.

The band performed several songs for the weekend shoot, including "Endless Rain," "Rusty Nail," last year's comeback single "I.V." and their latest release, "Jade." The performance included lasers, flame towers and fireworks, all shot from multiple cameras and helicopters. Some 8,000 fans and passersby took in the show, which ran from late afternoon. After dark, pairs of glowsticks were given out, allowing fans to cross them in the familiar "We are X" style. Drummer and band leader Yoshiki was performing publicly for the first time since neck surgery and wore a brace throughout. Guitars once played by the late Hide were placed on stage, while his role in the band has been taken by Luna Sea guitarist Sugizo.

York in 1992 but a concert tour failed to materialize before they split in 1997. After last year's reunion shows in Tokyo, they planned to perform at Madison Square Garden. But Yoshiki's health problems forced them to put that plan on ice, too. Yesterday he said, "What Toshi and I did at junior high school festivals and local culture centers, we're now doing in the heart of Hollywood. If you hold onto a dream, it will come true."

The band will continue filming for their promo videos until next month. The project is being produced by Yoshiki and directors include Dean Karr, who has worked with such artists as Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne and Velvet Revolver. Analbum is in the works and the band are said to be in negotiations to appear at the Lollapalooza rock festival in Chicago in August.


Source: Japan Zone

amyhisashi

yoshiki dah ok ke skrg?
last tgk die kat youtube masa die buat special appearance utk special X-japan event.
x ingat kat mane..mcm ala-ala fan meeting. diorang play balik sume x-japan punye live..
die dtg by heli dgn neck brace..toshi pun ade sekali..
yg klakar tue, yoshiki leh kate fans diorang crazy dtg tgk live tapi artist xde...padahal die pun same bengong..baru lepas operate, leh terbang sane sini...
hahaha

amyhisashi

yoshiki dah ok ke skrg?
last tgk die kat youtube masa die buat special appearance utk special X-japan event.
x ingat kat mane..mcm ala-ala fan meeting. diorang play balik sume x-japan punye live..
die dtg by heli dgn neck brace..toshi pun ade sekali..
yg klakar tue, yoshiki leh kate fans diorang crazy dtg tgk live tapi artist xde...padahal die pun same bengong..baru lepas operate, leh terbang sane sini...
hahaha

Kittie

yoshiki dah ok ke skrg?
last tgk die kat youtube masa die buat special appearance utk special X-japan event.
x ingat kat mane..mcm ala-ala fan meeting. diorang play balik sume x-japan punye live..
...
amyhisashi Post at 13-1-2010 08:38

dh ok dh... tuh yg derang shooting PVs kt hollywood...

whitedove

uish macam bestnya open concert!

whitedove

Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Peek of X Japan's Video Shoot for "Jade"
Sat., Jan. 9 2010 @ 10:29AM

This week, X Japan took over chunks of downtown and Hollywood to film four music videos, a process that will culminate Saturday evening when thousands of fans will join the Japanese metal band for a shoot at Hollywood & Highland. To say this is a big deal would be an understatement. Since debuting in the 1980s, X Japan have sold millions of albums. They don't play shows for under 10,000 people --20,000 to 50,000 is closer to normal-- except for the time that they played a 1,000-capacity gig in Tokyo that was broadcast in theaters across the country. X Japan are often considered to be the originators of visual kei, the style of Japanese hard rock that incorporates elaborate, often gothic-styled imagery. In Japan, they're legends. In the U.S., at least amongst people unfamiliar with J-rock, they are best known for the song "I.V.," which was featured on the soundtrack for Saw IV alongside work from Skinny Puppy, Nitzer Ebb and Ministry.

The videos for songs "Rusty Nail," "Endless Rain," "I.V." and "Jade" will be epic. We're talking "November Rain" epic. There are multiple shoots going on at once, with multiple crews, hailing both from the U.S. and Japan, working through the night, every night, for days. On Friday, we were invited to tour one of the sets and talk to X Japan founder and drummer Yoshiki (like most Japanese rock musicians, the members of X Japan are on a first-name basis with the public).

Friday's shoot took place at Los Angeles Theatre, one of the downtown movie palaces that has been restored to a work of old L.A. grandeur. There are hidden rooms across the multiple levels of the building and it seemed like every one was in use. The dressing area was filled with extras transforming into the attendants of a gothic masquerade ball. In other rooms, one crew was filming documentary footage while another was posing vintage baby dolls like cupids amidst bouquets of black flowers.

We arrived right before guitarists Sugizo and Pata were to perform a sequence for "Jade," the newest of the four songs. Sugizo, the only current member of X Japan who joined after their 2007 reformation, walked into the room first. The guitarist, who entered the fold to fill the void left by deceased member hide (intentionally all lower case), is no stranger to J-rock stardom either. He was a member of the influential visual kei group Luna Sea and, more recently, has played in Juno Reactor and collaborated with Yoshiki in the supergroup S.K.I.N. Like all the other members of the band that we saw, he was accompanied by an entourage. One stylist followed him to the top of a carousel-like structure where he would be playing, all the while fixing his hair and straightening parts of his costume. A few minutes later, Pata joined him. They were perfectly coiffed until someone pointed a fan in their direction, artfully blowing their hair as they air guitared their parts with hands so close to the real instruments that it will look completely genuine on screen.

While they were filming, Yoshiki came to meet with us. He too was flanked by people, staff and the documentary crew. We chatted briefly, with video equipment circling him, and paused every few minutes when the production team had to turn up the backing track for another take.

Yoshiki founded X Japan in 1982, but you wouldn't be able to tell that by looking at him. On first glance, you might think that he's in his late 20s. His hair is highlighted blonde and cut into layers that seem to always stay in place. His make-up was flawless and his outfit, two white, button-down shirts, black pants and a few necklaces, was gothic without looking too much like a costume.

Yoshiki is a pianist and composer in addition to a drummer and he writes much of X Japan's music. He told us that his roots are in classical music, but, when he was about ten, he discovered rock, thinking that it was "free."

"Then when I was 17 or 18 and I was trying to play at clubs and get a record deal, I found out that there's not that much freedom in rock music," he admitted.

"There are all these genres and the record labels were telling us, 'You should do this and maybe we can sign you,'" he recalled. "We said, 'kungfu that.'"

He added, "My inspiration is that music should be free, no boundaries."
Yoshiki launched Extasy Records to release his band's music. " Because nobody wanted to release our record, we learned how to release a record and did it and outsold any rock band at the time," he said.

Yoshiki has been living in L.A. on-and-off for more than ten years. If you are a club kid, there's a chance you might have seen him at one of the local goth haunts. Though the band has recorded in Los Angeles on several occasions, Saturday's video shoot will be their first U.S. performance. Based on RSVPs, it is anticipated that between 3000 and 5000 people will attend. Set construction at Hollywood & Highland has been in progress all week and, from what we've seen both through photos of the construction site and our own experience at Los Angeles Theatre, it will encompass all of the over-the-top theatrics that have been sorely missing from the U.S. music world (Lady Gaga excluded) for far too long.

Source: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/s...d-the-scenes-x/

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EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOS OF X JAPAN'S VIDEO SHOOT
This week, X Japan took over chunks of downtown and Hollywood to film four music videos, a process that will culminate Saturday evening when thousands of fans will join the Japanese metal band for a shoot at Hollywood & Highland.On Friday, we were invited to tour one of the set at downtown's Los Angeles Theatre. Read more in "Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Peek of X Japan's Video Shoot for 'Jade'"





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tak sabar nk tunggu video derang~~~