[SID] The 1st thread ; 10th single Fuyu no Bench , release date - 28th Dec
 

Welcome to the 1st official thread of JRock quartet SID ! :D :heart

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7649/unledeiy.jpg

Members :

Shinji - Guitarist . D.O.B - 8th Feb 1979

Mao - Lead vocalist . D.O.B - 23rd Oct 1977

Yuya - Drums . D.O.B - 9th Dec 1981

Aki - Bassist . D.O.B - 3rd Feb 1981

Band's Bio

SID was formed in 2003 , when Mao recruited Aki after seeing him play live. He later recruited Yuuya and Shinji from their respective bands to work with SID part-time as support, and it wasn't until early next year (2004/01/14, making 1/14 the band's official anniversary) that they chose to remain with SID as official members, leaving the band with a full and lasting lineup.

The band started off small, but not without a certain charming flair. Where most bandmen handed out fliers, they also used megaphones as a means of personal promotion. Despite having only a small collection of songs to offer, they worked relentlessly to produce more.

Their releases varied widely in style and composition, and the band made it an obvious goal to appeal to a broad audience - a plan which obviously worked. SID grew rapidly in their initial years, at a rate which surprised numerous publications and notoriously earned them the title "the monster band of the indie scene".

SID signed first with Danger Crue records, working with Yasunori Sakurazawa, who aided in the arrangement of many of their early songs. Before long, even at their then indie status, SID began charting with major releases on Oricon and successfully selling out numerous large venues, Budokan among them.

They stood out from their peers with their ever-changing sound and the ease with which they could shift between styles, a characteristic that could describe few other visual kei bands. Their major debut concert was held on November 2nd, 2008 at Nippon Budokan - selling out in under three minutes - and following a final indie tour held within standing live halls all throughout Japan.

Discography *NOTE - I only list their material that have been released under Ki/oon Records (they share the same record label as L'Arc~en~Ciel)

Singles ::

1) Monochrome no Kiss (29.11.2008) #4
2) 2 Dome no Kanojo (14.01.2009) #3
3) Uso (29.04.2009) #2
4) one way (11.11.2009) #3
5) sleep (03.03.2010) #2
6) Rain (02.06.2010) #2
7) cosmetic (29.09.2010) #3
8) Ranbu no Melody (01.12.2010) #5
9) Itsuka (28.09.2011) #2
10) Fuyu no Bench (28.12.2011) tbc

Album ::

1) hikari (01.07.2009) #2
2) dead stock (23.02.2011) #4

Record Label - Ki/oon Records

Music Genre - Rock

Official Site - http://www.sid-web.info/

Band & members info's - from their wikipedia page LOL

i like this band
nice to know, someone created a thread for them...

thanks karen! i absolutely love SID! Uso and their previous 2 singles are awesome, and hikari was such a great album :yes "capsule" is one of my favorite album tracks from it. can't wait for their new single :cool

you have any idea with regards to the debut weekly positions for Monochrome no Kiss , 2 Dome no Kanojo & hikari ? :shrug

& YES I can't wait for their new single too 8D

hmm..i can search for those sales, karen! i'll post back with it soon :yes

Thanks Lisa & do you think that bassist Aki looked like Ohno (when he had blonde hair) from afar ?

my younger sister & I thought so man @_@ :thud :faint :dead2

lol i don't see the similarity :tipsy

well, i can't find sales for monochrome no kiss, but i found for 2℃目の彼女:

first week sales.

i thought they were really unpopular before Uso. never knew that this single was #3 :P

oh, and i found "hikari" sales, but i dunno the first week. but from this, i think it was #4 :shrug
#6 is probbably the ranking for the first day of the second week.

i know SID though "Uso". since i :heart me some Fullmetal Alchemist songs (i got to know Laruku through their FMA song "READY STEADY GO"~ :smitten).

i'm gonna listen to "hikari" soon. need to clear space off my iPod. :laugh

i typically don't like visual-kei bands, but i guess these guys are aiight. LOL.

I love Uso too. That songs make me their fan XD
oh btw , i thought they were Visu.

i don't think their as visual kei, as let's say, alice nine.? for example. they pretty much have their own style compared to other VK bands :yes but that's just how i see it, lol.

BTW, i found a performance they did of Uso on MUSIC FAIR. the talk with tegomass and suga shikao is also in it. so funny, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmH54RlcLI

^ oh yeah, they're quite tame in comparison to the others. it's probably why i can tolerate them more. :laugh

same here, irene! i personally don't like VK, but i love SID and their own style :D

btw, you'd probbably wanna see the performance link that i edited my post with. TEGOSHI! *dun dun dun* :mischief

^ me 2 , I don't like VK either. Now i can relax and support them with no worries :D
and the link , I saw it may be in News thread
btw , I heard they said they are Visu !

@ Lisa - thanks will update the 1st post now & ehhhh really over the Aki looked like Ohno comment ? o_O

I swear Aki does , still :laugh

My younger sister already knows about SID because of Uso as she's an anime nut & when I saw the Uso PV being played on TV a few days ago , I was immediately hooked to the song & the PV's just so colourful & beautiful :luv2

Man , Sony BMG made OS presses for BOTH CD + DVD's editions of hikari & the worst thing's that , I don't know which one to get in due time :grumpy

I honestly don't really care that much for the DVD contents because it's tour footages for both Type A & B LOL

& considering that they're deemed a Visual Kei band , they're quite 'tame' as compared to The Gazette , Alice Nine , an cafe , image wise

what is a "Tegoshi". i don't even know...

THX THO. :lech

so I called the local HMV up earlier on & yay they have hikari & Monochrome no Kiss

but ick to pay S$81 for hikari is @_@ :dead2

I need to think about it on whether I want to get it or not :innocent . I'm quite sure I will get hikari in due time but definitely not now

2 Dome no Kanojo PV can be downloaded via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93577 :D

I watched 2 Dome no Kanojo's PV earlier on when I was in my parents's car & man it's so beautiful & winter inspired

I love what I have seen with regards to their PVs but Uso's still top dog for me :heart

uso and 2℃目の彼女 are my favorite singles and PVs :love

btw, i forgot to mention this, but SID were kinda VK in their indie releases, but when they came to sony, they had their own style like they do now.

example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfOE7Zhjvao

:dead2 :dead2 :dead2 in that getup of theirs during the indie days

I hope they will not revert back to that man , if not I will boycott them :innocent

when a guy starts to wear more makeup than a girl & in the process becoming & looking like a girl , ick that will really scare me @_@

LOL

*points to signature banner :innocent

just like BREAKERZ , SID are not bad in the looks department . I know that frontman DAIGO used to don the supposedly whole VK look when he was DAIGO STARDUST :O but not anymore THANKFULLY

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I find the covers for 2 Dome no Kanojo real cute

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KSCL-1335.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KSCL-1331.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KSCL-1333.jpg

:laugh , you can tell it's very Christmas inspired & :O at the woolly hat that Mao wears

^ thank god , they were not in Santa costume :D

:roflmao :roflmao

you don't need to dress up in Santa Claus inspired outfits for a Winter inspired tune at all :laugh

NEW SID single - one way , out on 11th Nov
 

Received this from CDJapan

KSCL-1480
SID/One Way[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A] CDA
1619 yen US$17/94.77 Release Date:2009/10/21
Description:New single release from SID. Limited edition type A includes bonus DVD with the introduction footage of "SID Tour 2009 Ver.A." *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
First Press Details:application card (valid only in Japan) (subject to change)
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSCL-1480
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KSCL-1482
SID/One Way[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B] CDA
1619 yen US$17/94.77 Release Date:2009/10/21
Description:New single release from SID. Limited edition type B includes bonus DVD with the introduction footage of "SID Tour 2009 Ver.B." *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
First Press Details:application card (valid only in Japan) (subject to change)
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSCL-1482
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KSCL-1484
SID/One Way[Regular Edition] CDA
1190 yen US$13/94.77 Release Date:2009/10/21
Description:New single release from SID.
First Press Details:special feature/bonus expected (subject to change)
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSCL-1484


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:D :D :D :D :D

http://www.sid-web.info/pc_index.html

awesome , I can't wait for one way to be out & the title of the 2 B-sides

Kaitou (Mysterious Thief) Neon
Douyoubi no Onna (Saturday Woman) (Live from SID TOUR 2009 hikari)

saw your twitter update, karen, lol. i can't wait! the title rocks :D

thanks Lisa & I haven't gotten hikari & let alone review it on my blog T_T

I will do soon before one way is released :laugh

some info from JPM.

Thanks Lisa !

It's weird in the way that Sony BMG market SID o_O . In terms of the DVD contents , it's exactly what they have done with regards to the 2 CD + DVD's of hikari

ugh I don't understand why there're no OS presses pertaining to the CD only of hikari & Sony BMG only did those for the 2 CD + DVD's :headache :grumpy

but anyway whatever , I hope covers for one way will be out soon

YAY I got hikari earlier on at HMV :heart

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/IMG_1939.jpg

with the slipcase on

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/IMG_1940.jpg

:dead2 :dead2 :dead2 at what I paid for hikari ie. S$81 :thud & somemore it was the last copy left on the rack but it's ok because the packaging's SO pretty & it's the 1st album I have of the guys :heart

I didn't realised that HMV brought in BOTH Taiwan presses for the CD + DVD type A & B's of hikari like what today but I didn't went for them because I have no use for the DVDs for the type A & B since they're nothing but mere tour footages that I will not watch at all :laugh

you can download scans of hikari & Aoyama's Emotions via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88927 & it's highly recommended :yes

the album looks pretty, karen! the cover for hikari is so cute and simple :) but 81 bucks? :tipsy

ugh yeah it was a nightmare paying S$81 for hikari :dead2

but the album's awesome so I don't mind paying top dog $ for it

I could have gone for the Taiwan presses which're much much cheaper at S$24.95 each but the problem's , if I want to buy 1 , I want to buy both since they're in a set of sorts haha :laugh

somemore both CD + DVD's editions of hikari , I love both covers so to solve & iron problems out , I go with the CD only :P

new promo pic of the guys

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KSCL-1484.jpg

*_____* but what's up with the huge scissors on Mao's outfit ? o_O

nice background! :D love the outfits.

well usually for HMV's case , they tend to jack up the prices in due time & for me's that if they're selling whatever I can find here locally then why not ? :laugh

lol...paint :tipsy

o_O o_O o_O

OK interesting concept going on in there

those cans looked like canned food to me :lmfao

pretty nice & the concept's original I would say to a certain extent

the guys will be performing at the 60th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen :D

http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specia...01.html#close1

correct me if I'm wrong but this will be their 1st time performing on the show right ?

& hikari's still selling :heart

top 100 albums of '09

62 *,107,317 ***,490 hikari / シド 09/07/01

i think that's still a prediction list of who will attend. i hope SID performs there for real, though!

hopefully so Lisa . If so , this will be their 1st time performing in NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen

I want them to perform Uso :laugh xD but one way will be great too :yes

I know I'm late, but I didn't know they had their own thread!

I LOVEEEEE SID! I <3 Aki forever!

:roflmao

it's ok , better late than never in finding out that SID has a thread here :innocent

oh I just found this interesting thing yesterday which I don't know if anyone knows this but anyway

this's the CD + DVD Type A cover of hikari

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KSCL-1410.jpg

if you look closely , on the 'book' , it's the English titles for all the 11 songs on the album

like eg. track #3 Uso , they wrote it as Lies in there so yup

ah that's so clever of them! i never noticed it either :laugh

LOL yeah I didn't realised that too 8D until yesterday & that only applies to the CD + DVD Type A cover of hikari

the other 2 no such luck

the physical copy itself , the 'flowers' you see in all 3 covers , that's a 1st press item ie. the slipcase

if you see my CD copy , you will understand what I mean O_O

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/IMG_2163.jpg

on the net

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KSCL-1414.jpg

:laugh

great news! :D

wow that's great news

I hope one way's PV will be aired soon too

YAY !

NEOBK-644263
SID/Sonymagazines Artist Official Calendar 2010 Wall Calendar SID[Calendar 2010] BOOK
10200 yen US$113/90.64 Release Date:2009/12/25
Description:[Size: B3, 27 pages.] *Picture may not represent the actual product. The calender may take a week or so to become available for shipping. The calenders come housed in specially made boxes, and because of this, they cannot be shipped together with any other type of products, such as CD, and DVD. Please place your calender order separately.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOBK-644263

top 65 albums of '09

64 *,107,725 ***,408 hikari / シド 09/07/01

has a preview for one way be it song or PV been out on the net already ? o_O

nothing is out yet, as far as i know. :(

T_T T_T T_T

the single will be out in 2 week's time ;____; & nothing yet ?

bah I hope something will materialise soon T_T T_T T_T

I love USO and I want to hear more from the guys

someone PLEASE tell me whether has a preview of the one way PV & let alone song is out ?!?!

I can't believe I haven't get the chance to hear how one way sounds like despite the fact that it will be out next week wtf @_@ T_T

i checked youtube and no PV yet :scry this is sooo crazy.

yeah I know wtf man , I thought waiting for BREAKERZ's was BAD

at least the trio posted preview snippets of their stuff on their website but for SID's case :irked

...you guys should've checked あらまtheydidnt! :P

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

going to watch the one way PV now *_______________*

EDIT - so I saw the PV earlier on . I was a bit dizzy after that :dead2 @_@ . Song's not as catchy as Uso & let alone Monochrome no Kiss but the PV's really solid

I think it will take a while for me to remember how one way sounds like & LOL at frontman Mao wearing a 'dress' like in the Uso PV -_-'''

PV rip of one way that I did up - http://www.mediafire.com/?yy52yzzydd0

thanks irene! looks like i'll watch it tomorrow :weep damn school, lol.

okay, so i watched the PV (which is great, btw) and i really do like the song. but i still can't remember how it sounds, lol. i don't think it's as good as Uso or the other 2 singles, but it's still a great song :yes

anyway, i just found an "off-shot" of the PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZ32KzgMO0

yeah one way's frankly those hit & miss kinda rock songs :( but at least the PV's very entertaining although a tad dizzy xD

mmm I hope the song will fare well next Wed but ack they will be up against ARASHI @_@ :dead2

anyway NINKI index for one way

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3180/singlesc.jpg

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SID will be on next week's MUSIC STATION :D

• ARASHI - My Girl
• EXILE - Ti Amo + Futatsu no Kuchibiru
• Otsuka Ai - Is
• SID - one way

the one way single is up for download :D

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95917

I'm surprised that I actually do enjoyed the single after being let down initally by the A-side

the feeling overall's a lot more poppier than their usual works , kinda simliar to songs that you can find in their Hikari album like track #5's Nakidashita Onna to Kyomukan (Weeping Woman And Emptiness) & track #7's Tsumiki Kuzushi (Destroying Toy Bricks)

oh wow , one way debuted at #3 behind EXILE & ARASHI - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

all new entries in the top 10 D:

#3 is great! :cool

"one way" @ MUSIC STATION:

1st week sales of one way - #3 with 42,622

considering that they were up against EXILE & let alone ARASHI , good job I say :D

such great sales! i'm glad :)

YAY

KSBL-5922
SID/SidnadVol.4 -Tour 2009 hikari DVD
6476 yen US$73/88.33 Release Date:2010/02/10
Description:Live DVD release from SID featuring footage of their live performance at national tour "Tour 2009 hikari" at Yoyogi and Osaka.
First Press Details:special feature/bonus available (detail forthcoming)
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSBL-5922

NEW SINGLE - Sleep
Release date - 3rd March 2010

KSCL-1555
SID/Sleep[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / A] CDA
1619 yen US$18/92.09 Release Date:2010/03/03
Description:
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSCL-1555

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KSCL-1557
SID/Sleep[w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B] CDA
1619 yen US$18/92.09 Release Date:2010/03/03
Description:
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSCL-1557

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KSCL-1559
SID/Sleep[Regular Edition] CDA
1190 yen US$13/92.09 Release Date:2010/03/03
Description:
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=KSCL-1559

yeah I know , don't ask -_-'''

but I hope it wouldn't be ballad if not I will sleep (pun intended) xD :lmfao

OMG I'M SO HAPPY :weep i hope that it won't be a ballad, though, lol. although hikari is a nice ballad from their album. :P i really prefer them with upbeat rock tracks, though.

LOL with a title like that , I wouldn't be surprised if it will be a ballad T_T

oh wow , the guys are releasing a new book called SID Tour Document Book hikari - Tour Document Graph II which will be out next month

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....Y=NEOBK-691074

the features & all looks great but so expensive X_____X

I can't imagine how the shipping fee will be like :thud since there're 5 books we're talking about in here :thud

tracklist for sleep is already out on their site (http://www.sid-web.info/pc_index.html)

[収録楽曲]
1. sleep
作詞　マオ / 作曲　御恵明希
2.　歌姫
作詞　マオ / 作曲　Shinji
3.　合鍵（Live from SID TOUR 2009 hikari）
作詞　マオ / 作曲　御恵明希

the covers are not ready yet , hopefully soon

Thanks 4 the info!!!

new promo pic of the guys

http://i49.tinypic.com/do827a.jpg

uwa *_______*

I took that from their official site , the covers for sleep are not out yet

nice! :D i love the blue theme.

sleep CM!

ok the covers for sleep are out

CD only

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rs/sleepCD.jpg

CD + DVD Type A

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...leepCDDVDA.jpg

CD + DVD Type B

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...leepCDDVDB.jpg

OK ... o.o

quite original to a certain extent & the preview for the song & PV sounds awesome :D

can't wait can't wait

very simple, but so creative! i like the CD only and CD+DVD type B covers the most.

argh must get Aurelie to rip/upload the PV xD

Mao , wait for me 8D

Oh thanks

i was scared of SID having a ballad single, but "sleep" is amazing! i love the instrumental. all the guys looked extremely hot, too (especially the bassist and drummer :luv2). i thought the PV was perfectly done. to me, it looks like their highest budget PV. and i loved it! :D

I love the fact that BREAKERZ's friends with SID :laugh

but anyway , great song as always . I thought sleep might going to put me well to sleep haha but it's a nice ballad

reminded me of an older song of theirs Namida no Ondo to a certain extent , only thing's that sleep's more polished/put well together

& all 4 members look hot LMAO 8D

NINKI

02 58.60 シド -sleep

thanks Mishelle

sleep should be the single that gets #1 on the Oricon weekly singles chart as I feel they deserves it much more than ARASHI's boring Troublemaker

but what the heck , sleep is #1 in my books . Such a great ballad , it's almost like a Namida no Omno cousin to me but only way better

I hope the B-sides for sleep will be great too

good NINKI! i'll still be happy if they get #2 on the charts.

come on sleep , please leak out soon xD

the full sleep single can be downloaded here

great single again & I love it that they just keeps getting better as each single release goes by

I'm real sore & annoyed that they're not going to get #1 because of ARASHI but sleep is already #1 in my books for this week's release of singles

Oh no ARASHI again D:

:laugh

yeah , what to do ? .__. . SID's always 1 step away from getting #1 for their releases which's annoying

well it doesn't matter so much to me , sleep is :heart

argh this sucks even though it's expected

sleep debuted at #2 behind ARASHI with 16,095 copies

zzz , if ARASHI didn't release this week , SID will have gotten #1 no question about it

then again March & April are horrible months to put out singles D:

2, 41,440, 41,440, sleep, , , ｼﾄﾞ

they're #1 in my books , I don't care . sleep is to me way better than one way in every single way (pun intended)

I'm happy for them & I love rooting for the underdogs

Great sales ^_^

SID held a concert last Fri at Zepp Tokyo & DAIGO blogged that he went to see them in performance

http://community.livejournal.com/breakerz/187002.html

YAY for Mao using Kuraimu when he replied to DAIGO :laugh