[Minimum_Payne]

yeah...X-Japan is cool...but a lot of bands surpass them now (ie. Anthem, Sex Machineguns) but then, X-Japan is the most influencial Japanese rock band. They are like the equivalent of Metallica caused a lot of American bands nowadays were once influenced by them.

but I don't like Yoshiki though. A nice way to put it would be he's getting more separated from his roots which is metal. Nowadays, he acts like a new person who seem to forget about his pass. He's like producing for The Trax, which is basically the Asian equivalent of Linkin Park and the single he produced was utter crap.