X Japan reunion possible O_O

[bulmasman]

OK, I have to stop myself from being so happy that I die here, but I just read that a possible X Japan reunion is on the cards... I kid you not o_o.

From Yoshiki's myspace blog:

OK, and X Japan…..

I'm like…….Why now? ..... Why, why, why……

To be honest….. it took years to conquer the pain and sadness….. maybe not yet, I still cannot listen to…… or watch X Japan's videos….. without tears…..

" MY OWN GODDAMN BAND" ….. I can't listen to it without crying…… HOW CAN I BE IN IT AGAIN? …… IT HURTS SO MUCH…… TO EVEN TALK ABOUT ...... X JAPAN…..

Yes, I can play the drums. I think I can play them even harder than before…… of course my injured neck and wrists hurt….. but SO WHAT!!! ….. I don't give a **** about that kind of pain…..

But mentally….. I don't know if I can take it….. I'm not saying if I'll do it or not….. I talked to Toshi (vocalist)……. He called me almost towards the end of last year….. for the first time since we went our separate ways……….

Toshi and I..... we grew up together…........ I don't know ….. I don't know…. I don't …… know …….


Yes, there are lyrics of the song "WITHOUT YOU" ….. That, I wrote, right after Hide's death….. also, I had to do so many takes of piano recording, because of the tears falling down and flooding the piano keys, and my fingers kept slipping again and again.

If there's somebody to sing this song ….. I think it should be Toshi….. but …… I don't know….. I don't know….. I don't ****ing know….. It's too painful to……

I'm sorry, I don't want to make you feel depressed or anything like that….. but so many people have been asking me about this, so I had to say something…… just let me….. have…… a little more time……

I can see that he's pretty hesitant about it, but to have Toshi contact him is clearly a step forward, since he's never been up for it in the past. I doubt we'd ever get a fully revived X-Japan, but maybe a single release (Without You) and a special one off tour/live show, and that would just be the greatest event known to man.

He also mentions "THE BAND", which i personally was really slow to learn about... infact i only found out last night from mi|kshake, but it's certainly interesting ^^.

And…… some people have questions about "THE BAND".

Yes, Sugizo from Luna Sea came here to LA several times last year, and last month Gackt came to town, and we both went to dinner….. pretty much just the two of us……

Actually that was really funny….. Gackt came to my house and ate dinner…… that was good….. Then I said to him "why don't we go out to dinner?". and he said "we just ate…..???" then I said "I wanna eat different food….." well .... we ate Japanese food at my house, and then ended up going out to a Japanese restaurant in LA…..

(We are very weird…. Ha, ha, ha, ha)…… but that was fun!


Yes, I'm so lucky to have them as friends, and also to be able to work with them professionally.

Sugizo and Gackt are such talented people, also having such an amazing vibe. Actually, they are all going to come here next month with one more person that I can't reveal yet.

Yoshiki is clearly planning to take over the world with a band as strong as this!

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Sorry if this HAS actually been posted before, but i personally haven't seen it.

[bulmasman]

I'm making this a double post since i don't want to make one huge post which acts as a bit too much to take in. But a quick root around at Toshi's site threw up this...

I had a chance to visit Los Angeles, U.S. for several days recently.
I met an old friend of mine at his recording studio during my stay.

I visited the studio after 10 years, it was much bigger than before,
and to my suprise, its facilities and recording machineries were much more gorgeous.
Maybe one of the top quality recording studios ever!
I was glad it was just like him.

I heard a song created by my friend at the world best studio.
We had a common friend who died almost 10 years ago,
and the song came out of the sorrow, heartache and despair from the experience.
He said he made it at one sitting a few days after the friend's death.

It was such an authentic ballad of his favorite style,
with sad and ephemeral introduction by the piano overlapped with some beautiful melodies of the strings
and furthermore temporarily recorded male vocal.
I could not stop crying to hear the song,
and I wished from the bottom of my heart that it will reach the whole world.

I sang the song along the piano by my friend. He said he really wanted me to sing it.
He showed me its melody playing every single note elaborately and I sang like tracing it.
Words became a song with such a unique melody and rhythm of him.

He chose the right key for me,
saying "It will be just right for you to sing somewhat a tough key rather than a safe and comfortable one."

I tried to sing it all through, and tears welled up again.

"One song tells much more than million words."
That is what my old friend said with a strained voice.
He also seemed crying through his glasses.

It was a moment when both of us deeply touched.
Without many words, one song connected us again.
Maybe, our dear and lost friend did it for us.
Brought up together since childhood for 37 years,
we kept on running together anyway.
I got tired of dashing for the world market and told him that I would leave 10 years ago.
I wanted to sing songs to heal desolate hearts of mine and other people.
And I traved all though Japan for these 10 years,
directly meeting thousands of children, the old, truly a large number of people and singing for them.
It had been such a decate with heartfelt events, tears and learnings for myself.
Rooted on this precious experience,
I would like to sing and send this song of life generated from a sadness for a lost friend for our age.

Our new project is about to start soon,
with this "One Song telling more than Million Words".

TOSHI
March 21, 2007

I've bolded the pieces that really stick out to any X Japan fan. Let's take a look at them...

Toshi visited an old friend in Los Angeles. Yoshiki lives in Los Angeles. They have a common friend who died almost 10 years ago... hide died in 1998... almost 10 years ago.

The song played for him was a piano balld accompanied by strings... Listening to the "Without You" instrumental at Yoshiki's blog, it's a piano ballad with strings...

Later, Toshi says that he told his friend he'd leave 10 years ago. 10 years ago was 1997... the year X Japan disbanded.

Anyway, by now we've pretty much established that this friend IS Yoshiki... there's too much evidence even though his name is never mentioned.

The final piece i put in bold is the best though...

Our new project is about to start soon,
with this "One Song telling more than Million Words".

New project... about to start soon... This can only mean they will properly record Without You... and after a 10 year wait we may finally see a new release from X Japan.

Now if you'll excuse me... i'm about to go jump around the house at 4 in the morning screaming hurray, before crying my eyes out with joy.

[-Alex]

I do not particularly like the idea of a X Japan reunion. hide was such a important member of the group, I'm unsure of how they would be able to even pull together as a band after that.

[SunshineSlayer]

^ I'm surprised w/ you being a big X fan that this is the first you've heard about this. It's been hinted at by Yoshiki for months now and Toshi had mentioned the possibility on a website. I hadn't read the most recent statement by Toshi though, so thanks for posting that. It is indeed HUGE news for the jpop/rock world. I've learned w/ Yoshiki though, to only believe things when I see them. I'm also still hoping for the band he and Gackt are forming.

[bulmasman]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^ I'm surprised w/ you being a big X fan that this is the first you've heard about this. It's been hinted at by Yoshiki for months now and Toshi had mentioned the possibility on a website.

Yeh i'm a bit behind on my jpop/jrock news I don't usually go checking for news that often, and only by chance ended up at Yoshiki's myspace last night where i found out all about this.

[cool_kickin_dude]

I don't know. I know it will never be the same, but I would like to see what happens

Wow... if X-Japan reformed...
I don't know if I could listen though... it'd probably make me cry. .__.

[mannie]

That'd be awesome!!!!! I obviously listen!! I'm a pretty big fan of em!!!
GO X JAPAN!!!

[Alessia_Tateno]

I am a BIG fan of Xjapan and I hope for a reunion..but obviously it won't be the same without "him"..

[micster]

.. without hide I wouldent want to hear it

[Princess_Of_Roses]

I HEAR THIS TOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Gackt Job News livejournal..
I HOPE ITS TRUE...though it wont be the same without hide...O_O..but it will be nice to hear more music..

[JWBBPHOENIX]

Wow, a real reunion? I really hope so! Although, like others have said, it wouldn't be the same at all without hide, he was such an exceptional member and guitarist on his own. The world really misses him.

But, if they got back together, it would be an amazing moment, because it means that they can move on, and remember him happily rather than mourn him, however awful his death was.

I love X Japan's music, mostly their ballads, their lyrics are so meaningful, their songs so well sung and their music so well composed I like their rock too, Kurenai is my favourite.