In 1992, X Japan had conquered their homeland, and stood on the cusp of globa sic, a whiplash-inducing combination of intricate rock ballads and muscular s was harder then, as well— a daunting prospect, kind of like scaling Mount Ever to take two steps out of base camp.
A decade passed, the band broke up, and their mercurial lead guitarist, hide, leader and chief songwriter YOSHIKI struggled with depression, little things their first taste of X Japan in the movie X / 1999, Rintaro’ s gorgeous, barely-c ending theme,“ Forever Love.” Rising interest in J-rock and its visual kei su fans looked for new music beyond the boundaries of the pop charts. But X Japa of new fans amount to anything?
That question was answered by YOSHIKI himself, as he appeared at Otakon 2006. wind of odd projects came next— a J-rock supergroup that only played one show, Genetic Opera. Somewhere in all this, Toshi, the band’ s lead singer, called Y ing to happen. It had to.
Now, some 22 years after their big trip west, X Japan are standing at a cross theaters and music halls, not quite grand enough for the theatrical approach
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