If you still love me

PLEASE SAY IT TO ME!!!

jangan disimpen terus

suka gak suka bilang aja jangan dipendem-pendem

Khianati

"Aku sayang kamu"

kata-kata yang begitu mudah terucap

namun apa bukti yang kau berikan

tidak ada satu pun yang terbukti

janji-janji setia hanya tinggal janji

mengapa kau mengingkarinya??

menusuk dari belakang

apakah ini yang dinamakan teman

kini saatnya kuakhiri segala yang kumulai

ingin ku buang semua kenangan yang tersisa

kenangan kelam

sekelam langit malam tanpa bintang

masihkah aku berharap sesuatu

harapan yang sebenarnya hampa

kurasa semua harapan hanya mimpi semata

apa yang kuingin tak dapat kuraih lagi

aku memilih jalanku meninggalkanmu

apakah ada rasa menyesal??

sempat, namun tidak selamanya

terima kasih atas semua yang kau beri

meski aku tahu aku tidak memberi apa-apa

segala kenangan yang ada lebih baik hilang

karena terlalu menyakitkan untuk dikenan

My Favorite Japanese Band

X Japan

Toshimitsu "toshi" Deyama (voc)

Hiroshi "heath" Morrie (bass)

Yune "sugizo" Sugihara (L. Guitar,violin)

Tomoaki "pata" Ishizuka (R. Guitar)

Yoshiki Hayashi (drum,Piano)

L'Arc-en-Ciel

Hideto "hyde" Takarai (voc,guitar,harmonica,sax)

Tetsuya "tetsuya" Ogawa (bass,guitar,back vocal,keyboard)

Ken "ken" Kitamura (guitar,drum,keyboard,back vocal)

Yukihiro "yukihiro" Awaji (drum,guitar,bass,DJ)

The Gazette

Matsumoto "Ruki" Takanori (voc)

Shiroyama "Aoi" Yuu (guitar)

Takashima "Uruha" Kouyou (guitar)

Suzuki "Reita" Akira (bass)

Uke "Kai" Yutaka (drum)

Dir en Grey

Tooru "Kyo" Niimura (voc)

Kaoru Niikura (guitar)

Daisuke "Die" Andou (guitar)

Toshimasa "Toshiya" Hara (bass)

Shinya Terauchi (drum)

Deluhi

Juri (voc)
Aggy (bass)

Leda (guitar)

Sujk (drum)

Janne da Arc

Yasunori "Yasu" Hayashi (voc)

Yutaka "You" Tsuda (guitar)

Kazuyumi (Ka-Yu) Matsumoto (bass)

Kiyo (keyboard)

Shuji Suematsu (drum)

Luna Sea

Ryuuichi Kawamura (voc)

Yune "Sugizo" Sugihara (guitar,violin)

Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (guitar)

Jun "J" Onose (bass)

Shinya Yamada (drum)

D'espairsRay

Yoshida "Hizumi" Hiroshi (voc)

Matsumura "Karyu" Yoshitaka (guitar)

Shimizu "Zero" Michiya (bass)

Oota "Tsukasa" Kenji (drum)

Acid Android

Yukihiro Awaji (voc)

Tomo (guitar)

Antz (guitar)

Kishi (guitar)

Yasuo (drum)

VAMPS

Hideto "HYDE" Takarai (voc)

Kazuhito "K.A.Z" Iwaike (guitar)

Ju-Ken (bass)

Jin (keyboard)

Arimatsu (drum)

Sons Of All Pussys (S.O.A.P)

Ken Kitamura (voc,guitar)

Ein (bass)

Yasunori Sakurazawa (drum)

S.K.I.N

Gackt Camui (voc)

Takamasa "Miyavi" Ishihara (guitar)

Yune "Sugizo" Sugihara (guitar,violin)

Ju-Ken (bass)

Yoshiki Hayashi (drum,piano)

ScReW

Byou (voc)

Kazuki (guitar)

Manabu (guitar)

Yuuto (bass)

Jin (drum)

Loudness

Minoru Niihara (voc)

Akira Takasaki (guitar)

Masayoshi Yamashita (bass)

Masayuki Suzuki (drum)

Dead End

Morrie (voc)

You (guitar)

Crazy cool Joe (bass)

Minato (drum)

How to Service

Beberapa bulan terakhir gw mulai ngerasa jenuh dan agak kesal juga ama tim pelayanan remaja

ya kalian bayangin aja mereka dikasi kepercayaan

mereka udah tahu tugas mereka apa

namun apa mau dikata menjelang pelayanan mereka malah membatalkan

alesannya macem-macem:

1. Jalan-jalan

2. Ada ulangan

3. Capek

terkadang gw bingun ama mereka

mereka kq gx bisa gtu mengorbankan kepentingan mereka

bukan gw sok suci ato apa

gw sering banget ngebatalin janji ama tmen" gw cuma buat latihan

gw pengen mereka sadar ama tugas mereka sebagai pelayan Tuhan

karena menjadi pelayan Tuhan adalah anugerah

gak semua orang bisa jadi kayak kita

bukan berarti kita juga eksklusif

jangan jadikan alesan yang sepele menghalangi pelayanan u pada

gw mw sharing soal pengorbanan

sabtu kemaren gua tuh ikut turnamen

pertandingan pertama tuh menang dan kedua kalah

beres pertandingan kira" stngah 8 malem gw langsung k greja dengan niat ngebersin GS buat ibadah

sehari sebelumnya gw dah sms tmen" bidang gw buat bantuin

namun pada saatny mereka gx ada yg dateng

ketua bidang c emang lg ada kerjaan sehingga gx bisa dateng

nah tmen gw yg 1 lg ini gx ngasi kabar sama skali

alhasil gw cuma kerja duaan ama ko guntur

kebayang gx capenya

bres tanding kehujanan harus ngeberesin GSG pula

besoknya bres ibadah gw bilang k tmen gw itu

buat beresin ruang GSG

namun ternyata dy cuma ngerjain setengah dan setelah itu langsung kabur gx pamit dlu

alhasil gw lagi yang kerja

bukanny mau ngeluh cuma dimana rasa manusiawi kalian

bres kerja rodi kayak gtu badan gw langsung ngedrop

krena sabtu sebelum tanding juga gw dah demam

gw mau ngingetin kalian sekali lagi

Jangan sampai hal sepele menghalangi pelayanan

Lakukan tugasmu sampai selesai

jujur aja gw dah cape juga

kesannya tenaga gw tuh diperes bener"

buat apa gw punya rekan kerja klo gx bisa diandalkan..

gw juga berpikir buat ngeletakin jabatan gw sebagai anggota BP

tapi ini masih gw pikirin dlu

karena gw kasian ama ketua gw

bisa" mlah dy yg kerja sendiri apalg dy cwe

just sharing

Gbu all

L'Arc-en-Ciel vs Dir en Grey

Gua abis liat forum paling gajelas

intinya ada orang yang komen ke post yang didalem kalo dir en grey lebih bagus dari L'Arc-en-Ciel

nie gua bikin perbandingan antara L'Arc-en-Ciel dan Dir en Grey

Skill

L'Arc-en-Ciel

Skill mereka diatas rata" semua personilnya bisa maenin semua alat musik,nanti gua jelasin alat musik apa aja,,Tetsuya tuh bassist nomor 1 Jepang jol

Dir en Grey

Skill mereka biasa aja malah terkadang bikin sakit kepala dengerinnya,,yang penting berisik kaliya buat mereka

Concert

L'Arc-en-Ciel

Elegan dan mewah

Dir en Grey

Biasa aja kayak konser band" baru

Existence

L'Arc-en-Ciel

19 tahun lebih

Dir En Grey

13 tahunan

Personil

L'Arc-en-Ciel

hyde-vocalist (bisa maen bass,tamborine,piano,drum,saxophone,harmonica)

tetsuya-bassist (bisa maen gitar,piano,drum,keyboard,baritone guitar)

ken-guitarist (bisa maen bass,drum,piano,keyboard,ukulele)

yukihiro-drum (bisa maen gitar,bass,piano,keyboard,DJ)

Dir en Grey

Kyo-vocalist

Kaoru-guitarist

Die-guitarist

Toshiya-bassist

Shinya-drummer

Perlu dicatat

semua personil Laruku jadi vokalis di solo project mereka

dan solo project mereka sukses semua

jadi ada yang bilang Dir en Grey jauh lebih bagus dari L'Arc-en-Ciel??

anda salah besar teman

Low Beat-Angan by Surya

saat ini...

ku masih sendiri...

bayanganmu selalu di angan-angan ku

berhari-hari...

tlah kulalui...

tanpa hadirmu di sisiku

reff:

mungkin suatu saat nanti

kita akan bersama

mengulang kisah cinta disini

mungkin kau akan disini

menemani hariku

dan jalani hidup bersama selamanya

hingga kini...

anganku tak henti...

memikirkan dirimu oh cinta

saat kau pergi...

begitu sakit...

kuingin kau kembali kesini

reff:

mungkin suatu saat nanti

kita akan bersama

mengulang kisah cinta disini

mungkin kau akan disini

menemani hariku

dan jalani hidup bersama selamanya

S.O.A.P Every Second i'm in romance buat gua banget nie

Don't be so sad with me you have to think you have me
I'll be waiting for you until you will be free
I notice the truth and wrong
when I met you in first glance

Fly to you faster than the light ya!
You are so free, I'm happy, let me be sweet
To find out you get into your desire!
Wanna be touching you

I never forget your words
that words are making me so tough
When I miss you so much cause I never be so sad
I am changing mind,
when I get your innocence

Fly to you higher then the fire
Let me see, what you see, what do you want
To find out you get into your desire
I wanna be touching you

Through the life I'll be with you
My mind come close to my body
Please let's be together please
please make it soon ya!

Fly to you faster than the light ya!
You are so free, I'm happy, let me be sweet
To find out you get into your desire!
Wanna be touching you

Fly to you higher than the fire
Let me see, what did you see, what do you want
To find out you get into your deisre
I wanna be touching you


What do you want, when you be free,
when we'll meet, with this good Feelin ya

Every Second, I'm in ROMANCE

My Love life

Love life gw bisa dibilang gx gtu lancar

cwe pertama gua gx bner" amat

setelah gua putusin gak dalam waktu yang lama dia dah jadian ama temen gua

benernya gua dah tau klo mereka emang ada hubungan dibelakang gua

setelah putus sama tuh cwe gua emang deket ama beberapa cwe

ada 1 yang kayaknya paling susah lepas

sebut aja kita hts selama 4 bulan

sekarang sich udahan lama-lama cape juga gua

sikap dy kadang bikin gua tambah tertkan ama masalah gua

buat beberapa saat

ada 2 cwe yang secara gak langsung nembak gua

gua c biasa aja ama mereka

katanya c gua yang kasi harapan

menurut gua gx juga lah

yang gua bingung kenapa masih ada aja yg mau ama gua

gua ganteng kgk,pinter kgk,tajir juga kgk

aneh deh

wkwkwkwk

kata temen gua c,gua tuh punya something yang cwo lain gx punya

beberapa waktu yang lalu ternyata daftar cwe yang suka ama gua nambah lg

bener" laku y gua

back to my love life

gua c berharap love life gua gx tragis-tragis amat

gua pengen nemuin pasangan yang disetujui ama ortu gua

bisa menerima gua apa adanya bukan ada apanya

pesan gua

jangan takut untuk mencintai karena tidak ada yang salah dengan cinta

Sharing Again

Loveable

Entah mengapa kata ini melekat banget ama gua

gua sendiri gak tau apa"

semua bermula ketika 1 cewek temen gereja gua ngirimin gua sms berisi lirik lagu PERIH

gua lantas tanya ama tuh cewek, lalu dia bilang gua udah ngecewain dia

ternyata dia suka ama gua

dia bilang gua kasih harapan ke dia padahal gua gak pernah sama skali

oke masalah itu beres

namun beberapa hari kemudian maslah berikutnya datang

sama persis kayak yang atas,,bedanya dia gx ngirimin lirik lagu

masalah ini pun akhirnya beres

dengan dia masih berharap ama gua

gua terkadang bingung

emang cara gua berteman dengan cewek itu ada yang salah ya

apa gua emang orang yang suka kasih perhatian tapi dah gitu menghilangkannya

menurut gua sih gak banget

gua ama siapa aja berteman baik

mungkin mereka menanggapi dengan cara yang salah

Suggestion

Terkadang kita dihadapkan pada suatu masalah yang rumit
Kemanakah kita akan pergi???
Ke orang yang bisa dipercaya? atau berusaha mencari jalan keluar sendiri?

Langkah pertama adalah akan lebih baik jika kita mampu menyelesaikan masalah itu sendiri
karena terkadang jika kita meminta bantuan seseorang,orang yang kita percaya itu malah ikut terlibat.

Namun jika sudah tidak bisa menyelesaikan sendiri maka kita bisa meminta bantuan orang lain
Dalam beberapa waktu hal ini sangat berguna
Namun ada kalanya orang yang kita minta bantuan ini juga sedang mengalami masalah
Karena orang yang biasa menangani masalah orang lain memang bisa menyelesaikan masalah orang lain
Namun ketika ia menghadapi masalah dengan dirinya sendiri,ia akan kebingungan karena ia tidak punya temapt untuk berharap tapi malah ia yang menyimpan masalah orang lain

Nah,,jika masalah kita sudah selesai kita akan merasa puas
apalgi masalah itu berakhir dengan tanpa adanya perseteruan

Love Story

I'm a lover boy
Because a forbidden lover,make my love flies to lost heaven
Now i'm the coolest driver's high and ready steady go to go to Seventh Heaven
I want to see my pretty girl,her named is Ophelia
I give a flower to her
I asked her condition,and she said she is feeling fine
this is a brilliant years for me

Today when butterfly sleep, I go to 4th Avenue Cafe to meet her
I'm coming closer and she showed her blurry eyes.
I asked why she crying,she say the cradle that remind her about her father is broken
I give a spirit dreams inside to make she bravery to face the fact

Next day,i see she want to dive to blue
I asked her to get out from the shell,she agree to me

But she want to killing me
I avoid that, i asked why she do this
She said because i've kill her father,but i don't do that

December,after bring she to the graveyard,me and ophelia go to churc
we pray,,I wish christmas come soon. Hurry x'mas
I'm not patient againt to waiting for christmas

Sharing

"Kapan mau pelayanan kayak ko tofan ama ko guntur??"

Kata-kata ini yang selalu diucapkan oleh orang-orang disekitar gua
secara gak sadar kata-kata ini memacu gua buat main musik demi bisa pelayanan
dimulailah gua belajar musik,alat pertama yang gw pelajarin adalah drum

Kenapa gw milih Drum??

karena dulu gua pikir drum itu gak ribet kudu ngapalin chord

setlah gua mulai 'MAHIR' bermain drum,gua pun mulai ikut training pemusik

waktu itu trainernya adalah ci Karen dan Tobi

gua belajar banyak tentang cara bermain drum

Setelah gua lulus training ternyata gua gak langsung pelayanan kayak apa yang gua harapkan

job pelayanan gua baru ada 2 bulan setelah gua lulus training

yang bikin gua jiper saat itu ialah gua langsung maen ama yang senior yakini Deny,Aldo,ko Guntur

tapi gua bersyukur karena degan begitu gua mulai belajar disiplin

job kedua gua bener-bener gak gua sangka

event PASKAH coy,,gimana gak tekanan mental tuh

secara gua pemusik baru

setelah event PASKAH yang menurut gua c berhasil

mulai terbentuk tim pemusik baru yakni Gua,Yoel,Hansen,dan Tio

tim ini pertamanya terkesan diremehin

tapi lama" malah MC yang maunya ngiringin ama kita

bukannya mau sombong tapi emang itu kenyataannya

event besar selanjutnya adalah NATAL

ini juga berjalan dengan sukses besar

1 tahun lebih tim ini begitu solid

sampai akhirnya bubar juga karena ketidak cocokan gua ama tio

ketika tim ini bubar gua mulai mencari tim baru yang mau gua bina

kebetulan gua dah bisa 3 alat musik dasar jadi gua bisa di posisi apa aja

akhirnya gua bikin tim baru bareng Inez,Mario dan Matthew

tim ini juga solid namun belum matang

event NATAL pun berlalu lagi dengan adanya semacam tragedi yang gak bisa gua ceritain

PASKAH 2010 merupakan event besar yang bener-bener berkesan buat gua

karena gua bisa persembahan pujian bareng temen-temen gua

sekarang gua udah jadi trainer drummer

kayaknya beres training gua mutusin buat berhenti

benernya c gua mau berhenti dah dari taun lalu

cuma baru kesampaian saat ini

gua mau ngingetin buat para pemusik

kita itu hanya pengiring jangan sampai kita terlena dengan jabatan pemusik yang berujung show off

usahain jangan pernah telat latihan,,karena itu cukup mengganggu jadwal orang lain juga

selalu terlibat dalam setiap aktivitas selama latian (bukan berarti banyak bicara yang gak penting)

jangan sampai hal-hal sepele menghalangi pelayanan kalian (misalnya gak boleh ama ortu lah,,ada les lah,,cape lah,,dll) ingat kita adalah pelayan bukan majikan yang bisa seenaknya ngebatalin suatu kerjaan

jangan sampai pelayanan juga jadi beban buat kalian,,anggaplah pelayanan itu cara mendekatkan diri kita kepada Tuhan,,

jangan keasikan maen juga,,mulailah cari generasi baru untuk masa yang akan datang,,karena gak selamanya kita akan terus pelayanan

ok Guyz met melayani ya

Gbu all

special thx for : Tio (my best friend), Yoel (my silence friend), Hansen (my gokil friend), Inez (my friend), Ko Guntur (my teacher), dll

Luna Sea

Luna Sea is a Japanese rock band. It was formed in 1989 by Ryuichi Kawamura,Yasuhiro "Sugizo" Sugihara, Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue, Jun "J." Onose and Shinya Yamada, a lineup that remained consistent until the band's breakup in 2000. They released seven studio albums and several singles and VHS/DVD releases throughout the 90s.

Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1989-90: The Origin 1.2 1991: Luna Sea 1.3 1992: Image 1.4 1993: Eden 1.5 1994: Mother 1.6 1995: First Live In Tokyo Dome 1.7 1996: Style 1.8 1998: Shine 1.9 1999: 10th Anniversary 1.10 2000: The Final Act 1.11 Solo Careers 1.12 2007-08: The Reunion 2 Members 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links

[edit]History

[edit]1989-90: The Origin

The band was formed in August 1989 by J and Inoran when they were in high school, using the name "Lunacy." Together with some senior members, they played at occasional live houses and radio music contests. When the senior members were graduated from school in 1989, Lunacy recruited Sugizo and Shinya from the band Pinoccio to be guitarist and drummer, respectively. After searching for a few months, the band recruited Ryuichi from the band Slaughter to be the lead vocalist.

That year, Lunacy debuted on stage at the 100-seat capacity Machida Playhouse on May 29. They released their first demo including "Time Is Dead" and "Nightmare" for the sold out 100 copies. The band's second demo would be released three months later including "Suspicious," "Shade," and "Search for reason," which again sold out for 1,000 copies. On December 17, the band played their first official live concert at Machida Playhouse with all 150 tickets being sold out.

In 1990, Lunacy played a handful concerts with other popular bands such as Wood Pecker, Dools, Billy & the Sluts, Jooly Pickels, andTokyo Yankees. They released their third demo, "Lastly," and played an additional live at Machida Playhouse.

[edit]1991: Luna Sea

Lunacy were discovered by the late Hideto Matsumoto (then lead guitarist of X Japan), and then signed by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi to his independent label Extasy Records, on which they released their self-titled debut album in 1991.^[1] Upon their first album release, the band's name Lunacy was changed to Luna Sea. After signing with Sweet Child label, Luna Sea held bigger live performances throughout the year with their first tour, "Under the New Moon Episode I-III" The band's popularity started looming when they played at theNippon Budokan for the Exstasy Summit concert among other same-labeled bands including X Japan, Virus, Gilles de Rais, and Tokyo Yankees. At the end of the year, Luna Sea announced they had signed with MCA Victor.

[edit]1992: Image

After the official fanclub "Slave" was set up in January. Luna Sea released their first official MCA Victor-labeled album "Image" on May 21. It reachd No.9 best selling album in Oricon Chart. Luna Sea then held the concert "Luna Sea Concert Tour 1992 Image or Real" for 7 nights, where one of the events was taped and released in a VDO format, which reached No.1 in Oricon Chart. Correspondent to the looming popularity, the concert "After The Image Tour" would be held during October. Luna Sea closed the year with another Exstasy Summit concert at Nippon Budokan.

[edit]1993: Eden

During the band's short break, Inoran, J, and Sugizo helped collaborate in the new album "Dance 2 Noise 4". The song "Revive~walts for reminiscence of mind" was produced by Sugizo. Inoran and J joined Hide to set up a temporary unit called "MxAxSxS" to produce the song, "Frozen Bug", which was later put in the album "Hide Your Face". On February 24, Luna Sea's first single "Believe" was released, reaching No.11 in Oricon Chart with the total sale of 200,000 copies.

The band started working on its second album and held the album premier concert since April 16, "Luna Sea Concert Tour 1993 Search for My Eden" throughout the country. Their second album, "Eden" was released on April 21 where it reached No.5 best selling album in Oricon Chart. The band then released next single, "In My Dream (with Shiver)" on July 21, reaching No.9 in Oricon Chart. The concert "Luna Sea Concert Tour 1993 Search for My Eden Encore" was then held during August, with the final performance on August 30 was taped and released in the VDO format. Luna Sea then released "Sin After Sin" VDO which included performances from smaller venues during the year.

[edit]1994: Mother

Luna Sea held various live tours since late previous year until February titled "Luna Sea Concert Tour '93-'94 The Garden of Sinners". On February 12, they were supposed to play the final concert on time but had to delay for an hour due to massive blizzard nearby. This was the third time the band experienced this phenomenon, thus some media joked that Luna Sea were "the natural disaster" In any event, Luna Sea released their next single, "Rosier" which reached No.3 in Oricon Chart and sold more than 400,000 copies in its first week release. After a handful of live performances, the band released fourth single, "True Blue" which topped the Oricon Chart with more than 450,000 sales during its first week. Responding to the popularity, Luna Sea released their third album, "Mother" on October 26. The album sold 700,000 copies in the opening week and was No.2 in Oricon Chart. The release of album 'Mother' led the band into a more progressive rock approach with songs like 'Genesis of Mind', 'Face to Face', and 'Mother'. In any event, the video "Rosier" was awarded "The Best Music Video" from Nippon Award Taisho (Japan's record award) on December 31.

[edit]1995: First Live In Tokyo Dome

In January, Luna Sea went to Ireland to film the video "Mother". The single was then released in the following month, reaching No.2 in Oricon Chart with total sales of 300,000 copies. Between March to May, the band had performed in the concert "Mother of Love, Mother of Hate" to promote the album. On May 24, the first video collection release was out with the title, "Eclipse I" which reached No.1 in Oricon Chart. The same thing would happen to their next single, "Desire" on November 13. This year, the popularity had reached the point at which it would headline the Tokyo Dome, Japan's largest indoor live venue titled "Lunatic Tokyo". More than 55,000 tickets were sold out prior to the event.

[edit]1996: Style

The new single, "End of Sorrow" was released on March 25, reaching No.1 in Oricon Chart. The same thing would happen to their fourth album release, "Style" in May. On July 15, the single "In Silence" together with the Lunatic Tokyo live VHS were released. Luna Sea had performed in the tour "Unending Style" later that year, with the encore live being held on December 23 titled "Unending Style Tour Final Christmas Stadium ~ Mafuyu No Yagai~" from an outdoor Yokohama Stadium. Luna Sea made an announcement during the concert that the band would plan for a temporary year break in 1997 for each member to pursue solo careers.

[edit]1998: Shine

Luna Sea returned with the releases of singles "Storm" and "Shine", both of which went to No.1 in Oricon Chart. In July, it was followed by additional single "I for you", which was the ending theme of the popular Japanese drama "Kamisama mō Sukoshi dake" (神様 もう少しだけ^?)(Precious Time) starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Kyoko Fukada. The fifth studio album, "Shine" was then released and went to No.1 in Oricon Chart. The song "Breathe" was used in the Japanese release of Walt Disney's Mulan animated movie. They started making frequent appearances on popular music television shows including Heyx3, CDTV, and Music Station. The band appeared at the Music Station's Super Live 1998 during Christmas following their concert from Yokohama Stadium titled "Manatsu no Yagai".

[edit]1999: 10th Anniversary

Luna Sea's popularity had reached overseas to neighboring countries in Asia, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. They held their first Asian tour in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shanghai, respectively. To celebrate the 10th year anniversary of the band, Luna Sea released their first live album 'Never Sold Out' along with the concert 'Luna Sea 10th Anniversary Gig ∞'. The concert was attended by approximately 100,000 people.

[edit]2000: The Final Act

After releasing nothing for 1.8 year, Luna Sea came back with a new single "Gravity", which topped the Oricon Chart. Some of their songs were used in the movie including "My Lover", which was used in the movie Another Heaven. The song "Sweetest Coma Again" was also used in the Japanese release of the James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Following the release of singles "Tonight", Luna Sea released the sixth studio album 'Lunacy' in July. The album mixed the elements of progressive rock, hard rock, and metal. They held two concerts titled "Luna Sea Concert Tour 2000 The Brand New Chaos". During the latter concert, the band made the announcement they were "dropping the curtains" at the end of the year to pursue solo careers. The last single "Love Song" and album "Period" were then released. Luna Sea held their two-day farewell concerts at Tokyo Dome on December 26-27.

[edit]Solo Careers

Since then, the members have either pursued solo careers (Ryuichi and J), new bands (Inoran with Fake?) or collaborations with other musicians (such as the short-lived The Flare by Sugizo and Lazy Knack vocalist Yuna). Shinya, marrying Aya Ishiguro of the pop girl groupMorning Musume, has been playing drums for other musicians such as Nanase Aikawa, Maki Ohguro, and Miyavi. More recently, Inoran has left Fake? and reunited with Ryuichi to form Tourbillon in 2005, while Sugizo has joined the supergroup Skin in 2007, which also features pop/rock artists Gackt and Miyavi, as well as Yoshiki.^[2]

[edit]2007-08: The Reunion

Luna Sea reunited for a concert on December 24, 2007.^[3] The concert was aired live on Japan's NHK BS Hi-vision Satellite channel, with a few songs cut from the track list. The full-length DVD version of the concert was released on March 26, 2008. Luna Sea now only performs occasionally on live shows because they thought the reunion shouldn't be permanent.^[4]

Luna Sea performed at the "Hide Memorial Summit" on May 4, 2008. During their respective oversea tours in Hong Kong, both Inoran and Ryuichi teased in their interviews regarding the possible reunion of the band.

Luna Sea celebrated their 20th year anniversary on May 29, 2009. According to the band's official website, they are planning to sell music worldwide via iTunes.

[edit]Members

As with numerous other Japanese bands, the members of Luna Sea were usually credited with their given or stage name.

• Ryuichi Kawamura (河村隆一 Kawamura Ryuichi^?) – Vocals
• Yasuhiro "Sugizo" Sugihara (杉原有音 Sugihara Yuune) – Lead guitar and violin
• Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (井上清信 Inoue Shinobu) – Rhythm guitar
• Jun "J" Onose (小野瀬潤 Onose Jun) – Bass
• Shinya Yamada (山田真矢 Yamada Shinya) – Drums

Dir en Grey

Dir En Grey (ディル・アン・グレイ Diru an gurei^?), also stylized as DIRENGREY, DIR EN GREY, and Dir en grey, is a Japanese metal band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. As of 2008, they have recorded seven full-length records and while the group's lineup has remained consistent since its inception, numerous stylistic changes have made the genre of their music difficult to determine (though it is generally considered to be a form of metal music).^[1] Originally associated with Japan's visual kei movement, the band has toned down their attire in recent years.^[2][3]

Dir En Grey has toured through Asia, Europe, South America, and North America;^[4][5]Billboard commenting on the group's international fanbase, that the band "has transcended the language barrier in the United States through its music" and "gained its audience without singing in English".^[6]

Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1997–1999: Early career 1.2 2000–2004: From Macabre to Vulgar 1.3 2005–2006: Early non-Asian touring 1.4 2007-present: The Marrow of a Bone and Uroboros 2 Style and subject matter 3 Members 4 Discography 5 References 6 External links

[edit]History

[edit]1997–1999: Early career

Dir En Grey was preceded by the independent band La:Sadie's which included four of Dir En Grey's later members before it disbanded.^[7][8]After parting ways with La:Sadie's bassist Kisaki, Kyo, Kaoru, Die and Shinya along with newly recruited bassist Toshiya regrouped as a new band on February 2, 1997^[9][10] and released a first EP, Missa, a few months later. According to guitarist Kaoru, the name "Dir En Grey" was chosen because it "sounded right," and is composed of words from several languages, so that people would not be able to attach a specific meaning to it other than the band's name itself. More likely, however, was that the name was taken from "Dir en Gray", a song from Lareine's first demo tape.^[11]

They first attracted mainstream attention in 1998, by entering the top ten on the Oricon music charts with the still independently produced songs "Jealous" and "-I'll-".^[4][12] Five subsequent singles, arranged and produced by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi, were published during the first half of 1999, the band's first full-length record, Gauze, followed. One of the shows in support for the album (filmed at theOsaka-jo Hall) would later become the first of several live concerts to be released on VHS and DVD.

[edit]2000–2004: From Macabre to Vulgar

In 2000 vocalist Kyo was hospitalized with hearing trouble and several dates of the tour in support of Dir En Grey's then upcoming album,Macabre, had to be postponed. "Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre" eventually took off later the same year and was concluded at Nippon Budokan, shortly after the release of the single "Ain't Afraid to Die" in April 2001.

In the following year, along with the release of a third full-length album, Kisou, Dir En Grey gave their first performances abroad, touring China,Taiwan, and South Korea.^[13] Back in Japan, the last dates of the lengthy "Rettou Gekishin Angya" tour were already in support for the band's second EP, Six Ugly. In summer 2003, Dir En Grey performed at the Akasaka Blitz for five evenings in one week. Each show (except the first) was themed after a certain album, the last featuring songs from the then yet to be released Vulgar. A DVD set, titled Blitz 5 Days, was later released exclusively for members of the band's official fan club, A Knot. Vulgar released in September 2003, tours in support for the record would last well into 2004.^[14][15]

[edit]2005–2006: Early non-Asian touring

Kyo, Performing live at Rock im Park in 2006

In 2005, Dir En Grey performed in Europe for the first time. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (as part of the "It Withers and Withers" tour) sold out without promotion, save for newsletters by import record stores and internet-based word of mouth.^[5] The band also performed at two major festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. Becoming more involved with the international music scene, they had French band Ethsopen for them at the Paris concert and invited American musician Wednesday 13 and his band to play at a show in Japan. Dir En Grey also appeared at the Japanese leg of the "Taste of Chaos" tour.^[16]

2005 saw the first official European releases as well, in the form of that year's album Withering to Death.The band's music had previously been available to fans not living in Asia through means of import and Internet file-sharing only. The album also managed to achieve Dir En Grey's first non-Asian chart position, reaching #31 in the Finnish album charts. The subsequent single, "Clever Sleazoid", later climbed to #15 on the singles charts in the same country.^[17] Several Dir En Grey songs were also featured in thesoundtrack of the 2005 film Death Trance.^[18]

In early 2006 touring was expanded to the United States. The band performed in Austin, Texas (South by Southwest festival), New York City (Avalon Club) and Los Angeles, California (Wiltern Theatre), followed by the North American release of Withering to Death. Again, all shows sold out within days.^[19] and Billboard Magazine commented that Dir En Grey "ignited frenzied response with its first three U.S. shows".^[6] After more concerts and festival appearances in Germany during the summer, singer Kyo was again hospitalized, due to inflamed vocal cords. While two concert dates in Japan had to be postponed, Dir En Grey was still able to join Korn's Family Values Tour.^[20] In October, the band was back in Japan to perform at the Loudpark Festival, along with bands such as Megadeth, Slayer and Children of Bodom.^[21] Their 22nd single, "Agitated Screams of Maggots" was released on November 15, during the Japanese leg of the Inward Scream tour. On December 30, the music videofor "Saku" was voted the #1 video of the year on the MTV2 show Headbanger's Ball.^[22]

[edit]2007-present: The Marrow of a Bone and Uroboros

In February, Dir En Grey went on its first North American headlining tour, visiting sixteen cities^[23][24] while its sixth full-length album, The Marrow of a Bone, was released on February 7 in Japan, and in the United States and Europe in the following months. From May to July, the group opened during a United States tour of Deftones^[25] and afterwards did another European tour, which included their debut shows inDenmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as several festival performances across the continent, includingAnkkarock, M'era Luna Festival and Wacken Open Air.^[26]

The group went on another international tour in September, titled after its most recent single "Dozing Green", beginning in Japan, and continuing in Europe, including their first performance in the Netherlands and Switzerland.^[26] In late November, Dir En Grey opened two shows for Linkin Park at Saitama Super Arena and in December performed another Japan tour with 10 Years as support act.^[26]Commemorating Dir En Grey's tenth anniversary as a band, two greatest hits compilations, titled Decade 1998-2002 and Decade 2003-2007respectively, were released on December 19.

At the beginning of 2008, Dir En Grey announced plans to begin recording a new studio album...^[27] Their first touring of the year, in May, was another Japan tour with a conclusion of three shows at Shinkiba Studio Coast, titled Death over Blindness.^[28] Between touring, Dir En Grey performed on one night of the two-night Hide Memorial Summit on May 4, alongside X Japan, Luna Sea, and others.^[29] A second Japanese tour, titled Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again began September 10 the same day as the release of their recent single "Glass Skin".^[30]

On August 1, Dir En Grey announced the release of their seventh studio album, Uroboros,^[31] which was released on November 11, 2008 in the United States. The band also toured the United States and Canada in support of the album^[32][33] with dates scheduled for November and December (overlapping the release of Uroboros)^[34] with opening act The Human Abstract. More touring that fall included a series of four shows titled "Bajra", two being fan-club exclusive, and a single show on December 29, under the moniker "Uroboros -Breathing-", at the famous Osaka-jo Hall where Dir En Grey had not performed since December 18, 1999 (as seen on 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall).

Beginning in 2009, Dir En Grey made their first thorough tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland with Kerrang!'s "Relentless Tour '09" alongside Mindless Self Indulgence, Bring Me The Horizon, Black Tide and In Case Of Fire. In February, the band announced the public release of a new live DVD, Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again, as well as switching European record labels to the newly founded Okami Records, a sister label of their former European representation, Gan-Shin.

During spring of 2009, the band began to fully promote Uroboros with a series of nationwide tours, under the title "Tour 09 Feast of V Senses." The tour was interrupted briefly while in Sapporo and Sendai, with an announcement on the band's official website, explaining that Kyo had been diagnosed with edema of the larynx, and would require the postponement of three shows, which were rescheduled for early May.^[35]

Dir En Grey in Saarbrücken in 2009

Dir En Grey continued their Feast of V Senses tour in Europe, with a mixture of festival performances, headlining shows, and one co-headlining show with Killswitch Engage. The festival performances included their third appearances at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, as well as their initial concerts at Download Festival, Nova Rock and Metaltown. Among the headlining shows, Dir En Grey were also making debut concerts in Italy and the Czech Republic.

After several shows of their late-summer tour, "All Visible Things," Dir En Grey announced their next single for December, "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami", as well as a North American and South American tour also under the title "All Visible Things." Their new single was released on December 2, 2009 and reached number 2 on the Oricon Weekly Chart. The highest position to date for band.

Their 2009 tour season ended with a 3 live tour entitled, "DORJE". They finally ended their long Uroboros centered tour by doing 2 back to back performances at the Nippon Budokan, entitled, "UROBOROS –with the proof in the name of living…-" where tickets sold out in 15 minutes.

It was announced on April 7, 2010, that the band would be returning to the United Kingdom in August on the lineup for the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, playing on a bill being headlined by Iron Maiden and Rammstein. According to the festival website, this will be their only UK festival performance this year. Regarding the announcement, Kaoru (on the Sonisphere UK website) is quoted as saying "I’d never have thought that we would play a festival of this calibre! It is like a dream come true to be playing with such great bands at Sonisphere. Although we’re not back in the UK for a tour, we wanted to play this festival to give something back to the fans who were disappointed last year from our cancelled finale in London. We were really bummed ourselves to not play and are looking forward to playing a great show for all our fans. We’ll also think up something special for this show as a way to show them our appreciation for waiting for us to come back. As at any festival, we are excited about playing for people who have never seen us before, and I hope they will be able to enjoy our show with our unique stage performance. It’ll be something they’ve never seen before! It will be absolutely rewarding for us if they simply enjoy our performance.”

It was announced on April 28th 2010, that Dir en Grey will also be playing an exclusive club date at London's Koko venue on August 3rd 2010 as part of "THE UNWAVERING FACT OF TOMORROW TOUR 2010". Guitarist Kaoru comments: "It's been awhile since our last headline show in London so you can expect as much as you want!! We're looking forward to see our fans in the UK again and hopefully see some new faces who saw us on the Kerrang! Tour. Come and enjoy a performance that you can only experience at our headline shows!" ^[36]

[edit]Style and subject matter

	"Cage" from the album Gauze
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	"Bottom of the Death Valley" from the album Kisou
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	"Obscure" from the album Vulgar
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	"Clever Sleazoid" from the album The Marrow of a Bone
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Dir En Grey has been categorized in many genres such as alternative metal,alternative rock, experimental, hardcore, nu metal, metalcore, avant garde,progressive and various others.^[37] Dir En Grey's format has been subject to change throughout their career, initially being a rather experimental form of alternative rock. Some tracks of their debut album Gauze also demonstrated a distinct pop appeal, which was largely dropped in favor of a more progressive sound on the following albums, Macabre and Kisou. While up to that point some songs had already been more fast-paced, raw and aggressive than others, the band's music took a decisive turn with the release of the EP Six Ugly, from then on sporting more metal influences in general. Dir En Grey's style has since gravitated towards riffs and song structuresmore along the lines of contemporary North American fusion genres, such as nu metal and metalcore, though their latest album, Uroboros, sees them return to the more experimental and oriental sound of their earlier albums. Since its release many sources have begun classifying Dir En Grey as progressive metal. In a review of their sixth full length album, The Marrow of a Bone, allmusic comments on their evolution and diversity, saying:

“	The band's sound has embraced tendencies of American metal and nu metal (they participated in Korn's Family Values tour in America), and Dir en Grey bring so many other sonic and musical elements into the mix that they extend not only the reach of their own music, but the boundaries of any music they happen to incorporate into their sound.	”
	— Thom Jurek, Allmusic[4]

Kyo's singing is considered a pivotal aspect of the band, and he has gained recognition for his distinctive vocal work and for his large range and versatility, being able to "howl, croon, emote cleanly, scream, shriek, growl, bellow, and make nearly inhuman sounds",^[4] and he has been compared favorably to singer and avant garde musician Mike Patton.^[38] In their review of Uroboros, Sputnik Music says only of Kyo's singing, "I challenge you to find one singer in any genre with more range than this guy."^[39] All lyrics are written by Kyo and deal with subjects such as society, mass media as well as sexual obsessions and love, usually with negative implications. The vocabulary varies from subtle to explicit and several songs rely heavily on double entendres and other wordplay, often involving the multiple meanings of a kanjicharacter.^[40]

[edit]Members

As with numerous other Japanese bands, the members of Dir En Grey are credited with their given or stage name, the names of Kyo (京^?)and Kaoru (薫) usually being written in kanji.

• Kyo – vocals
• Kaoru – guitar, backing vocals
• Die – guitar, backing vocals
• Toshiya – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Shinya – drums