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Toshi also performed a solo cover of the song at two shows in 2013. "Say Anything" was covered by the pop group Globe, of which Yoshiki was briefly a member, on their 2002 album Global Trance 2. [26] It was also used as the theme song for the TV drama Lullaby Keiji.
At this time Toshi was a guitar player, but following the departure of their vocalist, Toshi was selected for the position after being deemed the best singer remaining in the group. [3] In 1982, Noise disbanded and Yoshiki and Toshi formed a new band, naming it X while they tried to think of another name, but the name stuck.
Founded in 1982 by vocalist Toshi and drummer Yoshiki, X Japan started out as a power/speed metal band and later gravitated towards a progressive sound with an emphasis on ballads. With the member line-up including bassist Taiji and guitarists hide and Pata since 1987, X released their debut studio album Vanishing Vision on Yoshiki's own record ...
Toshi and Yoshiki at Japan Expo 2010. On July 1, the band appeared at Club Nokia in Los Angeles where they performed an acoustic setlist, and recorded a music video for the new song, "Born to Be Free". [89] [90] On July 4, the two founding members Toshi and Yoshiki, appeared in Paris at the Japan Expo 2010 where they performed some songs. [91]
As that bring us back to the all-important topic about of timing.When X Japan first came to America in the 1980s, they “spoke zero English” and Toshi sang almost entirely in Japanese.
The surviving members of X Japan, Yoshiki, guitarist Pata and bassist Heath, reunited with Toshi and made their first public appearance on October 22, 2007, on the rooftop of the shopping center Aqua City in Odaiba, Tokyo, to film a music video for a new song, "I.V.". [6]
Yoshiki performing in London at the Hyper Japan Festival, 2015. In April 2015, Yoshiki was a guest speaker and performer at the New Economy Summit (NES). [117] In July, he performed at the Hyper Japan Festival in London, together with Toshi. [118] Yoshiki performed with a string quartet at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Vanishing Vision was released on vinyl record on April 14, 1988 on Yoshiki's own label Extasy Records.Despite being an independent record label, it sold more than ten thousand copies, topping Oricon's indie music chart. [2]