Stumbled upon this vintage valentine (apropos with the big love day coming up in a couple of weeks!)....ah, geez...WHO and WHAT was the first thing to come to my mind??? 😻 If someone made these shoes a reality (hey, Emi Takahashi, are you reading this?!?), I would totally buy them and promptly craft a theme outfit with my other hide swag. 😸🤘❤️

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Hi, I'm a fairly big XJapan fan and really want to learn to play Taiji's tapping solo in Rose of Pain, but all of my basses are 21 frets, so I was looking at getting a 24 fret bass to learn this and other songs on. Unfortunately I'm left handed and can only play instruments left handed, right handed doesn't feel right for me.

Did Killer Guitars ever release any left handed Taiji signatures?

First of all, please don't write that this is his personal life and blah blah blah I know this very well and still I am interested in 😍

P.S. I'm just curious about this topic... I want to sincerely say that I wish everyone happiness... I don't judge them, I support them

Okay, a few days ago I saw a yoshiki's fan post on the internet... The girl was talking about yoshiki having a new girlfriend and she looks very similar to Atsushi Sakurai and Hyde.
She did not know the name of this girl and assumed that her name might be Maria, and maybe she is about 25 years old, is a composer and is from California

Do you know anything about this topic guys? 😘

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what brands did they wear? especially in the 90s? or what are some similar things to what they wore? especially hide and heath. i love hide’s glasses and the animal print cowboy hat. and i love heaths big belts especially but also just in general what were they all wearing?

so, after making the X TV performance (thumbnail) collection (see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/xjapan/comments/1hqama0/x_tv_performance_thumbnails_collection/)

I'm thinking of doing some more database stuff, but not really sure which thing I should do first

do you guys have any request? I'm thinking of "List of X Post-Reunion live performance that got broascasted on TV/ web stream"

since even though I think information about post-reunion stuff is more accessible/ easier to find, there are still new fans (post-2018) who didn't know which clips came from what performance

let me know

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3kXHYLyZ4

It's really clear to me now, revisiting it, just how distinctly Lynchian it is, and how it pairs with the mindset of Yoshiki during this era.

(Also, Japan loves David Lynch, namely Twin Peaks. It's influence cannot be overstated)

Edited to note-- my dumbass got Longing and this mixed up. Ah well. Still a good music video and I find still uniquely inspired by his aesthetics, but yeah- it was Longing.

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Why it seems that only overseas x japan fans are critical toward Yoshiki's empty promises, lack of musical activities and his obsession towards branding? Why most fans tend to glorify every act of selfpromotion ,instead of asking him about the album, TLRS and X japan current status?

Because I like organizing things and I’m a filthy guitar snob, I decided to go out of my way to organize as many X Japan songs by tuning that I am able to find. Now keep in mind, this was only information that was available to me and based on songs with guitar. If a song is not on here, it was because it did not feature guitar or I was not able to find the exact tuning. If there is anything I got wrong here, please let me know in the comments.

E Standard-

Prologue (~ World Anthem)

Easy Fight Rambling

X

Endless Rain

Celebration

Love Replica

Joker

Standing Sex

Art of Life

Dahlia

Longing ~Togireta Melody~

Rusty Nail

Tears

Drain

Last Song

I.V.

Drop D-

Scars

Born To Be Free

E Flat Standard-

Dear Loser

Vanishing Love

Phantom of Guilt

Sadistic Desire

Give Me the Pleasure

I'll Kill You

Alive

Kurenai (Vanishing Vision)

Blue Blood

Week End

Xclamation

Kurenai (Blue Blood)

Orgasm

Rose of Pain

Unfinished (Blue Blood)

Silent Jealousy

Miscast

Desperate Angel

White Wind from Mr. Martin ~Pata's Nap~

Stab Me in the Back

Say Anything

D Standard-

Jade

C# Standard-

Voiceless Screaming

This is the print ad for Yoshiki's commercials for Kiyora eggs featuring their cat mascot Kiyonya. Does anyone have a clearer picture of this ad?

Here is an article about the ads with pictures: https://nextshark.com/egg-company-hires-japans-greatest-rock-legend-yoshiki-adorable-commercial

Here are both ads and the behind the scenes video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O90-Kf4JhnU

Edit: the image won't load so here is the listing for the print ad: https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m25643397005

This photo came up on my Pinterest feed and at first I honestly thought it was a well-crafted fake but then I found this story to back it up:

https://jrocknews.com/2019/10/yoshiki-mcdonalds-teriyaki-burger.html

I had never seen or heard anything about this previously so this was literally news to me (in my defense, I have only been a fan since March 2021 and I am a little heavy-handed on hide!). Hope hide was still getting in his ear about ragging on him for "not having any taste" on Hey! Hey! Hey! (I think everyone knows what I am refering to)... 😸

I’m almost 40 and just now getting into X Japan. I grew up on metal, hardcore, punk, and heavy music, but I also dove into Japanese culture through anime, games, and Jpop as a kid in the 90s. Bands like L'Arc-en-Ciel and Luna Sea hooked me early, but I never got into X Japan—mainly because I was picky with vocal styles and visual kei.

Back then, I knew of X Japan but mainly just of their ballads like “Forever Love.” I did like them, but for whatever reason they didn’t grab me, and their image felt like a barrier despite my love for glam, hair metal, and thrash. Recently, I watched an old live video, heard “Kurenai,” and my mind was blown how I never gave them a chance. Had I grew up with them, my musical sensibilities might be a lot different. Their early albums are metal as hell, and it’s wild how music you ignored as a kid or wrote off and never gave a chance because of a silly thing can hit differently as an adult. Now, a lot of bands I used to hate as a kid are some of my favorite bands now

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So, I made thumbnails for all of my X TV performance clips

I mainly doing this to be used on my site only, but I guess this could help you all who constantly asking for the name & date of X TV show performance

on the thumbnails, you can see the name & air date of the show + the length & video resolution that I have (if you have longer or better quality file, let me know, let's trade!)

you can access the Google Drive folder here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YQJlxoqCN57ZjMexX4mPmmcg88PKcL3N?usp=sharing

mind you, this only consisted of TV Show where X performed a song

so no talk show/ variety/ interview only TV clips

also included solo performance of each member (Toshi is absolutely incomplete because he appear in so many TV show, not even http://xxxxxx.uunyan.com/ got a complete list of his TV performance)

use them for your "research" purpose only

if you have any question regarding certain show, feel free to ask

PS for girlnium: you may add the folder to you google drive collection file

enjoy & happy new year !

My mother saw x japan in 1992 and toshI performed at the care home my grandparents own after he left the cult. I saw yoshiki 3 times last year. Heath also gave me a bass guitar

"Scary Japanese Female Warrior" 😸 No mention of hide whatsoever in the item description....wondering how many people bought this item not knowing who he was, or that this is simply not a female.... Oh, my.....