Japanese rock and pop music (aka J-Rock/J-Pop)

[SoundscapeMN]

bump.

X-Japan's bassist Heath RIP, 55. Colon Cancer

https://deadline.com/2023/11/heath-dead-x-japan-bassis-1235617731/

[Kyo]

Straight from X-Twitter:
𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋$𝐁𝐎𝐗𝐗 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤

-2024-
12/08(Sun) Zepp Haneda
12/15(Sun) Zepp Fukuoka
12/21(Sat) Zepp Sapporo
12/29(Sun) Zepp Osaka Bayside

-2025-
01/12(日) Zepp Nagoya

Yeah! 

[lonestar]

Saw that yesterday, hopefully some new material is coming out with it. It'd be a shame just to have 5 shows I can't attend or see fancam videos of.

[lonestar]

Guitarist Saki is leaving Nemophila.




If you need me I'll be crying in my pillow fort for the foreseeable future.

[ariich]

Sounds like it was creative differences. I don't know enough about the different members and their influences but I wonder if it relates to the balance between the prog metal and alternative metal sides of their sound.

[lonestar]

I'm sure that plays into it, the official report cites creative differences. Saki herself also says she's done everything she wanted to do with the band. My biggest conceen going forward is they state their going to be a four piece yet all their present material is two guitar stuff. While a bass heavy sound is intriguing, and Hazuki is certainly capable of carrying the weight of being the lead, there's no way they can do their past catalog live.

They have another announcement on the 14th, hopefully that'll shed more light

[lonestar]

I'm still crushed Saki left, in case anyone was wondering.... this is the J-metal equivalent of MP leaving DT.