2001 also saw little activity as Buck-Tick, with only two concerts

2001 also saw little activity as Buck-Tick, with only two concerts held. They returned to Korea for the Soyo Rock Festival on July 29, where they were drenched with rain during their set, and held their first Day in Question concert at the Nippon Budokan on December 29. Instead, Sakurai and Imai formed the supergroup Schwein with English and German industrial musicians Raymond Watts and Sascha Konietzko . The quartet released two albums and toured Japan, all within the year. Buck-Tick did however enter the studio in 2001 to record their next album, and released the single “21st Cherry Boy” on November 21.