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…
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The compilation album Clicked Singles Best 13 was released on March 14, 2001.
In March 2001, Billboard quoted music critic Hiromichi Ugaya as saying that Luna Sea broke up due to conflict between Ryuichi and the other members.
On February 26, 2001, “B’z Live-Gym 2001 ‘Eleven’” kicked off with a warmup show at the Ehime Kenmin Bunka Kaikan, which was exclusive to fan club members. The tour had 46 shows in 19 locations and 600,000 attendees. In March, they released their thirty-first and very popular single, ” Ultra…
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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…
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Later, Hirotsugu Homma (who had played together with Shibata in Loudness ) replaced Takamasa Oouchi on drums and Eizo Sakamoto returned to the vocals. In 2001, they released Seven Hills . In 2002 came Overload , which is considered by most critics to be much more aggressive than Seven Hills…
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In 2001, Tetsuya started his solo career under the name Tetsu69
After their participation on FLCL’s soundtrack, the Pillows released their first greatest-hits compilation album Fool on the Planet in 2001 and also a live DVD called Busters on the Planet and a new album, Smile .
Yukihiro formed the band Acid Android
Galneryus was formed in 2001 by guitarist and bandleader Syu (Valkyr, Animetal , Aushvitz) and vocalist Masahiro “Yama-B” Yamaguchi (AxBites, Rekion, River End and Gunbridge). While at a live house in Kujō, Osaka , Syu heard fellow Kansai -native Yama-B on the radio and knew he wanted to work with…
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