In the fall of 1990, Buck-Tick went back to the studio to work on their sixth studio album, Kurutta Taiyou . They spent 800 hours making it, much more than any of their previous albums. The difference was noticeable as the sound is much deeper and more sophisticated, using many…
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On February 21, 1990, their third album, Break Through , was released. It charted at No. 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart . To promote it, they started a tour with 22 shows nationwide. Their single ” Taiyō no Komachi Angel ” was released on June 13 and peaked at…
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This success earned the band the “Grand Prix New Artist of the Year” award at the 4th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1990.
and their third The Great Blue in 1990
Ueda and Yamanaka were the main songwriters and the Pillows released their first EPs, Pantomime and 90’s My Life in 1990 under Captain Records.
To commemorate the band’s 15th anniversary, the Pillows re-released their 90’s My Life EP with additional tracks and released a string of new material, including a new EP with re-recorded tracks previously published between 1990 and 1996, Turn Back , one document DVD, Walkin’ on The Spiral , one new…
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and on December 17 the band sold all 150 tickets for their first official one-man live concert at Machida Play House.
In December, the band’s second demo “Shade” was released, with all one thousand copies sold out,
which was temporarily suspended when Yoshiki collapsed after a November 22 concert.
In October, they transferred their activities to Meguro , where they performed at local venues such as Rock-May-Kan and Live Station.