The Vanishing Tour Vol.2 took the band to 20 locations for 24 shows from June to July
In the meantime the band released its first album, Vanishing Vision through Extasy Records on April 14, 1988, and toured extensively in support of the record.
In 1988 they continued their experimentation with other genres on the album The Outer Mission .
Inspired by the monumental events of 1988, especially the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Endo revived The Stalin with new members and a new name, now simply Stalin. He had been fascinated with the Polish Solidarity movement , which began the same year as The Stalin, and after a…
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Buck-Tick had become popular enough that they could only play at large halls now. They missed small live houses, so they organized a secret gig under the false name “Bluck-Tlick” at Shinjuku Loft on January 24, 1988. The alias was taken from a shōjo manga that was based on themselves,…
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That year the members also made a brief cameo appearance in the American film Tokyo Pop , starring Carrie Hamilton and Diamond Yukai .
Outrage’s first album Black Clouds followed in 1988 on Polydor Records .
On December 26, 1987, the band participated in an audition held by CBS/Sony
In August 1987, they performed at the Rock Monster event at Kyoto Sports Valley and gave out their first home video, Xclamation .
In May 1987, Endo created Video Stalin, a group of musicians who were more of a video production group than a band. They released three videos and one album. One of the videos, Your Order! The History of The Stalin , can be considered a The Stalin video instead, as…
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