4 membered band ( the music they play is extremely diverse ), also labelled as a " visual band ". But personally me thinks they are not quite there ...Visual Kei is BIG in Japan. OK , make that WAS cos now R & B is everywhere!!! Even Japan. ARRGGGG .... Dont mistake, I do not detest R & B but not when everyone plays the same thing.

Hisashi & Takuro play excellent guitar of which Hisashi is undisputedly the better of the two. Their songs have rather long guitar solos here and there. Jiro plays the bass and Teru obviously sings lead.
I love the way Teru sings !!! VEry Groovy ... Takuro writes most of their songs which are mostly quite upbeat and have catchy tunes. And his lyrics are very poetic and GOOD!

Laruku aka Niji ( u know wat niji is in japanese? It means rainbow ) are ....

Hyde ( voca l)

Ken ( guitar )

Testu ( bass )

Yukihiro ( drum )

Another visual band....duh.

Kinda wierd, but the man are prettier than the woman in JAPAN thanks to this visual " kei " thing. See the second guy from the left? Tt's Hyde and he ( she? ) is VERY PRETTY and young looking, can't believe he's 30 plus orady.
OK but I think we should not let their looks take first place instead of their music...so conclusion...I love the music from this band.

Visual band that has toned down on those makeup lately too. Save money is it? Lead vocal Ryuichi Kawamura. ( 3rd guy from left ). He's a cool songwriter and great singer. I like the way he sings, very special !!! Produced brilliant works just like Takuro of GLAY and Yoshiki of X Japan

fave songs :" in silence " & " I for U ".

Congrats for breaking SPVA Charts in S'pore...
Dont lose that fire and spirit in U!
Ganbate Kudasai !

So much tt can be said abt them...
They are legendary! The guru of this visual " kei" thing but they are history now with the sudden suicide of HIDE .
Its been a year now and its only after they disband that I have started appreciating their music.
Yoshiki is a genius song writer, spinning those heart wrenching songs again and again

X - Japan