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Yoshiki / Re: Does Yoshiki like sweets?

« on: July 14, 2020, 08:22:26 AM »

I recall that I've read somewhere that Yoshiki might have hyperthyroidism (that would explain his extremely thin body type) and very often people who experience this condition need to eat frequently because of their heavy metabolism, especially sweet treats

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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI - ENDLESS RAIN - INTERNATIONAL FAN PROJECT

« on: July 12, 2020, 11:30:33 AM »

let me guess: he'll put together a choir of those who have sent the video message and play along with drums as people sing.

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Heath / Re: Why Heath no longer provides support vocals?

« on: July 08, 2020, 08:08:51 PM »

the simplest explanation is that X members (not the historical ones, of course) consider themselves musicians for hire and they feel like they belong less than ever to a band. (Not surprisingly...) So they feel like they're allowed to overlook minor details such as background vocals.

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Pata / Re: Pata's Solo Career

« on: July 08, 2020, 11:14:55 AM »

released just a couple of days ago:

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Offtopic / Re: So, is this forum dead now or something?

« on: July 07, 2020, 08:02:31 PM »

as for now, the only thing left to do is maybe getting Yoshiki's live streams translated in English.

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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI - ENDLESS RAIN - INTERNATIONAL FAN PROJECT

« on: July 06, 2020, 05:32:16 AM »

ohh, here we go again. Another way to cover up for the lack of an album release... 

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Toshi / Re: Toshi on his YouTube channel eats Pudding. (New)

« on: June 05, 2020, 07:25:22 AM »

I would shoot him a message on IG to ask how he's getting along with Yoshiki, but I'm 100% sure that nobody would answer...

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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI Life of a japanese Rockstar - Trailer

« on: May 25, 2020, 07:00:06 PM »

Let's not forget THIS, shall we?

we should really ask the girl who auditioned as a drummer how did the whole deal end... She was surprisingly good

though judging from her Twitter profile she's currently in another band, so I guess that we already know. 

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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI Life of a japanese Rockstar - Trailer

« on: May 25, 2020, 09:21:24 AM »

just like many of us do, he launches dozens of projects but apparently only a lucky bunch of them finds the light of the day (mostly those which haven't anything to do with X)

he's just this way. He's scared of what the future of X might be, I think. But X already have no future if things keep going this way

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Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)

« on: May 24, 2020, 02:45:19 PM »

But there are rumors that Toshi and PATA are not in good terms. There was something at the "no audience gig" The "proof" is, that PATA is not following Toshi on Twitter... I have no idea. I just read it...

has anybody noticed that Pata doesn't follow any member from X on Instagram? Weird

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Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)

« on: May 22, 2020, 06:05:53 PM »

how are Yoshiki's relationships with the other band members? That alone could give some insight if this "news" has a bit of truth to it. Obviously he won't release a new album if Toshi, Pata, Sugizo and Heath are either busy or in bad terms with him

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Yoshiki / Re: Yoshiki bored during corona crisis

« on: May 16, 2020, 08:23:58 PM »

he just opened a new IG profile for Yoshiki Channel https://www.instagram.com/yoshikichannelofficial/

apart from his classical live sets for a super-restricted audience, what is he doing music-wise in those days?

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General chat / Re: X at its peak?

« on: May 03, 2020, 08:15:01 PM »

meanwhile, Yoshiki plays mind games to the next level trying to ignite a last, faint hope for X:

https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1256415405343531010

to be quite honest, even if this album sees the light of day in the next 50 years, it won't be half as successful as expected. I mean, he's right when he says that people have developed a sweet tooth for more electron-ish music and X are not marketable that much anymore. But when will things change?

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News / Re: TEH ULTIMATE X JAPAN SOCIAL MEDIA MASTERPOST!!!11 - Never miss out again! ;-)

« on: April 29, 2020, 06:38:11 PM »

thank you so much for the blog entries, when MySpace was still a thing I didn't get the chance to read all of the entries so now I'm happy I get the chance to. 

in case somebody wants to archive a permanent copy of Yoshiki's blog posts, https://archive.is can be used. So it will be available even if the website is not.

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Yoshiki / Re: Yoshiki's mental health

« on: April 24, 2020, 06:57:17 PM »

Yes I agree. I believe the only true friend he has is Toshi. He does seem to be unhappy, and his issues are unresolved. Some posts suggest hes putting it on as he is some heroine of a sad play. But who really knows... I would venture to guess from all that I have read, hes very giving and generous.  Thats an open invitation to get screwed. So he should get someone on his level and try not dating needie women. I do hope he is ok during this COVID ordeal we are all going through I'm in NYC :'(Its just too hard... I hope all of you are ok and staying healthy.

thanks, hope you're safe too. Where I live (Italy) we're doing a bit better every day even though Covid-19 stroke at its harshest in the very beginning of the pandemic in January; hopefully all of this can settle down in a couple of months.

As for Yoshiki, I know little about his dating habits. I just wish he could find some kind of long-time companionship besides the occasional supermodel and whatnot. Maybe even in love he's a perfectionist and heaven knows how many relationships derail because of unrealistic standards...

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News / Re: TEH ULTIMATE X JAPAN SOCIAL MEDIA MASTERPOST!!!11 - Never miss out again! ;-)

« on: April 24, 2020, 06:36:25 AM »

Yoshiki recently opened a new blog and he's giving English lessons.

https://ameblo.jp/yoshikiofficial/

 he really enjoys every non-X Japan related activity   

(here's the original post

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Suggestions / Re: X freaks official translator team

« on: April 20, 2020, 05:08:14 AM »

yup, it would be cool (mainly because most news about X, Yoshiki & friends are in Japanese and they don't get officially translated from Western news sources)

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Toshi / Re: Toshi is active again (on youtube)

« on: April 19, 2020, 09:43:29 AM »

Toshi is active everywhere: 

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Yoshiki / Re: Yoshiki's mental health

« on: April 19, 2020, 08:19:48 AM »

I'm afraid that other than Toshi he's got no closer friends... And I often think that all of his caring (sometimes to the point of excess) about being constantly in touch with the fanbase literally stems from the need to compensate for the loneliness.

he's a generous person but he's alone, at least that's what I could sense from his social media presence.

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Yoshiki / Re: Yoshiki bored during corona crisis

« on: April 18, 2020, 07:50:59 PM »

thanks for sharing this gem, I've never seen Yoshiki that wasted before 

oh my, he definitely should make a show about him just getting drunk with Toshi. That shouldn't be difficult to do, since he craves for red wine... 

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Yoshiki / Re: Yoshiki bored during corona crisis

« on: April 16, 2020, 07:51:57 AM »

One thing I always ask myself is how he can stand this constant mispronunciation of his name, lol.

however, he's always been awkwardly shy in interviews so it doesn't surprise at all if he's not answering properly.

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General chat / Re: ThanX

« on: April 15, 2020, 05:31:05 AM »

who knows how many other concerts/VHSs we're missing.
X Japan equation: number of bootleg video/audio recordings > CDs/DVDs from their official discography 

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General chat / Re: ThanX

« on: April 14, 2020, 07:22:40 AM »

apparently it's a super rare VHS.

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Toshi / Re: Toshi is active again (on youtube)

« on: April 12, 2020, 07:01:27 AM »

he gradually became the opposite of Yoshiki (luckily). He has an active blog, an active social media presence, he constantly puts out new music...

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News / Re: TEH ULTIMATE X JAPAN SOCIAL MEDIA MASTERPOST!!!11 - Never miss out again! ;-)

« on: April 11, 2020, 09:30:37 AM »

it would be cool to dig up Yoshiki's blog posts from the Myspace era. As far as I know the blog section is not accessible, though...

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Heath / Re: Heath's Equipment

« on: April 11, 2020, 09:27:53 AM »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_(musician)#Equipment

https://equipboard.com/pros/heath

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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI Life of a japanese Rockstar - Trailer

« on: April 05, 2020, 06:52:20 AM »

I don't think that this project will see the light of the day soon either, lol. Yoshiki has this habit to switch from one goal to another in a matter of days

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Toshi / Toshi's new song - "Be All Right"

« on: April 03, 2020, 06:25:34 PM »

bonus: some recent video footage 

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Yoshiki / Re: Lady's X

« on: April 03, 2020, 06:18:00 PM »

I remember when I watched a couple of videos about Yoshiki's selection for the members of the band...  I don't think that any of that girls actually got to debut somehow.

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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI Life of a japanese Rockstar - Trailer

« on: April 03, 2020, 06:11:56 PM »

Apparently there aren't any news about this yet. Let's just add it to the everlasting postponed Yoshiki stuff (the bin is almost full, lol)