Before I start on this, I'd like to thank Matthias for posting this news. Thanks!
Now then, with that out of the way...
The guy from Limp Bizkit??? FUCKING HELL, that's ridiculous!! Yeah, I know, at least it's not some oshare kei guy. Could always be worse. And intellectually, I know I should wait and give him a chance before I decide what I think of this.
But emotionally speaking? I'm pissed. Thank god I didn't spend $2000 on getting to Tokyo; seeing some nu-metal dude play with X would for me be the concert equivalent going to a funeral to look at a friend's corpse. My favorite band broke up in 1992 and I'm not interested in seeing the misshapen zombie of a once-kickass metal band staggering around. Rather remember them as they were, thanks.
Not that I should be surprised, I guess-- this isn't exactly the first time Yoshiki's made a serious personnel mistake. :roll:
Honestly, if X Japan comes to LA in August on their world tour and they've still got some Limp Bizkit guy with them, I'm debating whether I'd rather spend my concert money on Poison instead. And by the way, I'm an X fan of 12 years and the proud owner of a new 9-inch X tattoo on my leg (still a work in progress), if that gives anyone any idea of how much I LOVE the 1987-1992 X and how much I hate to see it have come to this.