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hide / Re: Headwax suing Yoshiki for using hide's image in concerts?
« on: August 20, 2010, 10:22:07 PM »It's very, very unusual for a record label to pay for concerts. That's what promoters do, record labels seldom foray into that market. Nextarr were a sponsor for X Japan post re-union (X Japan's concert books promoted half of their band roster and the Hide Memorial Summit was basically a Nextarr showcase), but they weren't funding the entire thing exclusively as your article seems to suggest. Yoshiki, representing X Japan, is actually currently deadlocked in a court battle with Nextarr over unpaid concert revenues. Apparently the band haven't actually been paid a penny for their 2008 Tokyo Dome shows, and are now unlikely to be after the label went under. Nextarr have actually claimed publicly that they owe X Japan money, just not the amount which Yoshiki is seeking via his court case. From the looks of things, Headwax's claim against Nextarr is similar to the one Yoshiki is filing, only they recognise that they're unlikely to recoup the money from a bankrupt business and as such are suing Yoshiki and Sankyo in separate claims.
Also, Lee, ask your insider about The Yakuza and the injuries Hiroshi Matsumoto suffered recently when he had an "accident". All of the people I've spoke to about this in Japan are convinced that there's more to this than meets the eye. I mean, come on, he's filing 15 cases against three separate companies due to the use of Hide images in two songs over the weekend? If we are to believe that we are also to believe they have compiled these petty cases extraordinarily fast. This has probably been in the pipeline for a while, they were just waiting for the right time to move forward with proceedings. It's a desperate attempt in any circumstance, as Headwax are unlikely to win a penny given that they actually profited from the ticket sales to the Yokohama lives and were also able to sell their merchandise at the event. What exactly where they getting paid for if not for Hide's image being used at the concerts? Breach of contract or not, they're clearly up to their eyeballs in a mess that they can't escape from - this is all pretty desperate.
Besides, X Japan and the Yakuza actually go hand-in-hand. I remember reading an interview with the French director who worked with Yoshiki on the Rose of Pain video, and he said that X Japan's meteoric rise to success was actually a cash cow for organised crime. X Japan have had plenty of sponsors, not all of them have been gullible record labels - or even legitimate businesses.
Its not good idea , talking out about Yakuza like this on public forum !! :X
I see so many times , X Japan's fan talking about Yakuza ... HIDE death , pachinko machine and N. Korea , Hiroshi accident , and now these things you say ... please be carefully , its very danger to say !! Yakuza might be reading , and see it ... even you dont like, please consider Yakuza very respectful in Japan , everybody know to leave them allone and not accuse
Please X japan's fans , lets support X Japan , not say danger things
Thanks you TG for post it 