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S.K.I.N. / Current status of SKIN?
« on: February 01, 2008, 08:51:26 PM »
Thanks both of you.  That's pretty much what I suspected... I wouldn't mind seeing more of SKIN in the future-- in my opinion any band with both Yoshiki and Sugizo in it has potential to be interesting-- but given that Yoshiki is now busy with X Japan (among other things) I'm certainly not complaining.

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General chat / Does X Japan members have tattoo????
« on: February 01, 2008, 08:29:09 PM »
Quote from: "Maverick"

There's written 'Death or Victory'


Cool, thanks.

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hide / hide's tattoo
« on: February 01, 2008, 08:26:53 PM »
Very interesting, thanks for posting that pic and link.  I had no idea he got his tattoo redone.  Personally I liked the old dagger and rose better, great classic tattoo, but I can see where he may have thought it didn't fit with his image anymore.

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Bring X to Europe! / America, too!
« on: February 01, 2008, 08:20:47 PM »
Bring X to America project?  Count me in!

Anyone (Amethyst?) who wants to organize this?  Personally I would not trust me to be the one to collect the letters (if that's what we do), I'm not really responsible enough for that. :P  But I'd love to help out however I can.

One issue that any Bring X to America movement will have to deal with, though, is the whole anime convention thing...

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Merchandise / Bad picture quality on official X DVDs?
« on: January 31, 2008, 08:11:43 PM »
Well, at least my DVD player is OK then, I guess...

That is really too bad about the X DVDs though. :(

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S.K.I.N. / Current status of SKIN?
« on: January 31, 2008, 08:01:10 PM »
Does anyone know the current status of SKIN?  (Forgive me if this is a stupid question, I'm kind of out of the loop.)  I went to the concert but haven't heard any news about them since-- no singles, albums, additional concerts, nothing.

I assumed that Yoshiki would have dropped SKIN once the X Japan reunion became a reality-- after all, if you can get X Japan back together, why bother with SKIN anymore?-- but just curious if I've missed some news.

(That concert was a very strange experience, by the way.)

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General chat / Does X Japan members have tattoo????
« on: January 31, 2008, 07:51:32 PM »
Like others have said, there is a huge stigma against tattoos in Japan.  There's less prejudice against them now than once there was, but even now I would say a Japanese rocker who decides to get tattooed has made a bigger commitment to his music/lifestyle than a non-Japanese rocker who gets the same tattoo, if that makes sense.  When Taiji got his, tattoos in Japan were even less accepted than they currently are, so I would consider his tattoos a MAJOR hardcore statement of "rock'n'roll for life".  If you look at photos of other Japanese metal guys from the same era, even the more Western/cowboy-style ones, most of them do not have any tattoos at all.  (The only other tattoos I can think of offhand are on one of the guys from Jacks'n Joker.)

Speaking of Taiji's tattoos, does anyone know what the one on his left arm says?  It's a dagger with a banner, but I've never seen a clear enough photo to read it.

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Merchandise / Bad picture quality on official X DVDs?
« on: January 31, 2008, 07:34:23 PM »
For anyone else who has the official version of the On the Verge of Destruction DVDs-- is the image often a little pixelated?  I've had this concert on LD (yeah, laserdisc... remember those?) for years and just recently I got the DVD version.  They're not copies, they're the official release, purchased from a very legit source that doesn't even sell pirated versions.

The sound is great, but the picture... it's still enjoyable, but I swear my old LDs are clearer.  I also see some of the same pixelation on my Bakuhatsu Sunzen Gig DVD, but I don't have anything reliable to compare it to since the only version I had previously was a bad VHS copy.

Has anyone else experienced the same?  Or is something weird with my DVD player?

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