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Birth Name: X Japan (エックス・ジャパン Ekkusu Japan)

Country of origin: Japan

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17 votes

Japanese Music Artists Directory (21 items)
list by shyguy26

Published 14 years, 6 months ago

1 comment

10 votes

Power Metal (28 items)
list by Massao Ikawa

Published 10 years, 1 month ago

2 comments

9 votes

Favorite Quotes From Favourite Music Artists (34 items)
list by Line Schneider

Published 15 years, 1 month ago

3 comments

4 votes

All-Time Favorite Music Artists (100 items)
list by Plastikcat

Published 2 years, 10 months ago

1 votes

All-Time Favorite Visual Kei Bands (100 items)
list by Plastikcat

Published 6 years, 2 months ago

1 comment

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Description: Japanese heavy metal band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X (エックス Ekkusu), the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood. They started out mainly as a power/speed metal band, but later gravitated towards a progressive sound with an emphasis on ballads. Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, the group is widely credited as one of the pioneers of visual kei, a movement among Japanese musicians comparable to Western glam. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked the band at numbe ... (more)

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