Biography
X Japan (エックス ジャパン, X Japan
?), or X (エックス, X
?) which was their initial name, was a
Japanese
Visual kei band, the brainchild of
Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). Their sound started as
Japanese rock
speed metal, and later gravitated towards
alternative rock, but always retained a huge emphasis on beautiful ballads. Plans for the band started in
1976, when its original members,
Toshi (Toshimitsu Deyama) and...
