Niji pv larc en ciel hyde biography
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I first encounter this amazing band in 2001 and I became one of their biggest fans since that year. The band itself was created in 1991. NEXT YEAR, 2011, will be L’Arc~en~Ciel‘s 20th anniversary and my 10th anniversary as a true Cielers….So in honor of these 2 anniversaries, I decided to make 2010 as my pre-celebration year.
What is L’Arc~en~Ciel? And what they mean to me?
L’Arc~en~Ciel means an arc in the sky or Rainbow. Japanese has difficulty in pronouncing this word, so they usually called them as Laruku An Shieru or Laruku for short. For me, Laruku is the best J-Rock band ever created in Japan. Laruku is my number 1 band of all bands ever exists in this planet. I am addicted to their music…that doesn’t mean I don’t listen to other kind of music, I listen to a lot of music, BUT you wouldn’t find me not listening to Laruku for more than a day!! Their song will always be in my play list.
Why do I love their songs?
Because… Their songs are beautifu
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Timeline
Niji has been my favorite song of L’Arc~en~Ciel since I started to be a fan; it was the first song that I’ve listened to and fell in love with. In the recent world tour, they end every concert with this beautiful song. Without a doubt, this is one of the most significant song that L’Arc~en~Ciel has created in their whole journey together as a band.
Composed by ken, Niji is L’Arc~en~Ciel’s 8th single and is the first single to be released (October 17th, 1997) since sakura’s arrest for heroin possession. yukihiro contributed to the song as a support drummer and was later announced as the official drummer on January 1, 1998. The lyrics are captivating and well-written by hyde. What about the PV (promotional video)? People may be weirded out with the Niji PV, but there’s so much meaning to the whole video that when I discovered it; my mind was quite blown away.
A little history of how the song came about before I start – Niji
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L'Arc-en-Ciel (ラルク アン シエル Raruku an Shieru, "The Rainbow" in French), usually stylized as L'Arc~en~Ciel, is a Japanese rock band that formed in 1991. The group has sold over 13 million albums, 16 million singles, and millions of other units, including videos. They were ranked at number 58 on a list of Top 100 Japanese pop musicians, provided bygd HMV Japan in 2003, and are among the most influential artists in the Japanese music scene.
Biography[]
1991–1996: Early Career[]
In February 1991, bassist tetsuya, later grupp leader, recruited vocalist hyde along with guitarist HIRO and drummer PERO, and formed a band beneath the name of L'Arc-en-Ciel. After a year of gaining notoriety in their hometown of Osaka, HIRO left the band on June 12, 1992. tetsuya convinced his friend ken to quit his university studies (he
was an architecture major at The Nagoya Institute of Technology) and join the grupp as the guitarist, but soon PERO left the band on December 30, 1992. In 1993, a new