The Other East

Taiji has officially been confirmed for this weekend’s X Japan concerts by the band itself.
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A post on Cloud Nine’s Myspace confirms that Taiji is going to be appearing with X Japan in Yokohama and also confirms Heath is still the bassist. This is also interesting because it implies Taiji might still have something to do with Cloud Nine, which is a really great band. Taiji was supposed to rejoin [...]

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I’m going to post a longer write up with lots of photos about X Japan’s stop in Baltimore, but here is what you need to know from X Japan’s public appearance and the private press conference.
They played Forever Love first, then they MC’d in the middle. The audience was yelling a bunch of things [...]

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Taiji Sawada wasn’t the first bassist for X Japan, but for the bulk of their recordings he either took part in the early stages, or is on the final recording. Taiji Sawada was on bass for the band’s albums Vanishing Vision, Blue Blood, Jealousy, and the single “Standing Sex”. He also was on early recordings [...]

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Taiji’s solo project “Taiji with Heavens” will finally be releasing their first material on January 13th. Taiji’s new website is finally up and running and features brief audio previews of the songs on the EP if you click into the “Taiji with Heavens” section.

According to BraveWorlds.com(They say it is a new project, but Taiji with [...]

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On August 6th, The Killing Red Addiction will make its Japanese debut at the “Crawdaddy Club” in Shinjuku. Even though they will likely have a much greater demand for tickets playing in the heart of Tokyo, they are keeping the tickets cheap. 1980 Yen gets you in, which seems like a shout out to the [...]

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According to M Productions’ Myspace the once postponed debut of old school Jrock “super-band” The Killing Red Addiction is back on track and will be on June 22nd, still at the Whisky a GO GO in Los Angeles. The tickets are 12 dollars, so if you are in the area you hardly have an excuse [...]

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Jame USA is reporting that the Killing Red Addiction show that was scheduled to happening in LA on May 12th has been canceled for undisclosed reasons and there are plans/hopes it will be rescheduled for sometime this summer.
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On May 12th Killing Red Addiction will play the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angles. The band consists of Dynamite Tommy(Color), Kenzi(Sister’s no Future), Tatsu(Gastunk), and of course Taiji(X, Cloud Nine, DTR, Kings, Loundness, etc). All respected names in the early days of VK.
Whether this is a limited time band or something meant [...]

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According to X Freaks Taiji was having some issues with his previously operated on leg and fell, hitting his chest and throat. He evidently has to withdraw from next week’s Cloud Nine concert, but the concert will continue with Maru on bass. Dude can’t catch a break.
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