X Japan was a visual rock band that started their career in the 1980s. Yoshiki and Toshi were the first to start the band. More members were added and the band X was created. Their first singles were I’ll Kill you and Orgasm. Around this time, Pata and Taiji joined the group. In 1988, the album Vanishing Vision was released and became a immediate success. Two albums followed, and X wanted to introduce their stuff in the US but there just was not any market for visual bands at the time. The band also changed their name to X Japan because there was already a band in the US called X. It was around this time that Taiji also left the band and was replaced by Heath. X Japan, although popular, continued to face problems. In 1997, X Japan was disbanded after Toshi decided to leave. Guitarist Hide tragically died in 1998, greatly affecting his fans and former bandmates; the cause of his death has not been confirmed. Yoshiki, being one of the original members left, took time off after the incident. He finally came back into the spotlight in 2002 when he joined the band Globe.
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