Real name: Hideto Matsumoto
Date of birth: December 13th, 1964
Date of death: May 2nd, 1998 (at the age of 33)
Constellation: Sagittarius
Blood type: AB
Height: 17. Nagawa Yokosuka)
Cigarette: MILD SEVEN Super Lights
Like: rice, sprinkled with (Japanese food), melon bread, noodles (no wonder you were fat when you were a teenager -__-)
Hate: cockroaches, airplanes
Sunday, December 13th, 1964. It's a small town full of blue sky, white clouds and sea. When it comes to Yokosuga, it's always natural to be associated with the U.S. naval base in Japan. Is it a blessing or a misfortune for this city? However, on December 13th, more than 4 years ago, the city was about to change its sad and embarrassing fate. From then on, Yokosuga will not only be accompanied by the lonely and fierce sea breeze and the bloated and arrogant American army, because this child named "Hideto Matsumoto" was born ...
In the middle of the sea not far from the coast of Yokosuga, there is an uninhabited island called "Ape Island". More than 3 years ago, if you saw a chubby and taciturn boy looking up at the sky, smiling and meditating, you might have met him. This uninhabited island used to be a paradise for his childhood ...
Whenever he recalls his childhood, a showman always uses exaggerated words to describe his weight. His parents' education of talents in childhood didn't arouse his memory at all, only the experiences of obesity and inferiority and the fated rock encounter made him unforgettable all his life ...
Childwood
hide in childhood was a little fat boy ~ ~ hee hee ~ ~
It is said that he was often laughed at, and once his name was called on the school radio to let him and other fat children run in the playground to lose weight ... But hide doesn't seem to like his childhood very much. It is said that his expression is always bad when he talks about it.
But that's right. It must be bad not to take a bath for a whole month because I'm not used to western bathrooms. Besides, hide's parents actually shaved KISS head ...
But fortunately, hide has a very fashionable beautician grandmother who loves hide very much and has an open mind, which has a profound influence on hide. Without her, there would be no hide as we know it ~
In the late 197s. In the third year of junior high school, he got a world-famous piano Gibson Lespaul DX from his grandmother, and since then his nickname has changed to "Gibson" ...
Hide listened to KISS' [ALIVE II] for the first time in his classmate's home.
hide found kiss's appearance hard to accept at first, but after watching kiss's live, she became fascinated at once. I even attended the kiss fan club near my home and went to the mailbox every day to see if kiss had answered his letter. It can be said that hide's rock life began here, and he began to listen to all kinds of western rock and roll, playing guitar (actually badminton rackets) like kiss. But once hide came home and found that her mother had torn all the wallpaper she had posted in her room! It's so pathetic (rap's father never does this, and he even buys me comic wallpaper ~)
hide also has a fan club that participates in KISS. For a while, I went to the mailbox every day to see if there were any letters from KISS ~ ~
The first guitar
hide's grandmother later bought a Gibson guitar for hide, which was a very sensational thing! No one. hide became a celebrity all of a sudden. People nearby, classmates at school and even seniors came to hide's house to have a look. People who didn't know his name even knew his name was Gibson! However, hide must have been upset for a while, because someone would ask him to talk. At that time, hide couldn't play guitar at all, but practiced little by little according to the music in the magazine. At this time, hide was already dreaming of organizing his own band and performing, but it was a pity that it was not possible in school (the school manual said: no playing electric guitar! ), he ran to a nearby "DOBU plank road" (it was near the US military base, so it was lively and foreigners came and went), where he made some friends.
In the early 198s, Xiuren formed the first rock band "Saber Tiger" in Yokosuga, wrote lyrics, composed music and served as the head of the band, and performed in a now-defunct LIVE HOUSE“ROCK CITY ".The obese Xiuren began to wear tight leather pants and boots, and their weight began to drop rapidly ...
The first BAND
This is the band of the second grade group of hide High School. Maybe it's tiring to be a group member. Perhaps, it's said that the costume of the whole group is very similar to kiss (about KISS, you can visit their official website if you are interested).
hide is in charge of Saber Tiger's lyrics, as well as the head of the group and guitar. Under his management, the group gradually became famous and performed in many places, and then of course went to Tokyo. I once met yoshiki, the head of X, who is also developing in Tokyo, in the backstage of live, and both of them were deeply impressed.
after six years of activities, Saber Tiger was dissolved due to too many problems among league members.
Saber Tiger traveled from Yokosuga to LIVE HOUSE in Tokyo with his strength, and played with many famous underground bands. there, he met YOSHIKI and his infamous "x".
"I'm from hide,Saber Tiger"
"I'm from YOSHIKI, and I'm from that band X"
Who would have thought that in 1 years' time, the mainstream music scene in Japan, it was these two young people who were full of vigor and vitality that incited a revolutionary and subversive rock frenzy?
after changing its name to "Saver Tiger", the band's future seemed bright, and hide had made up his mind that it was the best and last band. However, Saver Tiger finally faced the inevitable dissolution at the end of 1986 due to the problem of players.
At the beginning of p>87, after the band announced its dissolution, the disheartened hide decided to pack up and go back to his hometown of Yokosuga to become a beautician, but he was easily stopped by a man, namely YOSHIKI.
so, from that year on, hide became the hide of x ...
in 1987, x, which changed its players frequently, finally established the invincible lineup of VO. toshiba. taijigui. patagui. hide Dr. Yoshiki.
X started the prelude of visual rock, and successively launched underground tours all over the country. Dreams are expensive. In order to make good music and save the cost of publicity, five members even have the experience of sharing two cups of instant noodles and sleeping in the park. In addition to performing at night, the members work around during the day to pay for the band.
x, who constantly refused the kind invitation of mainstream record companies, released the underground record VANISHING VISION」
1989 under the name of EXTASY RECORDS.
In 1989, the band released the 1st album BLUE BLOOD under the name of SONY RECORDS, and the team of Freaks began to grow ...
x
In January 1987, hide.
After Saber Tiger was dissolved, hide no longer had any illusions about her musical life, and decided to go back to her hometown, cut her hair short and become a beautician like her grandmother (hide went to beauty school during Saber Tiger and obtained a certificate).
this is the most important turning point in hide's life. Yoshiki of X found hide and asked him to join X as a guitarist. Hide unexpectedly nodded brightly and said, "All right! It will be X from today. " .
So the members of X, who are constantly changing people, have finally been determined: the drummer and the head, yoshiki, the lead voice, toshi, bass taiji, the guitars, hide and pata. Except toshi, The other four guys were all great leaders ~
The development of X was like a myth
Vanishing Vision was released as indie in 1988.4x
Major debut album Blue Blood was released in 1989
Jealousy was a great success in 1991
The Tokyo Dome 3 DAYS concert was held in p>1992. Later, he appeared at the 42nd Red and White Party
In p>1992, many things happened to X, including miracle, loss, hope and sadness ...
Since January 5th, X, as a local rock band, held a 3-3days Tokyo Dome LIVE in Tokyo Dome for the first time, which not only brought amazing exclamation marks to the Japanese music industry, but also promoted the future development of Japanese Visual Rock. The perfect "disillusionment" has made countless FANS unforgettable, which is close to perfection in terms of performance level, song arrangement, team members' cooperation and off-stage response. More importantly, however, in that LIVE, they were frivolous; They are proud; They are rebellious; They are disdainful; They are presumptuous; They are free ... Between compromise and struggle, they find the best point. It's just that the jubilant fans in the audience never expected that this perfect LIVE was the last farewell performance of the BASS player TAIJI.
at the end of January, TAIJI announced his departure from the team. There is no need to delve into the reasons. All we know is that X lost an excellent BASS player.
In August, X officially changed its name to X Japan, and announced the joining of BASS player HEATH. The band is striding forward towards a higher goal ...
X Japan
Although X had unlimited scenery at that time, there were internal contradictions, and taiji officially quit X after 3DAYS. The new bass Heath is in. X began to plan overseas development, and officially changed its name to X-Japan, and a new myth began ...
At the end of 1993, X JAPAN held a countdown New Year's concert in Tokyo Dome, which used to be held only by foreign singers. From that day until 1997, Tokyo Dome became a holy place for X /X JAPAN FANS at the end of each year.
If, Before, hide only played the role of X lead guitarist, so in 1993, he announced the start of SOLO activities, he opened the mysterious Pandora's Box for us, faded the strong X color, and the unique personality charm and rich musical attainments of hide gradually appeared in front of us ...
In June 1993, HIDE signed a contract with MCA to start his music SOLO.
On August 5th, the same year, I released two singles, 〈EYES LOVE YOU〉 and 5%&; 5%> Issued at the same time.
On December 3th and 31st of the same year, "X-JAPAN RETURNS" New Year's Concert was held in Tokyo Dome. In the next four years, the New Year's Eve of Tokyo Dome became the world of X JAPAN ...
hide's SOLO
In 1993, hide started solo activities later than other people's personal solos.
8.5 Two 1st Single《Eyes Love You "composed and sung by Joe Lemon, and 2nd Single《5% & 5% ",immediately entered the Japanese ORICON list and ranked among the best. The former clip even won the grand prize of MTV audience's vote.
9.29 The film Seth et holth(seth and Holth) performed by Hide in collaboration with Tusk, the lead singer of another band ZI:KILL, was released. This film is an innovation from visual impact to music, and the script and composition are all done by hide and tusk. You can imagine how amazing hide's talent was at that time. This video also reached the first place in ORICON's video ranking.
On February 23rd, 1994, hide's first album "HIDE YOUR FACE" was released to the public. This record was not only for fans who loved him, but also for "15-year-old Hideto Matsumoto". What changes is the years, but what remains unchanged is the soul.
From March 16th to May 13th, 1994, hide staged a Japanese tour called "hide Our Psychiatry MM Unity ~ Hide の へよぅこそ ~", which was also the FIRST SOLO TOUR of HIDE. It is of great significance ...
The first solo album "hide your face" was released on February 23, 1994.
On March 26, Hide immediately started the first solo tour, with members from Pata(from X-Japan), RAN and Joe(from Ziggy). D.I.E.(from Centaur), I.N.A, Chirolin (from Hiroshi)
3.24 Hide 4th Single "Tell Me", released by Video《A Souvenir ".
1.21 hide video "film the psycho mm unity reel.1" was released.
11.23 hide video "film the psycho mm unity reel.2" was released.
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