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Hide (musician)
Encyclopedia
, better known by his stage name
hide (written in all capital letters when he was with X Japan
and in all lowercase letters when solo), was a popular Japan
ese musician. He was primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal
band X Japan
from 1987 to 1997. He was also a successful solo artist and co-founder of the United States
based band Zilch
.
at the age of fifteen, through the album Alive II
by Kiss
. In the same year his grandmother bought him his first electric guitar
, a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe.
On March 11, 1980, hide graduated from Tokiwa Junior High School. He then entered Zushi Kaisei Senior High School in Zushi, Kanagawa, where he entered the school's brass band as a club activity. He quit the band after a short time because he was assigned the clarinet
while he wanted to play the trumpet
. After this, he concentrated on guitar and in 1981 formed the band Saber Tiger. A year after their founding, they started playing shows at live houses in Yokosuka, such as Rock City.
In April 1983 he started attending cosmetology
and fashion
school at the Hollywood Beauty Salon in present-day Roppongi Hills
, from which he graduated in 1984. Later that year he took a nationwide examination and successfully obtained a beautician license. In July 1985 Saber Tiger released their self-titled EP
, which included two songs, "Double Cross" and "Gold Digger". In November, the band contributed the song "Vampire" to the Heavy Metal Force III sampler, which also included songs by X
and Jewel. Years later, Jewel's guitarist Kiyoshi would join hide's solo band.
In 1986 the group changed its name to Saver Tiger to avoid confusion with a similarly named band from Sapporo (see Saber Tiger
). Their first appearance with the new name was on the sampler Devil Must Be Driven out with Devil, with their songs "Dead Angle" and "Emergency Express". They continued to perform in live houses and night clubs such as Meguro Rokumeikan, Omiya Freaks and Meguro Live Station. Until January 28, 1987, when hide became tired of changing members and decided to end the band (vocalist Kyo and drummer Tetsu would both go on to D'erlanger
). Around the same time hide was invited to join X
.
(then called X) in early 1987. He became the band's lead guitarist and occasional songwriter, composing songs like "Celebration", "Joker" and the single "Scars
". Shortly after the release of the album Art of Life
, the members of X Japan took a break, to start solo projects. Around that time, the group also dropped most of its original visual kei
aesthetics, the exception being hide, who would still perform in wildly colorful outfits and with his trademark pink hair.
, under the band name M*A*S*S. He also starred in an art film
titled Seth et Holth
, along with Tusk of Zi:Kill
. In 1994, hide recorded and released his first solo album, Hide Your Face
. In addition to all vocals and songwriting, he played most of the guitars and bass on some of the tracks. The cover art was based on a mask designed by Swiss
artist H. R. Giger
. The album's musical style differed significantly from the speed metal
anthems and power ballads of X Japan, leaning more towards alternative rock
. Hide then went on the "Hide Our Psychommunity Tour", for which a live band was hired that would later become part of his primary project, hide with Spread Beaver.
In 1996, hide oversaw the production of the first release on his own label LEMONed
(founded in 1989), an album from the band Zeppet Store
. His second solo album, Psyence
, was released on September 2, also followed by a tour, "Psyence a Go Go". After X Japan disbanded in 1997, hide formally titled his solo project hide with Spread Beaver. He also formed a new band named Zilch
in 1996, which apart from him and Spread Beaver programmer
and percussionist I.N.A., was composed of American
and British
artists, such as Joey Castillo
(Queens of the Stone Age
), Paul Raven (Killing Joke
) and Ray McVeigh (ex:The Professionals
).
apartment. Authorities officially deemed hide's death a suicide, and this verdict was reported in the media. Within one week, three fans had died in copycat suicide
s, and of the 50,000 people who attended his funeral at Tsukiji Hongan-ji
, nearly 60 were hospitalized and about 200 received medical treatment in first aid
tents. Later that month, the single "Pink Spider
" was released, entering the Oricon
charts at number one. The song would also receive that year's MTV Video Music Award
in the category "Japan Viewers Choice". Sales were also strong for the follow-up single "Ever Free
", while those of a single released previous to his death "Rocket Dive
" would also see a substantial increase. American Journalist Neil Strauss
commented on the trend saying that: "In just a few weeks, pop culture in Japan had gone from mourning hide's death to consuming it." Popular interpretation of the lyrics to hide's "Pink Spider", which he had performed on the day prior to his death, fueled speculation of a premeditated suicide, because of clear autobiographical elements, and the song's theme of escape from the vicissitudes of life.
Meanwhile, several of hide's friends and colleagues stated that they believed the auto-strangulation to have been an accident, among them X Japan co-founder Yoshiki and former X Japan bassist Taiji Sawada. This notion is supported by the fact that no suicide note
was left and Sawada theorizes in his autobiography, that at the night of his death, hide may have been practising a technique to relieve upper back and neck pains which guitarists can suffer from continuous use of a shoulder strap. The technique involved was practiced by the X Japan members during their touring days and required the use of a towel and a door knob or handle. According to Sawada, hide may have fallen asleep in his intoxicated state, becoming caught and strangling himself.
Zilch bassist Paul Raven commented that hide was "under a lot of stress", due to recording schedule for the Ja, Zoo
album. He went on to question the ultimate degree of hide's involvement in the finished record, stating that only three songs had been completed before he died. Ja, Zoo was released in November of that year with the artist listed as hide with Spread Beaver. Zilch's debut album 3.2.1.
was also released and the group continued to perform and record for several years. While they never achieved mainstream success in the United States
one of their songs was included on the soundtrack for Heavy Metal 2000
.
was released, titled Tribute Spirits
. It features covers
of hide's songs by several bands (such as Buck-Tick
, Luna Sea
and Oblivion Dust
) and solo artists. The album was released to coincide with the anniversary of hide's last live appearance on May 1, 1998.
A hide museum was opened in his hometown of Yokosuka on July 20, 2000. It remained open, past its original three year plan, for five years, before closing its doors on September 25, 2005.
The remaining members of X Japan
reunited in 2007 and recorded a new song, "I.V.
". It contains a previously unused guitar track by hide. X Japan performed at the Tokyo Dome on March 28, 2008, during the performance of "Art of Life
" hide's image (taken from footage of the "Art of Life" performance at the Tokyo Dome in 1993) played alongside the band. This was made possible by the use of Musion Eyeliner hologram
technology.
As far back as July 8, 2007, Yoshiki announced to be in talks with several musicians regarding a hide tribute concert set for 2008, in order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his former band mate's passing. The "hide memorial summit" was held on May 3 and 4, 2008 at Ajinomoto Stadium, where X Japan
, Dir en grey
, D'espairsRay, Versailles
and many others performed, bands such as Luna Sea and Phantasmagoria
even reunited for one day to perform. Hide with Spread Beaver also performed, using studio and live recordings for hide's vocals. There are still tribute shows held every year, where bands perform on hide's birthday and on the anniversary of his passing.
As with many other deceased musicians, re-issues, remixes, compilations and previously unreleased portions of hide's work continue to be published. The most recent being "The Devolution Project", a release of his original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl, throughout 2010.
In August 2010, hide's management company, Headwax Organization, which includes his brother Hiroshi, filed a lawsuit against Yoshiki's management, Japan Music Agency, for using images of the former X Japan
guitarist without a formal agreement in place. The claim states that in 2000 the two companies signed an agreement allowing Yoshiki and X Japan to use visual images of hide during concerts. However, images were used at X Japan's August 14 and 15 shows at Nissan Stadium, when apparently the contract had expired.
On March 8, 2011, a musical
based on and featuring hide's music debuted, named Pink Spider after his song of the same name. The show stars both Nao Minamisawa
and Hitomi Takahashi
as Meru, a girl who likes rock music, struggling between the real world and a fictional one. Other cast members included Taka (defspiral
) and J (Luna Sea), with the backing band being the rest of defspiral. The production ran from March 8 to the 27 at the Tokyo Globe Theater and was then brought to Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Niigata, Sendai, and Sapporo in April. A compilation album of the songs used in the musical (the original versions by hide) was released on March 2 and is titled "Musical Number" -Rock Musical Pink Spider-.
, along with a bottle of wine. Hiroshi had a son whom, during the "Hide Our Psychommunity Tour", hide would bring onstage and sing to. Hiroshi is part of hide's management company Headwax Organization, he also appears on Ja, Zoo
reading an excerpt on "Pink Cloud Assembly".
During a TV interview on May 1, 1998 (one day before his death), hide said he had a girlfriend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQcY2i_ttQ. Reports say that he was with a girl at the time of his death, who may or may not have been this girlfriend.
. The song "Psychommunity", for example, has four guitar tracks and employs a full string section. As another example, his song "Blue Sky Complex" features guitars in drop C tuning
, a trumpet section, and an organ.
The title track of his second album Psyence
is a big band
/jazz
composition with full brass, other songs on the record explore genres such as reggae
, industrial rock
and glam rock
, with varying uses of guitar effects.
Instruments and songwriting are less experimental on the Ja, Zoo
album, most songs featuring a fairly conventional instrumentation of two guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards. Traditional piano and violins do, however, make an appearance.
and Mitsuhiro Saito, and selected to use the Mockingbird style guitar, which Saito used. Hide was rarely seen performing without a Fernandes
guitar. He owned a repertoire of signature models as well as standard models. His signature models are still available for purchase today.
Hide often utilized the sustainer feature that came equipped with his guitars, and is heard on many X Japan
songs. He was often seen in the early 1990s using Peavey
amplifiers on stage.
– percussion
, programming
1993–1998 (Zilch
, Dope HEADz, Sonic Storage) – bass
1994–1998 (Debonair, Madbeavers, Chirolyn & The Angels) – drums
1994–1998 (44 Magnum
, Ziggy, Madbeavers) – keyboards
1994–1998 (Loopus, Ra:IN, Minimum Rockets) – guitar
1996–1998 (Jewel, Virus, Media Youth, R, machine, Madbeavers, Lucy) – guitar
1998 (Oblivion Dust
, Spin Aqua
, Sonic Storage, Vamps
)
Former member – guitar
1993–1994 (Blizard, X-Ray, Twinzer)
X Japan
guitarist Pata made numerous live appearances with the band. Jennifer Finch
and Demetra "Dee" Plakas
, of American all-girl grunge band L7
, supported hide on a couple of TV performances in 1993 before Spread Beaver was formed, they also appear in the original promotional video for "Doubt".
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
hide (written in all capital letters when he was with X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
and in all lowercase letters when solo), was a popular Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese musician. He was primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
from 1987 to 1997. He was also a successful solo artist and co-founder of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
based band Zilch
Zilch (band)
Zilch is an alternative/industrial rock band formed in 1996 by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto , Ray McVeigh , Paul Raven , Joey Castillo and I.N.A...
.
1964–1987: Early years and Saver Tiger
Hide was born in St. Joseph's Hospital in Midorigaoka, Japan, on December 13, 1964 and went on to attend Yokosuka Tokiwa Junior High School. He was first exposed to rock musicRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
at the age of fifteen, through the album Alive II
Alive II
Alive II is a 1977 live album from Kiss. It is the group's eighth album and second live album.-The songs:The origins of Alive II go back to early 1977 when the band's manager, Bill Aucoin, had the idea to have Eddie Kramer record a live album during the evening show at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on...
by Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
. In the same year his grandmother bought him his first electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe.
On March 11, 1980, hide graduated from Tokiwa Junior High School. He then entered Zushi Kaisei Senior High School in Zushi, Kanagawa, where he entered the school's brass band as a club activity. He quit the band after a short time because he was assigned the clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
while he wanted to play the trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
. After this, he concentrated on guitar and in 1981 formed the band Saber Tiger. A year after their founding, they started playing shows at live houses in Yokosuka, such as Rock City.
In April 1983 he started attending cosmetology
Cosmetology
Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and electrology....
and fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
school at the Hollywood Beauty Salon in present-day Roppongi Hills
Roppongi Hills
is a New Urban Centre and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo.Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apartments, shops, restaurants, cafés, movie theaters, a museum, a hotel, a...
, from which he graduated in 1984. Later that year he took a nationwide examination and successfully obtained a beautician license. In July 1985 Saber Tiger released their self-titled EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, which included two songs, "Double Cross" and "Gold Digger". In November, the band contributed the song "Vampire" to the Heavy Metal Force III sampler, which also included songs by X
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
and Jewel. Years later, Jewel's guitarist Kiyoshi would join hide's solo band.
In 1986 the group changed its name to Saver Tiger to avoid confusion with a similarly named band from Sapporo (see Saber Tiger
Saber Tiger (band)
Saber Tiger is a heavy metal band formed in Sapporo, Japan. It was founded in 1981 by guitarist Akihito Kinoshita, who is responsible for producing, engineering and composing most of the band's work. Saber Tiger has released nine studio albums, four compilation albums, a live album, two EPs and...
). Their first appearance with the new name was on the sampler Devil Must Be Driven out with Devil, with their songs "Dead Angle" and "Emergency Express". They continued to perform in live houses and night clubs such as Meguro Rokumeikan, Omiya Freaks and Meguro Live Station. Until January 28, 1987, when hide became tired of changing members and decided to end the band (vocalist Kyo and drummer Tetsu would both go on to D'erlanger
D'erlanger
D'erlanger is a Japanese rock band considered to be important to the formation of visual kei...
). Around the same time hide was invited to join X
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
.
1987–1997: X Japan
Hide joined X JapanX Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
(then called X) in early 1987. He became the band's lead guitarist and occasional songwriter, composing songs like "Celebration", "Joker" and the single "Scars
Scars (X Japan song)
"Scars" is a single released by X Japan on November 18, 1996. It is the band's only single to be written by someone other than Yoshiki, as it was written by the band's lead guitarist hide. The B-side is a remix version of "White Poem I", originally on their album Dahlia...
". Shortly after the release of the album Art of Life
Art of Life
Art of Life is a mini album released by X Japan on August 25, 1993. It consists solely of the 29 minute long title track, which was written and composed by Yoshiki, entirely in English. The album is also the first where the band is called "X Japan", after they changed their name from "X"...
, the members of X Japan took a break, to start solo projects. Around that time, the group also dropped most of its original visual kei
Visual Kei
is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...
aesthetics, the exception being hide, who would still perform in wildly colorful outfits and with his trademark pink hair.
1993–1998: Solo career
In early 1993, hide was featured on the sampler Dance 2 Noise 004, with the song "Frozen Bug", which he recorded with Inoran and J of Luna SeaLuna Sea
Luna Sea is a rock band from Kanagawa, Japan, formed in 1989. The band was initially founded by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. They soon recruited lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same...
, under the band name M*A*S*S. He also starred in an art film
Art film
An art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...
titled Seth et Holth
Seth et Holth
Seth et Holth is a film released on September 29, 1993, best noted for featuring Japanese musicians hide and Tusk. The film is 45 minutes long and features the tragic plot of two beings from a different plane of existence coming to earth, specifically Tokyo, and being overwhelmed by the city'...
, along with Tusk of Zi:Kill
Zi:Kill
Zi:Kill was an influential Japanese visual kei rock band active from 1987 to 1994 . The core members were vocalist Tusk, bassist Seiichi and guitarist Ken. They were featured in a chapter of Karl Taro Greenfeld's novel Speed Tribes...
. In 1994, hide recorded and released his first solo album, Hide Your Face
Hide Your Face
Hide Your Face is the debut album by hide, released on February 23, 1994. The cover art features a mask designed by H. R. Giger. The song "Frozen Bug '93 " is a remixed version of "Frozen Bug", a song that hide wrote and performed with Luna Sea members J and Inoran, under the band name M*A*S*S, on...
. In addition to all vocals and songwriting, he played most of the guitars and bass on some of the tracks. The cover art was based on a mask designed by Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
artist H. R. Giger
H. R. Giger
Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien.-Early life:...
. The album's musical style differed significantly from the speed metal
Speed metal
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....
anthems and power ballads of X Japan, leaning more towards alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
. Hide then went on the "Hide Our Psychommunity Tour", for which a live band was hired that would later become part of his primary project, hide with Spread Beaver.
In 1996, hide oversaw the production of the first release on his own label LEMONed
Lemoned Plant
Lemoned Plant is an independent record label founded in 1989 by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, primarily known for his work as guitarist of the group X Japan.-History:...
(founded in 1989), an album from the band Zeppet Store
ZEPPET STORE
Zeppet Store was a Japanese rock band, discovered by X Japan guitarist hide and signed to his label LEMONed in 1996. Formed in 1989 as a three piece by vocalist and guitarist Seizi Kimura, guitarist Makoto Gomi and bassist Yuichi Nakamura, soon after drummer Eiki Yanagita joined. Makoto Gomi left...
. His second solo album, Psyence
Psyence
Psyence is the second album by hide, released on September 2, 1996. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008. "Genkai Haretsu" and "Flame" were covered, by Oblivion Dust and Zeppet Store respectively, on the 1999 hide tribute album, Tribute Spirits...
, was released on September 2, also followed by a tour, "Psyence a Go Go". After X Japan disbanded in 1997, hide formally titled his solo project hide with Spread Beaver. He also formed a new band named Zilch
Zilch (band)
Zilch is an alternative/industrial rock band formed in 1996 by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto , Ray McVeigh , Paul Raven , Joey Castillo and I.N.A...
in 1996, which apart from him and Spread Beaver programmer
Programming (music)
Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
and percussionist I.N.A., was composed of American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
artists, such as Joey Castillo
Joey Castillo
Joseph Willam "Joey" Castillo is an American drummer currently playing with Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal...
(Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
), Paul Raven (Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English post-punk band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England; other sources report the band formed in early 1979.Related news articles: Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock,...
) and Ray McVeigh (ex:The Professionals
The Professionals (band)
The Professionals were an English punk rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s formed by ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and drummer and Paul Cook after that band's demise.-Career:...
).
May 2, 1998: Death
Hide died on May 2, 1998. After a night out drinking, he was found hanged with a towel tied to a doorknob in his TokyoTokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
apartment. Authorities officially deemed hide's death a suicide, and this verdict was reported in the media. Within one week, three fans had died in copycat suicide
Copycat suicide
A copycat suicide is defined as an emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media....
s, and of the 50,000 people who attended his funeral at Tsukiji Hongan-ji
Tsukiji Hongan-ji
, sometimes archaically romanized Hongwan-ji, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan.Tsukiji Hongan-ji's predecessor was the temple of Edo-Asakusa Gobo , built in Asakusa in 1617 at the behest of the 12th monshu, Junnyo Shōnin.The temple burned during a...
, nearly 60 were hospitalized and about 200 received medical treatment in first aid
First aid
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...
tents. Later that month, the single "Pink Spider
Pink Spider
is the ninth single by hide, the second to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 13, 1998, eleven days after Hideto "hide" Matsumoto's death. The single debuted at number 1 on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts with sales over 513,000 copies in the initial week of the release...
" was released, entering the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
charts at number one. The song would also receive that year's MTV Video Music Award
MTV Video Music Awards
An MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos...
in the category "Japan Viewers Choice". Sales were also strong for the follow-up single "Ever Free
Ever Free
"Ever Free" is the tenth single by hide, the third to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 27, 1998.The single debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts, replacing their previous single "Pink Spider", with sales of over 516,000 in the initial week...
", while those of a single released previous to his death "Rocket Dive
Rocket Dive
"Rocket Dive" is the eighth single by hide, the first to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on January 28, 1998. The song's name and intro are an homage to Kiss's "Rocket Ride". By the end of 1998 it sold 690,220 copies, making it the 33rd best-selling single of the year.On May 2,...
" would also see a substantial increase. American Journalist Neil Strauss
Neil Strauss
Neil Darrow Strauss , also known by the pen names Style and Chris Powles, is an American and Kittitian author, journalist and ghostwriter...
commented on the trend saying that: "In just a few weeks, pop culture in Japan had gone from mourning hide's death to consuming it." Popular interpretation of the lyrics to hide's "Pink Spider", which he had performed on the day prior to his death, fueled speculation of a premeditated suicide, because of clear autobiographical elements, and the song's theme of escape from the vicissitudes of life.
Meanwhile, several of hide's friends and colleagues stated that they believed the auto-strangulation to have been an accident, among them X Japan co-founder Yoshiki and former X Japan bassist Taiji Sawada. This notion is supported by the fact that no suicide note
Suicide note
A suicide note or death note is a message that states the author has died by suicide, and left to be discovered and read in anticipation of suicide....
was left and Sawada theorizes in his autobiography, that at the night of his death, hide may have been practising a technique to relieve upper back and neck pains which guitarists can suffer from continuous use of a shoulder strap. The technique involved was practiced by the X Japan members during their touring days and required the use of a towel and a door knob or handle. According to Sawada, hide may have fallen asleep in his intoxicated state, becoming caught and strangling himself.
Zilch bassist Paul Raven commented that hide was "under a lot of stress", due to recording schedule for the Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo is the third album by hide, released under the name hide with Spread Beaver on November 21, 1998. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008.- Summary :...
album. He went on to question the ultimate degree of hide's involvement in the finished record, stating that only three songs had been completed before he died. Ja, Zoo was released in November of that year with the artist listed as hide with Spread Beaver. Zilch's debut album 3.2.1.
3.2.1.
3.2.1. is the debut album of the band Zilch and was released on July 23, 1998. Unlike front man hide's earlier solo albums, 3.2.1. relies entirely on English lyrics, some of the tracks are re-recordings of songs that he had released solo or with his previous band, X Japan...
was also released and the group continued to perform and record for several years. While they never achieved mainstream success in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
one of their songs was included on the soundtrack for Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story itself is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot...
.
Posthumous
On May 1, 1999, a tribute albumTribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
was released, titled Tribute Spirits
Tribute Spirits
Tribute Spirits is a hide tribute album released on May 1, 1999. It collects cover versions by various artists, among them most members of hide's former band X Japan....
. It features covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of hide's songs by several bands (such as Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick is a rock band formed in 1983 in Fujioka, Japan. The band has consisted of Atsushi Sakurai , Hisashi Imai , Hidehiko Hoshino , Yutaka Higuchi and Toll Yagami for the majority of its existence...
, Luna Sea
Luna Sea
Luna Sea is a rock band from Kanagawa, Japan, formed in 1989. The band was initially founded by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. They soon recruited lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same...
and Oblivion Dust
Oblivion Dust
Oblivion Dust is a Japanese post-grunge/alternative rock band very influenced by early 90’s American rock bands, but with a trademark sonority that makes the band unique...
) and solo artists. The album was released to coincide with the anniversary of hide's last live appearance on May 1, 1998.
A hide museum was opened in his hometown of Yokosuka on July 20, 2000. It remained open, past its original three year plan, for five years, before closing its doors on September 25, 2005.
The remaining members of X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
reunited in 2007 and recorded a new song, "I.V.
I.V.
"I.V." is a single released by X Japan on January 23, 2008 as a digital download. It is the band's first new song since "The Last Song" released in 1998. "I.V." is the main theme for the film Saw IV, which was released on October 26, 2007.- Overview :...
". It contains a previously unused guitar track by hide. X Japan performed at the Tokyo Dome on March 28, 2008, during the performance of "Art of Life
Art of Life
Art of Life is a mini album released by X Japan on August 25, 1993. It consists solely of the 29 minute long title track, which was written and composed by Yoshiki, entirely in English. The album is also the first where the band is called "X Japan", after they changed their name from "X"...
" hide's image (taken from footage of the "Art of Life" performance at the Tokyo Dome in 1993) played alongside the band. This was made possible by the use of Musion Eyeliner hologram
Holography
Holography is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that when an imaging system is placed in the reconstructed beam, an image of the object will be seen even when the object is no longer present...
technology.
As far back as July 8, 2007, Yoshiki announced to be in talks with several musicians regarding a hide tribute concert set for 2008, in order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his former band mate's passing. The "hide memorial summit" was held on May 3 and 4, 2008 at Ajinomoto Stadium, where X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
, Dir en grey
Dir en grey
Dir En Grey is a Japanese metal band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. As of 2011, they have recorded eight full-length records...
, D'espairsRay, Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
and many others performed, bands such as Luna Sea and Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria (band)
Phantasmagoria was a visual kei rock band band formed in November 2004 in Osaka, Japan by Kisaki, the executive of Under Code Production, a popular visual kei independent label.-History:...
even reunited for one day to perform. Hide with Spread Beaver also performed, using studio and live recordings for hide's vocals. There are still tribute shows held every year, where bands perform on hide's birthday and on the anniversary of his passing.
As with many other deceased musicians, re-issues, remixes, compilations and previously unreleased portions of hide's work continue to be published. The most recent being "The Devolution Project", a release of his original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl, throughout 2010.
In August 2010, hide's management company, Headwax Organization, which includes his brother Hiroshi, filed a lawsuit against Yoshiki's management, Japan Music Agency, for using images of the former X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
guitarist without a formal agreement in place. The claim states that in 2000 the two companies signed an agreement allowing Yoshiki and X Japan to use visual images of hide during concerts. However, images were used at X Japan's August 14 and 15 shows at Nissan Stadium, when apparently the contract had expired.
On March 8, 2011, a musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
based on and featuring hide's music debuted, named Pink Spider after his song of the same name. The show stars both Nao Minamisawa
Nao Minamisawa
is Japanese actress.-TV dramas:* Seito Shokun! * Shiori to Shimiko no Kaiki Jikenbo * Akai Ito * 1 Pound no Fukuin * Kamiji Yusuke Monogatari * Dandy Daddy -Movies:...
and Hitomi Takahashi
Hitomi Takahashi (singer)
is a rock/pop singer from Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. After being selected as finalist in the Sony Music SD audition, which contained about 20,000 applicants, Hitomi entered the music scene in 2005 with her single "Bokutachi no Yukue"...
as Meru, a girl who likes rock music, struggling between the real world and a fictional one. Other cast members included Taka (defspiral
Defspiral
Defspiral is a Japanese visual kei rock band composed of most of the former members of the Underneath. When the Underneath disbanded in 2010, most of the group was signed to Avex Mode to perform songs for the Kamen Rider Series...
) and J (Luna Sea), with the backing band being the rest of defspiral. The production ran from March 8 to the 27 at the Tokyo Globe Theater and was then brought to Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Niigata, Sendai, and Sapporo in April. A compilation album of the songs used in the musical (the original versions by hide) was released on March 2 and is titled "Musical Number" -Rock Musical Pink Spider-.
Personal life
Hide had a younger brother named Hiroshi, who can be seen in the DVD His Invincible Deluge Evidence. Hiroshi was his chauffeur and manager until his last days, he took hide's ashes with him to throw in the Santa Monica BaySanta Monica Bay
Santa Monica Bay is a bight of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume, in Malibu, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Its eastern...
, along with a bottle of wine. Hiroshi had a son whom, during the "Hide Our Psychommunity Tour", hide would bring onstage and sing to. Hiroshi is part of hide's management company Headwax Organization, he also appears on Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo is the third album by hide, released under the name hide with Spread Beaver on November 21, 1998. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008.- Summary :...
reading an excerpt on "Pink Cloud Assembly".
During a TV interview on May 1, 1998 (one day before his death), hide said he had a girlfriend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQcY2i_ttQ. Reports say that he was with a girl at the time of his death, who may or may not have been this girlfriend.
Songwriting
At the outset of his solo career, hide experimented with instrumentations very different from what he usually had access to in X JapanX Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
. The song "Psychommunity", for example, has four guitar tracks and employs a full string section. As another example, his song "Blue Sky Complex" features guitars in drop C tuning
Drop C tuning
Drop C tuning can be used to refer to two different alternative guitar tunings:* CGCFAD - The most commonly intended meaning of Drop C, though the term is incorrect...
, a trumpet section, and an organ.
The title track of his second album Psyence
Psyence
Psyence is the second album by hide, released on September 2, 1996. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008. "Genkai Haretsu" and "Flame" were covered, by Oblivion Dust and Zeppet Store respectively, on the 1999 hide tribute album, Tribute Spirits...
is a big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
/jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
composition with full brass, other songs on the record explore genres such as reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, industrial rock
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
and glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
, with varying uses of guitar effects.
Instruments and songwriting are less experimental on the Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo is the third album by hide, released under the name hide with Spread Beaver on November 21, 1998. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008.- Summary :...
album, most songs featuring a fairly conventional instrumentation of two guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards. Traditional piano and violins do, however, make an appearance.
Equipment
Hide was a fan of Bow Wow guitarists Kyoji YamamotoKyoji Yamamoto
is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who is the leader of the hard rock/metal bands Bow Wow and Wild Flag...
and Mitsuhiro Saito, and selected to use the Mockingbird style guitar, which Saito used. Hide was rarely seen performing without a Fernandes
Fernandes Guitars
Fernandes Guitars is a guitar and accessory manufacturer that originated in Japan in 1969, building flamenco guitars. As the company grew it expanded production to include more acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, and accessories to become one of the biggest guitar...
guitar. He owned a repertoire of signature models as well as standard models. His signature models are still available for purchase today.
Hide often utilized the sustainer feature that came equipped with his guitars, and is heard on many X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
songs. He was often seen in the early 1990s using Peavey
Peavey Electronics
Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest audio equipment manufacturers in the world, headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi in the United States.- History :...
amplifiers on stage.
Spread Beaver
hide's backing band:– percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, programming
Programming (music)
Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
1993–1998 (Zilch
Zilch (band)
Zilch is an alternative/industrial rock band formed in 1996 by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto , Ray McVeigh , Paul Raven , Joey Castillo and I.N.A...
, Dope HEADz, Sonic Storage) – bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
1994–1998 (Debonair, Madbeavers, Chirolyn & The Angels) – drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
1994–1998 (44 Magnum
44 Magnum (band)
44 Magnum is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Japan, originally formed in 1977. After the band disbanded in 1989, they had a thirteen-year hiatus before reuniting and releasing their seventh album, Ignition, in 2002...
, Ziggy, Madbeavers) – keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
1994–1998 (Loopus, Ra:IN, Minimum Rockets) – guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
1996–1998 (Jewel, Virus, Media Youth, R, machine, Madbeavers, Lucy) – guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
1998 (Oblivion Dust
Oblivion Dust
Oblivion Dust is a Japanese post-grunge/alternative rock band very influenced by early 90’s American rock bands, but with a trademark sonority that makes the band unique...
, Spin Aqua
Spin Aqua
Spin Aqua were a short-lived indies musical project between the model Anna Tsuchiya and the former Oblivion Dust guitarist K.A.Z. The duo performed music together for a year and seven months; releasing music for less than a year under the indies label Ki/oon Records.-Information:The band debuted...
, Sonic Storage, Vamps
Vamps
Vamps is a Japanese rock band formed in 2008 by Hyde and K.A.Z, and signed to Hyde's record label Vamprose.- History :...
)
Former member – guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
1993–1994 (Blizard, X-Ray, Twinzer)
X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
guitarist Pata made numerous live appearances with the band. Jennifer Finch
Jennifer Finch
Jennifer Finch , born August 5, 1966, is an American photographer and musician, notable for her involvement in the all-female punk rock group L7.-Music:...
and Demetra "Dee" Plakas
Demetra Plakas
Demetra "Dee" Plakas is an American musician, best known for being the drummer in the all-female rock band L7. She was preceded by Roy Koutsky.-Early bands:Plakas joined a punk band called as their drummer...
, of American all-girl grunge band L7
L7 (band)
L7 was an American rock band from Los Angeles, that was active from 1985 to 2000. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s.-History:...
, supported hide on a couple of TV performances in 1993 before Spread Beaver was formed, they also appear in the original promotional video for "Doubt".
Albums
- Hide Your FaceHide Your FaceHide Your Face is the debut album by hide, released on February 23, 1994. The cover art features a mask designed by H. R. Giger. The song "Frozen Bug '93 " is a remixed version of "Frozen Bug", a song that hide wrote and performed with Luna Sea members J and Inoran, under the band name M*A*S*S, on...
(February 23, 1994) - PsyencePsyencePsyence is the second album by hide, released on September 2, 1996. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008. "Genkai Haretsu" and "Flame" were covered, by Oblivion Dust and Zeppet Store respectively, on the 1999 hide tribute album, Tribute Spirits...
(September 2, 1996) - Ja, ZooJa, ZooJa, Zoo is the third album by hide, released under the name hide with Spread Beaver on November 21, 1998. It was re-released on, the Japan only format, SHM-CD on December 3, 2008.- Summary :...
(November 21, 1998)
Singles
- "Eyes Love YouEyes Love You"Eyes Love You" is the first single by hide, released on August 5, 1993. His second single "50% & 50%" was released on the same day. Both singles' covers are identical except; "Eyes Love You" is green, where as "50% & 50%" is red. They form a 3D picture when they are placed side by side.On December...
" (August 5, 1993) - "50% & 50%" (August 5, 1993)
- "DiceDice (song)"Dice" is the third single released by hide on January 21, 1994. It was re-released on December 12, 2007, with a new cover. On April 28, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the first releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc...
" (January 21, 1994) - "Tell MeTell Me (Hide song)"Tell Me" is the fourth single released by hide on March 24, 1994. "Scanner " is a different version of "Scanner", from Hide Your Face, as it features vocals by Ryuichi from Luna Sea....
" (March 24, 1994) - "MiseryMisery (Hide song)"Misery" is the fifth single by hide, released on June 24, 1996. On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a slightly different cover. On August 4, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the second releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles...
" (June 24, 1996) - "Beauty & StupidBeauty & Stupid"Beauty & Stupid" is the sixth single by hide, released on August 12, 1996. On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a slightly different cover...
" (August 12, 1996) - "Hi-Ho"/"Good ByeHi-Ho/Good Bye"Hi-Ho"/"Good Bye" is a double A-side single by hide, released on December 18, 1996. The music for "Beauty & Stupid Tokyo Ska Version" is performed by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra...
" (December 18, 1996) - "Rocket DiveRocket Dive"Rocket Dive" is the eighth single by hide, the first to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on January 28, 1998. The song's name and intro are an homage to Kiss's "Rocket Ride". By the end of 1998 it sold 690,220 copies, making it the 33rd best-selling single of the year.On May 2,...
" (January 28, 1998) - "Pink SpiderPink Spideris the ninth single by hide, the second to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 13, 1998, eleven days after Hideto "hide" Matsumoto's death. The single debuted at number 1 on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts with sales over 513,000 copies in the initial week of the release...
" (May 13, 1998) - "Ever FreeEver Free"Ever Free" is the tenth single by hide, the third to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 27, 1998.The single debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts, replacing their previous single "Pink Spider", with sales of over 516,000 in the initial week...
" (May 27, 1998) - "Hurry Go RoundHurry Go Round"Hurry Go Round" is the eleventh single by hide, the fourth to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on October 21, 1998. By the end of the year it sold 567,890 copies, making it the 41st best-selling single of the year....
" (October 21, 1998) - "Tell MeTell Me (Hide song)"Tell Me" is the fourth single released by hide on March 24, 1994. "Scanner " is a different version of "Scanner", from Hide Your Face, as it features vocals by Ryuichi from Luna Sea....
" (January 19, 2000, re-recording) - "In MotionIn Motion (song)"In Motion" is a hide single released on July 10, 2002. It is notable for being released four years after the death of the artist who wrote it. The demo track was originally recorded during sessions for Psyence , but...
" (July 10, 2002)
Live albums
- Psyence a Go GoPsyence a Go GoPsyence a Go Go is a live album by hide, released on March 19, 2008. It contains a full-length concert, from his 1996 tour of the same name, recorded on October 20, 1996, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.-Track listing:...
(March 19, 2008) - Hide Our PsychommunityHide Our PsychommunityHide Our Psychommunity is a live album by hide, released on April 23, 2008. It contains almost all of his August 10, 1994 Yokohama Arena concert , from his 1994 tour of the same name.-Track listing:...
(April 23, 2008)
Compilations
- Tune Up (June 21, 1997, remix album)
- Tribute SpiritsTribute SpiritsTribute Spirits is a hide tribute album released on May 1, 1999. It collects cover versions by various artists, among them most members of hide's former band X Japan....
(May 1, 1999, tribute album) - Best ~Psychommunity~ (March 2, 2000)
- Psy-Clone (May 22, 2002, electronic remix album)
- Singles ~ Junk Story (July 24, 2002)
- King of Psyborg Rock Star (April 28, 2004)
- Perfect Single Box (September 21, 2005, all 13 singles and a DVD)
- Singles + Psyborg Rock iTunes Special!! (February 6, 2008, digital download)
- We Love hide ~The Best in The World~ (April 29, 2009)
- "Musical Number" -Rock Musical Pink Spider- (March 2, 2011)
Videos
- Seth et HolthSeth et HolthSeth et Holth is a film released on September 29, 1993, best noted for featuring Japanese musicians hide and Tusk. The film is 45 minutes long and features the tragic plot of two beings from a different plane of existence coming to earth, specifically Tokyo, and being overwhelmed by the city'...
as Seth (September 29, 1993) - A Souvenir (VHS: March 24, 1994, DVD: April 4, 2001 as A Souvenir + Tell Me)
- Film The Psychommunity Reel.1 (VHS: October 21, 1994, DVD: April 4, 2001)
- Film The Psychommunity Reel.2 (VHS: November 23, 1994, DVD: April 4, 2001)
- X'mas Present (December 24, 1994)
- Lemoned Collected By hide (May 22, 1996, also features Zeppet StoreZEPPET STOREZeppet Store was a Japanese rock band, discovered by X Japan guitarist hide and signed to his label LEMONed in 1996. Formed in 1989 as a three piece by vocalist and guitarist Seizi Kimura, guitarist Makoto Gomi and bassist Yuichi Nakamura, soon after drummer Eiki Yanagita joined. Makoto Gomi left...
, Vinyl and Trees of Life) - Ugly Pink Machine File 1 Official Data File [Psyence A Go Go In Tokyo] (VHS: February 26, 1997, DVD: October 18, 2000)
- Ugly Pink Machine File 1 Unofficial Data File [Psyence A Go Go 1996] (VHS: March 26, 1997, DVD: October 18, 2000)
- Seven Clips (VHS: June 21, 1997, DVD: October 18, 2000 as Seven Clips + Hurry Go Round)
- hide presents Mix Lemoned Jelly (VHS: August 21, 1997, DVD: July 20, 2003 features many other artists)
- Top Secret X'mas Present '97 (December 24, 1997)
- His Invincible Deluge Evidence (VHS: July 17, 1998, DVD: July 20, 2000)
- A Story 1998 hide Last Works (December 8, 1999)
- Alivest Perfect Stage ＜1,000,000 Cuts hide!hide!hide!＞ (December 13, 2000)
- Seventeen Clips ~Perfect Clips~ (May 3, 2001)
- hide with Spread Beaver Appear!! "1998 Tribal Ja,Zoo" (September 21, 2005)
- Alive! (December 3, 2008)
- We Love hide ~The Clips~ (December 2, 2009)
With Saber Tiger/Saver Tiger/Yokosuka Saver Tiger
- Saber Tiger (July 1985)
- Heavy Metal Force III (November 7, 1985, "Vampire")
- Devil Must Be Driven out with Devil (1986, "Dead Angle" and "Emergency Express")
- Origin of hide Vol. 1 (February 21, 2001, compilation album)
- Origin of hide Vol. 2 (February 21, 2001, compilation album)
- Origin of hide Vol. 3 (February 21, 2001, VHS)
Other work
- Flowers (Issay, 1994, guitar on "Itoshi no Max")
- 96/6996/6996/69 is a remix album by Cornelius, released in 1996.-Track listing:...
(CorneliusCornelius (musician)Cornelius is a Japanese recording artist and producer.-Career:Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene...
, June 9, 1996, remixed "Heavy Metal Thunder") - Ultra MixUltra MixUltra Mix is a Japanese Exclusive Mix Album featuring remixes of tracks from Shonen Knife's Brand New Knife album. Remix credits include Alec Empire, Stereolab, Bis, Ken Ishii, Towa Tei, hide and others.-Track listing:...
(Shonen KnifeShonen KnifeShonen Knife, written in Japanese characters as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981...
, October 22, 1997, remixed "Tower of the Sun")