L'ARC~EN~CIEL
WERE FORMED IN 1992, LED BY TETSU.
THEY RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM "DUNE"
ON DANGER CRUE
RECORDS, AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT,
THEY GOT A CONTRACT WITH KI/OON
SONY RECORDS,
WHERE THEIR FIRST RELEASE WAS THE ALBUM "TIERRA"
IN 1994, FROM WHICH THE SONG "BLURRY EYES
WAS FAMOUSLY USED AS AN ANIME OPENING TRACK. SOON, "HEAVENLY" AND
"TRUE" FOLLOWED AS THE FOUR-PIECE GREW EVER MORE POPULAR AND DEVELOPED MORE OF A
MASS-APPEALING POP SOUND.
L'ARC~EN~CIEL
ARE ESSENTIALLY A BAND WITH EQUAL MEMBERS, IT HAS TO BE POINTED OUT, THOUGH (LET'S
FORGET ALL THAT "LEADER" TALK!). EVERY
MEMBER DOES HIS MUSICAL AND/OR LYRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS ON EACH ALBUM, WHICH
CREATES THE TRULY COLORFUL AND OPEN-MINDED MUSIC THE BAND IS SO WELL-KNOWN
FOR. THEY'RE TOURING A LOT FOR
EACH ALBUM, AND ESPECIALLY HYDE'S
LOOK HAS GONE THROUGH VARIOUS DRAMATIC CHANGES THROUGH TIME.
THEIR ORIGINAL DRUMMER WAS NOT
YUKIHIRO, BUT SAKURA.
IN LATE 1997, IT WAS ANNOUNCED
THAT SAKURA HAD QUIT THE BAND
DUE TO "MUSICAL DIFFERENCES"... BUT I
GUESS THAT EVERYONE AT LEAST SUPPOSES THAT HE WAS REALLY THROWN OUT BY THE RECORD LABEL
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO SPOIL THE "CLEAN" IMAGE OF LARUKU
- HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESSIOON EARLIER. NOW
DOESN'T THAT SUCK? NEVERTHELESS, THE "NEW"
L'ARC~EN~CIEL
(YUKIHIRO, FORMERLY OF DIE
IN CRIES, HAD BEEN A FRIEND OF HYDE'S)
WERE ABLE TO RECORD NEW MATERIAL AND RELEASE THE ALBUM "HEART"
IN FEBRUARY 1998, WHICH SHOWS
THEY "SURVIVED" THAT LOSS. YUKIHIRO EVEN ADDED NEW COLOR TO THE BAND,
FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH HIS CONTINUOUS REMIXING WORK FOR THEIR SONGS, AS THE BAND'S STEADY RISE NEVER SEEMED TO END.
2001 SAW THE BAND RELEASING THEIR FIRST COMPILATION, "CLICKED SINGLES
BEST 13", WHICH WAS ALSO RELEASED IN THE US ON SONY'S
NEW IMPORT LABEL. THIS WAS SURELY QUITE A STEP FORWARD, ALONGSIDE THE RELEASE OF THE SONG "SPIRIT
DREAMS INSIDE" ON THE INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE
"FINAL FANTASY". THE BAND MEMBERS, HOWEVER,
MEANWHILE STARTED TO PUT OUT SOLO MATERIAL.
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