Biography – English version -

9 years of history.
9 years full of joy and emotions
9 years where everything has slowly turned in  something absolutely wonderful.

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Now we are here to write down every single and small feeling that makes us hope  and dream day by day.
Everything began on 10th March, when five guys, Uruha (麗) (guitar), Reita (れいた) (bass), Ruki (ルキ) (vocal), Aoi (葵) (guitar) e Yune (drum),  met and created a band with the name of ガゼット。
Even if they were still young, they worked hard in order to make their dreams come true.
Each of them had gone through different experiences that made them grow up.
But they worked hard even if sometimes it was really difficult, and thanks to their work, they were finally able to move forward.
They played in really small live houses, live after live.
Few fans, good music.
But they were meant for more.
With their first single “Wakaremichi” they started the long way to the top. But the path to success has many stones. Their way was hard, it requires a lot of efforts, but they achieved their little goals, with laugh and tears.
They were really good.
With their first SOLD OUT concert they showed to everyone their talent.
It was an important achievement for the band, the first in a long series.
After the release of another Single, their drummer, Yune, left the band, but this didn’t stop them!
They were too full of energy to quit.
Sometimes, if you want to go on, you must take a lonely way.
After that, he was replaced by Kai, a young drummer from Tokushima.
The desire to fill the hearts of hundred people with their music was really strong.
They started to play with a new partner and a new challenge awaited them: an important contract with the major label “PS COMPANY”.
2003 was a year full of important events and opportunities for this new band.
From the release of a mini-album to a tour with two other important bands.. and the opportunity to appear in one of the most influential magazines in Japan: Cure Magazine.
They were at the top and no one could stop them!
Their popularity grew so much, it was like [ living a dream with your eyes open ],right guys?
[For these 9 years we want to rebuild every single victory, step by step.
they have been 9 important years, for you and for us!
We are a big family.
An unique huge family composed by hundreds and hundreds of people.]
In a short times they released several mini-albums and live ( above all  they took part in Fool’s Mate Beauty-fool’s fest　with Kra, Gullet, Miyavi, Daigo Stardust, deadman, D’espairsRay, Merry, Pink Halleluja e MUCC.)
The lyrics are amazing, they can show us the little light in the darkness.
Without realizing it, they became a light for many guys, who could go through sad and dark days thanks to The GazettE’s music.
So many tears were dryed thanks their songs.
So many hearts were saved thanks their wonderful notes.
With them, other people were living a dream, the very same dream, a dream from which no one wants to wake up.
The fans increased rapidly, bringing them a few more step up in this great and difficult climbing to success.

Tokyo Saihan JUDGMENT DAY

16th January 2004
1500 fans reunited in front of a stage
1500 fans ready to go crazy with the divine notes of their songs.

Also, important magazines as “SHOXX” in the Expect Rush III, considered them as the most indipendent Visual Kei’s band.
No one could stop them.
An amazing and powerful band..
A second concert DVD, Heisei Banka, was released on August 25. During September and October they toured with fellow PS Company bands Kra and BIS.
After the released of several single and mini-albums they released their first full ALBUM “DISORDER“, which sold 11.231 copies, reaching the 5th position on the most important chart in Japan, the Oricon Chart.
Maximum Royal Disorder
In early 2005 the band started their Japan-wide spring tour called “Standing Tour 2005 Maximum Royal Disorder“, the final live was held at Shibuya Kokaido on 17th April .
2005 was also a year full of release, like the single “Reila“, the mini-album “Gama” that come out on 3rd August and the single “Cassis“, which was a big success entering on the top 10 of the Oricon Chart.
On 2006 they changed the name from ガゼット to The GazettE ( Ruki said it was for the designe of the logo! )

- nameless liberty six guns –

.Final at Nippon budokan.

We can write lines and lines about this tour, every single live was full of emotions; Every fans lived every single moment like it was the last one, enjoying every little feelings.
Thanks to the behind the scenes footage  of the tour they showed the simplicity of their relationship too. The pure friendship between bandmates it’s also important and they are one of the best!
It’s like a good exemple for the other people.
With the DVD we laughed, cryed and dreamed…
“I hope that all our dreams can come true, step by step …”  [Ruki - Nippon BUDOKAN ]
The way to create music improved so much, each song has its own story .
As the time go by, their songs became more structured, there was a search for balance between the notes and the solos and each member developed its own experience, in a personal way.
They had a lot of ideas and they tried to realize them together, this was The GazettE to grow up.
They are in the middle of artistic and stylistic development, from the simple outfits of the first times to the detailed and personalized of the present days.

Decomposition Beauty
Meaningless Art That People Showed

Speaking of overseas tour, with the “Pulse Wriggling to Black 1.5” they gave us a lot of surprises.
This was the first (and the last for now) tour in the Old-country.
Reaching place like: Germany, Finland, France and England, they gathered a lot of people from all the Europe and of all the ages.
At that time the Visual Kei was just a trend for the people who tried to be alternative, and for this reason most of the audience was there not for the music and the band but only because they were trying to be cool, and because in their minds there were the stereotype of japanese musicians related to manga and anime. Indeed this tour wasn’t as pleasant as the band thought. (And this is a PITY)
The tour was a  showcase for the album “Stacked rubbish”. ( This album collects a lot of good and bad review)
Some fans think that their music became like all the other Occidental bands, for this reason they started to move away from the gazettE’s world, starting to criticize every single move.
But luckily not everyone had their same thoughts, knowing that this change was a prerogative of the band, the fans didn’t left their side… starting to get closer to the group, supporting them and appreciating their music for the skills of the members and not only for their old style.
As Ruki said in a interview “it’s not important to be on the top, we just want to create good music”. And I think they are doing a great work.
The thing that makes the GazettE different from all the other bands, it’s not just the music in constant changing, but the fact that their melodies doesn’t belong to any specific style.
Every single, every song is different from the other.
Everything it’s so different that doesn’t make you tired, ever.
The music world doesn’t suits all the people who don’t appreciate changes.
Despite this gap between fans, they didn’t give up and tryed their best, and with the single “Guren” they reached the first position in the Oricon chart.
Personally I see it as a great victory for those who didn’t believed in them.

Repeated Countless Error

“The Pulse Wriggling to Black” tour (from July 2007 to April 2008), reached 8 town around all Japan (it reached also the Osaka-jo on 13th April) and it finished with the last two dates,  19th and 20th April, at the Yoyoji Daiichi Taiikukan under the name of “Repeated Countless Error”.
In the middle of the live Ruki said: “We were able to reach all these successes thanks to you, staff and fans. I’m really grateful for your support, but this is not the end. We will keep going on. Do it with us.”
it was a final beyond all the expectations, the band surprised everyone with an amazing improvement: both the  stage presence and the music.
Every single song had the power to make everyone jump and shake in the whole hall. In the end i think that the music, whether live or not, can join together a lot of people.
Secret live at Shinjuku
On 15th November, for the release of the new single “LEECH”, they organized a secret live at Shinjuku Station. They have scheduled about 250 seats but the event brought more than 7.000 people. The live started quietly but because of the problems caused by the crowd,  who had blocked the whole street, the police had to interrupt the fantastic performance after only 10 minutes.
This single, like the previous album, collects good and bad reviews  According to the comments of the fans on the net, this single is classified  as commercial and not coherent to the old style.
Here there is the same gap like for “Stacked Rubbish“.  As a matter of fact, “LEECH” is an attack to the society, and thanks to this, a lot of people have started to follow the band.
The lyrics had a strong meaning and is able to make the people think about all the problems concerning the modern society.
During the PSC Anniversary event they’ve announced the release of a new single: “Distress and Coma“. This song was also played during their 7th anniversary at the Makuhari Messe Convention Hall.
The classical dancer in the PV, the deep meaning of the lyrics… the guitar, the power of the bass and the drum… everything has reached the perfection; with this song a new the GazettE’s generation is started.
The innovations of this CD are the well-researched intro between each song, then you can also notice that the tracklist is more organized than the previous ones.
Moreover, despite the heaviness of the whole album – both in the lyrics and in the music – there is also the sweetness and the gentleness that belongs to the GazettE.
As time goes by, there was an evolution in the vocalist’s voice, becoming deeper and fitting better this kind of sound.
Ruki was able to use his particolar voice; while the guitarists’ technique improved becoming much more smooth, creating a sort of dance between guitars.
With the released of this album there was a promotional tour ” DIM SCENE tour” with the final at “Saitama Super Arena“.
the band surprised everyone with a lot of special effects and with the amazing improving of the sound.
The dark atmosphere predominated the entire hall, creating a really magical feeling.
There was a time for pure rock, comunicating to the audience powerful and strong sensations, but at the same time there was a time for the delicate ballads that captured all the attention of the people in the Saitama.
It was a really unique experience.
On 7th October they released “Before i decay” (It was also the soundtrack of the famous movie “Fast and Fourios 4“). After that, on 24th October The Gazette performed at V’Rock Festival 2009 at Makuhari Messe Convention Hall; only two months later we had the chance to see them on stage for the chistmas eve live “ A HYMN OF THE CRUXIFIXION” at Tokyo Big Sight.
Unfortunately, during this tour the Vocalist lost his voice because of all the efforts he had done, and for this reason they had to delete some concerts.
On 17th March the band started with the Standing Live Tour 10 “The End of Stillness” at Zepp Tokyo. With the releasing of a new single “Shiver” and the “Film bug II “, which included 10 PV from Regret to Before I Decay, they announced the transfer from the King Records to Sony Music Records. (Even if there were some misunderstangings between the staff and the group!): “Shiver” is the first single under this label, and it’s also the opening of a very famous anime: “Kuroshitsuji II”.
At the end of  “THE END OF STILLNESS” there was an “all fan open” tour: ““TOUR10 NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS”, and the final would be held at the Tokyo Dome in December.
In the time between the tour and the Tokyo Dome, there were the release of two other single: “RED” and “PLEDGE“.
“RED” have a really strong impact while “PLEDGE“  have a more quite sound, moreover the single contains two be-sides with a pure rock soul.

Tokyo Dome
-26 December 2010-
50.000 people in front of them.
In my opinion, there was a strange atmosphere… there wasn’t their usual spell in the air. But except for this little personal feeling i think that it’s an important goal.
It’s like a dream with open eyes, a childhood’s dream.
In the end, it doesn’t matter where the lives are, the location is not important, if the GazettE will keep showing themself as they really are, we’ll be by their sides, always.
On 11th March, the band started another “fanclub only” tour named “Live Tour 11 – Two Concept Eight Nights -ABYSS/LUCY- “, with the total of 8 performance – and the birthday event the “Day 9 -NINE-” at Zepp Tokyo in March 10.
Because of the earthquake in Japan, the release of the “Best of album Traces Best of 2005-2009″ and the DVD at Tokyo Dome which contains footage of their final concert were postponed at 6th April.
At last, they’ve released the single “VORTEX“.

[To be continued...]

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