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The ideal Live situation~

10. Live band – the GazettE. Please tell us about the ideal Live situation for you.
Aoi: Hn~, this is tough. I want to perform at a beach, and I want to perform abroad too. I also want to appear in big summer festivals…… Well that’s how it is.
Reita: . A live which would make me forget all memories.
Ruki: The moment one can turn into nothingness is the most ideal.
Kai: A riotously tempestuous one.
Uruha: I want to perform at an outdoor Live right now.
B=PASS - July 2011

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Your first encounter with musical instruments

“I guess mine was also because of my older brother. My brother also likes heavy metal… so I remember listening to bands like X, Iron Maiden or Halloween. At that time, the CD jackets were primarily illustrations. A part of me liked that dangerous image. I would take those CDs out of my brother’s room without telling him just to listen to them. Somehow my brother had the drumsticks of Higuchi-san (Loudness) and YOSHIKI-san (X JAPAN). I didn’t know those things were on sale, so I thought he got them from a Live, and I always borrowed them without permission (laugh), and would get so caught up with playing them while I watched videos in my room. At that time there was a cultural festival at my school, and my friends decided, “Let’s do a (SEX) PISTOLS cover”, so I lost at janken (rock, paper, scissors) and had to do drums (laugh). My brother had a guitar too, but I thought it was too difficult and ther was no way I could play it.” — Ruki (Q&A, FM 2006. Your first encounter with musical instruments)

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Yourself as a child [GazeInterview]

Kai: I was attracted by delinquency, and was a kid who just wanted to do bad stuff.
Ruki: I was no different than I am now. Even when I go back to my homeland people still say "You never change, do you~" (laugh) When I was in high school I wanted to be an engraver so bad I put in my utmost effort. Also I was fascinated by Punks.
Aoi: I was a kid who'd never continue what he started. Rather than saying it was a tiredness syndrome, but whatever I did, I'd get tired of it.
I: You also did surfing before, right?
Aoi: Ah, so I did. I'm not good at it to the level of having it as a hobby, but I've been in competitions and stuff.
Ruki: Ah! I saw an old photo! He was all dark and was doing a twist. When we went to Hawaii he even went out alone to surf.
Aoi: Things that I continue, I continue. Things that I've continued are Kendo, surfing and the band, that's about it.
Reita: I'd decided on being in a band since high school, so somehow I misunderstood something somewhere. It was a manufacturing industry high school, so I was made to take an exam and if I took more exams I would have gotten more qualifications (licenses), but I ended up not taking anything. Somehow... it was like I was betting on my insurance. Now that I think about it, I think, "What's wrong with taking it; there's no loss in doing so". (laugh) Now I don't want to take bets on insurance, besides the band..... thinking about it now I should have tried for more licenses. The only one I had was for handling dangerous goods, and because I had that qualification, when I worked part-time at a gasoline stand my pay was up by 50 yen.
All: (laugh)
Reita: I thought it would also be for the sake of the band and took it, but... I failed. (laugh)
Ruki: That's the worst. (laugh)
Uruha: I was a really normal kid. I get fan letters that often say "No one will understand visual kei at school", and I understand that feeling all too well. It was good that when I was in junior high there was a visual boom, but in high school there was no one else who liked visual kei but me. Those times were super boring. But then punk became the in thing, and I hated those who would so easily speak of punk. So I came to understand that it couldn't be helped if I talked to those I didn't agree with.

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In the rain~

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Koron-chan

by Ruki via Twitter