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A look back at the life and career of Japanese guitarist hide, who died under questionable circumstances in 1998.
As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.
X Japan's very last live concert on December 31, 1997 at Tokyo Dome. The show was important in two ways, since it marked the end of a band but it became the starting point for some outstanding solo careers.
DVD edition of "DAHLIA TOUR FINAL 1996" filmed on December 31, 1996 at Tokyo Dome, originally released on video in 1997. A 2-disc set. On Vocal - Toshi On Bass - Heath On Guitar - Pata On Guitar - Hide On Drums & Piano - Yoshiki
On May 2, 1998, Hide, a leading Japanese rock musician who had been active as a guitarist for X JAPAN and as a solo artist (hide with Spread Beaver/zilch), suddenly passed away. His funeral was attended by about 50,000 people and became a social phenomenon as all of Japan wept at his untimely farewell. His younger brother, Hiroshi Matsumoto, who was Hide's manager, started to work with Hide's co-producer I.N.A., who had been working on a song with Hide, and his friends to make his brother's will come true. Yuji and I.N.A. struggle under the unusual circumstance that Hide himself is not present, but they are confronted with various difficulties.
X Japan Returns 1993.12.31 is an X Japan live DVD, released on February 29, 2008. It contains the band's performance at the Tokyo Dome on December 31, 1993.
Monatik burst into the Ukrainian show business swiftly, triumphantly and as if out of nowhere, immediately starting to make music in quality comparable to European and American samples. The documentary project will tell about the artist's life even before he became famous and the most demanded Ukrainian performer.
The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an international singing star, Aappo never forgets his first love Katri, who faithfully waits in Liminga for his return.
he Glory Years is a DVD of the rock group Gillan, released in 2008 by Eagle Rock Entertainment. It consists of a live concert recorded at Oxford Polytechnic, England on February 18, 1981 for the BBC series 'Rock Goes to College', and several of the band's guest performances on German TV and BBC's TV chart show Top of the Pops.