Live Town 1988

It was 1988, they were rising to stardom, all the members hair still up, U-ta still the most sullen on stage and Acchan voice still in its pop sound and eventually transform into one of the most powerful vocal in Japan rock scene. They perform Empty Girl and Future for Future. Watching the band style in this video, I'm so glad they went to London for recording. It definitely influenced their music and fashion. It also help when they stand their ground, doing whatever they want and waving middle finger to anyone trying to force things with the band.

There's a short talk before the performance and I think he was talking about release of their mini album, Romanesque, and their collection of music video, More Sexual. Acchan also talking about their upcoming tour, mentioning several venues. The song playing during the talk, prior to the performance is B-T theme, their very own opening song. I think all this Buck-Tick obsession helps improving my negligible understanding of Japanese language.



There's another video of the same performance, however this one also include performance by Ziggy and some adverts. No no, not Ziggy Stardust, Ziggy the Japanese rock band.

p/s: That shoulder pad o_0

BUCK-TICK NICO-DOU Saturday night B-T special

Did I told you Buck-Tick fans are awesome?! Especially the one who do translations and subbing for free so that other fan can enjoy the band interview. I just love these people.

The NICO-DOU interview is one of the latest from the band. While watching the interview, the word 'aikawarazu' that means 'as always' keep popping in my mind. Try watch the interview right from their debut up to 2012, you can see the band still doesn't talk much in interview, Anii and U-ta are always the one who talk the most, Imai still talk in the same half-whisper-drag-the-word way, Hide is always the soft-spoken one and Sakurai still do his cheeky-answer-cheeky-smile combo. More than that, they still play that reluctant celebrity front, making them appearing more humble and down to earth than they already are.

To watch the next part of the interview, click the links below.

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

P/S: Poor Hide, he was so sleepy that he was sliding off the chair.

Future for Future TV Appearance

The clip below was from a TV show. I'm not sure what is the name of the show, but one thing for sure, it was late 80s. The fun thing about Buck-Tick, it's pretty easy to determined the general time of their public appearance based on their hair style. Sakurai's blond up-do will definitely date the video back to the late 80s. With Imai, it would be more precise because he always change his hairstyle and it's always unique. With Anii, it gonna be a bit tricky since that head of hair had been defying gravity for 25 years!

I have the clip of the talk before the band perform in my archive but I couldn't find it back in Youtube. I guess I just type the sub transcript here so you can refer it while watching the video.

Here is the whole clip without subtitle.

1: Host (lady) 2:Host

1:Well, let's go
2:Yes. Hurry up. Good evening!
1: Good Evening!
2: They are Buck-Tick. Well then, only young people stand up their hair like that. They seem to be that kind of group. It's really awesome! You are Sakurai-kun, right?
Sakurai: Yes.
2:He's the band's leader. This fashion was your own idea?
Sakurai: Yes. We do it because we think it's cool.
2:You are doing it because you think it's cool. I think that's great! What's the meaning of "Buck-Tick"?
Imai: It's a firework used in celebration of festivals and stuff like that.
2:Well, as I thought, this band seems to be different and I think that's something good. Well, we'll know when we listen to their music. Well then, we won't hold you any longer!
1: Anyway, I was thinking too, they must be awesome.
2: They have this overflowing youth, don't they?
1: Yes.
2: They will give us a great show!
1:Well then, they are Buck-Tick with the song "Future for Future". Go ahead!

Credit on the subbed vid
Translations: lokiseto1979, candy_gutter, fynoda
Editors/Encoders: ff120, ninjakitters
sexualxxxx_sub@livejournal.com
Here is their livejournal link http://sexualxxxxx-sub.livejournal.com/
They are subs community that did great job helping BT global fans satisfy their insatiable BT cravings with better understanding. I have lots of their subbed video tucked safely in my archive. Apparently, Youtube is not friendly with the community, so they moved to Dailymotion.

P.S: If anyone have the link for the subbed video, please leave a comment. Thanks.