Die in Cries (stylized as DIE IN CRIES) was a Japanese

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band of the 1990s, whose members have all played in other prominent bands.

History

Formed in 1991, Die in Cries was composed of Kyo (

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) on vocals, Shin (ex: Mad Capsule Markets) on guitar, Takashi (ex:The Ace) on bass, and

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(ex: Zi:Kill) on drums. Yukihiro and Shin previously played together in Optic Nerve. While they were one of the more popular visual kei bands in the 90's, international visual kei fans haven't shown the same interest as contemporaries rock bands. Following their breakup in 1995 the members all went on to play in other bands. The most prominent and well known of these is most likely Yukihiro who was recruited to play for the popular band

L'Arc-en-Ciel , stylized as L'Arc〜en〜Ciel and abbreviated as Laruku, is a Japanese rock band formed in Osaka in 1991 by bassist Tetsuya and vocalist Hyde. Following the departure of original members Hiro and Pero, guitarist Ken and drummer Sakura were ...

. Kyo, Shin and Takashi all went on to form Bug, with Shin later leaving to play for Spin and Creature Creature, solo project of

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of Dead End, which originally featured

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of L'Arc-en-Ciel and currently features

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, whom Yukihiro replaced when he joined L'Arc-en-Ciel.

Members

Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

: Hiroshi "Kyo" Isono (ex:

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,→Solo, Bug,

) *

Guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

: Shin Murohime (ex:

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, Optic Nerve,→Bloody Imitation Society, Bug, Spin, Creature Creature) *

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: Takashi Kaneuchi (ex:The Ace,→Fame, Hybrid, Bug) *

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(ex:Guerrilla, Zi:Kill, Optic Nerve,→

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)

Discography

Albums

*''Nothingness to Revolution'' - 1991.08.01 *''Visage'' - 1992.03.11 Oricon Album Chart Position: No. 5 *''Node'' - 1992.09.23 No. 14 *''Eros'' - 1993.07.07 No. 7 * - 1993.12.01 No. 17 *''Seeds'' - 1995.06.21 No. 20 *''Last Live「1995.7.2」'' - 1995.09.21 No. 16 *''Re-make'' - 1995.10.21 No. 70 *''Thanx: Best of Die in Cries'' - 1997.06.21

Singles

*"Melodies" - 1992.02.05 Oricon Single Chart Position: No. 24 * - 1992.09.23 No. 29 *"to you" - 1993.01.08 No. 35 *"Nocturne" - 1993.06.02 No. 34 *"Love Song" - 1993.11.21 No. 56 *"Crescent Moon" - 1994.05.21 No. 42 * - 1995.05.24 No. 46

References

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