Jun is skilled, but I haven't heard a solo from him that I really liked. They just wander around and don't fit, whereas hide and Pata's are melodic and musically interesting and get me all pumped up. That's why I think they're better, they're impressive musically, not only technically.
Jun is awesome, no argument there. But I'm still partial to hide and Pata. Are there any videos of Eddie Van Koide with X? I think he's the only one I haven't seen any of.
I think that Toshi can't sing this song like the day before.At that time Toshi's voice was so strong,burst with very high pitch tone.It's that why they never play this song in any concert.
@title29 Yoshiki is an excelent composer, no one can deny that but that doesn't mean his later work would be better than some of his earlier work. Jun was excellent, so was Taiji. Losing those two was his mistake. X succeeded in dominating the asian market but failed in the North America rock scene. Taiji and perhaps Jun is essential for X to break into the North America market.
X failed in North America, because North America is racist AF. They weren't really advertised, either. Before they could have done anything, Toshi collapsed mentally under the stress of a US debut.
I know my response is 11 years late LOL but I read Taiji officially joined them on Nov 1986.... what I can't find is why Jun left. Don't get me wrong I love Hide forever but to be honest Jun's guitar is just fucking amazing. He was so good so I don't understand why he left.... Do you happen to know??
@DaNileChannel I haven't done a comparison. But look at Sugizo's picking technique when he does really fast scalar runs, it's really efficient. hide couldn't pull that off, his right hand was a freaking mess.
He left X cause he didnt like the direction the band was heading. He felt that Yoshiki was too concerned about money, Jun was nevert about the money, he was all about the music. As you can tell his music is very soulful. and he was in bands that made excellent songs, some even better than X songs at the time. But in this world it's also about marketability and Yoshiki was very successful on that. A lot of musician arent into money and success therefore their work is unknown. Such as Jun
@visualrocker69 ...they're both really great guitarist and musicians but hide's better than Sugizo technically and musically. just look and compare when they play silent jealousy. who's cleaner?hide/ who's better? hide.
I think that Toshi can't sing this song like the day before.At that time Toshi's voice was so strong,burst with very high pitch tone.It's that why they never play this song in any concert.
I think that Toshi can't sing this song like the day before.At that time Toshi's voice was so strong,burst with very high pitch tone.It's that why they never play this song in any concert.
