Buck-Tick Zone
Members
The members of Buck-Tick came together in 1983 and decided to form a band. They started playing in 1984 and have maintained a consistent lineup since 1985. The band decided that their first vocalist did not fit and the drummer took over vocal duties. They then recruited the bassist's older brother to become their drummer. Buck-Tick made their indie label debut in 1986 and their major label debut in 1987. The band has switched labels over the years but consistently release new albums and tour every 1-2 years. Thus far, they have no desire to retire nor change members.
Official Members
- Atsushi Sakurai (vocals 1985-present; drums 1983-1985)
- Hisashi Imai (guitars, noises, backing/second vocals)
- Hidehiko "Hide" Hoshino (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals)
- Yutaka "U-ta" Higuchi (bass)
- Toll Yagami (drums, percussion)
Unofficial Members - regular guest musicians
Tsutomu Nakayama - contributed keyboards on Sexual XXXX! (1987), Aku No Hana (1990), and Kurutta Taiyo (1991).
Kazutoshi Yokoyama - he has been regularly contributing keyboards, electronics, and noise elements since Koroshi No Shirabe (1992). He first became involved with a member of Buck-Tick when he worked on Hide's solo song "Jarring Voice" (1991) for the Dance 2 Noise 001 compilation album.
Kazutoshi has also worked with Hisashi's side projects Schaft and Lucy, as well as the Atsushi/Hisashi side project Schwein.
[this page was last updated on 2008.12.07 @ 16:48:38 PST]
Past Members
Araki (vocals, 1983-1985)
Very little is known about Araki other than he was a friend of Hisashi's since 5th grade in elementary school (roughly 10 years old). Hisashi felt he didn't fit with the group and Araki agreed and left the band.
