Buck-Tick is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983.
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32 Facts About Buck-Tick
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Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement.
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Buck-Tick recruited his friend, Yutaka Higuchi, and the two of them began to practice—Imai on guitar and Higuchi on bass.
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The Buck-Tick members went to high school with Boøwy singer Kyosuke Himuro.
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Buck-Tick had seen the band perform at a live house called Shinjuku Attic, and had been very impressed.
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Buck-Tick even offered them Victor's Aoyama studio as a place to practice.
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On June 16,1987, Buck-Tick played a show called Buck-Tick Phenomenon II at the Live Inn in Shibuya, to bid farewell to their indie days.
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In September 1988, Buck-Tick went to London to record its fourth studio album, Taboo, which was produced by Owen Paul.
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The members of Buck-Tick loved London, especially Sakurai, who felt that the music scene there was more welcoming of dark and serious music.
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Buck-Tick went on hiatus and Imai had to appear at a court hearing, which was attended by hundreds of concerned fans and was covered on television.
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In 1992, Buck-Tick released their first compilation album, Koroshi no Shirabe This Is Not Greatest Hits.
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In 1996, Buck-Tick left Shaking Hands Inc, and started their own management company, Banker Ltd.
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Later in 1998, and continuing in 1999, Buck-Tick members involved themselves in many collaborations with other artists.
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In 2000, Buck-Tick changed labels for a second time, leaving Mercury for BMG Funhouse.
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On March 6,2002, Buck-Tick released their twelfth studio album, Kyokutou I Love You, which was initially scheduled to be released as a double album with Mona Lisa Overdrive.
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Buck-Tick opened for Marilyn Manson when he played at Tokyo Bay NK Hall and Osaka-jo Hall in September 2003.
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In 2004, Buck-Tick largely suspended activities in order for the band members to work on their individual musical projects.
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Buck-Tick did play a few shows together, including one at Yokohama Arena in 2004 that was a reprise of their "Climax Together" shows 12 years before.
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Each of the guest artists and Buck-Tick played a set, and as a grand finale, there was a fireworks show over the bay.
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Special 25th Anniversary film Buck-Tick ~Buck-Tick Phenomenon was shown in theaters in two parts in 2013, part one opening on June 15 and two on June 22, each for one week only.
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Buck-Tick released the single "Keijijou Ryuusei" on May 14,2014, and their nineteenth studio album, Arui wa Anarchy, on June 4.
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On June 28,2015, Buck-Tick performed at the Lunatic Fest hosted by Luna Sea and were joined onstage by J for "Iconoclasm".
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Buck-Tick released the single "New World" on September 21,2016, and their twentieth studio album Atom Miraiha No 9 on September 28 which peaked 9th on the Oricon album chart.
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Buck-Tick's music has changed and evolved hugely over the course of their career.
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Buck-Tick's music is smashed-together nuances of everything from Depeche Mode and New Order to U2 and the Knack.
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Buck-Tick was and anomaly in the Japanese music scene, a tangle of goth rock diluted with synth and electronica.
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Buck-Tick's lyrics is described as "dance in a daydream about reality".
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Buck-Tick was most strongly influenced by Western rock, especially British post-punk from the 1970s and 1980s, though they cite a few Japanese influences as well.
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Takanori Nishikawa is another open fan of Buck-Tick, and interviewed the entire band on the TV program Pop Jam.
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