![]() On Aphe released his first original solo album, the classical studio album Eternal Melody, which was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and produced by the Beatles producer George Martin. He began learning about jazz improvisation and orchestration. In the early 1990s through his record label would debut million-selling bands Glay and Luna Sea. Extasy Recording Studios would become where recordings for nearly all his projects take place, until he sold it in the 2010s. In 1992, he bought a recording studio complex in North Hollywood, California, US. On December 12, Yoshiki released his first album, the classical compilation Yoshiki Selection, which includes classical works, and its sequel followed six years later. Collaborating with Tetsuya Komuro for the rock unit V2, with a concert on December 5 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall and the single "Haitoku no Hitomi ~Eyes of Venus~/Virginity" (背徳の瞳〜Eyes of Venus〜) in January 1992, which reached number two on the chart. That same year he began his first solo activities outside X. The following year they announced the renaming of the band to X Japan in order to launch an international career with an American album release, however, this ultimately did not happen. In 1991 they released their hit million-selling album Jealousy, and were the first Japanese metal band to perform in Japan's largest indoor concert venue, the Tokyo Dome. In 1990, the band received the "Grand Prix New Artist of the Year" award at the 4th Japan Gold Disc Awards. The band's breakthrough came in 1989 with the release of their second, and major debut, album Blue Blood, which reached number six on the Oricon chart and charted for more than 100 weeks. On December 26, 1987, the band participated in an audition held by CBS/Sony which led to a recording contract in August of the following year. In 1986, Yoshiki founded his own independent record label, Extasy Records, in order to distribute the band's music. When Noise disbanded in 1982, Yoshiki and Toshi formed a new band, which they named X while they tried to think of another name, but the name stuck. Dynamite changed its name to Noise a year later. Soon with his childhood friend Toshi formed a band called Dynamite in 1977. Yoshiki was also influenced by works from Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Sex Pistols, David Bowie, Queen, The Beatles, Charged GBH and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After discovering the music of American hard rock band Kiss, he started learning to play drums and guitar. ![]() He was 10 years old when his father committed suicide he found relief in rock music. This period was a decisive point in his life. In elementary school, he played the trumpet in the brass band, and around age ten started composing songs for piano. ![]() He then became interested in classical works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. He began taking piano lessons and music theory at age four. His father was a tap dancer and jazz pianist, his mother played the shamisen, while his aunt played the koto. Yoshiki was born on Novemin Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, as the elder of two brothers in a musically oriented family. Life and career 1965–1982: Early years and Dynamite/Noise Yoshiki also composed the theme for the 69th Golden Globe Awards as well as for several anime and film soundtracks including Attack on Titan and Saw IV. In 1999, at the request of the Japanese government, he composed and performed a classical song at a celebration in honor of the tenth anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement. Vincent, Stan Lee, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Gene Simmons and KISS, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Brightman. Yoshiki's solo career includes several classical studio albums and collaborations with artists such as George Martin, Bono, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, St. ![]() He has been described by Billboard as a "musical innovator" and named "one of the most influential composers in Japanese history" by Consequence of Sound. ![]() He is best known as the leader and a co-founder of the visual kei rock band X Japan, for which he is the drummer, pianist and main songwriter. Yoshiki Hayashi (Japanese: 林 佳樹, Hepburn: Hayashi Yoshiki, born November 20, 1965), known as Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. ![]()
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