Saturday, July 28, 2007Y
7/28/2007 01:27:00 PM
Just yesterday, i saw that group of guys i think is japanese boy band, gothic band i should say in the magazine i borrowed from Qi Lian, went to find their songs, kind of cool lol, Vidoll.About this band
ヴィドール [vidoll/vidooru] is an indies visual kei band that started its activities back in february 2002. they were originally signed to the matina label, but after matina's closing down, they were quickly signed to kisaki's new label, under code.
their music is a good mix of melody and groove, sometimes mellow, sometimes deranged, but always very contagious. they have become increasingly popular and are still going strong both in the japanese indies circuit and abroad. kisaki has mentioned that he would like to promote the band in europe.
Profile of them:
name: jui [ジュイ sometimes written 樹威]
position: vocals
birthday: june 30
blood type: O
hometown: sendai
height: 172 cm
weight: 50 kg
shoe-size: 25,5 cm
tobacco brand: salem pianissimo
mr.velvet voice, jui is the vocalist of the band. his vocal range is very versatile, as he is able to hit both crystal-clear high pitched notes as well as deep hushed ones. he is also in charge of the lyrics. by his writing style, he seems to be fond of word games. he has also written a lot of songs for the band. before joining the vidoll ranks, jui was in the indies bands de-vine, rasa, raisonne and luinspear. he was also part of kisaki project, lending his smooth voice to their candy-coated ballads.
name: shun [シュン]
position: guitar
birthday: february 15
blood type: AB
hometown: kumamoto
height: 183 cm
weight: 50 kg
shoe-size: 27,5 cm
tobacco brand: quit smoking
joined band on: july 13 2005
shun joined the band to replace HIDE as lead guitarist. shun was formerly known as kaede from the bands calorze and gossip. more details to come.
name: giru [ギル]
position: guitar
birthday: august 21
blood type: A
hometown: shizuoka
height: 164 cm
weight: 52 kg
shoe-size: 26 cm
tobacco brand: seven stars
joined band on: july 13 2005
giru joined the band to replace yukine as rhythm guitarist. giru was known as uruha in his previous band, lilith. more details to come.
name: rame [ラメ sometimes written 螺冥]
position: bass
birthday: june 11
blood type: A
hometown: suita [osaka]
height: 163 cm
weight: 49 kg
shoe-size: 25,5 cm
tobacco brand: doesn't smoke
group leader, rame is the bassist of the band. he writes most of the music. knowing this, it's no surprise that most of vidoll's songs have a very distinct bassline, very often relegating the guitar solos to second place. rame is a bit goofy on stage, because he has a very poor sense of rhythm. i usually compare him to mana [ex-malice mizer], because mana used to play the bass and rame used to play guitar and mana can't dance or move around very gracefully either. all that aside, rame rocks. he's a very good musician and he puts the groove in the band's music. rame was previously in the bands radifia and eze:qul.
name: tero [テロ]
position: drums
birthday: september 8
blood type: B
hometown: sapporo [hokkaido]
height: 164 cm
weight: 55 kg
shoe-size: 24,5-25 cm
tobacco brand: doesn't smoke
hidden behind his heavy gear, tero nevertheless seems to be the "prankster" of the lot. always very lively and timely on the drums. tero also plays the piano. he has played a few parts for some of the band's releases, most notably on the song "kimi wo nosette", a very good ballad mostly with jui singing and tero playing on the piano. tero had been on a small [non-visual] band from hokkaido before going to tokyo and meeting up with rame to form vidoll.
Adapted from http://vidoll.jrocksaga.com/
Try to find their songs some days