HYDE

HYDE is a vocalist of L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel, that is the famous J-rock band. His history is not exactly,the day of birth and his real name confidential all. He also is known as a solo artist under Haunted Records subsidiary under Sony Music. In 2000, Hyde was married to model Oishi Megumi and has one son.

The summer of 2005, Hyde wrote the music for the song "Glamorous Sky" The song used in the film, a movie on a manga by Ai Yazawa "Nana". The song was sung by fellow Japanese artist Mika Nakashima and the lyrics were written by Ai Yazawa. In August, Hyde and his solo group performed the song on Music Station with Mika Nakashima, Hyde is on guitar.

In the spring of 2008, HYDE met guitarist  KAZ (Oblivion Dust), who had worked with him for his album Faith, to form, the rock band VAMPS on his own record label VAMPROSE. Wearing red contact lenses and fake vampire's teeth, the two published "Love Addict" his first single under his new name, and began to transform the 46-date with the music in the previous albums Hyde.
After two singles, self-titled album appeared VAMPS May 2009. The album covers a huge area of rock, punk, metal and grunge, and pop.

The band toured for ten days in the USA, the scene in New York, Hartford, Columbia, MD, Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles. His performances in Hartford and Columbia were part of the Vans Warped Tour, the only Japanese always acts in the lineup. His last performance in the United States, held at the historic Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles to be registered and been scheduled for the DVD.

After the band's successful live tour in the U.S.A. they have now been awarded in the category "Billboard Japan Ranking International 2009" in recognition of their success overseas and in appreciation for their efforts to go on a world tour in 2010. The award had been handed over on January 31 at the first "Billboard Japan Music Award".

Albums
Roentgen - March 27, 2002
666 - December 3, 2003
roentgen.ENGLISH - October 14, 2004
Faith - April 6, 2006

Singles
Evergreen - October 17, 2001
Angel's Tale - December 12, 2001
Shallow Sleep - February 27, 2002
Hello - June 4, 2003
Horizon - November 6, 2003
Countdown - October 5, 2005
Season's Call - February 22, 2006
Love Addict (Vamps) - July 2, 2008