BUCK-TICK

BUCK-TICK Interview  “Feels like we’re a new band” From that day till now, and continuing into the future with their latest release and tour Pia 03 December 2024 Text: Kawamura Amiri   BUCK-TICK announced a new chapter during BUCK-TICK Genshou -2023- (バクチク現象-2023-), their 29 December 2023 performance at the NIppon Budokan. Earlier that same year, […]

Interview with Hoshino Hidehiko Ongaku to Hito July 2024 text by Kanemitsu Hirofumi photograph by Sasahara Kiyoaki_L Management   Now, is the time for change Hoshino Hidehiko will celebrate his 58th birthday on 16 June. This once-a-year series has continued these past 23 years since 2001 with the simple reason that “[his] birthday is in […]

Ongaku to Hito November 2023 Imai Hisashi AFTERSHOWS Cut through this Endless Darkness¹ Interview with Imai Hisashi text by Kanemitsu Hirofumi photos by Yamauchi Hiroe, Aoki Hayaka   The final performances of BUCK-TICK TOUR 2023 異空 -IZORA- happened over two days, on the 17th and the 18th of September at Gunma Music Center. There’s a […]

In Memoriam — Sakurai Atsushi Ongaku to Hito December 2023 Text=Kanemitsu Hirofumi Photo=Nakano Hirohisa See you later, Acchan I knew this day would someday come. Because nothing lasts forever. Yet, having witnessed the effort and the miracle of how you stayed in a band with the same members for 35 years, there were times when […]