Buck-Tick - Notable Collaborations

Notable Collaborations

Buck-Tick is also famous for their numerous collaborations with other artists, the most notable of which are detailed below.

Auto-Mod

Genet, vocalist of Japanese goth band Auto-Mod, is good friends with Yagami and occasionally writes about him on his blog. Yagami supported Auto-Mod at their live at Shinjuku Loft in 2006 (the live was part of a set of shows celebrating the venue's 30th anniversary.) Selia, the backup vocalist, was introduced to Buck-Tick through Genet and performed backing vocals on the songs "Mr. Darkness and Mrs. Moonlight" and "Revolver" on Buck-Tick's 2007 album Tenshi no Revolver.

Boøwy

Buck-Tick played a "double booking" live alongside Kyosuke Himuro, formerly of Boøwy on October 6, 1990, at the Maebashi Green Dome in Gunma prefecture. Other former Boøwy member Hotei Tomoyasu remixed Buck-Tick's song "Muchi no Namida" for their "Sasayaki" single. Both bands hail from the same town in Gunma, Kyosuke Himuro went to high school with the Buck-Tick members.

Cube Juice

Cube Juice, a solo electro artist who made his debut in 1999, is still not well known, but has collaborated with Buck-Tick members multiple times. He wrote the music for "Fantasy" and "Tensei", two of Sakurai's solo songs. He also appeared as a guest at his solo live to play synth during "Fantasy". In 2007, he was part of Dropz, along with Hoshino and Kelli Ali.

Guniw Tools

Guniw Tools was made up of Full on vocals and Asaki and Jake on guitar. Full directed the music video for Buck-Tick's single "Candy" (1995). Imai wrote the music to the song "Grazing" on their album Dazzle (1998). After the breakup of Guniw Tools, Asaki went on to form Age of Punk with Okazaki Katsuhige, former support drummer for Guniw Tools and drummer of Lucy. Age of Punk covered the song "Physical Neurose" for Buck-Tick's tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-. They also performed with them on the Okinawa stop of their "Parade Tour" in 2008, and at the "On Parade Festival" in 2007. Jake (born Masatomo Kawase) went solo and went under the name CloudChair. He arranged the song "Neko" for Sakurai's solo album Ai no Wakusei (2004) under this name, and also played guitar in Sakurai's session band during his solo tour.

Issay

Issay, vocalist of Der Zibet, had Sakurai as a guest on several of his releases, including the song "Masquerade" off Der Zibet's album Shinshunki II –Downer Side– (1991) and the song "Koi no Hallelujah" off of his solo album Flowers (1994), on which Hoshino also played guitar. In addition, Issay did guest vocals on the song "Itoshi no Rock Star" on Buck-Tick's album Six/Nine, and participated in the album's tour. Issay is also a great friend of Sakurai and the two have been interviewed together many times.

Luna Sea

Buck-Tick toured with Luna Sea and Soft Ballet on a five-stop tour in 1994 called the LSB Tour, which also included Schaft. Luna Sea bassist J covered Buck-Tick's "Iconoclasm" for their 2006 tribute album, he also performed at their Buck-Tick Fest 2007 on Parade concert. Earlier at X's October 17, 1991 concert, Luna Sea's J and Inoran participated in a session band that covered Buck-Tick's "Fly High" and "Just One More Kiss".

Marilyn Manson

Buck-Tick opened for Marilyn Manson when he played at Tokyo Bay NK Hall and Osaka-jo Hall in September 2003.

Raymond Watts

Raymond Watts, of PIG, has collaborated with the members of Buck-Tick on numerous occasions. He participated in the creation of Schaft's album Switchblade (1994), and he wrote the music to the song "Yellow Pig" for Sakurai's solo album Ai no Wakusei (2004). PIG opened for Buck-Tick on their 4-date "Energy Void" tour in 1999. In addition, Raymond Watts was also was a member of Schwein and participated in the "Schweinfest" tour in 2001.

Schaft

Schaft was an electronic music group consisting of Hisashi Imai and Maki Fujii (Soft Ballet). They released songs for the omnibus album Dance 2 Noise 001 (October 21, 1991) as well as their own album, Switchblade, (September 21, 1994) in which Raymond Watts participated. They also performed with Buck-Tick on the "LSB Tour".

Schwein

Schwein was an industrial rock group formed in 2001, consisting of Atsushi Sakurai, Hisashi Imai, Raymond Watts and Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM). Lucia Cifarelli (KMFDM) helped write some of their lyrics. They released one studio album, Schweinstein, and one remix album, Son of Schweinstein, both in 2001. They also performed a short tour in Japan, in which Konietzko did not participate (their support band consisted of Bryan Black, Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway and Arianne Schreiber).

Soft Ballet

Soft Ballet's Maki Fujii has collaborated with Buck-Tick on a number of occasions. He appeared in the band Schaft along with Imai, and also played in the session band that performed with Sakurai at his solo live concert. Ken Morioka played the keyboards on Buck-Tick's album Seventh Heaven.

The Stalin

Back in the days of Hinan Go-Go, Buck-Tick played covers of songs by the influential punk band The Stalin. Much later in 1995, Imai made a guest appearance on The Stalin's live album Shinda Mono Hodo Aishite Yaru Sa ("I'll Love You as Much as a Dead Thing"). Stalin leader Michiro Endo, covered Buck-Tick's song "Sasayaki" for their tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-, in 2006. He also performed alongside Buck-Tick on the Fukuoka stop of their "Parade Tour" in 2007, and he appeared at the "On Parade Festival", where he played The Stalin song "Warushawa no Gensou" ("Fantasy in Warsaw") with Imai as guest guitarist. Buck-Tick covered Endo's song "Omae no Inu Ninaru" ("You're a Dog") for Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album, released on December 1, 2010.

Theater Brook

Taiji Satou, vocalist and guitarist for Theater Brook, wrote the music to the song "Taiji" for Sakurai's solo album Ai no Wakusei (2004). Sakurai performed "Taiji" live as a guest of Theater Brook at the Niigata "Live Aid" event on January 23, 2005. Theater Brook also appeared at the "On Parade Festival" in 2007.