CHARM

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CHARM was Kaoru's band prior to joining La:Sadie's. They most likely formed in 1994 and disbanded on February 14, 1996. Guitarist YOSHIKI and bassist TAKESHI were brothers, the latter passed away in December 2014 at the age of 42.

During a fanclub live on February 11, 2001, Kaoru mentioned that one of the people he performed with (each Dir En Grey member had their own band that day) was Mr. Horikiri, a tattoo artist and the one who tattooed the dragon on Kyo. Kaoru then explained that he used to play in a band with Mr. Horikiri. In Haiiro no Ginka #24~25, the two have a conversation wherein it's revealed that Mr. Horikiri is actually YOSHIKI. They also mention that during the band's infancy, they only had four members and YOSHIKI played drums.

Member History

  • Vocals – KEN
  • Guitar – KAORU
  • Guitar – YOSHIKI
  • Bass – TAKESHI
  • Drums – YASUTAKA

Live History

Date Venue Notes
199?.??.?? 難波W'OHOL Debut live.
199?.??.?? 尼崎LIVE SQUARE VIVRE First performance at this livehouse.
1995.11.?? 尼崎LIVE SQUARE VIVRE Second performance at this livehouse.
Ka・za・ri performs as well.
Kaoru and Die meet for the first time.
1995.12.11 尼崎LIVE SQUARE VIVRE
1995.12.15 大阪amHALL
1996.01.07 難波W'OHOL Unknown event.
1996.01.22 難波ROCKETS
1996.02.14 尼崎LIVE SQUARE VIVRE Last live.

Release History

A live VHS with three songs and a comment by the band exists. They also recorded demo tapes that Kaoru keeps at his parents' house. At a talk event in 2017, he recalled a song called "Sympathy".

Picture Name Tracklist
CHARMTape.jpg CRANE 1. Crane
2. NASTY
3. Secret track
CHARMVHS.jpg CHARM 1. Unknown
2. Unknown
3. Unknown
4. Comment

Gallery

Navigation

Members Dir En Grey History
Before Dir En Grey199719981999

(Kyo)
ALBATROSS (roadie) → 黒夢 (roadie)月蝕ViṣṇuMasqueradeLa:Sadie'sDir En GreysukekiyoPetit Brabancon
Other bands: 婦夜婦夜狂殺会化け化け族廃人黒薔薇族TWO MONSTROUS NUCLEAR STOCKPILES第三帝國楽団腐乱シネマ帝國楽団

(Kaoru)
DIE:STERIACHARM → La:Sadie's → Dir En Grey
Other bands: TWO MONSTROUS NUCLEAR STOCKPILES, TTT
Die 1st band (on drums) → 2nd band (LINDBERG cover band, female vocalist, Die on guitar) → 3rd band (ZIGGY cover band, on vocals) → Ka・za・ri → La:Sadie's → Dir En Grey • DECAYS
Toshiya 如月cruel → GOSICK (roadie) → Unknown band → PIERROT (roadie)GOSICKD†L → Dir En Grey
Shinya 人工天使SivaRuby → La:Sadie's → Dir En Grey • SERAPH
Other bands: Unknown session band • 廃人黒薔薇族