The GazettE
Ruki: Vocals
Uruha: Guitar
Aoi: Guitar
Reita: Bass guitar
Kai: Drums
Ruki, Uruha, and Reita (all former members of both Ma'die Kussë and Kar+te=zyAnose), and Aoi and Yune (former members of Mervilles and Artia) formed the band named Gazette (ガゼット, in Japanese) in March 2002.[2]
Signed to Matina, they released their first single—"Wakaremichi"—and a VHS video in April. By September they had released two more singles and another video, headlining a show for the first time in October.
In early 2003, Yune decided to leave the band, and he was replaced by Kai, formerly of Mareydi†Creia.[2] Shortly after, they signed with the PS Company label, and in May released their first mini-album, Cockayne Soup. They started their first tour, with the band Hanamuke, and along with the tour, the bands collaborated on two songs. A second tour followed, with the band Vidoll, and the Nov 2003 issue of Cure featured both bands on the cover.[3]
In early December they played a co-headlining show with Deadman. On December 28 they performed at Fool's Mate magazine's Beauti-fool's Fest which was later released on DVD.
On January 16, 2004 they recorded a solo performance at the Shibuya-AX, which was released on DVD as Tokyo saihan ~Judgement Day~.[2] On March 30, 2004 they released their Madara mini-album, which reached #2 on the Oricon Indie Charts. Madara was followed in May by a companion DVD, which included six music videos and an in-the-studio documentary. The same month, Gazette was featured in Shoxx magazine's Expect Rush III, a catalogue of independent Visual Kei artists.[4] A second live DVD, Heisei Banka, was released in August.[2] During September and October they toured with fellow PS Company bands Kra and BIS. Their debut album, Disorder, was released in October, and made it to the top 5 of the indies Oricon Daily Charts.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gazette_(band)
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What's your favourite song or album and favourite band member?
My favourite song is Burial Applicant and I think Ruki rocks biggrin
