Baiser
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[edit] Band history
Baiser was a Japanese Visual Kei band created in 1991 by the vocalist and leader Yukari. The line-up was the following: Hiderou on guitar, Akane on guitar, Haiji on bass. Gaz, who was the former drummer of Malice Mizer, was their support drummer until Akihiro replaced him in 1993. Their name was formed from the french verb meaning 'to kiss'. In 1993 they released their first demo-tape "Daraku", of which only 100 copies were distributed amongst their fellow students. They participated in some compilation albums, and their second demo-tape, Fleurs des Fleurs was released a year later. Around this time, their image was quite dark. They gathered some fans, and in 1994 they released their first album, called Seppun Kuchizuke.
There was another change in the line-up, and the drummer Akihiro left the band. He was replaced by Toshimi in 1995 and together with this new drummer they recorded another album, Ash. If you compare this album with the CDs they've released after 1997, you might notice that this one sounds a bit darker then their later albums.
A few of their songs appeared on compilation albums like Sacred Seed, Turn over eagle vision and Turn over crow vision in the same year.
In 1996 the band decided to split up, due to (the famous) musical differences.
However, Yukari didn't give up, and he started to recruit new members to resurrect Baiser. The band was finally reformed again in September 1997 by the following members:
The first one to join him was Shaisuke (former Penicillin), on bass. Then Katsura (former Shazna), on drums joined. Mizuki and Rei, both guitarists and both former members of the band IRIS joined, and Yukari had a complete band again!
In 1998 they started to release an amazing amount of singles/mini-albums/albums. In one year, they released two singles, three mini-albums and a full album. Next to all these cd's, they also released three videos.
1999 started pretty calm for Baiser, but in May they signed with a major label, with as debut single Prism. This maxi-single was produced by Hakuei of Penicillin.
After the release of Prism they started to release some more maxi-singles; Angel and Doku and even a new full album, "Hana", which was going to be their last album. In the same year they also had their first major tour, called Prismatic Colors.
In May 2000 they released their last maxi-single, called Pegasus. And after a long time of silence, they announced that they were going to disband on January 5, 2001, ten years after the band started.
[edit] After Baiser
Yukari & Mizuki formed the band Endorphine with two other members, but the band disbanded after three releases in 2001. Mizuki seems to have disappeared, and one of Yukaris activities nowadays is being the producer of the band Rentrer en Soi.
Rei, Shaisuke and Katsura decided to stay together as well, and formed the band Swallowtail. Rei changed his name to SIN and took the position of vocalist, while they recruited the former BaisRei/SIN disappeared as well, but Katsura started the band Vinett (which disbanded not too long ago as well).
On July 16, 2001, Shaisuke passed away for reasons that were unreleased to the public. He had been checked into the hospital some 3 or 4 days prior to the date of his death.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Single
- Kuchizuke (single) (July 1998)
- Kuchizuke - Lawson special Edit (Maxi-Single) (September 1998)
- Psychoballet (November 1998)
- Paradise Lost ~ the case of Adam (Maxi-Single) (April 1999)
- Prism (May 1999)
- Angel (August 1999)
- Doku (October 1999)
[edit] Mini Album
- en fleur (February 1998)
- Kaleidoscope (April 1998)
[edit] Album
- Kuchizuke (June 1994)
- Fleur de Fleurs (February 1995)
- Ash (February 1995)
- Terre (August 1998)
- La Luna (October 1998)
- Hana (First Major Album) (November 1999)
[edit] Video (including Video+CD)
- [PICTURES-Virtue Style] (video) + CD [PICTURES-Vice Style] (August 1995)
- Kaleidoscope Picture ~ Kuchizuke ~ (Video) (April 1998)
- Kaleidoscope Picture ~ Glass ~ (Video) (April 1998)
- Utopia (Video Box) (October 1998)
