La'cryma Christi

La'cryma Christi
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Rock, progressive rock, hard rock
Years active	1993–2007, 2009, 2010
Labels	Toy's Factory, PolyGram, Universal, Majestic Ring
Associated acts	Libraian, ALvino, The Husky
Website	Official site
Members
Taka Hiro Koji Shuse Levin

La'cryma Christi (Latin for "The Tears of Christ") was a Japanese visual kei rock band, which formed in 1993 and disbanded in January 2007. They reunited for a concert in 2009 at the "V-Rock Festival", and for their short reunion tour in 2010.^[1]^[2]

1 History
2 Members
- 2.1 Former members
3 Discography
4 References
5 External links

History

The band was originally formed in 1993 under the name of Strippe-D Lady by vocalist and leader Taka with his college friend, Hiro. The two friends held a small audition in Kansai to find new talent for the band. They recruited Koji and Levin who were high school friends, and bassist Kita-J. This Osaka based band played hard rock and heavy metal during this time period. In October 1994, Kita-J decided to leave the band and was replaced by Shuse.

After this the band changed their name to La'cryma Christi before releasing their first single, "Siam's Eye", on a local indies label in 1994. The band moved to Tokyo in 1996, releasing their first mini album, Warm Snow, which sold 15,000 copies. In 1997 they signed with a major label and debuted with Ivory Trees. Their single "Mirai Koro" was used as the ending for the anime Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective and reached #3 on the Oricon singles chart.^[3]

They founded their own label, Majestic Ring, in 2003. Koji left the band in March 2005 (after a gig on March 21), and in September 2006, the band announced that they would officially disband in January 2007.

Koji formed ALvino in 2006, with former Pierrot member Jun. Taka and Hiro formed the band Libraian in 2007. Levin played with several several artists including Toshi with T-Earth, while Shuse played with Acid Black Cherry and others.

La'cryma Christi reunited for one night at the "V-Rock Festival", including Koji.^[1] At the festival they announced their reunion tour, "La'cryma Christi Resurrection ~Final Prayer~", which started on January 12, 2010 and ended on February 1.^[2]

La'cryma Christi's song "With-You" was covered by DaizyStripper on the compilation Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on January 26, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.^[4] Their song "Mirai Kuro" was covered by Blu-Billion on its sequel, Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, that released on November 23, 2011.^[5]

Members

Taka – vocals (1993–2007, 2009, 2010)
Hiro – guitar, backing vocals (1993–2007, 2009, 2010)
Koji – guitar, backing vocals (1993–2005, 2009, 2010)
Shuse – bass, backing vocals (1994–2007, 2009, 2010)
Levin – drums (1993–2007, 2009, 2010)

Former members

Sima-Chan – drums (as Strippe-D Lady)
Kita-J – bass (as Strippe-D Lady)
Jun – bass (as Strippe-D Lady)

Discography

Demo tapes

"Stay Close Tonight" (October 9, 1993)
"Stripped-D Lady" (January 1994)

Singles

"Siam's Eye" (October 7, 1994), Oricon Singles Chart Peak Position: #25^[6]
"Forest" (March 13, 1997) #50^[6]
"Ivory Trees" (May 8, 1997) #22^[6]
"The Scent" (July 30, 1997.07.30) #23^[6]
"Nangoku" (October 29, 1997) #25^[6]
"With-You" (May 8, 1998) #10^[6]
"Mirai Koro" (August 26, 1998) #3^[6]
"In Forest" (November 11, 1998) #8^[6]
"Without You" (May 26, 1999) #8^[6]
"Eien" (August 25, 1999) #9^[6]
"Lime Rain" (January 19, 2000) #15^[6]
"Life" (November 22, 2000) #27^[6]
"Jump!!" (October 24, 2001) #27^[6]
"Jounetsu no Kaze" (February 6, 2002) #26^[6]
"Hirameki" (December 4, 2002) #26^[6]
"Mystical Glider" (March 26, 2003)
"Groove Weapon" (July 30, 2003) #44^[6]
"Cannonball" (April 21, 2004) #50^[6]
"Hot Rod Circuit" (August 11, 2004) #65^[6]
"Yesterdays" (March 23, 2005) #40^[6]
"Sweet Lil' Devil" (June 6, 2006)
"Breaking" (August 23, 2006) #108^[6]

Albums

Warm Snow (February 4, 1996)
Dwellers of Sand Castle (July 22, 1996), Oricon Albums Chart Peak Position: #71^[7]
Sculpture of Time (November 12, 1997) #8^[7]
Lhasa (November 25, 1998) #8
Magic Theater (March 15, 2000) #22^[7]
Single Collection (June 28, 2000) #9^[7]
&.U (March 6, 2002) #36^[7]
Deep Space Syndicate (November 5, 2003) #42^[7]
Greatest - Hits (September 8, 2004) #66^[7]
Zeus (May 25, 2005) #59^[7]
Sound & Vision The Singles + Selection from Live "Decade" (June 28, 2006) #240^[7]
Where the Earth is Rotting Away (September 27, 2006) #79^[7]
La'cryma Christi Singles + Clips (January 1, 2010, CD and DVD)

Live albums

The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" 1st Day (October 7, 2009)
The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" 2nd Day (October 7, 2009)
The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" 3rd Day (October 7, 2009)
La’cryma Christi Tour Mirai Kouro 1998.8.28 Tokyo International Forum Hall A (October 7, 2009)
La’cryma Christi Live at Lhasa 1999.3.31 Nippon Budokan (October 7, 2009)
La’cryma Christi Tour Angolmois 1999.9.4 Yokohama Marina (October 7, 2009)
La'cryma Christi Resurrection -The CD Box- (April 21, 2010, 10 CD box set)
- 2009.10.24 V-Rock Festival'09 at Makuhari Messe (1CD)
- 2010.1.18 Final Prayer at Zepp Tokyo (2CD)
- 2010.1.19 Final Prayer at Zepp Tokyo (2CD)
- 2010.2.13 The Final at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall (2CD)
- 2010.2.14 The Final at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall (3CD)

Home videos

Glass Castle (March 1997)
4U (February 11, 1998)
Zero (December 24, 1998)
Live at Lhasa (June 30, 1999)
True Color (December 22, 1999)
4U・True Color (May 31, 2000)
Six Visions (June 30, 2004)
The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" (March 31, 2005)
Last Live "White Period" (August 8, 2007)
The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" 1st Day (October 7, 2009)
The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" 2nd Day (October 7, 2009)
The 10th Anniversary Live "Decade" 3rd Day (October 7, 2009)
La’cryma Christi Tour Mirai Kouro 1998.8.28 Tokyo International Forum Hall A (October 7, 2009)
La’cryma Christi Live at Lhasa 1999.3.31 Nippon Budokan (October 7, 2009)
La’cryma Christi Tour Angolmois 1999.9.4 Yokohama Marina (October 7, 2009)
La'cryma Christi Resurrection -The DVD Box- (April 21, 2010, 5 DVD box set)
- 2009.10.24 V-Rock Festival'09 at Makuhari Messe (1DVD)
- 2010.1.19 Final Prayer at Zepp Tokyo (2DVD)
- 2010.2.14 The Final at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall (2DVD)

References

^ ^a ^b "La'cryma Christi reform for V Rock festival". jame-world.com. http://www.jame-world.com/uk/news-55033-la-cryma-christi-reform-for-v-rock-festival.html. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
^ ^a ^b "La'cryma Christi One Year Reunion". jame-world.com. http://www.jame-world.com/uk/news-57225-la-cryma-christi-one-year-reunion.html. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
^ "Anime News Network - Answer Man August 01 2002 Column". animenewsnetwork.com. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2002-08-01. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
^ "'90s Visual Kei Cover Album". jame-world.com. http://www.jame-world.com/us/news-69786--90s-visual-kei-cover-album.html. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
^ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release ’90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/09/aoi-moran-and-more-to-release-90s-visual-kei-cover-album/. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t La'cryma Christiのシングル売り上げランキング Retrieved May 12, 2011
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j La'cryma Christiのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 12, 2011

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