"Despair represents someone's sorrow or anger. Ray represents happiness and hopefulness. We wanted to express two different emotions in our band name," explains D'espairsRay guitarist Karyu. Meet ...

Picture the scene: the bass player is dressed in a silver crop top and hot pants paired with thigh-high, heeled boots. The drummer’s waist-length, rainbow-coloured hair flails around an outfit of ...

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In this series, we will be exploring all the fashion subcultures that have made Japan the fashion powerhouse it is today. The popularity of the music genre, Visual Kei, went on to influence the start ...

Yoshiki, the multitalented leader and drummer of X Japan, recently stopped by Loudwire's studio to discuss the band's Oct. 11 gig at Madison Square Garden. During the course of the conversation, we ...