Buck-Tick
BUCK-TICK
Origin
Japan
Years active
1984-Present
Label(s)
BMG Japan
Website
www.buck-tick.com
Members
Atsushi Sakurai
Hisashi Imai
Hidehiko Hoshino
Yutaka Higuchi
Yagami Toll
Former members
Araki
BUCK-TICK is a Japanese rock band consist-
ing of five members: Atsushi Sakurai on vo-
cals, Hisashi Imai on guitars, backing vocals,
noises and theremin, Hidehiko Hoshino on
guitars and backing vocals, Yutaka Higuchi
on bass, and Yagami Toll on drums. They ori-
ginally formed in 1984 and have been almost
continuously active since then. Over the
course of their career, the band have experi-
mented with many different genres of music,
including positive punk, post-punk style, new-
wave, goth,
industrial,
electronica,
and
straight rock-n-roll. Along with X Japan,
BUCK-TICK are commonly credited as one of
the founders of the visual kei movement. In
addition to their long, productive career as a
band, the five members have worked on indi-
vidual projects and collaborated with many
other famous artists, both Japanese and for-
eign, including Maki Fujii (of Soft Ballet), Is-
say (of Der Zibet), Kiyoshi (of Spread Beaver)
and
(Media
Youth), Masami
Tsuchiya
(formerly of Ippu-do), Raymond Watts (of
PIG), Sascha Konietzko (of KMFDM), Clan of
Xymox, Robin Guthrie (of the Cocteau Twins),
Cube Juice, and Kelli Ali (formerly of Sneaker
Pimps).
Members
• Atsushi Sakurai (?? ??): vocals
• Hisashi Imai (?? ?): guitar, theremin,
backing vocals, and miscellaneous noise
• Hidehiko Hoshino (?? ??): guitar and
keyboard
• Yutaka Higuchi (???): bass
• Toll Yagami (???????): drums and
percussion.
Although they use different surnames, Toll
and Yutaka are brothers.
History
Formation
BUCK-TICK was originally formed in 1984
under the name Hinan Go-Go. All five of the
band members lived in the town of Fujioka, in
Gunma prefecture. Hisashi Imai originally
had the idea for the band, and wanted to
start despite not knowing how to play any in-
struments at the time. He recruited his
friend, Yutaka Higuchi, and the two of them
began to practice—