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zilch was an experimental music project founded by Hideto Matsumoto, also known as "hide", a Japanese solo artist and former member of the legendary Japanese group X Japan. The project was formed in 1998. Image File history File links Zilch. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Experimental Related to experiment it is refered to ideas or techniques not yet stablished or finalized involving innovation. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Avex Trax or Avex Entertainment Corporation is a music record label originally from Japan. ... A band fronted by former X Japan guitarist Matsumoto Hideto. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Paul Raven is an underground rock bassist best known for his work in the seminal post-punk/industrial group Killing Joke and the thrash/alternative metal band Prong. ... Joey Castillo (born March 30, 1966) is the current drummer for Queens of the Stone Age. ... Experimental Related to experiment it is refered to ideas or techniques not yet stablished or finalized involving innovation. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

History

zilch was intended to launch an English market career for hide. At its core, hide was joined by two western musicians; guitarist Ray McVeigh who had previously played with members of the Sex Pistols in a band called The Professionals, and bassist Paul Raven of Killing Joke. Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk band, formed in London in 1975. ... The Professionals has a number of meanings, including the following: The Professionals (TV Series) The Professionals is a 1966 Western movie directed by Richard Brooks. ... Paul Raven is an underground rock bassist best known for his work in the seminal post-punk/industrial group Killing Joke and the thrash/alternative metal band Prong. ... Lead singer Jaz Coleman dominates the cover of Killing Jokes 1986 release Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. ...

3.2.1... zilch

The first venture of zilch was the creation of the first album, 3.2.1. For hide this would be somewhat of an unexplored avenue in terms of musical direction for this time he would court darker regions of rock music, such as Industrial rock delving into a whole new level of controversy. Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ...

The album contained a track entitled "What's Up Mr. Jones", a re-make of the X Japan track "Drain" that hide wrote for the Dahlia album. The track is identical both musically and directionally but this time using new lyrics. The lyrical content is a reference to English musician David Bowie (born David Jones), in relation to his abandonment of the Ziggy Stardust-era, with the lines "You let your Spiders down" and "You left your Starman to die on his own". Some speculate that Bowie was a heavy influence for hide when concieving his third solo album "Ja Zoo", claiming the track "Pink Spider" to be very Bowie like, and the album cover to be an attempt to recreate one of Bowie's stage appearances. X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. ... The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is a 1972 concept album by David Bowie, praised as the definitive album of the 1970s by Melody Maker magazine. ... The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is a 1972 concept album by David Bowie, praised as the definitive album of the 1970s by Melody Maker magazine. ... Starman is a single by David Bowie, released in April 1972. ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The first and only single of the album is the track "Electric Cucumber", the video was both recorded and released in 1998. During the late studio workings of '3.2.1' the band prepared for a large US tour which would see zilch open for controversial American act Marilyn Manson, something which would surely have had a strong effect on a potential US Market considering the likenings in dress appearance between hide and Marilyn Manson's lead singer Brian Warner. Marilyn Manson may refer to: Marilyn Manson (person), an American rock musician, author, and film director. ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Marilyn Manson may refer to: Marilyn Manson (person), an American rock musician, author, and film director. ... Marilyn Manson (real name Brian Hugh Warner; born January 5, 1969) is an American musician and the leader of the band Marilyn Manson. ...

However, after a night of over indulgence in alcohol hide was found dead in his apartment by what appeared to be suicide. The US release of the debut album was shelved under these circumstances, and eventually dropped. Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Mcveigh, Raven and Castillo along with Hiroshi Matsumoto (brother of hide) scattered hide's ashes from a boat slightly out to sea from Santa Monica bay, Los Angeles shortly after his funeral.

Bastard Eyes: Remix

The band toured lightly in Japan with support from other American artists in hide's honour and went on to release two more albums, the first known as "Bastard Eyes" consisting mainly of remixes of songs from the first album and new, more electronic material. The name itself "Bastard Eyes" is a play on words as the album is very much a bastardised version of "3.2.1".
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Included on the album was the song "Hello Hello Hello Goodbye", a very industrial based track featuring sampled voices from films which clearly expresses the bands frustration at the death of hide. Remixing artists on the album included, Ministry, Pitchshifter and Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails, Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ministry is an American industrial metal band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s fronted by Al Jourgensen. ... A Pitch shifter is an effect that changes the pitch of an audio signal in real time. ... Charles Alexander Clouser (born June 28, 1963 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is a musician whose activities include playing keyboard and drums, programming, engineering, and mixing. ... NIN redirects here. ...

Some fans of zilch turned away from the band at this point, partly due to the death of hide but also partly due to their accusations that Ray McVeigh engaged in the "milking" of hide's fame after his death. Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Skyjin: Tribute

In 2001 the band returned with another lineup and album entitled "Skyjin". Paul Raven had left the band by this point, and was replaced by a bassist named J from Japanese Visual Kei band Luna Sea. I.N.A., McVeigh and Joey Castillo remained however, and a piece of guitarwork pieviously recorded by hide was used on the album. Paul Raven is an underground rock bassist best known for his work in the seminal post-punk/industrial group Killing Joke and the thrash/alternative metal band Prong. ... Jun Onose, or J, is the former bassist of the Japanese band Luna Sea. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The band recorded an album of brand new material including the song "Hide and Seek" another representation of the bands feelings towards the death of hide and the singles "Mimizuzero" and "Charlie's Children" which both reached #1 respectively in the international music charts within the first weeks of release. Image File history File links Skyjin. ... Image File history File links Skyjin. ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Other notable guests on this group include, former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan (on four of the tracks) and guitarist Dave Kushner who would go on with Duff to play in supergroup Velvet Revolver. As well as Ian Astbury of The Cult, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols and even Cypress Hill's Sen Dog and Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu Tang Clan. Guns N Roses are an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... David Kushner (born November 16, 1965 in Los Angeles) is a famed guitarist. ... Velvet Revolver (abbrieviated to VR) is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N Roses â€” Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock bands Hawk and The Cult) â€” plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner... Ian Astpurie (born May 14, 1962, in Heswall, Cheshire) is an English rock singer and lyricist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... There are several notable individuals named Steve Jones: Steve Jones (athlete) Steve Jones (biologist) Steve Jones (golfer) Steve Jones (footballer), a Northern Irish footballer Steve Snapper Jones is a former basketball-player and an NBA analyst. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk band, formed in London in 1975. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sen Dog (born Senen Reyes on November 20, 1965 in La Habana, Cuba), is an Afro-Cuban rapper member of the well known rap group Cypress Hill. He is the older brother of rapper Mellow Man Ace. ... Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 â€“ November 13, 2004) was an American rapper known by the stage name Ol Dirty Bastard (often shortened to ODB by mainstream media). ... The Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hardcore rap group, originally from Staten Island, New York, USA (Staten Island is referred to as Shaolin in their lyrics). ...

The band's new look lineup included English vocalist MC Shabba D, who appeared on the second album on several tracks. During this period the band went on massive 2001 Japanese tour and claimed both critical and financial success. The band was never able to reach the American market, like hide had originally intended. Most of the band were noted for their very visual displays on stage, if this was a homage to hide or simply a method of appealling to fans in a Japanese market is not known. Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

End of zilch

The band's future from the point of hide's death was timid, with I.N.A engaging in involvement in Japanese band DopeHEADz alongside former X Japan members Pata and Heath. In 2002 the remaining members went their separate ways, Joey Castillo joined Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Kushner went on to join super group Velvet Revolver in the same year.
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When the band broke up the then band leader Ray McVeigh issued a statement on the band's website, it read as follows:

Dear Zedheads
I am writing this to you to try and clear any confusion around Zilch now. First of all, I am writing this letter but it is from all of the members of Zilch - I.N.A, Joey. C, MC Shabba D, DJ Swamp, Dave.K and me. As of September, Raven is no longer a member of Zilch, after a long discussion between all of us we have decided, for many different reasons, that the strongest possibility for Zilch and for Raven, is to separate. We have always described ourselves as musical terrorists and at the begining, to break a hole in the music business wall one big bomb was best - we did exactly that, and now the strongest strategy seems to make many individual bombs - many breaks in the wall, many directions - can you understand this image - we are stronger separated. Zilch these days has so many obligations and it is impossible to stay as original line up and honour these obligations -

Although this firmly cemented the dissolution of the group as it was then, many speculated that the use of the phrase "original line up" was misleading and disrespectful to the late hide, the founder and orchestrator of the group as well as being the main writer of the first album. Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Members

Original line-up

Look up hide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Paul Raven is an underground rock bassist best known for his work in the seminal post-punk/industrial group Killing Joke and the thrash/alternative metal band Prong. ... Joey Castillo (born March 30, 1966) is the current drummer for Queens of the Stone Age. ... Image File history File links Zilch2001tour. ... Image File history File links Zilch2001tour. ...

Guests and others

This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Ian Astpurie (born May 14, 1962, in Heswall, Cheshire) is an English rock singer and lyricist. ... There are several notable individuals named Steve Jones: Steve Jones (athlete) Steve Jones (biologist) Steve Jones (golfer) Steve Jones (footballer), a Northern Irish footballer Steve Snapper Jones is a former basketball-player and an NBA analyst. ... David Kushner (born November 16, 1965 in Los Angeles) is a famed guitarist. ... Todd Youth Punk rock veteran Todd Youth, born 15/05/1971, played in several New York City hardcore and punk bands before joining Danzig. ... Jun Onose, or J, is the former bassist of the Japanese band Luna Sea. ... Sen Dog (born Senen Reyes on November 20, 1965 in La Habana, Cuba), is an Afro-Cuban rapper member of the well known rap group Cypress Hill. He is the older brother of rapper Mellow Man Ace. ... Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 â€“ November 13, 2004) was an American rapper known by the stage name Ol Dirty Bastard (often shortened to ODB by mainstream media). ...

Discography

Albums

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Single

Video

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External links

Categories: Japanese music | 1990s music groups | 2000s music groups | Alternative musical groups | Industrial music groups | Rock music groups Hideto Matsumoto , December 13, 1964â€“May 2, 1998 in Yokosuka, Japan), or hide (pronounced [ËˆhidÉ›]), was a Visual Kei / J-Rock musician. ... hide your face is the first album released by the J-Rock star and former guitarist of the Visual Kei band X Japan. ... Psyence is the second album by Japanese musician Hide and was released on September 2, 1996. ... Ja, Zoo is the third album by Japanese musician Hide and the first after his solo project had formally been re-titled Hide with Spread Beaver. It was released on September 2, 1998, having been completed without Hide, due to his death in May 1998. ... Eyes Love You is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on August 5, 1993. ... 50% & 50% is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on August 5, 1993. ... Dice is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on January 21, 1994. ... Tell Me is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on March 24, 1994. ... Tell Me is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on June 24, 1996. ... Tell Me is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on August 12, 1996. ... Hi-Ho/Good Bye is a double A-side single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on December 18, 1996. ... Rocket Dive is a single by Japanese rock band Hide with Spread Beaver and was released on January 28, 1998. ... Pink Spider is a 1998 song by ex-J-rock star hide. ... Ever Free is a single by Japanese rock band Hide with Spread Beaver and was released on May 27, 1998. ... Hurry Go Round is a single by Japanese rock band Hide with Spread Beaver and was released on October 21, 1998. ... In Motion is a single by Japanese musician Hide and was released on July 10, 2002. ... A band fronted by former X Japan guitarist Matsumoto Hideto. ... This article should appear in one or more categories. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ...

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