Their 4th single "Freeze My Love" made it onto the Oricon, debuting at # 19. In 1994 their debut single "RAIN" was produced.įrom the time of their debut GLAY steadily became more widely recognized by people all over the country. During one of these shows in October 1993, Yoshiki, the former drummer for X JAPAN, saw their show and offered them a contract to his label Extasy Records. Eventually they became more and more well known on the Tokyo live house circuit, and began drawing larger crowds. They promoted the band by handing out flyers on the street and giving out demo tapes. Following that show Jiro continued to receive invitations to play with GLAY, and in 1991 he had become GLAY's official bass player, finalizing the official four member lineup. It wasn't until Takuro asked him to play at just one show to fill in for their missing bassist that he decided to go. He too declined the offer, insisting that he was already heading in the right direction for himself.
When their bassist quit, Takuro had heard that Jiro, who was also from Hakodate and had played with the indies band Pierrot (different from the now disbanded Japanese rock band PIERROT, that enjoyed mainstream popularity), had moved to Tokyo and invited him to join GLAY. Their gigs only attracted a few people, and sometimes none at all. However things did not seem to improve for them in Tokyo. Following Hisashi's high school graduation in 1990, the three of them moved to Tokyo to try and further expand their musical career.
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When Ari disbanded, Hisashi accepted Takuro's offer and became the lead guitarist of GLAY.īy the time of Takuro and Teru's graduation, GLAY had become quite popular in their hometown of Hakodate and were playing in full live houses. On the search for another guitarist, Hisashi was asked to join but turned down the offer, as he was already part of a locally well-known heavy punk/rock band called Ari, which better suited his taste in music. Upon the unexpected resignition of their vocalist, drummer Teru made a tape of his singing to give to Takuro and was immediately recruited as the new vocalist. In support of this, they point out the R and L is a very common mistake amongst Japanese speakers of English and on English signage in Japan, as there is no differing pronounciation between them in words containing these letters.ĭuring GLAY's early years in high school, members (particularly drummers) were constantly joining and leaving the band. It is thought by some English speakers that the misspelling of the band's name may actually have been due to a genuine grammatical error, and the official reason was only decided in retrospect. "We know it's not how you spell the color in English, but it's our way of being different." - GLAY Officially, the name "GLAY" is a deliberate misspelling of the word "gray", representing the style of music they wanted to play a mixture between rock (black) and pop (white). They are an extensively successful and well known band in Japan and other parts of Asia. Although GLAY primarily composes songs in the rock and pop genres, they have also composed songs in everything ranging from reggae to gospel. Takuro was heavily influenced by bands such as BOOWY and The Beatles, and took a great interest in composing original songs and lyrics at a young age. GLAY （グレイ） is a popular rock/pop band from Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan formed by guitarist Takuro and vocalist Teru during high school in 1988.
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