The band members are 櫻井敦司 (Sakurai Atsushi) (vocals), 今井寿 (Imai Hisashi) (guitars, noises, electronics, vocals), 星野英彦 (Hoshino Hidehiko) (guitars, chorus), 桶口豊 (Higuchi Yutaka) (bass) and ヤガミ・トール (Yagami Toll) (drums).
BUCK-TICK's music has changed and evolved hugely over the course of their career. Their early work is what the Japanese call "positive punk". It used simple rhythms and chords, with the songs mostly in major keys and using some English words in the lyrics. Starting with 1989's TABOO, they experimented with a darker sound, which grew more mature with 狂った太陽 in 1991. darker than darkness style 93 delved into a harsher industrial rock sound which continued all the way up through Mona Lisa OVERDRIVE in 2003. With 2005's 十三階は月光, they deliberately adopted a "goth" concept, which they combined with a retro straight rock sound for the albums 天使のリボルバー (2007) and Memento Mori (2009). Their next album, 2010's RAZZLE DAZZLE, then incorporated many instances of dance-rock.
Some elements that persist throughout their music are resounding, jangling guitar chords, throbbing, prominent bass lines, harsh roars of electronically distorted noise, and ambivalent melodies that wander between major and minor keys, as well as Sakurai's distinctive rich baritone voice. Jrockrevolution described the band's style as having gone "from the bubbly sounds of pop to the buzz of electronic cyberpunk to lustful velvety goth to the smooth style of hard rock and back again". Sakurai, who is the main lyricist of the band, is famous for the erotic decadence of his lyrics, but he also often addresses existential psychological themes. His lyrics is also described as "dance in a daydream about reality". Imai, the main composer, has written many songs that read like science fiction stories, involving genetic engineering and computer hackers, but more recently has branched out into love songs.
As Josephine Yun describes them, in 'A Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan', "BUCK-TICK's music is smashed-together nuances of everything from Depeche Mode and New Order to U2 and The Knack. While wry, it can float and be nebulously melodic. [...] Masked in eye makeup, Atsushi looks and sounds possessed. BUCK-TICK was (and continues to be) and anomaly in the Japanese music scene, a tangle of goth rock diluted with synth and electronica. It's unhappy, dirty music, the musical equivalent of exploded soot and smoke."
BUCK-TICK and their members have performed with, for example, KMFDM, Soft Ballet, Luna Sea, Sheena Ringo, and The Yellow Monkey. The band members have also participated in different side-projects, such as Schaft, Schwein (Sakurai and Imai with Raymond Watts (PIG) and Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM)), and The Mortal.
Beast
BUCK-TICK Lyrics
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噴きだすExtasy Yeahhh!
ケツに火がついたぜHoney!
Get it on Get it on Baby.
俺達獣なのさ
震えるSextasy Yeahhh!
ハートに火がついたぜHoney!
Get away Get away Baby.
お前の愛撫が欲しい
死ぬまで突っ走るのさ
お前はExtasy Yeahhh!
ケツに火がついたぜHoney!
Get it on Get it on Baby.
月夜のエロス ベッドにタナトス
お前の愛撫が欲しい
暴れるリビドー 背中のネイル
焼け付く愛撫が欲しい
俺は幻追い駆ける
狂っていなけりゃ生きられない
お前の匂い 死の香り
何度も何度も鳴き叫ぶ Yeahhh!
間奏
月夜のエロス ベッドにタナトス
お前の愛撫が欲しい
暴れるリビドー 食い込むネイル
焼け付く愛撫が欲しい
俺は幻追い駆ける
狂っていなけりゃ生きられない
お前の匂い 死の香り
何度も何度も鳴き叫ぶ
俺は幻追い駆ける
狂っていなけりゃ生きられない
お前の匂い 死の香り
何度も何度も鳴き叫ぶ Yeahhh!
間奏
The lyrics to BUCK-TICK's song Beast are highly sexual and passionate. The chorus describes the intense desire between two individuals, using explicit language as they yearn for physical intimacy. The verses express a sense of desperation and wild abandon, as they run headlong towards destruction, unable to live without the rush of adrenaline and stimulants.
The lyrics seem to suggest a willingness to engage in extreme sexual behavior, as they crave the flames of passion and lust, even if it means risking physical harm or emotional pain. The mention of "Tanatos" (the Greek god of death) in the chorus, adds a sense of danger and recklessness, as if they are flirting with the idea of self-destruction.
Overall, the song is an intense and explicit exploration of sexuality and desire, with a hint of danger and destruction.
Line by Line Meaning
破滅へ突っ走るのさ
We are running towards destruction
噴きだすExtasy Yeahhh!
We're experiencing intense ecstasy
ケツに火がついたぜHoney!
We are fired up and ready to go
Get it on Get it on Baby.
Let's get it on
俺達獣なのさ
We are like beasts
震えるSextasy Yeahhh!
We're shaking with pleasure
ハートに火がついたぜHoney!
Our hearts are on fire
Get away Get away Baby.
Let's get away
月夜のエロス ベッドにタナトス
In the moonlit erotica, we feel closer to death
お前の愛撫が欲しい
I want your caress
死ぬまで突っ走るのさ
We will run until we die
暴れるリビドー 背中のネイル
Our wild desire and scratching nails
焼け付く愛撫が欲しい
We want to be burnt by caresses
俺は幻追い駆ける
I am chasing hallucinations
狂っていなけりゃ生きられない
I can't live without madness
お前の匂い 死の香り
Your scent is like the smell of death
何度も何度も鳴き叫ぶ Yeahhh!
We moan and cry out over and over again
間奏
Instrumental break
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: 櫻井敦司
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