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.
NOT FOUND
BUCK-TICK Lyrics
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Maboroshi kuuchuu teien karandou no sora ikarosu tonda
「Sagashiteru」
Hana kotoba wa 『fuzai』
「Mitsukaranai」
Sou saisho kara inai
Maite yo tensou meiro hyouryuu sha no kage memori ga samayou
Madoromu heikou sekai shureedingaa no neko eraa de kieta
「Yume de atta」
Hana kotoba wa 『jouku』
「Sonzai shitenai」
Sou saisho kara inai
Kieta hibana no you hajike tobu yo
Kieta chotto kaitara koware chau yo
Kirei da inochi no you hajike tobu yo
Kirei da inochi no you koware chau yo
Kirei da inochi no you hajike tobu yo
Kirei da chotto kaitara koware chau yo
The lyrics of BUCK-TICK's song NOT FOUND are quite abstract and open to interpretation, but they seem to be describing a surreal dreamscape where the world is shifting and unstable. The first verse describes a night where "magic users, broom stars, and scattered ash" dance in the air while the singer looks for something but can only find the word "deficient." The second verse talks about a world where "a cat error in a streaming world" disappears, and memories wander through a sleepwalking parallel world. The word "joke" appears in the second verse, possibly indicating that the entire scene is not to be taken seriously.
Line by Line Meaning
Mahou tsukai houki boshi ranhansha no yoru hai chiri mau yo
On a magical, windy and exploding night, ashes dance around like snowflakes
Maboroshi kuuchuu teien karandou no sora ikarosu tonda
In an illusory paradise in the sky, Icarus flew through the darkened sky of a carnival
「Sagashiteru」
I'm searching
Hana kotoba wa 『fuzai』
But the words I'm looking for are just not there
「Mitsukaranai」
I can't find them
Sou saisho kara inai
They were never there to begin with
Kieta hibana no you hajike tobu yo
I'll burst and fly away like a disappearing spark
Maite yo tensou meiro hyouryuu sha no kage memori ga samayou
I wander through a maze of transmission lines, where the shadows of vagabonds linger and memories roam
Madoromu heikou sekai shureedingaa no neko eraa de kieta
I disappeared in a world where everything is still, like a sleepwalking cat in a shredding machine
「Yume de atta」
I had a dream
Hana kotoba wa 『jouku』
But the words to describe it are beyond reach
「Sonzai shitenai」
It doesn't exist
Kieta chotto kaitara koware chau yo
If I disappear for just a moment, I'll break apart
Kirei da inochi no you hajike tobu yo
I'll burst and fly away like a beautiful life
Kirei da inochi no you koware chau yo
Like a beautiful life, I'll break apart
Kirei da inochi no you hajike tobu yo
I'll burst and fly away like a beautiful life
Kirei da chotto kaitara koware chau yo
If I'm too beautiful for just a moment, I'll break apart
Contributed by Madison V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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