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.
Revolver
BUCK-TICK Lyrics
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弾切れREVOLVER
Shootn it! ぶち込む
奴等の心に
Shootn it! ぶち込む
あの子の末末を
Shootn it! Shootn it! Shootn it!
Shootn it! Shootn it!
あの子は歌う 劣化ウランの上
死神共 地獄逝きさ
あの子は踊る 屍踊る
踊る 踊る 俺も お前も
Shootn it! 突き刺す
弾切れREVOLVER
Shootn it! 突き刺す
奴等の頭に
Shootn it! 突き刺す
あの子の祈りを
Shootn it! 突き刺す
あの子の願いを 撃て!
悪魔共よ 地獄で会おう
お前は嗤い
ばら撒くクラスター・バム
嗤う 嗤う 俺も お前も
Shootn it! ぶち込む
弾切れREVOLVER
Shootn it! ぶち込む
奴等の心に
Shootn it! ぶち込む
あの子の未来を
Shootn it! Shootn it! Shootn it!
Shootn it! Shootn it!
踊る 踊る 俺も 俺も お前も
Shootn it! 突き刺す
弾切れREVOLVER
Shootn it! 突き刺す
奴等の頭に
Shootn it! 突き刺す
あの子の祈りを
Shootn it! 突き刺す
あの子の願いを
Shootn it! ぶち込む
弾切れREVOLVER
Shootn it! ぶち込む
奴等の心に
Shootn it! ぶち込む
あの子の未来を
Shootn it! Shootn it! Shootn it!
Shootn it! Shootn it!
Shootn it! 弾切れREVOLVER
Shootn it!
震えている君のまぶた
大丈夫 怖くないさ
震えている君の耳たぶ
大丈夫 愛している
Good-night Baby
The lyrics of BUCK-TICK's song Revolver is a commentary on the cycle of violence and vengeance that plagues humanity. The song opens with the singer declaring, "Shootn it! Bury it!" which can be seen as a call to arms. The singer is urging people to take up arms and fight back against those who have wronged them. The "REVOLVER" referred to in the song is a symbol of the power that people wield when they take revenge.
The second verse of the song takes a different tone, with the singer addressing the listener directly. He tells them that they do not need to be afraid, and that he loves them. This may seem at odds with the violent tone of the rest of the song, but it may be interpreted as a call to break the cycle of violence and vengeance by extending love and compassion to those who wrong us.
Overall, the lyrics of Revolver are a commentary on the destructive power of revenge and violence, and a call to break the cycle by extending love and compassion to others.
Line by Line Meaning
Shootn it! ぶち込む
Shooting it! Put it in there.
弾切れREVOLVER
Revolver out of ammo.
奴等の心に
In their hearts.
あの子の末末を
The future of that child.
悪魔共よ 地獄逝きさ
Demons, go to hell.
あの子は歌う 劣化ウランの上
That child sings above depleted uranium.
死神共 地獄逝きさ
Grim Reapers, go to hell.
あの子は踊る 屍踊る
That child dances, dancing with the corpses.
俺も お前も
Me too, and you too.
Shootn it! 突き刺す
Shooting it! Stab it in there.
奴等の頭に
In their heads.
あの子の祈りを
That child's prayer.
あの子の願いを 撃て!
Shoot that child's wish!
悪魔共よ 地獄で会おう
Demons, see you in hell.
お前は嗤い ばら撒くクラスター・バム
You laugh and scatter cluster bombs.
踊る 踊る 俺も 俺も お前も
Dancing, dancing, both you and me.
奴等の心に
In their hearts.
あの子の未来を
That child's future.
踊る 踊る 俺も 俺も お前も
Dancing, dancing, both you and me.
震えている君のまぶた 大丈夫 怖くないさ
Your trembling eyelids, it's alright, don't be scared.
震えている君の耳たぶ 大丈夫 愛している
Your trembling earlobes, it's okay, I love you.
Good-night Baby
Good-night, baby.
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Written by: 櫻井敦司
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