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In light of the news that former X Japan bassist Taiji Sawada had passed away over the weekend, former bandmate Yoshiki has released a statement. Yoshiki : "Receiving the news of Taiji's death has left me speechless. I don't know how to cope with the loss yet...

Former X Japan bassist Taiji Sawada has died at the age of 45. He died Sunday, July 17, while in the hospital, after being removed from life support. Sawada left the band, which is massively popular in its native Japan but only making a go of it in America as we speak, in 1992 and went on to perform in Loudness and DTR in the aftermath...

X Japan, one of the most influential rock bands in Japanese history, will be releasing their long-awaited new single, 'Jade,' tomorrow. 'Jade' is the first track from the act's debut English-language album, which is currently in the final stages of recording...

X Japan leader Yoshiki is launching another auction to benefit victims of the earthquake that devastated coastal areas of Japan in March. All proceeds from this auction will benefit Japan Relief. New items are being added weekly, so Noisecreep recommends that you check back as often as you can...

With five days left before bidding closes, the "crystal" piano being auctioned by X Japan's Yoshiki has nabbed over $1 million in bids! Yoshiki put the piano up for auction on Sunday, April 17th, in order to generate money for the Japan Relief Fundraising Auction in conjunction with Yahoo...

They've shifted over 30 million albums and have sold out the 55,000 seat Tokyo Dome 18 times, but most of you reading this have probably never heard of X Japan. The quintet has only released five studio albums since their mid-80s formation, yet they are widely known as Asia's most successful rock act of all time...

Ever since last Friday's massive 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, musicians around the globe have been pledging their support to recovery and relief efforts. Now, Japanese musician Yoshiki of power metal band X Japan is auctioning off his favorite piano to raise money for victims of the disaster...

Noisecreep readers are familiar with X Japan, since we've been covering them since their American invasion last year. Easily the biggest rock band in Japanese history, they're also making the commitment to break through in the US market...

If the average person would have walked by Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater, they might've thought Lady Gaga was playing the famous auditorium later that night, considering the length of the line outside. In fact, fans had been there as early as Friday evening, choosing to sleep on the dirty sidewalk, just to get a prime spot in the queue...

Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell sat down with X Japan's lead songwriter/drummer/classically trained pianist Yoshiki in advance of the band's U.S. debut on the main stage of Lollapalooza Aug. 8 at 4 PM. What better way to prefix their coming out party than with this informative little fireside -- er, mixing-board-side -- chat with the alt rock icon...