La:Sadies

For more information on the rest of the La:Sadies members,

see the Dir-en-grey pages. La:Sadies is the precursor to Dir en grey,

formed in December, 1995. The original leader was Kisaki,

and the original lineup included Kyo doing vocals,

Die and Shio on guitar, Kisaki on bass, and Shinya on drums.

Shio left shortly after Kaoru joined in Feb, 1996.

La:Sadies broke up on Jan 15, 1997 and Kisaki joined MIRAGE.

When La:Sadies was doing their tour in Nagano, they had met Toshiya,

and when they broke up, Kaoru asked Toshiya to join them.

Before Dir-en-grey was formed. Toshiya and the four from

La:Sadies performed in Nagano once under the name DEATHMASK.

As far as sound goes, La:Sadies is very similar to Dir-en-grey.

Almost identical. The main difference is Kyo's voice his pronunciation is

a bit "tighter" instead of slurred, and his voice is ever so slightly higher.

That and Kisaki is not as good as Toshiya.

Dir en Grey

Dir en grey was originally the group La:Sadies.

They only put out one CD before their bass player left.

Toshiya then came and they became Dir-en-grey in 1997.

Their manager was Yoshiki, former leader of X-Japan.

With the exception of X-Japan, there has been no other group

more influential on the Visual kei genre.

Dir-en-grey's sound ranges from pop to punk, depending on the song,

and their CDs have a perfect balance of singing and

screaming, of piano and electric guitar.

From the quiet "Hotarubi" to disgustion "Egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection"

to tear-jerking "304 Goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura" to "Mask"

which fits into no catagory, Dir-en-grey has put out something for everyone.

Fans of all genres will come to like every song Dir-en-grey has produced.

Guitar：薫
・2月17日生まれ
・兵庫県出身
・A型

Guitar：Die（堕威）
・12月20日生まれ
・三重県出身
・Ｂ型

Bass：Toshiya（敏弥）
・3月31日生まれ
・長野県出身
・Ｂ型