[NEWS] DEATHGAZE Last Interview with Naoto

DEATHGAZE Last Interview with Naoto
(From Virtual Japan)

Nathan from HearJapan had the opportunity to sit down with DEATHGAZE for an interview on the night of a very historic performance, the band’s last show with their guitarist Naoto. This is the last interview the band had with Naoto in it. The band started the interview with a brief introduction.

Ai: I’m the vocalist Ai.

Naoki: I’m the drummer, Naoki.

Kosuke: I’m the bassist, Kosuke.

Naoto: I’m the guitarist, Naoto.

Nathan: Could you tell us more about the concept behind the band DEATHGAZE for readers who are reading about DEATHGAZE for the first time?

Ai: Hmmm, concept. That’s a difficult question. When we first started as a band, at that point there weren’t any really heavy bands (mimiced a signature heavy guitar riff to illustrate they type of heavy band he was referring to) in Japan, especially not in the Visual Kei scene. We tried to form likeminded members who had an appreciation for heavy music being played in the west. Since we liked that heavy style of music, we decided that is what we would focus on. I suppose that was the original motive for starting a band. As we gradually started playing together that became the foundation of our band. As we wrote more and more songs and played more and more shows, we tried to write as many good songs regardless of style and play as many good shows as we could. I hope that answered your question.

Naoki: Well the basis of our band revolves around being heavy. On top of the heavy sound, if you listen at any of the member’s music individually it is very melodious.

Nathan: You said that when you formed the band you sought out members who had an appreciation for western bands. Which are your favorite bands?

Naoki: I like bands like Slipknot and Korn ever since we started playing.
Ai: Also Pantera, we listened to that stuff growing up.

Nathan: Your music is incredibly aggressive and must require a tremendous amount of energy. Is there something special that you do before the show to boost your stamina?

Ai: I’m sure there are things that individual members do, but…

Kosuke: Nothing at all for me at least.

Naoki: Just the usual.

Ai: I think the most important thing is to get a good amount of sleep.

Kosuke: That’s right.

Ai: I’m sure the are things that we individually do to boost endurance and get in shape. We are always playing our hearts out even in our rehearsal sessions, in the studio and of course at live shows. The frequent amount of playing we do builds up our endurance naturally but there isn’t a way we could go beyond what we already project.

Nathan: Today is your last show on your tour which is culminated by a ‘one man live’. How do you think the tour has progressed so far?

Ai: Our tour went very well. We think our performance has become much cooler as the tour has progressed.

Nathan: Were there any funny episodes? (some members chuckle to themselves) It looks like something happened. Come on guys spill your guts.

Ai: Someone got a nasty cavity.

Kosuke: During the tour I had some tooth problems.
Nathan: How many cavities did you end up getting?

Kosuke: Just one, but the cavity had gone pretty deep and became a serious problem.

Ai: What about you Naoto?

Naoto: No, not really.

Ai: Didn’t you drink too much one night?

Naoto: huh?(at this point the rest of the band jumped in to affirm that there was a night where Naoto drank a little too much.) Really? I don’t remember anything happening at all.(everyone laughs). Well it seems that I got too drunk. When was this?

Ai: In Osaka at the hotel.

Naoto: Ohhhh yea. In Osaka! It’s all coming back now sort of. I had a nasty fall that still hurts sometimes.

Nathan: So tonight’s show will be Naoto’s last concert. In three hours you will play your last show with DEATHGAZE. How are you feeling now?

Naoto: Hmmmmmmmmmmm. The same as always. I’m just having fun.

Nathan: If you don’t object to letting your fans abroad know, could you tell us the reason you decided to quit the band? (The room goes completely silent)

Naoto: That’s just hearsay. (Everyone looks stunned). I’m just kidding! (Everyone starts to laugh). (He then pauses for a long time). How is the best way to put it….

Ai: It’s complicated.

Naoto: Yea, it’s very complicated. The best way to put it is, I just wanted to take a break from life.

Nathan: Let’s clean up the air a bit and ask the band a question. Your next show on your homepage is for June 22nd. Since you already have a show on the books, does that mean you have already found a new support member?

DEATHGAZE:NO!!!!

Ai: Before we got back together, the previous vocalist quit and we stopped playing as we searched for a replacement. Unfortunately we couldn’t find anyone without having an active band. At a certain point we decided to restart the band by me becoming the vocalist and Kosuke fell into our laps. You could say that we have faith that things will work out. To put it in other words, as long as we continue playing everything will fall into place. We haven’t found a replacement yet, but even in the worst case scenario, something good will happen.

Nathan: What would happn in the worst case scenario without a guitarist?

Ai: Well I’m hoping we will find someone (the rest of the band laughs). Even without a guitar we are prepared to carry on the fight and continue playing. Emotionally speaking that is.

Nathan: So currently you are actively searching for a new member?

Ai: There are a few potential candidates.

Nathan: So you are down a member. How do you find a new member in Japan under normal circumstances?

Kosuke: You ask around to friends and things. Since that is not going so well, We will probably start recruitment on our homepage soon for the new member.

Nathan: There are many internets swirling around on the internet about DEATHGAZE breaking up. Is there any truth behind these rumors?

Ai: We have absolutely no intentions to disband, so there is no truth behind those rumors.

Nathan: I have heard that you will be releasing a new release in the fall. Have you already started to write the songs and material for this?

Ai: No, not yet. We’re not sure that we will release in the fall, but that is what we are aiming for.

Nathan: So what direction are you thinking about taking the band’s music? In a more aggressive direction or more melodious, or..?

Ai: It’s not something we think about to be honest.

Nathan: I noticed in your past three single releases; DEAREST, I’m broken baby, and insult kiss me all use English in one or more songs. Do you have a particular affinity towards English?

Ai: Not particularly. I think English matches the heavier songs better than Japanese. Especially the pronounciation and power works better with English. I also think it’s important to have songs which can be enjoyed worldwide. That inevitiably leads to English lyrics. But to be honest, I could care less which language the songs are in. Japanese is fine, Chinese is fine, English is fine as long as the message is conveyed.

Nathan: So are you an avid studier of English?

Ai: No, not at all.

Nathan: So tonight is your last show with Naoto. Is there a special way you decide to make the set list?

Naoki: During a ‘one man live’ we essentially play all of our songs. For this concert we just released an album recently so there are songs that we won’t be performing and that makes it a little easier to be able to be selective.


*Tsukachi's Note : I felt so sad that Naoto had left Deathgaze >w<, but I'll always support the band!

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K: Hello. It’s pa-oon Karyu.
Z: (laugh) Hello. This is Zero who is abused every night by pa-oon Karyu.
K: …I’m abusing you? That’s a bit of a shock!
Z: Yeah. So from now on I’m going to discipline you strictly so you become a more stable adult!
K: Pa-ooooooon!
Z: Don’t be so impatient. The fun stuff happens after we’re done with this.
K: Ye~s Sir. Lets get our act together. Today’s column is the answering everyone’s questions volume.
Z: Questions volume? …
K: First off, we have a question from Ayu who lives in Tokyo and is 17.
Z: Wait, her age and where she lives aren’t written there.
K: It’s alright. Don’t worry about little things.
Z: Okay. So, what’s the question?
K: What does ‘Exactly! (like a kitsune)’ mean?
Z: Hmmmm, I guess those people who don’t know shouldn’t worry about it.
K: They shouldn’t. Lets all grow into good adults.
Z: Next is Eki? …This is a question from Eki-san.
K: Where does she live? How old is she?
Z: I told you, it’s not written here.
K: Well can’t you just make something up?
Z: Well then, this is a question from Eki-san who is 15 and lives in Aomori-ken. Mmm… The first question, What kind of cell phone do you use?
K: No one in our band has a cell phone. When we want to get in touch, we send letters.
Z: It’s Docomo.
K: I said letters!
Z: No, it’s Docomo.

*

This argument continues for about 20 minutes.

*

K: Enough! Say whatever you want! I’m going there.

So saying, Karyu leaves the room.

Z: Hey! Don’t be pissy! Get back here.

*

Z: Since it looks like he is not coming back, I’ll go on to the next one. The second question. What does Hizumi have attached to his chest at concerts? Hizumi, what do you have attached to your chest?
H: Huh? What time do we have to be at the studio tomorrow?
Z: 7 o’clock. What do you wear on your chest?
K: No way!
Z: No way? Are you listening to what I’m saying?
H: *sighs* I’m getting tired. Well I’m heading home for the night. See ya tomorrow.
Z: Eh?!
H: Baiba~!
Z: HE really did go home. I guess that means it’s a secret. Well then, the third question. I would really like to see RAZOR on a CD. Since you’re peeking in from that door over there Karyu, what do you think?

*creek shuffle shuffle slam*

K: Hmmm… we gave out RAZOR as a free tape at a concert on 9/26 last year. We don’t have any plans to put it on CD.
Z: I guess that’s how it is. Please enjoy it at concerts.
K: Well, is it my turn next?
Z: Yep.
K: This is a question from Iyo-san who is 18 and lives in Hiroshima-ken. I want the members to violate me.
Z: (laughs)
K: I want to violate you.
Z: Hey! Don’t you want to be violated?
K: I want to be violated.
Z: Which one is it?
K: Either one. How about you?
Z: I want to tie people down.
K: You sadist!!
Z: You always look happy when you say that.
K: Yeah…
Z: And it’s nice when your eyes are bound, right?
K: Yeah… (feeling a little uncomfortable).
Z: Oh! You didn’t say Pa-oon.
K: Yeah, look forward to that after this is done.
Z: You’ve made some nice plans.
K: In exchange, you have to be rough.
Z: Okay, okay.

Karyu is all smiling and happy

K: Oh, Ito-san did you buy the CD like you should? We are selling it y mail-order as well as in stores so if you have not yet bought it please look at the notice.
Z: Wow! You’re serious today. Good! Once we’re done with this I’ll do something extra special for you.
K: Pa…pa… fu
Z: You restrained yourself, didn’t you?
K: I did.
Z: Good. Well, while Karyu is being serious, lets go on to the next.
K: This is the rest of Iyo-san’s question. I can’t go to concerts and the CD was sold out and I couldn’t buy it. Have I lost my status as a fan?
Z: No, you haven’t really lost it, I think.
K: Exactly. Since you love D’espairsRay like a fan should.
Z: Yes!! And as far as that goes, we have that line Karyu always says!!
K: I love you guys!!
Z: So you guys, please love D’espairsRay even more.
K: Especially me!!
Z: Yeah, whatever.
K: …Did I get a little too worked up?
Z: Eh, it’s cool.
K: Yeah, it’s cool. A-And, I want to tell you guys where to send fanletters. Where is it now?
Z: We changed to a new address recently. Please send them to:

D’espairsRay
4-xx-4-xxx Nakaochiai
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
161-xxxx (note: this address is no longer accurate.)

Thank you!

K: Tank fu!
Z: Tank fu?
K: I told you, don’t worry about little things like that. You’re kinda strange today.
Z: No, you’re the strange one.
K: Oh! I saw something really cool!! (Ignoring Zero)
Z: What?
K: It’s a question, or I guess a message, from Miya-san who is 17 and lives in Tokyo.
Z: So, what is it?
K: Karyu-san is really cool!!
Z: Really?
K: Don’t take such a jaundiced view!
Z: I’m not!
K: Well, you have a long life in front of you so I’m sure something good will come your way.
Z: What are you saying? You make it sound like there’s been nothing good in my life so far.
K: Have there been any good things?
Z: …
K: See? There aren’t any.
Z: Well… I mean… There’s the fact that right now I’m in D’espairsRay.
K: Oh!! That gives me the warm and fuzzies!
Z: Doesn’t it?
K: I think.
Z: Hey!
K: Anyway, lets go on to the next one. Oh, thank you Miya-san. Please continue to cheer me on.
Z: Okay, the next question… oh, I’ll give this to you.
Z: A question from Chachamaru Gyaruson who live in Fukuyama and is 16. What is the standard for “ero?” (note: Erotic is shorted to ero in Japanese and because it comes in later I’m using the Japanese form.)
K: Hmm.. That’s a good question. And I, the most erotic of all the members, shall answer it. The basis of “ero” is definitely stripping. First show the foot.
Z: Ooo!!
K: Next the arms.
Z: Umhmm, umhmm
K: Next the breasts.
Z: Sounds go~od
K: Last xxx.
Z: Hey.
K: Also, if you take the Z from Zero you get “ero”.
Z: That’s not intentional.
K: You little pervert. (sounding excited)
Z: You’re just saying whatever you want, aren’t you!
K: Hmm… I feel refreshed
Z: Is that so?
K: It’s so.
Z: I give up. What’s with you?
K: I’m Karyu.
Z: I know that!
K: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Z: I’m talking about you.
K: Come on, come on. Lets calm down and go on to the next one.
Z: Well then get going.
K: A question from Muika-san who is 18 and lives in Kanagawa-ken. Zero-san has become remarkably beautiful. Is he in love? Why has he become so beautiful?
Z: No, I’m not in love.
K: You’ve been hiding things from me.
Z: I said I’m not in love. Really!
K: Well that’s what he says. It seems like you’re being fooled by the make-up. Everyone should be very careful.
Z: What are they supposed to be careful of?
K: That they aren’t tricked by the make-up.
Z: Jerk!
K: Yep! I’m a jerk.
Z: …
K: Don’t worry about it. I’m right here.
Z: I’m right here? …Forget it. Lets get on to the next one.
K: The next one is mine.
Z: Mine? Well then, a question from Ayane-san who is 17 and lives in Chiba-ken. It says Please tell us the scary story that happened during recording.
K: I-I don’t really want to think about it.
Z: Yeah, I know.
K: It was like a nightmare. I think it was on some magazine’s I-mode site, so please read it there. I’m sorry.
Z: Sorry.
K: Well then, the next question. It’s Tell us a memory or happening from a tour
Z: That’s something I can’t forget even now. It happened when we were headed to Kumagaya Vogue on 8/30.
K: Oh, that.
Z: We thought we were going to be late for our set so we were speeding along at over 80 mph (130 kph).
K: And then suddenly.
Z: The car let out white smoke and stopped.
K: We took a picture of us standing next to the car looking like idiots.
Z: (laugh) We did. We did. So we called a tow-truck
K: And we took the tow-truck to Kumagaya Vogue.
Z: It’s become a bit of a legend. Our arrival that day.
K: I’m sure no one but D’espairsRay could do it.
Z: I’m sure. (laugh)
K: And now we’ve passed on the legend
Z: Now we can laugh about it.
K: Yeah. But that day we thought we wouldn’t be able to play our show.
Z: Yeah.
K: The end. That was our big happening while on tour.
Z: Well then next is Karyu’s turn.
K: O~kay. A question from Natsu-san who is 16 and lives in Kakano-ken. Are the members looking after the K in kitsune properly?
Z: Well, almost.
K: Almost?
Z: We’re not looking after him.
K: That’s what I thought.
Z: Yep.
K: Okay, next question.
Z: Umm… That next question is from Yuki-san who is 20 and lives in Osaka. If you were going to start a shop, what kind of shop would you like to own? Should we ask all the members this question? Lets start with Hizumi-san.
H: A book shop for me.
T: Probably an izakaya (Japanese pub). Like “I’ll get that for you right away.”
K: I don’t know. I think you’d drink at your own place.
H: And then you’d be drunk and your customers would leave without paying.
Z: It would so happen.
T: It would not! What about you Zero-kun?
Z: I’d open a flower shop.
K: Wow! You can say that kind of embarrassing thing in front of strangers?
Z: Well what would you do Karyu?
K: I’d open a video shop.
H: One specializing in porn, I bet.
T: Yeah.
Z: And Tsukatchi would be your regular customer.
H: And you’d have stuff that was crazy.
T: Wrong. I think the story is really important. Although they can be a little crazy.
K: Stuff with tutors and such.
T: What? I just noticed you. I thought you had gone home.
H: fufufu… I have the power to make my aura disappear.
K: I have the power to make people notice but pretend they don’t.
Z: I have the power to make people think that I went home so that they pretend they don’t’ know, but because he’s pitiable, I’ll talk to him anyway.
T: Well I… I…
K: Okay. On to the next question. A question from Yuriyuri-san who is 17 and lives in Kyoto. The first part: What are some things you dislike?
H: I don’t really have any.
K: Umm… Mine is ghosts.
Z: You really can’t go in scary places. (laugh) I don’t like seafood.
H: You need to get over stuff like that.
Z: No, that stuff isn’t fit for people to eat!
K: That’s no good! Eat it!
Z: You say, “Eat it!” but you don’t eat fish either, do you?
K: I eat sushi.
Z: I eat sushi too.
H: You only eat squid sushi.
T: Yeah, only squid.
Z: Squid’s good.
H: It’s good, but…
Z: It’s swee~et and melts in your mouth.
K: Don’t talk about squid!
Z: Well, then lets get on to the next one.
K: Oh! It’s between Doraemon and Korosuke.
T: We gotten to my era.
K: Listen to me! Which would you rather have Doraemon or Korosuke? (note: They are both robots from manga.)
T: Well, for me, I would like Doraemon who can make all sorts of tools for me.

*

Tsukatchi talks about Doraemon for about ten minutes

*

K: Gah! I’m sick of this. Lets go on to the next one.
T: Hey, wait a minute. I’m just getting to the important part!
H, K, Z: Rejected!
Z: The next one is from someone living abroad. It’s a question, no a message, from Kinoko, Hitoe-san who is 20. Ah! It’s a little long so I can’t write it here, but thank you for the long message. We will all read it so please feel free to send another.
K: Wait a minute! There’s a question in here too!!
Z: Yes, there is. This is a question for Karyu-san. What do you want for your birthday?
K: Umm… Love.
H: Bullshit!
K: It’s not!
T: Love is nice
K: Isn’t it?
Z: By the way, Karyu’s birthday is December 7th.
H: I’m March 2nd
T: Mine’s four days after that on March 6th
Z: I’m four months after that on July 31st.
K: What a greedy band.
Z: No we aren’t because we all want love.
T: Yeah!
H: Yep… probably.
Z: No, it’s not “probably!” Well, lets just go on to the next one. Karyu.
K: Umm… The next one is from Yuuko-san who is 18 and lives in umm… Aichi-ken. When fans wait for you before and after shows is it a bother or does it make you happy?
Z: It makes me truly happy.
H: Yeah, exactly.
K: I’m sad when no one’s there.
T: It looks like everyone likes it.
K: Oh, wait, there’s a message too. “I really like Zero-san.”
Z: Eh? Thank you.
K: Don’t just say “thank you,” you badly
Z: What does being bald have to do with anything? Besides, I’m not bald, it’s shaved.
K: Bald is bald.
Z: You guys are the ones who shaved it!
H: Yeah, that was fun.
K: Yeah that was the first time I had done something like that.
T: (laughs) That was funny.
Z: You’re making me into a joke. I’ll remember this.
H: No way.
Z: No way!?
H: Well, I think I’m going to head home.
Z: You’re probably going to say that and then only pretend to go home again.
H: No, I’m really going to go home.
T: Yeah, I’m starting to get tired too.
H: See ya.
T: Bye

*

Z: Looks like they really left.
K: At last it’s just the two of us.
Z: Yep. We just have two more questions and then we can do what we’ve been looking forward to.
K: Okay! Lets go! The question, no it’s a message. A message from 15 year old Rei-san from Aichi-ken. I look forward to this every month. Please continue to work hard. Thank you for listening to Teraazu (internet radio show) every month.
Z: Yeah. We’ll do our best so please continue to support us at concerts and on this column and please continue to listen to Teraazu.
K: Thank you. But next month is a special issue. We’ll have an exhibit of Tsukatchi’s art.
Z: Eh! We’re really going to do that?
K: We are. Tsukatsa said it’s all right.
Z: Well it looks like that’s what’s going on. Please tell us what you think of Tsukatchi’s art. And please send us questions. Well we’re down to the last question… or rather, message. It’s from 18 year old Akero-san who lives in London (that’s the truth). Hmm… It says boku so I guess it’s a guy. I live in London, so would you please do a show here?
K: Okay, lets go.
Z: You really think you should be saying that kinda stuff?
K: …maybe
Z: Weak.
K: We’ll go someday.
Z: This won’t happen anytime soon.
K: You have to dream big!
Z: Yeah. I really would like to do a concert overseas.
K: Yeah.
Z: I hope we’re able to do it someday.
K: that’s why I said we’ll do it.
Z: Yeah, okay.
K: If we become an awesome band and go to London, come see us.
Z: Yeah, when that happens, come see us.
K: London’s a little far away but, we’re really happy that we have people supporting us from that far away. Pwease continue to support us.
Z: (laugh) Pwease.
K: Whew! We’re done.
Z: Yep. It’s the time we’ve been waiting for, but since we aren’t going to turn off the lights tonight, we have to finish this column first.
K: Oh, that’s right. Thank you for all the messages and questions. We’re going to continue to take questions and messages so please send them.
Z: Next month, like we said earlier, we plan to show Tsukatchi’s pictures, so we’ll be taking a break but please look at his pictures. I think he’d like to hear from your thoughts on them, so please send them.
K: Hurry up!!!!

*

And tonight, without turning out the lights, Karyu’s hands and eyes were bound and they intertwined even more tempestuously then usual.

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Hello. It’s D’espairsRay’s guitarist, Karyu, and bassist, Zero. Since this is the first time we’ve done this we don’t know what we should write, so for the time being we’ll talk about the recording for “genwaku” which was released on April 1st.

Z: First of all, what did you work hard on in recording?
K: I guess it was erotic fantasies.
Z: Erotic fantasies?
K: Yeah, erotic fantasies.
Z: What kind?
K: I can’t say.
Z: Why?
K: They’re too nasty
Z: You were thinking about that kinda stuff when you were playing?
K: Of course. I always do.
Z: Always? You mean at concerts and stuff too?
K: No. Everyday, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without a break.
Z: You’re like a perverted convenience store.
K: Yep. If possible, I’d like to be a Seven-Eleven.
Z: Oh, you’ve already decided? But don’t you think that 6 and 9 is a better combination for you than 7 and 11?
K: (singing) Six-nine, it sounds good.
K, Z: (burst out laughing)
Z: We’ve gradually gotten further and further from talking about the CD recording.
K: It’s okay, isn’t it?
Z:: It’s okay, but, returning to the topic, what was most fun about recording?
K: Well, we’re ending this time here.
Z: What? We’re ending it here?
K: We’re ending it here. From the next time on out I want to reply to everyone’s questions and concerns, so if you have anything like that, please send it to us.
Z: Is it anything goes?
K: Yep. From personal gossip to serious concerns I want to address a broad range of things.
Z: Well, it seems like that’s how it’s going to be, so please send your comments.
K: Thank you all for reading until the end.
Z: Yes, Thank you.
K: To all of you who have not seen us live, please try to come to see us one time.
Z: And feast you eyes on Karyu’s perversion.
K: Please read again next time.
Z, K: Well then, see you next time.

…

Z: So what do we do now?
K: You should know! What else is there to do?
(So saying, Karyu turns off the lights)

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K: So is everyone doing it?
Z: Yeah! I’m doing it!
K: Doing what?
Z: …
K: I’m doing it… making songs.
Z: You’re not makin’ babies?
K: No, no. I have become a delusional EGOTIST, though. (note: delusional EGOTIST= mousouhekina EGOTIST). What about you?
Z: I’m as the title says.
K: …
Z: Say something, damn it!
K: (like a mom) I don’t remember bringing you up to be that kind of person.
Tsukasa: Nor do I!
Z: It was a joke!
Hizumi: Everyone, give him some credit.
K: Hey, was there someone here a second ago?
Z: Is this a four person dialogue this time?
K: No, it’s two people!
Z: Well should we talk about something serious?
K: (like a kitsune) SEX!
Z: Hey!
K: (like a kitsune) Re~lax!
Z: Hey!!
K: PA-OON! (like an elephant)
Z: Get your butt back in the forest! (getting angry)
K: Pa-oon… (sadly)
Z: Well, what should we talk about?
K: Gomugomu no-----------------------------------------
(Karyu reaches his hand out to Zero’s thing)

[I]Reference to the manga OnePiece note: The main character of OnePiece is made of rubber and he uses a series of phrases which begin with “gomugomu no” when he wants to extend part of his body.[/I]

---And the lights in the room dim…

Z: Should we be doing this? (uncertainly)
K: It’s fine. Is it good here?
Z: [I]There[/I] would be better. <3
K: Hey!
Z: I was just playing along.
K: Shall we talk about something serious? (seriously)
Z: Well, what kind of image did you have in mind when you wrote the songs on the new album?
K: I tried creating it with myself as the subject.
Z: Really? Well then I hope that everyone will get that kind of feeling from it.
K: Everyone, innocent kids and dirty guys like me.
Z: We don’t know what the lyrics are going to be, though.
K: Well there are times when the impression I get when I write the songs and listen to them is different from the impression the other members get when they listen to the songs.
Z: After all, I think that when there is a difference in values, there will be a difference in the way people hear something. Because of that, D’espairsRay always has a concept for a recording to create unity.
K: Yeah. For “Genwaku” it was drag.
Z: And this time…
K: Beautiful women and wild animals! To a certain extent, the meaning of D’espairsRay.
Z: Although, the interpretation of beautiful women and wild animals is different from song to song.
K: I don’t think that listening to and writing about beautiful women and wild animals is very cool but the inner-part is deep.
Z: How many centimeters deep?
K: I guess it’s about American size. (note: The hugest size in Japan is American size.)
Z: So it’s wide and deep?
K: Yeah. “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.” (According to the old woman in ‘Titanic’.)
Z: The next mini-album is that good.
K: Our old song, Ao, is on it too.
Z: Ao!?
K: Yeah, Ao! (Not really smiling.)
Z: That’s right. We asked for questions, but have any come?
K: I looked at them.
Z: What were they about?
K: If you understand the difference between Sokenbicha (note: a brand of tea) and namacha (another type of tea), do you understand the taste difference between beer and happoushu (a type of homemade alcohol similar to beer)?
Z: Please don’t send meaningless questions like this.
K: Please send lots of questions like this.
Z: …
K: PA-OON! (an elephant)
Z: You got a lotta energy today, don’t you?
K: PAPAPA-OOON!! (wild animal)

So, today, they turned off the lights and Karyu became a wild animal of the night and began attacking Zero.

T: I can hear something far away
K, Z: PA-OON!
T, H: Well then let’s go PA-OON, too!

And in this way, D’espairsRay worked hard as a band.

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K: Hello. Pa-oon! It’s Karyu.
Z: (laugh) Hello. I’m the bassist, Zero. We’re attacking this pretty suddenly aren’t we?
K: Yeah. Because it’s summer. I feel like I want to go with a bang. Or something like that.
Z: Something like that?
K: Forget about that. More importantly, our first question came.
Z: Really? What is it? What is it?
K: They said, “Please tell us about a dish you like at a certain restaurant.”
Z: Hmm… Do you have recommendation?
K: I do. Option #4 at Freaks restaurant.
Z: “With pleasure…” Hay, no one knows what we’re talking about yet!
K: Oh, they don’t know.
Z: Well they’ll just have to look forward to that in the future.
K: So did you have recommendation?
T: I like the Koga-style tako-yaki (octopus balls) they have in Sankaku Park in Osaka.
K: Hey! Don’t just barge in.
H: I like the Myoutaishi meal in Ippudo.
Z: Everyone’s just barging in lately.
K: Yeah. I’ll just hand it over for now.
Z: Hey! Don’t hand it over.
K: You’re going to die for saying that.
Z: …I’m going off to die.
K: See ya when you get back.
Z: That’s enough of that.
K: Farewell…

*

Z: Okay, lets get back to point and talk about the mini-album, -TERRORS- we are releasing on 7/21.
K: We’ll start off with the first song, Ao.
Z: Yep, it’s Ao.
K: Yep, Ao.
Z: We did this song a long time ago.
K: Well, then the second song is Mebius.
Z: Hey, don’t run off alone. Besides which, there’s no song called Mebius.
K: Yes there is!
Z: Eh? I don’t remember playing it.
K: fufu (laughs)… Nope.
Z: Did you use a substitute?
K: …
Z: Say something!
K: The third song is Sakura.
Z: Pretty soon people are going to start realizing that you’re lying.
K: Okay, well then let’s be serious.
Z: Yeah. The first song is Fascism!
K: This is a really energetic song.
Z: Please go crazy when we play it live.
K: The second song is Carnival.
Z: We played it before (6/29).
K: Yeah, we had a little trouble.
Z: Besides which Karyu didn’t come in right.
K: Seriously, I messted-upped
Z: Messted-upped? (laughs)
K: It’s a Scottish word.
Z: And the third song is ero:de.
K: This song is focused on a feeling of tension
Z: The B melody is especially good.
K: There’s a menacing sense of dread. But we used it.
Z: (laugh)
K: The fourth song is Zetsubou romance.
Z: The A melody is nice.
K: It is nice. But I like the elegant simplicity of the end. How will the fans hear it, I wonder?
Z: Yeah. I hear that like a normal person.
K: Take out ooo. (singing)
Z: (laughs)… You’re wrong.
K: And then the last song is murder freaks!
Z: This is a really cool song.
K: It kicks ass! After all, I wrote it.
Z: I’ll leave that to you. Oh, we played this song too (on 6/29).
K: It was the first song. Please tell us what you think about it.
Z: Yeah! I want to ask them about it. I don’t suppose we’ll start selling it early…
K: We will have a special pre-release sale at the show on 7/19 so please come to see us.
Z: And please come to the tour as well.
K: Well shall we end it here for now?
Z: Yeah. After we each make a quick comment.
K: Well then, my comment. I love you all.
Z: We are releasing a mini-album this summer and then we have a nine stop tour and are trying to set up a oneman for the finale so please support us everyone.
K: Well then, we’ll see you next time. Please look forward to it.
Z: Yes, please look forward to it. Well, what should we do next time?
K: We don’t need to think about that kind of thing right now. Right now we should be thinking about…

So saying Karyu turns off the lights

*

K: Pa-oon!!! To be continued…

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Z: Welcome. Will you be alone this evening?
K: For the moment, but someone will probably catch my eye.
Z: Today’s menu is the question corner.
K: N’kay
Z: Very well.
K,Z: Well, please look forward to this. (Note: The above was a paraphrasing of the introduction to Sexual Beast.)
K: First of all, there aren’t any questions coming in so please ask them.
Z: We’re sad that no one will send them to us. So what are your questions?
K: Is anyone even reading this column?
Z: Because no one sends questions, we don’t know.
K: We want to do this column like “guigui”.
Z: What are you talking about “guigui”?
K: It’s an okare-mon. No it’s a Karyu-mon. (from “Mecha lke”) (Note: Mecha lke is a comedy show and an okare-mon is a lemon chiffon cake that is featured in the show.)
Z: Okay.
K: Yep, that’s what it is. Well, lets do the question corner or something.
Z: We’ll do it like “guigui”.
K: WAAAAaaaaaaaaah! We’re getting all guigui. We’re getting all guigui.
Z: Well, we had a vacation recently. What did you do?
K: I rented videos and did nothing but watched them.
Z: What was it this time? The Bikini Girls of Summer? You rented that before didn’t you?
K: Hey! Don’t say that kinda thing here! You jealous?
Z: Well, lets turn it into Loincloth Zero of Summer.
K: No thanks.
Z: Anyways, what did you rent?
K: I didn’t rent porn, for a change.
Z: What did you rent?
K: ‘Tobu Chris’, ‘Rurouni Kenshin’, western horror flicks, sentimental stuff, a lot of different things.
Z: What happened when you watched the sentimental stuff?
K: I was like “pa-oon”.
Z: You didn’t cry?
K: I wept like “pu pu pu pu”
Z: I get like “zubu bu bu bu”
K: That’s nasty.
Z: You didn’t notice?
K: No, I noticed, but when you write it down it’s really nasty.
Z: It’s because I’m healthy.
K: Lets stop with this stuff. We’re getting off topic.
Z: Okay, lets stop.
K: What did you do over the vacation?
Z: I went shopping in Paris.
K: No way.
H: No way.
K: Yeah, there’s no way.
Z: It’s true ;-;
K: Oh, I’m so sorry. (like a kitsune) I guess you had some business there.
Z: Believe me, damnit.
K: It’s darn loud in this kitchen.
Z: Sorry, I lied.
K: Let’s relax.
T: Relax! Relax!
Z: It’s become four person again.
K: No, I told you before, it’s supposed to be two person.
T: Yeah.
K: Yeah.
Z: Aren’t you tired?
K: Yeah, I am tired. Hey, Tsukasa, don’t butt in.
H: No way!
K: Do something Zero-sama.
Z: No way!

*

After saying that, the two guys got up and starting running.

Z: Okay, lets get our act together and go onto the next thing.
K: That’s right. D’espairsRay is two years old.
Z: babubabu~
K: babubabu~
H, T: When these two do it, the conversation goes nowhere.
K: Well how about if you guys tried?
H: No Way!
T: Yeah.
K: No! Aren’t you supposed to be saying “Congratulations”.
Z: Yeah we mean congratulations.
K: By the way, we’re started our third year, but what are we going to do?
Z: We’ll become even greater maniacs by all getting Mohawks.
K: Well then I’ll just shave it all off.
Z: Well then I’ll just get an afro!
K: Wah!! Anything but that!

*

An uncomfortable atmosphere

*

Z: I’m sorry.
K: Me too. That was a lie. You ba~ldy!
Z: You’re the baldy
K: Shut up! You.. you… you… ugh

So saying Karyu gets up and starts running away.

Z: I’m so sorry to have offended you with something so unsightly. I’m afraid this organization is rather troubled so please be patient with us.

*

Z: He’s not back yet.

*

*

Z: I guess he’s still being contrary.

*

Z: Hey, Karyu! Get your ass back in here.
H: No way.
T: Yeah…

*

Z: Karyu, it’s dinnertime.

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Z: One Piece has started.
K: (from far away) WAAAAaaaaaahh~~~~~~~~! Gamu gomu no~~~~~~~~

And so they watched One Piece together.

*

Thirty minutes later

K: Ah, that was funny. So what are we doing?
Z: Finishing the column.
K: That’s right, we were answering questions.
Z: I’ve gotten tired of it, so lets stop.
K: Besides, no one’s reading it.
Z: Gimme questions!
K, Z: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
Z: Well then, see you next time.
K: If you don’t send any questions we’re going to stop. At the least, people reading this, write something.

And then that night, Zero turned into a wild animal and Karyu turned into a magical cat and the lights went off.

*

K: Today’s a dangerous day so please be careful of “gomu”.
Z: Pa-oooooooooon.

*

K: omyamyamyamyamyamya--- (Ryutarou’s call) Zudon! Zukoon! Pakoon!! Kakko~ Zubyubbyubbyubbyubbyu!
K, Z: (sigh)

These two are idiots but I think there will probably be a next time so please stop by.

Deathgaze Interview

DEATHGAZE INTERVIEW

(Credits to ambiviolence @ batsu)

Tsukachi_chan’s note :

Well, this interview was old enough..but I really want to post it in here..because I love this band so MUCH!! This interview was back when the vocalist was still SOU! (>0<)// ..

THE ROUSING BODY’S SOUL
DEATHGAZE

Deathgaze’s first appearance in our publication. Based and actively playing in Nagoya, they trust their own sense, and fascinate with their soulful rock. Those who see them in concert are overwhelmed, stimulated and assaulted from the sheer extreme impact. Their live concerts are definitely worth watching!

---What are you expressing, as in the band concept?
SOU: All four of us adore intense heavy rock, so we sort of wanted to make compatible songs that sound intense.
NAOTO: We did?
SOU: Nah, I just look at it that way.
NAOTO: Well, you could call it dark.
SOU: I want it to feel dark.
Ai: The base has a corrupted feeling.

---When I saw one of your performances for the first time, I was shocked thinking “I guess there are some amazing bands out there!”
ALL: Thank you so much!
Ai: Acutally, I’m the most impressive of them all…
NAOTO: That’s true!

---Ai-san’s uniqueness really has a lot of impact. I mean, between the real thing and what you see on the stage.
AI: I hope everyone enjoys the difference. Well, I’m a music plus alpha, so I think show has a lot to do with it, but I think it’s okay to do pretty much anything as long as there’s music.

---Your full album “Genocide and Mass Murder” that went on sale in July achieved a high level of perfection. It’s already incredibly fast with the drums and two basses, but the snare is also way past the speed limit!
NAOKI: I have to do it that way or it doesn’t get done. (laugh)
NAOTO: Our brakes don’t work.
NAOKI: That’s all I’m good at, so it’s like I’m putting that into it, yeah.

---How about the guitar?
NAOTO: The more warped the guitar is, the better. (laugh) Or more like, the person playing it is warped. (laugh) The noisier the better. All together it makes Deathgaze.

---I believe that Sou-san’s shouts and singing are uniquely peculiar in the current visual-kei genre.
AI: That’s going too far.
ALL: (laughing)
SOU: It’s like I’ve never broken anything or this is all I’m capable of. It’s still small-scale, and I do want to do more different things as well. As long as the soul makes contact.
NAOTO: What’s with you talking like your mature? (laugh)

---To back track, I heard that you had did a nationwide tour this summer. How was the response for the tour?
AI: It was an album launch tour as well, and it was our first tour of over 10 locations, so it was really educational tour and we came back with a lot from it.
NAOKI: It was our first time going to Hokkaido, but it was great to get a warm welcome from the concert-goers. I think that this tour allowed us to have fun performing concerts together. That’s the best thing about it.
NAOTO: I wanted to change one thing about the concerts I’ve done until now, since it was such a long tour. Like things I haven’t done yet. I tried to do things I’d been curious about. When I did, at that exact time we were all incredibly good at the Hokkaido concert, and something I couldn’t identify had changed inside me, and I’m happy it became a positive thing. Afterwards, I drank too much.
ALL: (laughing)
NAOTO: Well, I thought it was a good showing on my part, and it feels like I’ve advanced a level. Still, I don’t think that I’ve reached my final level yet.
SOU: I’m feel the same way about it as Naoto-kun. It was like a sense of unity at the concert in Sapporo, like something all four of us felt. The concerts after that also went smoothly, and it was like we had grasped something. It’s not something palpable or anything that can be expressed in words though. I think this tour is going to be the shape of our future. And afterwards, I drank too much.

---Did you drink after every concert?
SOU: Yes, we pretty much drank every time.
NAOTO: He (Sou) shed the most skin.
SOU: (laugh) I don’t know exactly what he means by shedding my skin (whether I’m breaking convention or maturing as a musician).
NAOTO: It started with the ferry.

---You shed your skin on the ferry?
SOU: I shed my skin on the ferry, shed my skin in the hotel, oh I had many skin shedding positions. (laugh)
NAOTO: He never had that type of character, but it was lurking just under the horizon.
SOU: Well, I guess you could say I opened up.

---It sounds like you had a satisfying tour. Although you’re going to be having a one-man concert at the Chelsea Hotel in Shibuya on November 11th. How do you feel, feelings-wise, about it being held after a tour and after the distribution of a full album?
AI: We’ll use it to show the results of what we did good on the tour, what we did bad on the tour, and what we revised and what we grasped on the way.
NAOKI: There are songs we can’t do in the regular events, so I’m looking forward to that.
NAOTO: A one-man concert isn’t earth-shattering or anything, but it’s like I’m really happy about being on stage for a long period of time. I just hope everyone enjoys the show.
SOU: I’m concentrating on building up my physical strength. I forgot about marathons even before the tour, so I started them again. So I’ll be in perfect singing shape before the one-man concert.
AI: If we’re going to do it, I’d like to put on a concert that only we can pull off, attack it with all the feeling of looking forward to being able to perform a concert and all our gratitude.

---You have a one-man concert waiting for use at Bottom Line in Nagoya afterwards, too. Did you already have a certain zeal in effect when you chose this venue?
AI: We worked for an entire year since last year to December this year to perform in Bottom Line. I guess it’s like a starting line that’s linked to the future whether we succeeded or failed.
NAOKI: It really was like our target venue, so we want lots of people to come watch.
NAOTO: That is the place that I went to to see someone’s concert and then decided that I would stand on this stage, so I’m ecstatic to be performing a one-man there, so of course I’m really hyped about it.
SOU: Even after that concert, I know I’ll put out something new that won’t be limited to that performance, so I hope everyone will look forward to it and come to see us. I’m counting on you!

---Deathgaze is all about live concerts, right?
AI: There’s the comfortableness of the sound that you can only experience in concert, and the feeling of togetherness of enjoying a concert with us… it’s not like soul contact, but it’s something you can only experience by coming to a concert. You can come to work off stress by freaking out and letting go, or maybe listen to the sons in the back. You can have any materials you can use.*?* Bein able to enjoy something just by being in the same venue, or dressing up is what a concert is all about.
NAOTO: That’s the stuff I like to hear!

---I think we should center the theme on all of you now. This may contradict Deathgaze’s image, but you really love animals, so can you talk to me about the theme of “love”?
NAOKI: I own a dog. His fur is white, so I named him Shiro. When he comes in from outdoors, he comes into the apartment and checks around for food and then leaves again. He loves it when I rub his belly and stuff. But is it love?
NAOTO: It sure sounds like love. (laugh) I own fish and a cat. When my cat comes back into the house, he approaches me with a sappy looking love-face. He’s a mixed breed named Tyson. The part about me working hard to earn his food has to be love. (laugh)
SOU: Family?
NAOTO: Well, something like that. I also keep food fish for the tropical fish, so I’ll ask “would you like to eat a goldfish today?” and then feed them. They always call them cold fish eyes. But they’re wrong! They’re always watching me. (Sou carries on in this fashion for 15 minutes. It’s too lengthy, so it’s been cut out)
SOU: You’re such a windbag. (laugh) I own two dogs called Chibi and Kana. They’re both girls, and I take them out for walks now and then.
NAOTO: The fact that you call them girls instead of bitches is love, don’t you think?
SOU: Yeah, ‘cause they’re family. So I give them canned food on Saturday ‘cause it’s a special day.
NAOTO: Hold on a second. You just said something awful. You said you “give” them food.
SOU: Well, I’m feeding them, d’uh. What do you want me to call it? Give me a break.
NAOTO: But this guy eats my tropical fish’s food.
SOU: (laughing) Well, I did actually eat some, yes. I wanted to understand the love by trying out all kinds of the foods that animals eat.

---(laugh) How about you, Ai-san?
AI: I have a cute kitty in my household. He’s a 6 year old boy cat of a breed called a Scottish Fold, and his name is Toraou. He will only eat canned beef. He’s not interested in fish. Whenever we make eye contact from there at my feet, he mews at me. I like family like that.
NAOTO: That’s love. Love as told by Ai!

---All right, please leave a message with our readers.
SOU: Now that the tour’s over, let’s take on the two one-man concerts full throttle! Thanks for coming!
NAOTO: Let’s eat delicious yukke (like beef sashimi) at our last two one-man’s!!
AI: There’s the obligatory nonsensical parting comment. (laugh)
NAOKI: We’re gonna do our best at the one-man, so I hope you all come. Let’s all enjoy a delicious roast together. Goodbye.
AI: We’re going to pull of the one-man with aggression and always at full power, and it will be fun and sound great and expressive, and we’ll climb the ladder one step at a time with our members, so please give us your warm and full support. We’ll never stop, so you can look forward to our further exploits!!

DEATHGAZE New Year's (2007) Message from So-net.ne.jp : http://www.mediafire.com/?3byjw1wwj31

Cure volume 53 interview with DEATHGAZE (2008) : INSULT KISS ME

(Credits to Archaela @ batsu)

---Today's topic is your revival, which I have also been looking forward to. For starters, in December of last year your previous vocalist suddenly returned. Following that, in order up until your revival, may I ask how you spent the past year and how you felt about it?
Naoto: We really only did the session lives and there wasn't much else, we didn't even keep in touch, and there was a period when we stopped going to the studio for even the few times we did. The entire time we were surrounded by anxiety, but we figured we were fine and tried to go on living as we always had.
Ai: There were a lot of feelings left behind...
Naoto: Yea, that was certain.
Ai: We felt like 'Even though we want to continue with the band, why are we...?' We simply tried not to get frustrated, and searched for a new vocalist while continuing with our lives.
Naoto: We didn't have any dragged out feelings towards our previous vocalist! Since we've always thought it's just the three of us.
Naoki: We were always frustrated because we wanted to do the band and have lives but we couldn't. No matter how much we wanted it we couldn't do it, so we would do stuff like arrange the instruments, keeping ourselves always prepared to do it.

---It seems that you spent the time in a way that we could never have guessed. Was there time to come face to face with the band and the music?
Ai: Well... it's like this... the energy inside of myself, I had no way to release it, so it wasn't so much the music, or days thinking about music (of course music was always on my mind), but personally, for some months since the beginning of the year I spent it just idling around.

---Naoto, did you have any new thoughts about being a guitarist or about DEATHGAZE as a band?
Naoto: I couldn't think of myself as a person who plays music (laughs), when we were on hiatus. On one hand, I had the guitar. Um... I would put my favorite CDs in the player, but sometimes I wouldn't even listen to them. I wasn't really in touch with music I think. I was in touch with my guitar, but it was only a literal sense, and I was in a state of mind not to think about it.

---How about you, Naoki?
Naoki: As for the music part, I'm always like that too, but I would make CD and after listening to them every time I would feel a sense of guilt. And if I listened to the music of works we had done before, I started thinking things like 'if I change the instrument to this it will sound much better, won't it?' (laughs). There was a period when I would listen to the CDs of my favorite artists and these images would pop into my head.

---When you were on hiatus, you held vocalists auditions, correct?
Ai: Correct. At the beginning of April we announced we were looking for one. Countless people came, Japanese people, foreign people, women. But, how can I say it... no one really caught our attention. And when we thought we were in trouble, we suddenly stopped holding the auditions... now that I look back.

---By the way, what kind of events led up to you changing parts and becoming vocalist?
Ai: Um... when we lost our vocalist in December last year, the thought crossed my mind that maybe I should try singing, and that was the first step. After that, regardless of the fact that we couldn't find a suitable vocalist, we started thinking that we wouldn't find someone who was able to convey the feelings of the music that the three of us had created. Then I started juggling whether I should stick with bass, or go with vocals, all the while feeling it's probably best someone who is able to express those feelings should stand front and center and express them, so I thought about changing parts. After that was what... We hadn't been together for all that time, and we had been feeling darkness, so we thought we need to find some kind of light, and more than searching for light we instead realized that that light is us. At that time we had the vocalist auditions, the session lives, but secretly I had been practicing to become vocalist, even hiding it from the other members.

---You were the vocalist for your session band Knohhoso though.
Ai: I was singing then, wasn't I. And I think the other members had a sense that it was just for the session band, but the truth is it was really a rehearsal for me (laughs). In the end, we covered DEATHGAZE in July. At that time I stood front and center, and it was enjoyable to be able to express the feelings of our music through singing. I was filled with confidence, and after that talked with the band.

---What did you think when you heard that story from Ai?
Naoki: I felt like it was already OK! (laughs)
Naoto: 'Oh, is that right?' (laughs) But really though, it was just like that. When those words came out of Ai's mouth so naturally, there wasn't so much as an "ehh?!"
Naoki: There wasn't any guiding him like 'we want you to sing just like the best we've had up until now,' but we said that he was the leader, and so he should be able to sing. But of course we understood that it wasn't a half-hearted decision, wanting to switch parts from the bass that he had played for so long, so it was A-OK! As you can see he's also lost a lot of weight.

---That's right! Compared to your previous image...
Naoki: It was for that very reason.

---Was that around July?
Ai: That's right, the live was the end of July, and after it was done with just before summer I had discussed it with the others. Since losing weight I was able to see just a little bit more light, and it's like a door has opened. After that it was pretty much the fast track to making music.

---Is that the way the three of you want to do things from now?
Ai: No, not like that. I'll continue this later but, since I've become vocalist we have to find a bassist. In the midst of underground activities, we had searched but we had reached a dead end. After that, while we were creating music, we thought we want people to hear it as soon as possible, and somehow start activities again within the year, so it we decided not to hold out until we found a bassist, but rather find one after we had started up again. If we continue on someone will come up. Right now, the fact that we are in the middle of hiring may seem uncool but I just hope that a year from now we can be doing well.

---I see. Just before you said there had been a lot of anxiety, but now that you've announced your revival, how do you feel?
Ai: Well, simply put the three of us are pretty tight, and because of that there really isn't any more anxiety, but personally since I'm not yet standing on stage, I know that when I do I'll be anxious. It's not so much that there's anxiety about continuing something, since the feeling that we have to continue with a certain responsibility is stronger than that. Just like we've done up until now, make good songs, have good performances, keep on making good things.

---First, you will start up live activities once your singles are released, but first the maxi singles will be released between January and March of next year. Since it's been awhile since your last release, I imagine that these songs are all that came of this past year?
Ai: Right. When we had stopped activities we realized something that we couldn't when we were active, I we could feel the support from the fans that are constantly waiting for us, even when we did the session lives, and I hope that we were able to return that feeling in the songs and lyrics. Because of our hiatus we have a lot of faith in these three releases.
Naoto: There are also previous songs that we've rerecorded, but since the fans are not yet used to Ai singing, the songs are kind of like DEATHGAZE's meishi (laughs). Of course the new songs are full of everyone's feelings, so please listen to them. We feel that they are even for people who don't know us yet.
Naoki: Each single only has one new song, but with those we reveal what to do from now on, and our feelings are expressed by Ai's singing, so please listen to us...

(Everyone laughs)

Ai: Did we all just push?
Naoki: I just want people to hear the old songs that they've been waiting for us to rerecord. We chose which songs with that in mind, so please listen!

---In the next issue I want to ask you all about the releases. I think that since you announced the CD releases the fans are definitely looking forward to your lives. Have you decided on your upcoming lives?
Ai: We don't have a schedule that we can announce yet, but we want to keep our activities going full-force once we start moving, and we don't ever want to stop again, and so with that feeling in mind, I can hold my head up high, so please wait for us!

---Finally, a message to your fans who have been awaiting your return!
Naoki: Thank you to everyone who had waited for us, and to any new fans please keep with us!
Naoto: Really, there are a lot of feelings of thanks to everyone who had been waiting until now. I can't really say that I understand the feelings of DEATHGAZE's fans, but even when we did our session band a lot of people came out, and then I thought that even if just those people are waiting for us I am really grateful! Even when we were on hiatus... Well even on hiatus we rock out hard! (laughs) Well that's saying a bit much, but we want to live up to the expectations of those who know us, and for those who hear our music or see us in Cure for the first time we want them to know this kind of band exists! (laughs) We're a very manly band and we want to become even more manly (laughs)
Ai: We have a lot of faith in this band's music and what this band is trying to express, and we don't lose that. It's not just about the music, but even if there is only one person who like this band, there is meaning in this band continuing, and we'll continue forever. Since you have some time then, check us out.