X Japan

X Japan is a Japanese rock band. They were formed in 1982 by Yoshiki. They have sold over 30 million albums and singles and over 2 million videos to date. X Japan stopped making music in 1997, but reunited in 2007. They performed their first world tour live in Hong Kong in 2009. They played to 20,000 people in two days.

Some visual kei bands are influenced by X Japan. 

Name
The band was first called "X" but because the letter X was already the name of another band they changed their name to "X Japan" to avoid confusion.

Albums
 Vanishing Vision (1988)
 Blue Blood (1989)
 Jealousy (1991)
 Art of Life (1993)
 Dahlia (1996)

References

Category:Japanese heavy metal bands
Category:Speed metal bands
Category:Power metal bands
Category:Progressive metal bands
Category:Glam metal bands
Category:Visual kei bands
Category:1982 establishments in Japan