L'Arc~en~Ciel
hyde
tetsu
ken
yukihiro
++vocal++
++bass++
++guitar++
++drum++
"L'Arc~en~Ciel"
mean "rainbow" in French. The band's name "L'Arc~en~Ciel" was suggested
by Tetsu. L'Arc~en~Ciel was formed in the begining of year 1991 with hyde
as the vocalist, tetsu as the basist, hiro as guitarist and pero as the
drumer. In June 1992, Hiro (guitarist) quit the band before they record
L'Arc~en~Ciel's first single. So Tetsu decided to call Ken to be the guitarist.
L'Arc~en~Ciel released their first single "Flood of tears" on 25 November
1992. At the end of the year (December, 1992) pero, the drumer quit the
band. After pero quit the band, Tetsu try to seach for a new drumer for
the band. Sakura (drumer) join the band in 1993, and L'Arc~en~Ciel released
their first album "DUNE" on 27 April, 1993. This followed by album "Tierra"
on 14 July 1994, "heavenly" on 1 September, 1995, and "True" on 12 December,
1996. In April 1997, Sakura (drumer) was arrested because of drugs affair
and Sakura decided to left the band. And again Tetsu try to seach for a
new drumer. After Yukihiro, the new drummer joined the band in 1 January,
1998, they realesed they 5th album "HEART" on 25 February, 1998. This followed
by they 6th & 7th album "ark" & "ray". The album "ark" & "ray"
was released at the same time on 1 July 1999. "ectomorphed work" was released
on 28 June, 2000, their 9th album "REAL" was released on 30 August 2000
and "Clicked Singles Best 13" was released on 14 March 2001.