| During the late 80's, the band X was going through very tough times. Visual bands such as X were completely ignored by pop idols and at times they grew so poor they had to almost starve themselves. At this point and time, hide found out who his true friends were. During the 90's, after signing up with Sony, things began to look up. X-Japan, who's name was changed to show expansion to other countries, was soon known as one of the legendary rock bands in Japan. Sadly, the members becan focusing on their own solo careers and had many disagreements with each other which resulted in the disbandment of the band on September 22nd, 1997. |