Ex-DIV’s Members Start Session Band

Ex-DIV’s members Chisa and Shogo revealed their new website and first concerts as session band.

It has been a week since Visual Kei band DIV disbanded due to the departure of bassist Chobi and drummer Satoshi. Now the other two members, vocalist Chisa and guitarist Shogo, revealed that they will perform again together. Their new website is simply called “Chisa Shogo” and the duo is described as “session band” which means that it’s not an official new band yet. But the members uploaded a new photoshoot as well as live-information.

The duo’s first two lives will be held on November 15th and 30th at Ikebukuro Black Hole in Tokyo and there will be a short “Chisa & Shogo Session Matsuri”-tour with a live in Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo in December. Support members are ex-ViViD’s bassist MTR and abstracts’ drummer Hikari.

10月10日日比谷野外音楽堂。DIVのラストライブ。

The last twenty four hours have been a whirlwind of emotions.  I don’t think I can accurately put into words the feeling of knowingly seeing your favorite band for the last time.  Doing the furi for the last time.  Seeing their smiling faces on stage for the last time.  Yelling their names for the last time when the lights go off in between songs.  Throwing your towel in the air during 夏の行方 for the last time.  Crying, dancing, moshing, head banging.  Smiling.  Laughing.  My favorite days were made with them.

I have faith they will return.  I am at peace with their decision to disband if it’s not what they want for themselves anymore.  I am at peace knowing that all good things come to an end eventually.  But those moments, with those songs, with Chisa, Shogo, Chobi, and Satoshi, those moments and those memories can never be replaced with anything.  

I don’t have any more words I could write about them other than what I have already written.  I feel incredibly happy to have been able to be there to support them on this day.  A sad happy, but still happy. 

I took home handfuls of streamers and flowers from the bouquets.  One will soon wilt away while the other remains for as long as I will keep it.  Even if DIV as a band are no longer making music, their music will guide us and live on for as long as we let it.