Kaoru, Die and Toshiya’s albums that inspired them
Kaoru (albums that he was listening to often when Dir en grey was formed and started its activity):
D’ERLANGER - LA VIE EN ROSE
Daisy Chainsaw - Eleventeen
Color - FOOLS! GET LUCKY!!
The Mad Capsule Markets - PARK
Jane’s Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Pantera - Vulgar Diplay Of Power
Ministry - Psalm 69 : The Way To Succeed and the Way To Suck Eggs
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
Vanessa Paradis - Vanessa Paradis (1992)
Kinniku Shoujo Tai - Sister Strawberry
Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi - Showa
Die (albums that influenced him and show that his roots aren’t really heavy metal):
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
The Blue Hearts - The Blue Hearts (1987)
BUCK-TICK - Kurutta Taiyou
Cranberries - To The Faithful Departed
D’ERLANGER - MOON AND THE MEMORIES… THE ETERNITIES/LAST LIVE
Fair to Midland - Fables from a Mayfly: What I tell You Three Times Is True
KoЯn - See You On The Other Side
The Mad Capsule Markets - P.O.P
My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
Toshiya (albums he was most sensitive to from before the band formed and when it debuted):
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Lilttle Pill
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Guns N’ Rses - Appetite For Destruction
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Ministry - Psalm 69 : The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
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