Have you ever wondered why aodhide? It is not my nickname, screen name, and beliveme when I say that not a soul on earth has called me that; so why the name?
Well, it's quite simple actually; aod stans for "Archangel of Death" -my nickname on msn- and Hide was X-Japan's lead guitar! Those guys are some sort of idols for me.
But who were those guys? And why did I picked them? I know... but you don't, so I'll spell it out.
The Archangel of Death thing bagan quite stupidly actually. A few years back I changed my msn nickname from MP-Ikari to Archangel of Death... I wanted to go with Angel of Death, but Archangels are cooler and rock harder. That night a friend of mine asked me why the name, so I said the whole and compleate truth, "it sounds cool", to wich she answered "do you know that is a character from the bible?". Now, I'm not a religious person, but I looked it up on the internet... I read his story and I liked it. Here's his story
Azrael was the descendant of the high priests of Aaron. He served as a scribe for the Babylonian exile and second Temple Jerusalem period. During the early Christian period he became known as Esdras, the prophet who bears witness to the coming of the Messiah. It was this early Christian story that claimed Azrael ascended into heaven without tasting death. He was also mentioned in the Christian heretic Marcion's records concerning the "Angel of Law". He is generally depicted as an archangel under the command of God rather than in the fashion of the figure of Death personified. Depending on the outlook and precepts of various religions in which he is a figure, Azrael is portrayed as residing in the third Heaven. He has four faces and four thousand wings, and his whole body consists of eyes and tongues, the number of which corresponds to the number of people inhabiting the earth. He will be the last to die, recording and erasing constantly in a large book the names of men at birth and death, respectively. [Rf: Hastings, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics IV, 617]
In Exodus 12:12, when God inflicts the tenth and final plague on Egypt (the death of the firstborn), it is said that Azrael was the one that actually came and took the souls of the firstborn.I got that from Wikipedia.com; thanks guys.
So that's all with the aod thing... now comes Hide.
As you all know, my favorite band is X-Japan, and my favorite band member is Hide; who is he? Hideto Matsumoto was born in St Joseph's Hospital, Midorigaoka, Yokosuka, on December 13, 1964. He entered kindergarten in 1968, studying English for three years, followed by an enrollment in Yokosuka Tokiwa Junior High School. He was first exposed to rock and roll music at the age of fifteen, through the album Alive! by Kiss. In the same year his grandmother bought him his first electric guitar, a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. On March 11, 1980, Matsumoto graduated from Tokiwa Junior High School. He then entered Zushi Kaisei Senior High School in Zushi, Kanagawa, where he entered the school's brass band as a club activity. He quit the band soon though, because he was assigned the clarinet, while he wanted to play the trumpet. After this, he concentrated on guitar playing and in 1981, formed the independent band Saver Tiger. A year after their founding, they started playing shows at live houses in Yokosuka, such as Rock City. In April 1983 he started attending cosmetology and fashion school at the Hollywood Beauty Salon in present-day Roppongi Hills, from which he graduated with outstanding results in 1984. Later that year he took a nationwide examination and successfully obtained a beautician license. In July 1985 Saver Tiger released the self-titled EP. In November, the band contributed to the Heavy Metal Force sampler series, which would also include songs by X Japan later on. In 1986 the group changed its name to Yokosuka Saver Tiger to avoid confusion with a similarly-named band from Sapporo. Their first appearance with the new name was on the sampler Devil Must Be Driven out with Devil. They continued to perform in live houses and night clubs such as Meguro Rokumeikan, Omiya Freaks and Meguro Live Station. Hide joined X Japan (then called X) in 1987. He became the band's lead guitarist and occasional songwriter, composing songs like "Celebration", "Joker" and the single "Scars". Shortly after the release of the album Art of Life, the members of X Japan took a break, to start solo projects. Around that time, the group also dropped most of its original visual kei aesthetics, the exception being Matsumoto, who would still perform in wildly colorful outfits and with his trademark pink hair.
Hideto Matsumoto died on May 2, 1998. After a night out drinking, he was found hanged with a towel tied to a doorknob in his Tokyo apartment, his death shocking the Japanese public. Three fans died in copycat suicides, of the 50,000 people who attended his funeral, nearly 60 were hospitalized and about 200 received medical treatment in first aid tents.
So there you have it. Now you know why you must type aodhide to get here.
Lyrics?
X-Japan Drainmusic: hide words: hide & Toshi
Talk to my troubled brain, if yon can feel my pain, so much hurting that's living in my head Now I can barely breathe, and now my heart's disease and my name and my life have been stepped on and on. No, no you made a fool of me, there is no way out.
I'm going down the drain. The name of God in vain, you pushed me I'm insane, dissolution is knocking on my door. Can't stop my bitter tears, oh take away my fears, body and soul is blown up into pieces. Oh cry out, I want to be free... dry out, I want to know the truth. Let me drain my feelings out. Laugh like a drain. My emotions scream. Let me drain!
So I can speak my mind. I'm so blind, I am left in a land with just solitude, has this become my fate, who's next to be your bait, vicious cycle repeating on and on...
Cry out, I want to be loved. Dry out, I want to see dreams. Oh cry out, I want to be free. Dry out, I want to know the truth...
Let me drain my feelings out. Laugh like a drain. My emotions scream. Let me drain my feelings out. Laugh like a drain. My emotions scream. Let me drain!
