Color

visual kei

There are multiple artists with this name. 1. A Japanese visual kei punk band from the early 90's. COLOR was formed in 1985 by Dynamite Tommy (vocalist) in Osaka. In the original line-up, Dynamite Tommy actually was the guitarist and there was a keyboardist. During 1986, all of the other original members of COLOR left the band. Afterwards Dynamite Tommy recruited some new members, two of them included Cindy (rhythm guitarist) and Tatsuya (lead guitarist). Tatsuya only joined COLOR since Dynamite Tommy was impressed with his skills on the guitar. It has been noted that Tatsuya's guitar teacher was You Adachi of Dead End fame. After that, Dynamite Tommy switched from being the band's guitarist to the vocalist. COLOR went through two more line-ups in '86 and one in ' 87. In 1987, they released their first single, Molt Grain. In 1988, Toshi (drummer) and Marry (bassist) joined the band. This ended up being their final and most well known line-up. During Janurary 1988, COLOR released their Gekitotsu!! album, which was a huge success and sold as well as X Japan's Vanishing Vision. This is when the rivalry between X Japan and COLOR started. East X Japan had more of a metal sound while West COLOR had more of a punk sound. This is also where the whole East Extasy V.S. West Free-Will debate originated from. The ironic thing about the rivalry is that the members of X Japan did sing the chorus parts on many of the songs off of Gekitotsu!! Early 1989 saw the release of COLOR's ...