The
idea behind Skin was born around 2002
when Yoshiki and Gackt wanted to create
music together. In 2006 Yoshiki announced
he would form a band with Gackt at Otakon
(an anime convention in the USA). Later
that year Sugizo was added as a 3rd member,
with Miyavi being announced as the 4th
member in May 2007 at the first Jrock
Revolution festival.
Just a month later, in
June 2007 the band gave its debut performance
at the Anime Expo in Long Beach. Along
with them on stage were Ju-ken, the bassist
of Gackt’s band GacktJob. Following
songs were presented “Gei-sha”,
“Killing You Softly”, “Beneath
The Skin” and “Violets”.
The later one being a beautiful instrumental
piece with Yoshiki and Gackt on piano,
Sugizo on violin and Miyavi who played
a traditional Japanese music instrument
called shamisen.
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