• • • • • Website Yūne Sugihara ( 杉原 有音, Sugihara Yūne), born Yasuhiro Sugihara ( 杉原 康弘, Sugihara Yasuhiro, on July 8, 1969 in, Japan), known exclusively by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is best known as lead guitarist and violinist of the rock band. He started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with many artists. In 2007 he became a member of the / act, and of the Japanese rock supergroup, and in 2009 officially joined the band. He is also part of the psychedelic jam band Shag and the shamanic electronica unit S.T.K (Sensual Technology Kooks). In addition to being known to experiment with many musical genres, mostly, and, he is known for his, being an, and. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Early life and musical education [ ] Yūne Sugihara was born on July 8, 1969, to a musical family, in,, in.

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His father played in the, and his mother played in the same orchestra. From a young age, he was brought up on and had to study classical. At the age of three, by his father initiative, started to learn to play the.

He practiced it for 3 hours per day, but without the right type of music or, began to hate playing music, and coercion from his parents aggravated such feeling of repulsion. The situation persisted until the age of ten. His early favorite composers included,, and.

When Sugizo was eleven or twelve years old, around the beginning of junior high school, he began to play the trumpet. He preferred the trumpet's 'dirty' image more, as it was during the 1950s and through to the 1970s, in comparison with the violin, which was seen as something for higher-profiled people or class. It was during his junior high school days that he became more exposed to non-classical music types, such as the Japanese group, the British group, 's, and the London, making his base for rock'n'roll. 1986–96: Early bands and Luna Sea [ ] Despite his father's disapproval, Sugizo acquired a bass guitar and an electric guitar, and began to teach himself how to play. When he was around the age of 17, then in high school, Sugizo with on drums and Tezya on vocals formed a band called Pinocchio, where he played as the bassist. Since the internal structure of Pinocchio was not cohesive, they left and briefly joined Kashmir in 1988. On January 16, 1989, they both joined another band which performed at the same live houses, called Lunacy, formed by and.

With the addition of, vocalist from the band Slaughter, the five formed the rock unit Lunacy. Since J was already the bass player and Inoran preferred to play rhythm guitar, Sugizo became the lead guitarist and took on his stage name, which he believes Shinya came up with. Soon they were discovered by (then lead guitarist of ), who got them signed by X Japan co-founder, to his, on which they released their debut album in 1991. Upon their first album release, the band changed their name from Lunacy to. They became one of the most famous rock bands in Japan, selling more than ten million records, as well performing in and. The first solo activity Sugizo had was in 1993, when he wrote his first solo song 'Revive', for the album Dance 2 Noise 004 featuring many musicians, including the group M*A*S*S, which consisted of hide, J and Inoran.

In the upcoming three years, a variety of less known musical collaborations and contributions took place. 1997–2001: Solo career, Truth? And Sugizo during an X Japan concert in Hong Kong, 2009. On March 28 and 29, 2008, Sugizo played at 's two reunion concerts as a stand-in along and for the deceased. In April, he took part in Juno Reactor's European tour.

On May 2, he reunited with Luna Sea again at the 'hide memorial summit', a two-day concert in memory of hide, at the. On July 23, Sugizo released a greatest hits compilation album titled Cosmoscape. The album shows off his various types of music genres, such as rock, trance, jazz, classic, bossa nova, among others, and spans his ten years of solo work. During the year, Sugizo wrote a song titled 'Enola Gay', the bomber that dropped the on. He wrote the song to convey his feelings and thoughts toward the people who suffered from the aftermath of nuclear war, and to the cities of Hiroshima and. As well, that the bomb never must be dropped again, and as his live supporting drummer is American, singer Russian, and him Japanese, that people from former enemy states can be friends.

In September joined Juno Reactor on the USA leg of their tour. On December 19, at the 1,500-seat concert hall, he held the solo concert 'Rise to Cosmic Dance' playing songs from Cosmoscape, and including the new song 'Enola Gay'. On December 31, Sugizo played with X Japan at their New Years countdown gig at Akasaka Blitz. On May 1, 2009, Sugizo officially joined X Japan as lead guitarist, violinist and backing vocalist. In December, Sugizo with Juno Reactor performed in the Netherlands, twice in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. Upon returning to Japan, he released two new digital singles, 'Messiah' and 'Tell Me Why You Hide the Truth?' , via iTunes on December 16.

They topped iTunes electronic music charts with first and second place. On December 24 and 25, he held the concert 'Next Phase of Cosmic Dance' in. 2010–11: Flower of Life, Luna Sea reunion [ ].

Sugizo with Luna Sea in Singapore, 2013. In 2012, besides being vastly involved with Luna Sea, two digital songs were released, titled 'Final of the Messiah' and 'Super Love 2012', followed by concerts. The final concert of the small 'Ascension to the Consientia' tour was on September 17,. On May 30, the original soundtrack composed and produced by Sugizo for the theare stage play 7 Doors was released, and he also starred in the play, a staging of 's opera.

On March 6, 2013, his remix album Vesica Pisces was released, including remixes by Juno Reactor, System 7, and. On April 23, The Golden Sun of the Great East cam out, the second Juno Reactor's studio album feauting Sugizo. Sugizo collaborated with a number of musicians on 's tribute album, specifically on the song 'Serafine'. Sugizo was the musical director and composer for the new staging of 's, staged by the same producer of the earlier 7 Doors play. On December 11,, Luna Sea's new studio album was released after thirteen years. On December 23, the solo tour 'Thrive to Realize' started in, and ended on December 29 at in Tokyo.

Sugizo playing the violin at, 2014. In 2014, in March joined and performed on 50th anniversary concert of his long-time friend, the frontman of band Dead End. In April a multi-media project, 'Art of Parties' was announced, a live installation incorporating art, video, music and dance, featuring other artists, as well. In September, he appeared and performed at the event 'The Solar Budokan'. On September 24, a compilation of classical music selected by Sugizo was released, some of the tracks re-arranged by him. 2015–present [ ] In January, Sugizo was a guest at film score composer Ikuro Fujiwara's solo piano concert. On March 11, he took part in the Peace on Earth event in for a memorial ceremony of the.

In April, he covered the track Bike, for 's 20th anniversary tribute album, and was scheduled to appear at the Tanz Too Noise Muzik Festival in, but the event was eventually cancelled. In May, he participated in 's short Japanese tour, performing in, and. On May 3, he joined fellow Luna Sea member Ryuichi and conductor Ikuro Fujiwara for a 'Symphonic Luna Sea Reboot' concert. In June, he toured extensively with, performing in 32 concerts in 16 cities across Japan.

He performed at at Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest, also with. On July 8, his Spiritual Classic Sugizo Selection Ⅱ compilation album was released. In the same month he performed at the In Order To Dance Vol.1 event, along with and others.

X Japan's first domestic tour of Japan in 20 years began with three consecutive dates at Yokohama Arena on December 2, continued with Osaka-jō Hall on December 7, on December 9, on December 11, and finished on December 14 at the. They also performed on for the first time in 18 years. On March 11, 2016, he again participated in the free of charge Peace on Earth event, then appeared on 's Guitar Is Beautiful KW45 45th anniversary album with the track 'Round Midnight'. In April, he performed at Earth Day Tokyo, In June, he held a solo concert with fellow Luna Sea member, titled Sugizo vs Inoran Presents Best Bout.

In August, a new digital single was released, titled Life on Mars?, as a tribute to. It was followed up by Lux Aeterna in September and Raummusik in October. X Japan headlined all three nights of the Visual Japan Summit on October 14–16, 2016. As a celebration of the 20th anniversary of his solo debut, Sugizo set out on a national tour, with his new album, Oto released in November.

At the end of December, he performed with Luna Sea at for a two-day concert. On March 4, 2017, Sugizo took the stage at in with.

On May 24 it was revealed that Sugizo has been experimenting with alternative energy sources to power his guitar system, testing the and and the system will be put to live test during 's May 29 show. Personal life [ ] Divorced, Sugizo has a daughter named Luna Artemis Sugihara, who was born on April 27, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan. In an interview he said that her birth has transformed him the most and 'when you love your daughter, you begin to love all children. Although this might sound grandiose, nothing will make me happier than seeing all children around the world lead joyous lives. I'll be more than satisfied if I can become a tool towards that goal'. He briefly dated Taiwanese actress.

Sugizo finds all religions very interesting, and loves to read lots of books about them. Since his father was a, while his mother was a, from the young age he has often been in contact with things related to church and Protestantism. Currently he's more into Buddhism, or more specifically, himself. Ever since he was little he was curious about subjects. While in Elementary School, he became obsessed with the ancient civilizations of, the Maya's and the.

One of the very important moments were when he was around 18 or 19 years old, after reading 's book, he became even more intrigued about the spiritual world. Noting 'As I grew older, I was able to better understand the things that caught my attention when I was young'.

Sugizo in the interview said that 'there are secrets held by a small elite who control the world. We spend our lives without ever being aware of the truth that is hidden from us', and so through the song 'Tell Me Why You Hide The Truth?' Meant 'We have to liberate freedom and rebuild it by ourselves. I think the world is in need of a revolution.

To know what to believe, to know what's really going on in this world we have to take the initiative. That's the sort of signal I'm trying to send'. Also added 'The thing I seriously want to do the most is make society, the whole world, clean. That's the duty we must fulfill for the next generation'. Equipment [ ]. Sugizo's guitar rack at an X Japan concert in 2011 Sugizo almost exclusively uses and he has around sixteen signature models with them, mostly with the Eclipse body style or other Gibson-style shapes like the RD and Flying V. But their specs are more similar to a Fender Stratocaster than any Gibson, using single coils, alder bodies and maple necks, 25.5' scale length and tremolos.

Lately he's favored a P-90 in the bridge position and vintage-style trems, as opposed to the 3 single coils and Floyd Rose trems he used for most of his career. His signature models feature the ESP logo written in the same font as the Luna Sea band logo, a feature also found on J's and Inoran's signature models. For his solo projects and recent shows he also often uses Stratocaster-type guitars from Navigator, a very high-end custom shop related to ESP. His acoustic guitars of choice are usually C.F. Martin Dreadnoughts. He also plays signature electric violins made by Kranz, and his bows are made by Codabow. His amps have changed often throughout his career but are generally high-end and boutique brands, including Fender, Marshall, Mesa/Boogie, Matchless, Bogner, Custom Audio Electronics, Divided by 13 and Koch.

Most recently he's been using EVH5150's and EVH 4x12' cabs with some additional heads like a Diezel Vh4. He's also performed using an Axe-Fx II. His effects are numerous and spanning several pedalboards and racks, but important staples are his DigiTech Whammy pedal for pitch effects, and delays and reverbs from various Eventide pedals and the 2290 Digital Delay. Open table to see signature models Brand Model Notes Eclipse S-I Is a basic model of the Eclipse lineups. Traditional body shape, with 3 single-coiled pick up, all around type, which can respond to various styles of music. ESP Eclipse S-II The Eclipse S-II's feature is the heavy & thick bass sounds of a and ample mid-range.

When it first time appeared in public, the constitution was of through-neck, EMG-81 for its rear pick-up, and EMG-SA for its front pick-up, made its debut in Luna Sea's 1996 Unending Style tour. Later remodeled edition was introduced in song ' for 2000 Brand New Chaos tour. ESP Eclipse S-III The Eclipse S-III first time appeared with Luna Sea's 1996 Unending Style tour, when Sugizo played the solo for '. It was also used in Sugizo's 1996-1997 Abstract Day tour.

The present front pick-up was placed on the middle pick-up position with its style like the S-S-H design. The pick-up then was the same as the S-I in the same year, equipped with Lasesensor.

On the 1998 Shinging Brightly tour, front pick-ups were placed next to the sustainer driver pick-up. At that time, the front pick-up was equipped on the bridge side. After that, there was an improvement of the driver pick-up by Sustainer. Since December 1999, it developed into its present style. ESP Eclipse S-IV The Eclipse S-IV is the 12 stringed model of the Eclipse lineup.

Used for the song ' on the 1998 Shining Brightly tour. As with the other models, the same body shape had its feature in the construction of a semi-hollow body with all-maple. The bridge equipped with 12 parts, which can be adjusted to an Octave with independent major & minor strings. This is the sole model equipped with tone control. ESP Eclipse S-V The Eclipse S-V's main feature is the original sound of pick-up P-90, which made its appearance with electric guitars in the 1940s, and being one of the most favorable throughout electric guitar history. Debuted in Slave limited Gig in August 1998.

This model lasted from the first stage of the Shining Brightly tour, until Luna Sea's final tour. It supported some main songs like ' and '. Currently is set up with SP-90-1 (Seymour Duncan). ESP Eclipse S-VI The Eclipse S-VI development based on Sugizo's concept, started in 1999 through making prototypes, and was completed in 2001.

Belkin Wireless Router Ce0560 Manualidades more. The 6-stringed model, one octave lower than the other orthodox models, has the same sound range as bass guitars. ESP Eclipse S-VII The Eclipse S-VII was completed in 2000, for making its debut on the Brand New Chaos tour. Was also used for Sugizo & the Spank Your Juice performances. A thin 45mm nut-width was made for the first time for a 7-stringed guitar. Bridge-string pitch 9.6mm, nut side-string pitch 6.5mm, 7-stringed bridge & rock nut. Also was attached a unique 3 single-coiled pick-up.

Building Telephony Systems With Opensips Pdf Printer. ESP Eclipse R-I The Eclipse R-I was developed based on a concept Sugizo had cherished for a long time. It made its debut on the 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II tour, but more than a year had been spent before the model was finally completed in 2001.

Its constitution was of single-coiled pick-up and a Floyd Rose Bridge. Its 42mm thin flattop Adler body with broad-surfaced body design has its quick sound response (a bit different from Eclipse S-I) and also has ability to emphasize wide range sounds.

ESP Eclipse E-I The Eclipse E-I made its debut at Sugizo's solo project performance Abstract Day in 1997. It is a semi-acoustic Sugizo model but equipped with Floyd Rose Bridge. ESP Eclipse S-I Brilliant -Mixed Media- The Eclipse S-I Brilliant -Mixed Media-, appeared on July 30, 1996 on the Unending Style tour, as a custom version of Eclipse S-I.

Created as a collaboration between the ESP manufacturing staff and Sugizo. This model was equipped with vintage Lase Blue of Lasesensor for the rear pick-up which was modeled exactly by Sugizo himself. In 1997, after the tour, it was sold as a signature model with a limited number produced. ESP Eclipse S-I Python The Eclipse S-I Python made its debut on December 23, 1998 at the Tokyo Dome on the Shining Brightly tour. This model was used for both Asian tours and the 2000 Brand New Chaos tour.

In 2000, its sales were limited to 40 because of difficulty to get the real leather of Diamond Pison, but the number of products was increased up to 120. ESP Eclipse S-III Brilliant -Mixed Media- The Eclipse S-III Brilliant -Mixed Media-, as of September 1999, it was put on the market with a limited production of 100. But because of its popularity, two months later 50 more were announced. When it went on the market, Seymour Duncan SJAG-1 carried on the pick-up. ESP Eclipse S-III Custom -Fretless- For the Eclipse S-III Custom -Fretless-, Sugizo originated the idea that fit sustainers to the fretless guitars, and often uses it for his recordings. Its basic components are the same as the S-III. Black-binding is used, which is rare for Eclipse series.

ESP PR - Triple Neck The three necks are (each from high to low) 12-stringed guitar, sustainer attached fretless guitar and the Floyd Rose 6-stringed fretted guitar. The pick-ups on each three necks are set to instantaneously change. Presently, the standard models are the same as S-I with Seymour Duncan Antiquity Strat Custom Bridge. Sugizo performed with this triple neck guitar for Luna Sea's openings from 1995's Mother of Love tour, up to the last stage of Epilogue 2000, with the songs ' and '. ESP PR - Double Neck The combination of a 6-string and a fretless guitar started only with Sugizo.

Its pick-ups are EMG-SA for the fretless, and Seymour Duncan Antiquity Strat Custom Bridge for the fretted. The bridges are a combination of Tune-matic-bridge (black nickel coating) and Stop-tailpiece.

The first time it was used was for song ' on Luna Sea's 2000 'Brand New Chaos' tour. DG-300R CTM Sugizo used a -type black guitar (made by ) for Luna Sea's 2000 Brand New Chaos tour. It was a developed type of a Jaguar with new tensions & sustains.

The secret to its success was in the scale change from short to medium. Its bridge was equipped with ST's synchronized tremolo. Seymour Duncan DS-280M-RV Built for right-handers from a left-hand body and neck, which Sugizo pursued as newer possibilities than the. Results are both mellower tones in higher-tone strings and tighter low tones in lower-tone strings.

He started using this model on Luna Sea's 'Brand New Chaos' tour, at the live in Yokohama Arena on July 15, 2000. It is known to be responsible for the reversible-strato-tones in '. ESP Edwards & GrassRoots List of five guitars, and four GrassRoots guitars Sugizo used on lives respectively. ESP (Electric Violin) Kranz EV-75 The violin Sugizo plays on his performances. Concerts and tours [ ] • 1997: 'Abstract Day' • 2001: 'Sugizo & The Spank Your Juice Abstract Day 2001' • 2008–09: 'Rise to Cosmic Dance' • Support band: on vocals, Takumi Samejima on guitar, Fire on bass, on drums, d-kiku on keyboards and programming, K-Ta and Kenji Yoshiura on percussion, Shinpei Ruike on trumpet. • 2009–10: 'Next Phase of Cosmic Dance' • 2011: 'Stairway to the Flower of Life' • Support band: Origa on vocals, Takumi Samejima on guitar, Tokie on bass, on drums, d-kiku on keyboards and programming, Kenji Yoshiura on percussion, Shinpei Ruike on trumpet.

Discography [ ] Studio albums • Truth?