DIR EN GREY
DIR EN GREY
ディル・アン・グレイ

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Dir & GrayDir & Gray MADAME EDWARDAMADAME EDWARDA DirachielDirachiel
DIR EN GREY
Typeタイプ
bandバンド
Status活動状況
active現在活動
Active活動期間
1997~
Area地域
Japan日本
scenesV系ジャンル
koteコテ, loudラウド
Pronunciation発音
ディル・アン・グレイ
Conceptコンセプト
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Lineup
メンバー

vocals

Kyo京 (京)

ALBATROSSALBATROSS roadieローディー → Kuroyume黒夢 (黒夢) roadieローディー → Gesshoku月蝕 (月蝕) as Yoma (殀磨) → ViṣṇuViṣṇu as Yoma (殀磨) , , → ViṣṇuViṣṇu as Kyo (京) → MasqueradeMasquerade → La:Sadie'sLa:Sadie's , → Dir en greyDir en grey , , → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY , sukekiyosukekiyo
※Sessionsセッション
Kyousatsukai狂殺会 (狂殺会) , Puyopuyo婦夜婦夜 (婦夜婦夜) , Haijin Kurobarazoku廃人黒薔薇族 (廃人黒薔薇族) , TWO MONSTROUS NUCLEAR STOCKPILESTWO MONSTROUS NUCLEAR STOCKPILES , Kyo京 (京)

guitar

Die

Ka・za・riKa・za・ri → La:Sadie'sLa:Sadie's → Dir en greyDir en grey → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY , DECAYSDECAYS

guitar

Kaoru薫 (薫)

DIE:STERIADIE:STERIA → CHARMCHARM → La:Sadie'sLa:Sadie's → Dir en greyDir en grey , → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY
※Sessionsセッション
TWO MONSTROUS NUCLEAR STOCKPILESTWO MONSTROUS NUCLEAR STOCKPILES

bass

Toshiya

Kisaragiきさらぎ (きさらぎ) → cruelcruel → GOSICKGOSICK roadieローディー → PIERROTPIERROT roadieローディー → GOSICKGOSICK supportサポート → D†LD†L supportサポート → Dir en greyDir en grey → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY

drums

Shinya

Jinkou Tenshi人工天使 (人工天使) → SivaSiva → RubyRuby → La:Sadie'sLa:Sadie's , → Dir en greyDir en grey → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY ,
※Sessionsセッション
Haijin Kurobarazoku廃人黒薔薇族 (廃人黒薔薇族) , SeraphSeraph

manipulator

Takumi Enomoto

RENTRER EN SOIRENTRER EN SOI → DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY → sukekiyosukekiyo , DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY

Staff
スタッフ

roadieローディー

Taisuke泰介 (泰介)

DIR EN GREYDIR EN GREY roadieローディー → ninenine as Tairan (たいらん) → VirginVirgin → LUCYルーシー (ルーシー) as Taisuke (泰介) → unknown

roadieローディー

Takuma拓磨 (拓磨)

Dir en greyDir en grey roadieローディー → Luclia → Ludia le Moise → Sel'mSel'm → DECAYSDECAYS

roadieローディー

Akira徹 (徹)

Dir en greyDir en grey roadieローディー → unknown

roadieローディー

Tatsumuタツム (タツム)

Dir en greyDir en grey roadieローディー → unknown

guitar tech

Haruna春名 (春名)

Dir en greyDir en grey guitar tech

roadieローディー

Darumaだるま (だるま)

Dir en greyDir en grey roadieローディー → retired引退

History
活動

    1995

  • 1995-08-00

    According to Shinya in SHOXX #96, he and Kyo (京) met for the first time when Kyo came to watch Shinya's session band (name unknown, Vo. Unknown / Gt. #4 / Gt. SHIGE / Ba. KISAKI / Dr. Shinya) in August 1995.

  • 1995-09-00

    In the same magazine, Shinya mentions that he and Die met for the first time when Ruby and Ka・za・ri performed at the same live in September.

    1996

  • 1996-08-20

    Toshiya and the future members of Dir en grey meet for the first time when he comes to greet La:Sadie's after their live.

    1997

  • 1997-01-24

    The first live of the band that would become Dir en grey. They met the day before and in the morning, they booked two hours of studio time to practice. At the live, they covered around four songs by Kuroyume (黒夢) under the name DEATHMASK. Toshiya also performed with D†L as their support guitarist.

  • 1997-01-24

    Nagano長野 JJ

  • 1997-02-00

    Karma / Aoi Tsuki業 / 蒼い月   BUY

  • 1997-02-02

    DIR EN GREY (ディル アン グレイ) officially forms.

  • 1997-02-02

    The name is a combination of German "dir", French "en" and English "grey" and, according to an interview in Apres Guerre #19 (March 1997), was thought to mean "Grey Silver Coin" (灰色の銀貨 Haiiro no Ginka). It was supposed to convey a music and an image that wasn't caught by neither black or white, so they picked "grey".

    Interestingly, there's a demo tape released in 1995 by the visual-kei band LAREINE, one of the songs on that tape is called "Dir en gray". It opens with the line "灰色のあなたに dir en gray" (Haiiro no anata ni dir en gray), which both means "To you in gray" and would actually fit the intended meaning of the words, as opposed to "Grey Silver Coin". In the aforementioned interview, Kyo also mentions that he knew that phrase before, so Lareine's song is most likely the source for Dir en grey's band name. Why they thought that "dir" means "silver coin" remains unclear, but they would later become aware of their mistake.

    In turn, Lareine got the name "Dir en gray" from a band called Dir & Gray, a visual-kei band that was active around 1991. The original meaning behind the name was "dill of grey colour" (dill is usually white) and was coined by guitarist SHOW. Interestingly, their name was written with the same Katakana as Dir En Grey, ディル・アン・グレイ, even though "and" would be written as アンド (ando) in Japanese.

    According to Toshiya on the radio show Nack5 FM Triangle Super Audition, one of the other names the members had in mind was Kisaragi. It was taken from a high school band of Toshiya.

  • 1997-02-02

    V. Kyo (京) / G. Kaoru (薫) / G. Die / B. Toshiya / D. Shinya

  • 1997-03-31

    Event tour 覇叉羅 presents JENOSIDE ZONE vol.5 starts. Dir en grey participates in secret.

  • 1997-03-31

    Nagoya名古屋 CLUB QUATTROCLUB QUATTRO

  • 1997-04-24

    Event tour 覇叉羅 presents JENOSIDE ZONE vol.5 ends.

  • 1997-04-24

    Shibuya渋谷 ON AIR WESTON AIR WEST

  • 1997-04-27

    Event CLUB CITTA' Kawasaki Shusai EVENT (クラブチッタ川崎主催イベント) takes place. Dir en grey participates in secret.

  • 1997-04-27

    Kawasaki川崎 CLUB CITTA'CLUB CITTA'

  • 1997-05-30

    Event HYPER MIX takes place. Dir en grey participates in secret.

  • 1997-05-30

    Namba難波 ROCKETSROCKETS

  • 1997-05-31

    Kessei Kinen ONEMAN LIVE (結成記念ワンマンライブ) takes place as Dir en grey's first official live.

  • 1997-05-31

    Namba難波 ROCKETSROCKETS

  • 1997-06-13

    Event NEO Behind the Mask takes place. Dir en grey participates in secret.

  • 1997-06-13

    Meguro目黒 ROCKMAYKAN鹿鳴館

  • 1997-06-14

    Two-days ONEMAN LIVE (ワンマンライブ) takes place. Dir en grey gives out a special message tape at each show.

  • 1997-06-14

    Osaka大阪 COWBOY WORLDCOWBOY WORLD

  • 1997-06-14

    1997.6.14 Meguro Rockmaykan1997.6.14 目黒鹿鳴館   BUY

  • 1997-06-27

    Osaka大阪 COWBOY WORLDCOWBOY WORLD

  • 1997-06-27

    1997.6.27 COWBOY WORLD1997.6.27 COWBOY WORLD   BUY

  • 1997-07-03

    Instore event at Osaka DEAD ONE.

  • 1997-07-04

    Instore event at Kyoto JEUGIA Sanjo Main Store.

  • 1997-07-13

    Instore event at Osaka Like an Edison.

  • 1997-07-18

    Instore event at Shibuya Indies House.

  • 1997-07-20

    Instore event at Harajuku ROCK LOVE.

  • 1997-07-25

    MISSAMISSA   BUY

  • 1997-07-26

    Event tour 8 BEAT GAG Sokan Kinen Ranbu LIVE SHOCK WAVE' 97 vol.2 (8ビート・ギャグ創刊記念ライブ SHOCK WAVE' 97 vol.2) starts.

  • 1997-07-26

    Instore event at Osaka JEEZ Shinsabashi Store.

  • 1997-07-26

    Namba難波 W'OHOLW'OHOL

  • 1997-07-27

    Instore event at Osaka Miyako Shinsaibashi Store M-Cube.

  • 1997-07-29

    Instore event at Tokyo Shinseido Quartier 5 Shinjuku Store.

  • 1997-08-02

    Two-venues ALBUM 「MISSA」 Hatsubai Kinen 2Days (アルバム「MISSA」発売記念2Days) takes place to commemerate the release of Dir en grey's first mini-album MISSA.

  • 1997-08-02

    Osaka大阪 COWBOY WORLDCOWBOY WORLD

  • 1997-08-10

    Instore event at Shinjuku Teito Musen.

  • 1997-08-23

    Event Neo Behind the Mask takes place.

  • 1997-08-27

    Event Behind the Mask takes place. Because this date is not listed in the band's timeline on their OHP, it's possible that they did not perform.

  • 1997-08-27

    Kawasaki川崎 CLUB CITTA'CLUB CITTA'

  • 1997-08-30

    Four-days, three-venues live Dir en grey Presents MAZOHYST OF DECADENCE SHOW starts.

  • 1997-08-30

    Kyoto京都 MUSE HALLMUSE HALL

  • 1997-09-01

    Event tour 8 BEAT GAG Sokan Kinen Ranbu LIVE SHOCK WAVE' 97 vol.2 (8ビート・ギャグ創刊記念ライブ SHOCK WAVE' 97 vol.2) ends.

  • 1997-09-01

    Namba難波 W'OHOLW'OHOL

  • 1997-09-15

    Four-days, three-venues live Dir en grey Presents MAZOHYST OF DECADENCE SHOW ends.

  • 1997-09-15

    Meguro目黒 ROCKMAYKAN鹿鳴館

  • 1997-09-18

    Event EXPERIENCE EYES '97 takes place.

  • 1997-09-18

    Akasaka赤坂 BLITZBLITZ

  • 1997-10-28

    Two-days live CRUCIFY OF MARIA ・・・TO “MISSA” Anata no "Biteki・Hatsujou・Ka" o yobiokosu (CRUCIFY OF MARIA ・・・TO “MISSA” あなたの『美的・発情・香』を呼び起こす) takes place.

  • 1997-10-28

    Shibuya渋谷 ON AIR WESTON AIR WEST

  • 1997-11-25

    Behind the Mask vol.2 1997 -SOL'FINSTERRE-Behind the Mask vol.2 1997 -SOL'FINSTERRE-   BUY

  • 1997-12-15

    「Kaede」~if trans・・・~「楓」~if trans・・・~ Tsuushin Hanbai Gentei-ban通信販売限定版 CRYSTAL VIDEO BOXクリスタルビデオBOX   BUY

Live history
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DIR EN GREY
Typeタイプ
bandバンド
Status活動状況
active現在活動
Active活動期間
1997~
Area地域
Japan日本
scenesV系ジャンル
koteコテ, loudラウド
Pronunciation発音
ディル・アン・グレイ
Conceptコンセプト
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Similarly named
同じ名前

Dir & Gray dir-en-gray

Label history
所属レーベル

SOL'FINSTERRE
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east west japan
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FREE-WILL Co.,Ltd. (Free-Will)
Free-Will
FWD Inc. (Free-Will)
FIREWALL DIV.
&
sun-krad Co., Ltd.

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  • User-owned releases
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  • Largest oneman venue
    Tokyo Nippon Budokan ()
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2021-01-04 01:14:27
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Shinyaさんの名前がありません

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2021-01-04 04:28:42
Laurence02
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消えた理由はわからないが、もう一度変更しました。ありがとうございました。

Anyone know why Shinya's profile disappeared?

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2020-11-20 14:12:25
nebrifrxn
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how real is that they hate each other from years now, and that this band is now only a business for them?

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2020-11-26 15:45:56
endlessblockades
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I think this is pure speculation and maybe the comment section here is not the best place for rumours (a forum would be better...), but they seem to get along just fine, certainly better than the years they were struggling to break overseas in 2005 or 2006. I believe there is an old post on DYNAMITE TOMMY's blog or some sort of fan club magazine mentioning how Kyo almost left the band around that time (I might be wrong because this was 5000 years ago)...

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2020-11-28 15:59:45
fairy_aimy
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They've probably had their ups and downs over the years. You can't expect people to work together for so long and not have a few falling outs. I remember there being a period around the Uroboros and Arche era where Kyo apparently didn't know where anyone but Shinya lived, but I think that's long gone now. Ever since their new album came out, they seem to have rekindled their friendships and interact with eachother way more than they used to, and have way more synergy as a band

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