garish room special interview #2
Uruha x Aoi x Reita
The talk between the 3 men of the stringed-instruments party, the inside-story that can't be found anywhere but here!
Band situations filled with laughter and tears that you have to read about!!
― In August 2008, the GazettE held a huge event on their own, the GAZEROCK FESTIVAL, at the Fujikyuu [Fuji Q] Highland Conifer Forest. Something you remember about it now?
Aoi: It was raining, it was cold. . . . . . . Our costumes were black!
Uruha: The rain of course, ne?
Reita: The "rain" I guess. Although I thought at first "No matter what they say, it's not gonna rain" .
― Despite said rain, we were surprised by the incredible number of fans, who had arrived extremely early there before the opening and were overflowing the place.
Reita: I was like "Everyone, I'm really glad you came".
― The size of the venue gave you a superb scenery and the picture of it being filled with the audience was fantastic, too!
Uruha: At any rate, because of its great width the venue was really spacious! To the extent that you couldn't be seen from where you were standing on the stage, ne? But lengthwise it was too wide and we were wondering if it was way too far from the stage.
Reita: And the condition of our musical instruments was extremely bad which was really a shame! Because of the level of humidity, the necks were slipping [from our hands] like crazy, ne? We had been there from the previous day already, but on the appointed day we had a magazine photoshoot in the morning and since we had to wake up early, we were so tired that we couldn't stop the necks from slipping; I was very worried. I was thinking "At least they haven't fallen [from our hands] yet", but rain started to fall instead.
― But there's a rumor about the GazettE being referred to as "rain-men". [= men whose presence causes rain; that’s because during GazettE's performances it often starts to rain XD]
Aoi: That's Ruki-san, I think.
Reita: I have this feeling, too.
Aoi: But there was no reason [to cause rain] on that day, ne? Now that I think about it, it has to be Ruki. Little by little, that's what I believe. But still, the Conifer Forest Live itself was hot [not temperature-wise XD], I think.
Reita: Even though we came across various obstacles, the live turned out nice, ne?
Aoi: As for me, I thought it would be really warm, that's why I wore sandals! But then I stepped into a puddle of water and my feet got awfully cold. . . .
Uruha: It was easy to slip, ne? I was really careful with my steps when I was running to the left side of the stage [Aoi's side], y'know.
― What about the setlist of that day?
Reita: We gave it special consideration! It was our manager's birthday, so we played "SHADOW VI II I". [Sakai's favorite song]
Uruha: But still, he himself wasn't moved much by it, was he?!
Reita: Ah, he wasn't! (laughs)
Aoi: We played new songs, as well as songs that bring back sweet memories. Everyone was happy, I suppose.
― I was thinking that you did a Live that was very GazettE-like in more ways than one. After that you left for the "FROM THE DISTORTED CITY" tour. . . .
Aoi: It was a tour where we got to realize various things~
Uruha: It was quite a bad-luck day too, ne......
― What are you going to do after this evaluation meeting here? ! (laughs)
Reita: We introduced LEECH at Conifer Forest, but not the coupling songs yet, ne. Still, everyone got really into it, didn’t they?
― Certainly, I got the impression that the visitors instantly loved all songs including LEECH, although it was the first time!
Uruha: Certainly.
― It was a day where your setlist surprised people with that new song, too, didn’t it?
Reita: But that's because it was awesome again (laughs)
Uruha: The fans got easily into it, so we felt relieved too, didn’t we?
Aoi: That's also because we certainly didn't think about [playing] the new songs when we were in the middle of the tour, right?
― During this tour, Aoi-kun's sexy moves stood out a lot, didn't they?
Aoi: I can't remember anything like that! [XDDD]
― But it was during "Sugar Pain", if I'm not mistaken.
Aoi: Ah, I might have done it during this song. But it doesn't mean that I gave the show consciously! [lol, Aoi playing the innocent XD]
― In the evening of the opening day everyone's body seemed to ache, but. . . .
Reita: YOU NOTICED? (laughs)
Uruha: Honestly, we were like "I can't move anymore!" from pushing [ourselves] to the limits, ne?
Reita: Therefore, the second day of the tour was the most tiring thing in this world, ne? On the first day our bodies weren't used to giving 100% of their energy. But even so, the first song we played on the 2nd day was "DISCHARGE"......
Aoi: At any rate, I remember something like wrenching my head against my will. . . . . . [Discharge is a song where they're always headbanging, but Aoi didn't want to do it that time because of the fatigue. ;w;]
Uruha: Our muscles hadn't relaxed. . . .
Reita: And that's because in the end we didn't stop our heads from swinging, ne?
All together: BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Reita: The two days in the Metropolitan Area were the most painful........ That's what I slowly like to think.
― What are you talking about?! (laughs)
Uruha: I believe that even the staff was tired, so that's what I like to think too, ne?
Reita: Around the end even our lower-backs were hurting.
― It seems like you were all in a bad physical condition and so on during the tour.
Reita: No no, during the tour it was only Ruki and me.
Uruha: As for me, I quite exhausted myself during the second half of the tour.
Reita: After the tour, however, in Shinjuku, it was Aoi who......
Aoi: Argh, for God's sake with that story! (laughs)
― At "Shinkiba Studio Coast" [that's a venue] you had a birthday surprise for Kai-kun, ne?
Uruha: Aah, that's right.
Aoi: Because our birthdays are never on a day where we have a live!
Reita: Kai-kun, ne? It's because he has a delicious position!
Aoi: Furthermore, on that day he said something like "It's the first time you congratulate me like this!", but in the past we had done it at a live in Hiroshima too! So even if we do that another time, he'll say something like "It's the first time I got congratulated at a live!" again, so I'm not doing it already! [XD]
― (laughs)
Reita: It's been long since we've celebrated our birthdays at Lives, ne?
Aoi: That's true. And we haven't met with our young female fans on our birthdays either, ne?! [XD]
Uruha: Right, huh? But on the other side, forcing them to care about us wouldn't be nice either, I suppose.
― That's a very adult-like thing to say! I want to hear about your live-schedule from now on. LEECH, which reached the people at the live completely, reached the 2nd place on the Oricon Charts and this was a "dazzling", brilliant achievement.
Reita: We also promoted it during the tour, ne? Even in early morning hours.
Aoi: But I didn't do it very often, leaving extremely early in the morning and such. Uruha [went for promotion] more times than me, but it wasn't really early in the morning. That's because Ruki went pretty much everywhere! I mean, if people wanted to hear about the vocals, the outlook on the world which the lyrics provide and stuff like that, it's only Ruki who could give an asnwer.
Uruha: And yet, although Ruki is the first one who's supposed to go for promotion, he's not quite good with talking.
Ruki (who's sitting at another table): WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT ?!
All together: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Aoi: As for Uruha-sensei [= Master Uruha XD], it seems like he ended some radio-show once by giving only approving sounds. [Uruha wasn't giving complete answers; he was responding with sounds like "Hmm", "aha", "yeah" etc only XDDD Aoi means that Uruha's criticizing Ruki, although he can't really talk either >XD]
Uruha: It almost ended like that!! But that's because I had gone with Ruki there and he wasn't leaving me any room to talk!
Reita: Don't go biting each other! How about the introduction to the songs?
Uruha: I left that to Ruki there.
Reita: Uruha's introduction to songs, famous for fumbling with his words and confusing song-titles!! [ROFL XDD]
All together: (die from laughing)
Aoi: The theory of Ruki being the rain-man appeared at that promotion as well! It's said that when Ruki was in Tohoku, it was raining all the time there. On November the 15th (the guerilla-live [surprise live] at the Shinjuku Station Square) it was raining lightly too.
― I see! And that's the final thing that proved your rain-man theory, ne? Speaking about that live at the Shinjuku Station Square, how did actually go there?
Aoi: Well, it was quick and uneventful. [T/N: Uneventful? The police had to drag them off the stage XD]
― But you had to stop after two songs.
Reita: We wanted to do 3 songs, y' know, because we had expected we would get stopped. But being able to play only 2 of them was good, too, I guess.
― That's right, ne? As for one-man lives in the beginning of the year, there was your 7th anniversary memorial live on March the 10th at Makuhari Messe, right?
Reita: This one-man was the first "blow" of the year, so we wanted to think about various stuff that would be fun, y'know.
Aoi: However, one thing I can say is that we want to please everyone's hearts~
― Ooh~! As expected from Aoi-san. Now that you mentioned this "we want to please" thing, there are statistics about what the fans desire from the members based on the questionnaires that were done during the tour. In particular, the great majority of HERESY members has the same opinion about what they want, what do you think it is? A hint: Uruha-san did it 1 time in August 2008, Aoi-san 9 times in November 2008 and Reita-san 2 times in November 2008.
Aoi: Ah, I understand!
Uruha: Aah, it's 100% our blogs.......
Reita: I updated more than Uruha!!!
Uruha: There were times where I would even write 12 times [a month].....
Aoi: But I am being restless. I even wrote today morning.
Reita: I'm following Aoi-san's blog too.
Aoi: It's interesting [his blog], isn't it?
Reita: All of the sudden you started to write, ne?
― But that's unthinkable of Reita-san too!
Reita: (look at his number of updates last year) Certainly, that's terrible...... (bitter smile).
Aoi: What should we do, ne?
― They're blogs that can't be viewed by no one but the members, ne? PLEASE!!!
Uruha: That's no joke... ...!
Reita: Didn't you make a corner [in his blog] or something like that? Called "Say it frankly!" [in Japanese: "ズバリ言うわよ" => it was actually the name of a counseling show on TV. XD ]...... But you didn't say anything at all, did you~!!
Uruha: Well, it turned out that I was talking way too much....
All: (roar of laughter)
Reita: I'll start writing today! At least 2 times each month.
Uruha: Until today that would have been strange [to hear/to say]!
Aoi: Because of that I even received fan-mails saying things like "Please, tell Uruha-san to update his blog", y'know.
Reita: I received such remarks too! (turns to Uruha) Alright, let's make an agreement!
Uruha: Why are you saying that to me! It's the same with songs! If nothing comes to my mind, then I can't write......
Reita: That's way too heavy! (laughs)
Aoi: I'll update at least 10 times each month.
Reita: If there's a prize I'd do it too I guess.
Aoi: Well then, shall we do a race?
Reita: That's the BLOG-RACE! !
― Let's do it!
Uruha: I'd rather compete based on the contents instead of the number of updates.
― After one year, shall we do a poll about which member's blog is the most interesting and decide for the ranks based on the number of updates then?
Reita: From today onwards my digital-camera will be an essential. [so he can take pics and post them in his blog]
Uruha: What will be the prize?
― The one who gets the 1st place will receive presents from the other 4 guys, how about that?
Reita: Sounds good, ne!
― But on the other side, it will be a batsu-game [game played as a form of punishment by the loser of a contest] for the one who gets the lowest rank .
Reita: In that case you have to give your best with updating, ne?
Uruha: We should discuss and decide on the punishment of the batsu-game together.
Aoi: But Ruki will be absolutely the one who loses since he has to take Koron out, don't you think?
Reita: Then I will go to Ruki's house everyday and take pics of Koron like crazy!
All together: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Reita: Well, and during the times where I won't be able to go to Ruki's house, I will take pics of dogs in that area and write "KORON" in my entries.
All: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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