【zɔ́:diæ̀k】

【zɔ́:diæ̀k】 / 【zo:diaek】 (simply known as Zodiac in the early days) is a visual kei band from Japan, originally formed in 1992 by 女爾 on vocals, Juni on guitar, Go on bass and AKI on drums. The band has an astrological concept, which is why most of their tour names and some song titles are related to zodiac signs or stars. They started their activities in 1993 and held their first live in November where they also distributed the 幻聴 (Genchou) tape for free. In September 1994 they were featured with two songs on the omnibus album Image Sonic, together with bands like o×b×j×e, PRIDE OF MIND and Ér. After this release drummer AKI was replaced by Yomi and a second guitarist, Sine, joined the band. 女爾 changed his name to Die. From now on this was the bands final lineup which remained unchanged. Around this time the band also changed their name to the more complex spelling 【zɔ́:diæ̀k】. In the next two years they held many live shows and released two demo tapes, Destiny to,,, and 輝いて… (Kagayaite...). In March 1997 they finally had their first CD release, a mini album called 未来ノ未来 (Mirai no mirai). It was self-produced by the band and because it sold out pretty quickly, a second press was released in April with a slightly different cover. In October the same year the band appeared on PONY CANYON's omnibus HYPER-INDEX THE FINAL EVOLUTION 1997 In March 1998 【zɔ́:diæ̀k】 released their first full album ZEUS, which contained new versions of some demo songs as well as a few completely new songs. After the albums release they did some more live shows until the band went on hiatus after their last live on 22nd August 1998 at the Shinsaibashi MUSE HALL in Osaka. In April 2008 there was an announcement about a 【zɔ́:diæ̀k】 resurrection. 4 more years passed and the band finally made its first stage appearance after 14 years on 6th December 2012 at OSAKA MUSE. The event was called "Zodiac,Resurrection～THX'90" and featured Vasalla as a guest band and two session bands with several visual kei musicians from the 90s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.