BUCK-TICK Concert & Tour History

BUCK-TICK Concert History

BUCK-TICK is a Japanese rock band, originally formed by Imai Hisashi in 1983 in Gunma, Japan. Between 1985 and 2023, the band included Hisashi Imai (今井寿, Imai Hisashi), Hidehiko "Hide" Hoshino (星野英彦, Hoshino Hidehiko), Yutaka "U-ta" Higuchi (桶口豊, Higuchi Yutaka), Toll Yagami (ヤガミトール, Yagami Tōru), and Atsushi Sakurai (櫻井敦司, Sakurai Atsushi). Sakurai passed away on October 19, 2023. BUCK-TICK is often credited as being one of the pioneers of the visual kei movement and has released a diverse canon of work including punk, gothic, industrial, and alternative rock. The band released its twenty-third album, "Izora (異空)" on April 12, 2023. It was the last album to feature Sakurai who passed away from a brain hemorrhage on October 19, 2023.