Band Japan

Taiji Sawada, born on July 12, 1966. Is a Japanese musician and songwriter. Throughout his professional career usually referred to by his stage name only, he is primarily known for his work with the popular rock band X Japan, for which he played bass on its first three albums. He left the group in 1992 and went on to work with several other bands, such as Loudness and Cloud Nine. Throughout the indie years of X, he designed costumes for the members, and even made the wild hairstyle for Toshi. During X he was known as the bassist, but played some guitar tracks for the song "Voiceless Screaming" in the album Jealousy. Although he wrote many songs during X, "Voiceless Screaming" and "Desperate Angel" were the only songs that came out on the official album. But in 2001, the songs were released in Indies of X Rose and Blood. Taiji left X in 1992 due to musical differences, his last concert with the band being the final night of the On the Verge of Destruction concert at the Tokyo Dome.

After X

Taiji had several difficulties after X. After leaving X, Cloud Nine and D.T.R he had mental and financial problems, which led to divorce and he became homeless. Days later, he had help from his mother but had several suicide attempts and overdose of alcohol which led to liver problems and mental disorders. He had an accident while riding his motorcycle and had several casts on his body making him almost impossible to move around. Currently he has recovered and begun to write music again. In 2007 Taiji returned to Cloud Nine.