Buck-Tick
Sign in to saveBuck-Tick (stylized as BUCK∞TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami lasted from 1985 until 2023. Following Sakurai's death that year, Imai and Hoshino began sharing lead vocal duties. The band has experimented with many different genres of music throughout their four decade career, including punk rock, gothic rock and industrial rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the main founders of the visual k
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- Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Buck-Tick discography
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- 1983–present
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- Hisashi ImaiHidehiko HoshinoYutaka HiguchiToll Yagami
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- ArakiAtsushi Sakurai
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- 1983–1985: Formation
- 1985–1988: Independent period and major label debut
- 1988–1990: ''Taboo'', brief hiatus, and ''Aku no Hana''
- 1990–1995: ''Kurutta Taiyou'' and continuing musical maturity
- 1996–2003: Label and management changes, "cyberpunk" years
- 2004–2011: "Gothic" years, 20th anniversary, and "straight rock" years
- 2012–2019: 25th anniversary and Lingua Sounda
- 2020–present: 35th anniversary and Sakurai's death
- Music style
- Influences
- Legacy
- Band members
- Discography
- References
- External links
Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK∞TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami lasted from 1985 until 2023. Following Sakurai's death that year, Imai and Hoshino began sharing lead vocal duties. The band has experimented with many different genres of music throughout their four decade career, including punk rock, gothic rock and industrial rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the main founders of the visual kei movement.
The band has released twenty-four studio albums and forty-six singles as of February 2026, nearly all reaching the top ten and twenty positions on the Japanese Oricon charts. Buck-Tick released both their debut independent and major studio albums in 1987, and achieved breakthrough success the following year with the album Seventh Heaven (#3) and the single "Just One More Kiss". In 1989, Taboo became their first number-one album. It was followed by several successful albums almost all of which topped the charts, Aku no Hana (1990, which includes the song of the same name; the band's only number-one single), Kurutta Taiyou (1991), Darker Than Darkness: Style 93 (1993), Six/Nine (1995), as well as the remixed album Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix) and the compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992).