L'Arc~en~Ciel, "raindow" in French, was formed in 92.2 in Osaka by Tetsu. After the joining
of drummer Sakura in 1/93, they became major. Their music, apart from the usual dark image
of other Japanese visual bands, is very bright and elagant. In early 97, Sakura was accused of
drug affairs and finally left the band. LARUKU ran silent for some time until Yukihiro, the new drummer
joined in 97.6. Now LARUKU is one of the 2 hottest rock bands in Japan now (along with GLAY). Their songs
vary a lot with mainly pop-rock songs, while Yukihiro the drummer brings many new elements into
LARUKU with his DJing and remixing technique.
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