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It has been 14 long years now.... Today, 2 may, died Matsumoto Hideto or Hide.

Hide was born St. Joseph's Hospital in Midorigaoka, Japan, on december 13 1964. He went to the Yokosuka Tokiwa Junior High school and he gradueted Yokosuka Tokiwa Junior High on 11 march 1980.
He join X Japan in early 1987 and bacame the bands lead guitarist and occasional songwrither. But after the release of the album Art of Life the members took a break to start solo projects. Around that time the band dropped most of its oridginal visual kei aesthetics, but not Hide, he performed in wildly colorful outfits and with his pink hair.
1989 Hide died. After a night when he was out drinking, he was found hanged with a towel tied to a doorknob in his apartment in Tokyo. Authorities officially deemed hide's death a suicide. This was reported to the media and in one week three fans had died in copycats sucied. 50 000 peple had attended to his funeral at Tsukiji Hongan-ji.
American Journalist Neil Strauss commented on the trend saying that"In just a few weeks, pop culture in Japan had gone from mourning hide's death to consuming it."
A hide museum was opened in his hometown of Yokosuka on July 20, 2000. It remained open, past its original three year plan, for five years, before closing its doors on September 25, 2005.

Hide-sama was legendary! And it feels so sad that I didn't knew him when he died or that I had a chans to see him live. He left us to soon.. But even if i did'nt know him when he died I can't help feel like crying..
Hide-sama will always be in my heart and I will always miss him.




R.I.P Hide-sama...