History Music / BuckTick

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: BUCK-TICK's individual influences are wide and varied, yet together they create a sound that is unmistakeably BUCK-TICK, whatever genre they are leaning towards this week.

* AxCrazy: A ''very'' common theme in lyrics. Has overlapped with GunNut (in ''Revolver'' lyrics and live where a gun is mimed) and KnifeNut (in ''Jupiter'' in lyrics), among ''many'' other insanity tropes...

* TightsUnderShorts: [[StockingFiller Fishnets]]. Under [[HellBentForLeather leather]]. Imai has worn some [[WTHCostumingDepartment interesting clothes]] over the years.

* {{Mangst}}: Sakurai's late father was a [[AbusiveParents violent alcoholic]], and Sakurai himself was a little on the wild side as a teenager, when he wasn't being [[FriendlessBackground That Silent Kid In The Corner]]. In interviews he has admitted to [[NoSocialSkills having problems]] as a result of this, but rarely dwells on it. He has also reflected on [[ParentalAbandonment the death of his mother]] in his lyrics. A touch too wry and self-aware to be TheWoobie, though that doesn't stop a lot of fans from wanting to give him a hug.

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: They range from a 3-4 (''Dress,'' ''Django,'' ''My Eyes And Your Eyes,'' ''Just One More Kiss,'' among others) to 7-10 (''Speed,'' ''Heroin,'' ''Machine,'' ''Nakayubi,'' ''J,'' ''Suzumebachi,'' ''Aikawarazu no 'Are' no Katamari ga Nosabaru Hedo no Soko no Fukidamari,'' ''Sex For You,'' etc...). On average around a 7 or 8 for sex, swearing, violence, angst, drugs, and frequent combinations of all of the above, though they do have some more lighthearted/less sexually explicit pieces.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They have everything from a 2 to a 9. Looking for something soft and quiet? ''Romance'' (3) or ''Jupiter'' (3) or ''Dress'' (2) with TMR might be up your alley. Looking for fun, lighthearted pop rock? ''Django'' (3 bordering on 4) is your song. Want some Visual Kei HoYay fanservice? Try ''Suzumebachi'' (6) or ''Just One More Kiss'' (5) featuring Kiyoharu. Looking for a bit harder rock? Try ''Jonathan Jet-Coaster'' (5) or ''Speed.'' Looking for heavy, dark, Gothic atmosphere and staging that puts Malice Mizer to shame? ''Muma - The Nightmare 13 stairs live'' (6). Want some metal? ''Machine'' (7) or ''My Fuckin Valentine'' (6) or ''Heroin'' (8). Want something that borders on extreme metal of the weird variety? ''Detarame Yarou'' (9). Hell, want rap that ''still'' gets on that scale? ''Aikawarazu no 'Are' no Katamari ga Nosabaru Hedo no Soko no Fukidamari'' (4).

BUCK-TICK is a Japanese rock band from Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. Though they have never described themselves as such, they are widely regarded as one of the key founders of VisualKei, alongside bands like {{Music/X Japan}}, D'erlanger, and {{COLOR}}. They were also contemporaries with many of the artists in those bands and acts - specifically, the singer Atsushi and guitarist/theremin player/programmer/bandleader Imai were somewhat close friends of Music/{{hide|toMatsumoto}}. Formed in 1983, the band stands out amongst their peers for being relatively controversy free throughout their entire run, having had the same line up since 1985 with no break ups, hiatuses, deaths or other such misfortunes befalling them that are so common amongst other bands within VisualKei, save for band leader and lead guitarist Hisashi Imai getting arrested in 1989 for possession of LSD (Which, compared to some of the stuff other Visual Kei bands were getting up to at the time, is a rather minor infraction indeed). Going on for over 30 years, BUCK-TICK are the longest lasting Visual Kei band in the genre, beating out more well known acts such as Music/XJapan and COLOR and are one of the most respected rock bands in Japan.

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* {{Mondegreen}}:
** ''J'' features "Just my penis with me," which is actually "let's bloody dance with me."
** ''Uchii Circus'' features "But you suck ass," which is actually a TitleDrop of "Uchii Circus."

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Aikawarazu no 'Are' no Katamari ga Nosabaru Hedo no Soko no Fukidamari" (song) "Sasayaki" (song and video), among others. Vocalist Sakurai is also a master of the self-inflicted crotch-grab/fondle during live performances. There is even video footage from the old days of him with his hand fully down his pants in at least one performance.
* AliceAllusion: ''Alice in Wonder Underground,'' one of their earliest tracks.

* {{GIFT}}: InUniverse example - "Living On The Net" is an early example from the perspective of someone being an example of the GIFT and getting into an argument on the internet.

* ManInAKilt: It was more of a faux-tartan manskirt, but close enough. Manskirts have been a regular feature of Sakurai's wardrobe over the years, both plaid and otherwise. Other band members have also indulged, most notably Imai.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: In late 1996, Atsushi suffered a RupturedAppendix and abdominal peritonitis while in Nepal. He demanded to be transported back to Japan because [[BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie he wished to die in his homeland]] from the almost-always fatal illness, but somehow began to recover and became one of the few survivors of the illness. (For reference, this is the same illness that killed AV actor Masaki Koh, and it has a fatality rate of nearly 80% once peritonitis has developed.)

* OneWomanSong: "Maria" from the album Cosmos. "Lily" from Tenshi No Revolver. "Mona Lisa" from Mona Lisa Overdrive.

* TheGruntingOrgasm: Atsushi is given to random grunts, growls and sighs during or between the more sex-oriented songs in their repertoire. Sometimes this spills over into TheImmodestOrgasm if it's a particularly intense performance.

* WarIsHell: While Buck-Tick generally is fairly apolitical (like X, unlike Loudness and EZO and SEIKIMA-II), they do throw the occasional anti-war ProtestSong out there. ''Revolver'' is likely one fusing GunNut, AfterTheEnd of a nuclear war, and AxCrazy with WarIsHell.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: BUCK-TICK's lyrics and videos are full of euphemisms, from the party popper in the "21st Cherry Boy" video, through the illustrative finger-sucking in "Zangai" to songs like "Cream Soda" and "Chocolate". Presumably this is helpful in GettingCrapPastTheRadar, though sometimes it's so [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything unsubtle]] that it becomes a LampshadedDoubleEntendre.

* SharpDressedMan: Sakurai has embodied this for years in a million magazine shoots and on stage. Often combined with a WaistcoatOfStyle, [[WineIsClassy a glass of wine]], a cane and black nail polish to give an overall effect of WickedCultured. Once or twice he's successfully experimented with GorgeousPeriodDress or being a ManInWhite. Basically he looks good in a suit, whatever the style or color.

* AnimeThemeSong: The band provided the OP themes for ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'', the second ED theme for ''Manga/XxxHolic'' and the fifth ED theme for ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro.

* AnimeThemeSong: The band provided the OP themes for ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'', and the second ED theme for ''Manga/XxxHolic''.

* BreakupBreakout: Toll dropped out of high school in the hope of becoming a professional musician. The breakup of his second band - SP - left him at a loose end and free to (apparently reluctantly) join his kid brother's band as a temporary drummer in 1985. He never left.

* Araki: Vocals (1983-1985) [[ThePeteBest before Sakurai]]

* Arui Wa Anarchy (June 4, 2014)

* FlameWar: "Living On The Net" is arguably at least in part about someone engaging in a flame war.

* GreatBallsOfFire: BUCK-TICK's stage shows often involve the use of pyrotechnics, and they also have a love affair with fire - particularly candles - in their videos. The video for "Kuchizuke", rather bafflingly, featured a flaming wheelchair - and not in the figurative way.

* IntercourseWithYou: The aptly named "Sex For You" and "Sexual XXXXX", plus less obvious ones like "Chocolate", "Tango Swanka" "Cream Soda," "Kimi no Vanilla," "Jonathan Jet-Coaster," and from the new album, "Cosmic Circus." Frankly, a good portion of BUCK-TICK's songs are in this vein, one way or another (pun intended).

BUCK-TICK is a Japanese rock band from Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. Though they have never described themselves as such, they are widely regarded as one of the key founders of VisualKei, alongside bands like {{Music/X Japan}}, D'erlanger, and {{COLOR}}. They were also contemporaries with many of the artists in those bands and acts - specifically, the singer Atsushi and guitarist/theremin player/programmer/bandleader Imai were somewhat close friends of Music/{{hide|toMatsumoto}}. Formed in 1983, the band stands out amongst their peers for being relatively controversy free throughout their entire run, having had the same line up since 1985 with no break ups, hiatuses, deaths or other such misfortunes befalling them that are so common amongst other bands within VisualKei, save for band leader and lead guitarist Hisashi Imai getting arrested in 1989 for possession of LSD (Which, compared to some of the stuff other Visual Kei bands were getting up to at the time, is a rather minor infraction indeed). Going on for over 30 years, BUCK-TICK are the longest lasting Visual Kei band in the genre, beating out more well known acts such as XJapan and COLOR and are one of the most respected rock bands in Japan.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Early in TheNineties, Atsushi suffered a RupturedAppendix and abdominal peritonitis while in Nepal. He demanded to be transported back to Japan because [[BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie he wished to die in his homeland]] from the almost-always fatal illness, but somehow began to recover and became one of the few survivors of the illness. (For reference, this is the same illness that killed AV actor Masaki Koh, and it has a fatality rate of nearly 80% once peritonitis has developed.)

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[[caption-width-right:350: BUCK-TICK circa 1988. L-R - Toll, Hoshino, Sakurai, Imai, Higuchi.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: BUCK-TICK circa 2000, L-R - Imai, Higuchi, Sakurai, Toll, Hoshino]]

[[caption-width-right:350: BUCK-TICK 2011. L-R - [[LongRunnerLineUp Imai, Higuchi, Sakurai, Hoshino, Toll.]]]]

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* TheMerch: BUCK-TICK produce a wide array of this, from the usual special edition [=DVDs=] and [=CDs=]; through t-shirts, towels and calendars; to jewellery/notepaper/bags/clothing designed by the band and the odd random thing like the grouchiest looking mini-figures you've ever seen. But no one seems to mind. After all, there's never been a lot of money in not being mainstream, and merch pays the bills.

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'''Buck-Tick Provides Examples of:'''

* AnimeThemeSong: The band provided the OP themes for TrinityBlood, {{Shiki}} and Anime/{{Nightwalker}} and the second ED theme for {{xxxHolic}}.

* Dropz (Hoshino Hidehiko, Also featured Cube Juice, and Kelli Ali of SneakerPimps).

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[[caption-width-right:350: BUCK-TICK circa 1988. L-R - Toll, Hoshino, Sakurai, Imai, Higuchi.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: BUCK-TICK 2011. L-R - [[LongRunnerLineUp Imai, Higuchi, Sakurai, Hoshino, Toll.]]]]

BUCK-TICK is a Japanese rock band from Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. Though they have never described themselves as such, they are widely regarded as one of the key founders of VisualKei, alongside bands like {{Music/X Japan}}, D'erlanger, and {{COLOR}}. They were also contemporaries with many of the artists in those bands and acts - specifically, the singer Atsushi and guitarist/theremin player/programmer/bandleader Imai were somewhat close friends of Music/{{hide|toMatsumoto}}. Formed in 1983, the band stands out amongst their peers for being relatively controversy free throughout their entire run, having had the same line up since 1985 with no break ups, hiatuses, deaths or other such misfortunes befalling them that are so common amongst other bands within VisualKei, save for band leader and lead guitarist Hisashi Imai getting arrested in 1989 for possession of LSD (Which, compared to some of the stuff other Visual Kei bands were getting up to at the time, is a rather minor infraction indeed). Going on for over 30 years, BUCK-TICK are the longest lasting Visual Kei band in the genre, beating out more well known acts such as XJapan and COLOR and are one of the most respected rock bands in Japan.

Every year, they host one of the few currently existent Visual festivals in Japan - Buck Tick Fest, where bands new and old are invited onstage to cover their songs and perform with them.

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* AnimeThemeSong: The band provided the OP themes for TrinityBlood, {{Shiki}} and {{Nightwalker}} and the second ED theme for {{xxxHolic}}.