SIAM SHADE, a popular visual-kei rock band active in the 1990s, has been revived four times for limited periods after disbanding in 2002, but their activities as a group ceased after 2016. In August, one of the members, DAITA, filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against the remaining four members, as detailed in Part I. DAITA is seeking an injunction against performing the 38 songs he composed and arranged, as well as against performing under the name “SIAM SHADE. Why were the five members divided 1:4 to fight? In Part 2, DAITA reveals the truth about the breakup for the first time. [ View photos] DAITA, the guitarist who filed the lawsuit [Part 2 of 2] ***
What was written in the lawsuit
SIAM SHADE was formed in 1993 and debuted in 1995. In addition to DAITA, the five members are NATCHIN, Eiki, KAZUMA, and Junji. The group’s agency at the time of its formation was Amuse, and its label was Sony Music Entertainment. 1997 saw “1/3 Pure Emotion” become a major hit, selling over 800,000 copies. The group broke up in 2002. At the time, the reason was explained as “it is best for each of the five members to walk their own path. However, in the complaint filed in August of this year, DAITA clearly stated The reason for the dissolution is that in November 2001, the defendant Imamura (= member Eiki) assaulted the manager, and the label’s representative, taking the situation seriously, recommended that the group be dissolved.
Cracks began to appear around one or two years after his debut.
I have never revealed this matter and never intended to make it public,” stated DAITA, the plaintiff. According to DAITA, cracks began to appear in SIAM SHADE around one or two years after their debut. According to DAITA, the cracks in SIAM SHADE began to appear one or two years after their debut. However, although the number of visitors increased, their CDs did not sell as well as people had hoped. Meanwhile, other groups debuting in the same year were selling well one after another, and we began to feel impatient. Under such circumstances, Eiki, the vocalist of the group, began to show signs of violence. “As the pressure mounted, he began to lash out at the members, managers, and staff members, sometimes using his hands. When he was accused of this, another skirmish would break out. The atmosphere among the members was not good.” In 1997, “1/3 Pure Emotion” finally became a hit. The situation surrounding the band changed drastically, but “the atmosphere remained the same. The group was originally made up of members who had been the king of the hill in their respective bands. This time, some of them started to say and do things that seemed to have been misunderstood because of the success, and the gap between the members was never bridged.”