Interview with JOE (FUZZY CONTROL /B, Vo)
Published in the hide BIBLE (by Akemi Oshima) 2008
Q1: When did you first learn about hide?
A: I learned about him in the first year of middle school, when friends and I played songs by “X JAPAN” in our band.
Q2: Please tell us what kind of impression you had at the time.
A: When I saw his hair-flipping, violent musical performance, I thought, “How terrible! Woah!”
Q3: Please tell us of a way in which hide influenced you.
A: I learned about entertainment and stuff from him. I think he was always thinking about what to do to delight the audience.
Q4: What did hide mean to you?
A: A veteran of my field. He’s a mysterious person who makes me feel like he’s always near to support me even though he’s out of reach.
Q5: How did you collect information?
A: He was always appearing in magazines, that was the main thing, and I was also looking for rare old videos in used record stores.
Q6: Out of hide’s songs, which is your favorite and why?
A: “ROCKET DIVE”, because it’s the best. I got a lot of courage from that song. Also, that guitar solo is on point. In high school we played it at lives over and over again.
