Shoxx's Red Motel #1 - #5 (2003)
Hello. Red Motel is a small column written by GazettE members.
Topics are given by the previous gazemember who wrote the previous entry.
In other words, randomness and fun!
Red Motel #1 - Ruki : My first band
Red Motel corner starts from now. I, Ruki will write the first entry. Hello all.
So where should I start... How about I tell you about the first band I joined. I'll tell you how I got there first. I was in 3rd year Jr. High when I joined my first band. We were just a band who did covers. I was figuring out which equipment I should take and somehow, I choose the drums. I said "I'm going to take the drums~" lol. And then when I tried the drums out, I had sooo much fun, I felt that I was perfect for the drums! Or so I thought lol. That was around the first time I put on make-up aswell.... It's not the same as what I wear now tho. I'd put on foundation and colour my lips black. It was the gloomy Visual Kei kind of make-up.
When I was in High School, I had a goatee and my band did covers of Hi-STANDARD's and SEX PISTOLS's songs. At that moment, I really thought that I have said goodbye to Visual Kei lol. Then I dropped out of High School. I was really serious about joining a band, determined to make it work. I got a call from a friend back at my hometown and he invited me to be his band's support drummer. Then I realised everyone in the band had long hair.... I was like "Don't tell me... They're a Visual Kei band?" lol. And I kept on being in a band ever since. My band was really close with this other band Uruha and Reita was in. They were super cool. And then we thought, why not make a band together? And that's how Gazetto was formed!!
Say what? Yes, I was a drummer but... Err- I wasn't getting any better at it so I gave it up haha~ I have sang before whenever we did session bands. I had so much fun when I sang, it was amazing! I kept thinking, "If only I was the vocalist~". Plus whenever I'd compose songs, I would properly sing the vocalist part and then send it to the other band members lol. Uruha was the one who said "Why don't you be the vocalist." At first I was really worried by that time, I have already made up my mind. I'm going to face this battle with Gazetto as the vocalist. And so I became the vocalist. Then afterwards we invited Aoi and our previous band's drummer to join.
And then- eh what? What about Kai? Kai is fate. Our brother in arms. And there you have it. A looong history lesson of how I became who I am now. It's something I will treasure. For the rest of my life.
And that's the end of Red Motel's first entry!! Next is Uruha. His topic is [Konyanyachiwa from the land of anal]. Amen. Good luck on that!! Uruha-chan lols.
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Red Motel #2 - Uruha - My treasures
Hello! Gazetto's new corner, Red Motel entry #2 will be written by me, Uruha! The topic for every entry will be decided by the previous entry writer! Ruki did the last entry and the topic he gave me was [Konyanyachiwa from the land of anal]........ I'm currently feeling WTF-ish.. Seriously, this is an impossible topic to discuss about. Maan, this is one scary corner! But for me, the [Land of anal]... of course, to me means... the gates for useless material and gasses, right!? In other words, its sort of like- discarding something, right? The fondest memory I have about throwing stuff away was when I graduated highschool.
After I graduated, I threw away the desk in my room! Maybe some of you have done it too- before you throw the desk out, you clean it up first. That's when you find things that brings back so much memories. hen I cleaned up my desk, I found loots of nostalgic stuffs! Like my old magazines, my first purikura pictures (loads of them), my elementary school notes, my pager and PHS phone that I never used, my old nintendo games cartridges,a Zoid's head,a Yokohama F. Malinos's sticker,J. League goods,photos of my band when I was in high school, =photos of my band when I was in middle school (Reita's in these pictures too!), my umbilical cord stump, Dragon Quest 3 guidebook, empty New Years money envelopes, the certificate I got for my art project (Let me boast a bit), my school textbooks filled with scribbles here and there, and lots more... I kept on discovering all of these useless things, but it's only worthless to other people, but not to me. And at that moment, at the particular moment, I was so filled with emotion, all I could think of was "Ah, these are my treasures."
Only when I wanted to throw it away, did I realise that my desk was my most important treasure box! Throwing my desk away made me feel a bit sad, but from that moment on, I thought that it's time to say hello to new memories. I will be starting a new journey in life. Well then, I've shared enough of my life's knowledge for now...
Ah, next up is Aoi-don, right? Aoi-don, I give you the topic [Alright, make a wish! You only have 3 wishes! What will it be?]
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Red Motel #3 - Aoi: 3 Wishes
Hello! I'm having many happy days with Gazetto, so are you guys having fun everyday? If are you down in the dumps and feeling blue, take our Hankou Seimeibun CD and put it on PLAY!! OK. Aoi for Red Motel's 3rd entry. Here I go! A topic given to me by Uruha. Uruha asked "Wishes are great, right.... If you could have 3 realistic wishes to come true, what would they be?" 3 wishes? You're being too generous, aren't you? OK! I'll answer your question!
My 1st wish is: I want a Mac. Err- No matter how you see it, the computer is useful! Lately, I can't seem to get the sound that I wanted out of my equipments. And when that happens, I can't make good songs. So I thought, maan.. I really want a computer. I can do lots more with a computer, right~
My 2nd wish: For Gazetto's first one-man live show to be a big hit! But the word "big hit", in truth- is really unclear. What makes something a big hit? But if the fans have fun, then that's good enough for me....
My 3rd wish! I wish Gazetto and those who support Gazetto, and everyone in the whole wide world to be happy. THIS! This is it, right? If Gazetto is happy, then we could pass on that happiness through our lives and interviews. Which results in making our fans happy. We could see it from their faces or from reading their fanmails. From there, the fan's happiness is passed on back to us. Everyone will be happy. This is my no.1 wish that I want fulfilled.
So what did you think of my 3 wishes? .... Is what I wanted to ask but. These 3 wishes would be different if it was focused on me tho. I could make a wish to be something! But I wont. I want to achieve my dreams on my own efforts. Fight for it. So people who have dreams, don't give up! Give it your all!
Okaay.... The next entry will be written by Reitaman! Hmm~ The topic will be [Find out about all of Gazetto member's bad habits!] Don't reveal too much tho ♥ Have fun~!
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Red Motel #4 - Reita: Gazemen's bad habits!
Hello! Reita here! We've reached the 4th entry for for this corner! I'm honoured to be the one writing this 4th entry~ How long will this corner last? What do you think Kai?! ... Aaanyway, my topic is [Damn youu!! Expose the band member's habits!]
I'll do my best! Well now, if you want to know about habits- Uruha loves to take pictures with his phone... Embarrassing pictures of the band member's sleeping faces.... Especially Kai's lol. I think you guys would love to see it, right? Now that we can upload stuffs on our OHP. But I dont think the world can handle it if we exposed those pictures... But how will Kai's fans react when they see his face without make-up?
Not just Kai, the whole band looks awful without make-up! (-_-); But y'know, we are visual kei! That means we perform in disguise! And even I've started to wear a band around my face! So wondering about how we look like without make-up is not a foolish question at all! Please be prepared for all this when you become a VK fan! Those who follow us will receive love two-fold! ( ^Q^)/^ You're free to take in more love if you'd like lols.
Oh- and there's that other thing. I heard that a lot of Kai's fans hate me, eh...?? Is it because I bully him a lot? Or is it because we're too close? Are you jealous? Are you an idiot?! No matter how you hate me, I'll never stop bullying Kai!! Why you ask?! Cos Kai wants to be bullied... lol.
Ah- one more thing! I got hurt recently and I got hospitalised for the first time.... I got the band members really really worried. And at that moment, I thought- I want to be with these guys for the rest of my life (^_^) So all of you! Treasure your close friends, OK? And I apologize to Kai's fans, sorry I said all those strange things before.... Please love me too~ (^0^)/
....Somehow, I think I kinda ignored Aoi's topic... Next up is our drummer, Kai! The title is [Can you believe that Santa has committed two criminal offences? Isn't it too far-fetched?] I can't wait for the answer~!
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Red Motel #5 - Kai: Santa is a criminal
Hey there~ Hello hello~ f(. . ; Err- this is my first time writing for this corner. Kai here! Happy Merry Christmas! It's my 5th time celebrating Christmas! Hmm..? AH! (° ? ° ! The year is almost ending! Let's celebrate, celebrate! Anyway Reita gave me the topic [Don't you think the fact that Santa Claus actually has 2 criminal offences is too far-fetched? ]
Wha-what the- How am I supposed to answer this?! Lols. Err- I don't believe that Santa is a two time criminal~, right? Reiitaaa! *hits you* What you're doing is bad! Don't try to destroy other people's dreams, OK! But its the topic I got for today so I guess I have to respond to it! ....Santa! Please stop trespassing into other people's houses! If you think about it harder- what Santa's doing is actually trespassing! A criminal act! If you keep doing it, you'd probably get caught in the act one day lol.
Oh and theres that other thing Santa. You din't get permission to fly in the sky- don't do that... ( -_-) I mean, you come from somewhere overseas, right? Fly the proper way! Get a proper passport and fly on the commercial airplanes!
Hmm? I just destroyed someone's dreams? Reiitaa I told youu!!! ..... Ah- this topic is so hard! (^ o ^; Please give me an easier topic next time.
Next up is Ruki! I give him the topic [If I can change the names of the other Gazetto members, they would be...] Isn't the topic interesting~ Well anyway, the year is ending! Time flies by so quickly! Gazetto met a lot of different kinds of people in this 1 year! And we're performing at AX next year, it's going to be a good year~ (^o^) Please come see us perform at AX! I'll be waiting! See you~ ( ^Q^) /^
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Topics are given by the previous gazemember who wrote the previous entry.
In other words, randomness and fun!
Red Motel #1 - Ruki : My first band
Red Motel corner starts from now. I, Ruki will write the first entry. Hello all.
So where should I start... How about I tell you about the first band I joined. I'll tell you how I got there first. I was in 3rd year Jr. High when I joined my first band. We were just a band who did covers. I was figuring out which equipment I should take and somehow, I choose the drums. I said "I'm going to take the drums~" lol. And then when I tried the drums out, I had sooo much fun, I felt that I was perfect for the drums! Or so I thought lol. That was around the first time I put on make-up aswell.... It's not the same as what I wear now tho. I'd put on foundation and colour my lips black. It was the gloomy Visual Kei kind of make-up.
When I was in High School, I had a goatee and my band did covers of Hi-STANDARD's and SEX PISTOLS's songs. At that moment, I really thought that I have said goodbye to Visual Kei lol. Then I dropped out of High School. I was really serious about joining a band, determined to make it work. I got a call from a friend back at my hometown and he invited me to be his band's support drummer. Then I realised everyone in the band had long hair.... I was like "Don't tell me... They're a Visual Kei band?" lol. And I kept on being in a band ever since. My band was really close with this other band Uruha and Reita was in. They were super cool. And then we thought, why not make a band together? And that's how Gazetto was formed!!
Say what? Yes, I was a drummer but... Err- I wasn't getting any better at it so I gave it up haha~ I have sang before whenever we did session bands. I had so much fun when I sang, it was amazing! I kept thinking, "If only I was the vocalist~". Plus whenever I'd compose songs, I would properly sing the vocalist part and then send it to the other band members lol. Uruha was the one who said "Why don't you be the vocalist." At first I was really worried by that time, I have already made up my mind. I'm going to face this battle with Gazetto as the vocalist. And so I became the vocalist. Then afterwards we invited Aoi and our previous band's drummer to join.
And then- eh what? What about Kai? Kai is fate. Our brother in arms. And there you have it. A looong history lesson of how I became who I am now. It's something I will treasure. For the rest of my life.
And that's the end of Red Motel's first entry!! Next is Uruha. His topic is [Konyanyachiwa from the land of anal]. Amen. Good luck on that!! Uruha-chan lols.
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Red Motel #2 - Uruha - My treasures
Hello! Gazetto's new corner, Red Motel entry #2 will be written by me, Uruha! The topic for every entry will be decided by the previous entry writer! Ruki did the last entry and the topic he gave me was [Konyanyachiwa from the land of anal]........ I'm currently feeling WTF-ish.. Seriously, this is an impossible topic to discuss about. Maan, this is one scary corner! But for me, the [Land of anal]... of course, to me means... the gates for useless material and gasses, right!? In other words, its sort of like- discarding something, right? The fondest memory I have about throwing stuff away was when I graduated highschool.
After I graduated, I threw away the desk in my room! Maybe some of you have done it too- before you throw the desk out, you clean it up first. That's when you find things that brings back so much memories. hen I cleaned up my desk, I found loots of nostalgic stuffs! Like my old magazines, my first purikura pictures (loads of them), my elementary school notes, my pager and PHS phone that I never used, my old nintendo games cartridges,a Zoid's head,a Yokohama F. Malinos's sticker,J. League goods,photos of my band when I was in high school, =photos of my band when I was in middle school (Reita's in these pictures too!), my umbilical cord stump, Dragon Quest 3 guidebook, empty New Years money envelopes, the certificate I got for my art project (Let me boast a bit), my school textbooks filled with scribbles here and there, and lots more... I kept on discovering all of these useless things, but it's only worthless to other people, but not to me. And at that moment, at the particular moment, I was so filled with emotion, all I could think of was "Ah, these are my treasures."
Only when I wanted to throw it away, did I realise that my desk was my most important treasure box! Throwing my desk away made me feel a bit sad, but from that moment on, I thought that it's time to say hello to new memories. I will be starting a new journey in life. Well then, I've shared enough of my life's knowledge for now...
Ah, next up is Aoi-don, right? Aoi-don, I give you the topic [Alright, make a wish! You only have 3 wishes! What will it be?]
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Red Motel #3 - Aoi: 3 Wishes
Hello! I'm having many happy days with Gazetto, so are you guys having fun everyday? If are you down in the dumps and feeling blue, take our Hankou Seimeibun CD and put it on PLAY!! OK. Aoi for Red Motel's 3rd entry. Here I go! A topic given to me by Uruha. Uruha asked "Wishes are great, right.... If you could have 3 realistic wishes to come true, what would they be?" 3 wishes? You're being too generous, aren't you? OK! I'll answer your question!
My 1st wish is: I want a Mac. Err- No matter how you see it, the computer is useful! Lately, I can't seem to get the sound that I wanted out of my equipments. And when that happens, I can't make good songs. So I thought, maan.. I really want a computer. I can do lots more with a computer, right~
My 2nd wish: For Gazetto's first one-man live show to be a big hit! But the word "big hit", in truth- is really unclear. What makes something a big hit? But if the fans have fun, then that's good enough for me....
My 3rd wish! I wish Gazetto and those who support Gazetto, and everyone in the whole wide world to be happy. THIS! This is it, right? If Gazetto is happy, then we could pass on that happiness through our lives and interviews. Which results in making our fans happy. We could see it from their faces or from reading their fanmails. From there, the fan's happiness is passed on back to us. Everyone will be happy. This is my no.1 wish that I want fulfilled.
So what did you think of my 3 wishes? .... Is what I wanted to ask but. These 3 wishes would be different if it was focused on me tho. I could make a wish to be something! But I wont. I want to achieve my dreams on my own efforts. Fight for it. So people who have dreams, don't give up! Give it your all!
Okaay.... The next entry will be written by Reitaman! Hmm~ The topic will be [Find out about all of Gazetto member's bad habits!] Don't reveal too much tho ♥ Have fun~!
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Red Motel #4 - Reita: Gazemen's bad habits!
Hello! Reita here! We've reached the 4th entry for for this corner! I'm honoured to be the one writing this 4th entry~ How long will this corner last? What do you think Kai?! ... Aaanyway, my topic is [Damn youu!! Expose the band member's habits!]
I'll do my best! Well now, if you want to know about habits- Uruha loves to take pictures with his phone... Embarrassing pictures of the band member's sleeping faces.... Especially Kai's lol. I think you guys would love to see it, right? Now that we can upload stuffs on our OHP. But I dont think the world can handle it if we exposed those pictures... But how will Kai's fans react when they see his face without make-up?
Not just Kai, the whole band looks awful without make-up! (-_-); But y'know, we are visual kei! That means we perform in disguise! And even I've started to wear a band around my face! So wondering about how we look like without make-up is not a foolish question at all! Please be prepared for all this when you become a VK fan! Those who follow us will receive love two-fold! ( ^Q^)/^ You're free to take in more love if you'd like lols.
Oh- and there's that other thing. I heard that a lot of Kai's fans hate me, eh...?? Is it because I bully him a lot? Or is it because we're too close? Are you jealous? Are you an idiot?! No matter how you hate me, I'll never stop bullying Kai!! Why you ask?! Cos Kai wants to be bullied... lol.
Ah- one more thing! I got hurt recently and I got hospitalised for the first time.... I got the band members really really worried. And at that moment, I thought- I want to be with these guys for the rest of my life (^_^) So all of you! Treasure your close friends, OK? And I apologize to Kai's fans, sorry I said all those strange things before.... Please love me too~ (^0^)/
....Somehow, I think I kinda ignored Aoi's topic... Next up is our drummer, Kai! The title is [Can you believe that Santa has committed two criminal offences? Isn't it too far-fetched?] I can't wait for the answer~!
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Red Motel #5 - Kai: Santa is a criminal
Hey there~ Hello hello~ f(. . ; Err- this is my first time writing for this corner. Kai here! Happy Merry Christmas! It's my 5th time celebrating Christmas! Hmm..? AH! (° ? ° ! The year is almost ending! Let's celebrate, celebrate! Anyway Reita gave me the topic [Don't you think the fact that Santa Claus actually has 2 criminal offences is too far-fetched? ]
Wha-what the- How am I supposed to answer this?! Lols. Err- I don't believe that Santa is a two time criminal~, right? Reiitaaa! *hits you* What you're doing is bad! Don't try to destroy other people's dreams, OK! But its the topic I got for today so I guess I have to respond to it! ....Santa! Please stop trespassing into other people's houses! If you think about it harder- what Santa's doing is actually trespassing! A criminal act! If you keep doing it, you'd probably get caught in the act one day lol.
Oh and theres that other thing Santa. You din't get permission to fly in the sky- don't do that... ( -_-) I mean, you come from somewhere overseas, right? Fly the proper way! Get a proper passport and fly on the commercial airplanes!
Hmm? I just destroyed someone's dreams? Reiitaa I told youu!!! ..... Ah- this topic is so hard! (^ o ^; Please give me an easier topic next time.
Next up is Ruki! I give him the topic [If I can change the names of the other Gazetto members, they would be...] Isn't the topic interesting~ Well anyway, the year is ending! Time flies by so quickly! Gazetto met a lot of different kinds of people in this 1 year! And we're performing at AX next year, it's going to be a good year~ (^o^) Please come see us perform at AX! I'll be waiting! See you~ ( ^Q^) /^
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