Rest in peace :[

What the fuck

Absurdly talented performer, shocked and devastated to hear this. RIP

RIP

Without Buck-Tick, I wouldn't be who I am today.

I wouldn't have met so many good friends over the years.

I wouldn't have met my partner.

I wouldn't have gone to Japan this year.

I wouldn't have gotten so many irreplicable memories and art.


I'm sure many Sput users here have a artist which if they passed away, it represents an end of an era for their life. Well, this is mine.

I want to escape to the past, but I can't. I am just happy I got to see them live in person before he passed and was a part of sharing their legacy to people. They made me a better person.

God fucking speed Sakurai.

Definitely not what I expected to find out this morning and I am very saddened by this. Hard R.I.P.
Guitarist Imai's birthday was only a few days ago, too.
@Calc Beautiful post.

Damn, rip

oh man, i was just listening back to their older classics. damn.
all the more reason to do a discog run

damn this sucks, he was such a great vocalist and performer. I remember finding out about them like 10ish years ago because they did the intro to Shiki and thought they were cool as fuck. Huge RIP

RIP

He was a legend

Dude D:

RIP hard

ah man. him and buck-tick were instrumental in forming my taste in music in the early 2000s. cant believe i never got to see him live. RIP.

absolutely horrible news, he died so young. rest in peace to a legend of jrock.

callum bro...

Without hyperbole an all-time great frontman. Gone way too soon. He left a legacy most of us could only dream of achieving. His work and vast influence will live on, but this has me fucked up man. Huge RIP. No one will ever do it like he did

57 is too young. Im heartbroken.

RIP

Huge RIP. Buck-Tick are absolute legends

RIP

whaaaat so sudden, this sucks

What a bummer for his family and band members. RIP.

Huge RIP, legendary band and artist

Still at a loss for what to say. I took so much inspiration from this guy, his stage presence, the inflections and cadences of his voice were so informative in me developing as a singer. I have vivid memories as a teenager of watching him performing "Kiss Me Goodbye" on youtube and just being completely drawn in by everything he was doing. I wouldn't be anywhere near as confident behind a microphone if it wasn't for this guy.

We'll always love you Atsushi, Rest in Peace.

I literally opened sputnik cuz i forgot this site existed and this was the first thing I saw on the news, I literally screamed no out loud like 5 times, Atsushi is such a huge influence on my singing. Probably the first musician to pass away where I'm on the verge of crying.
I'm so angry.

never got into em but i know they have a deserved cult following so big rip and condolences to the die hard fans

RIP

R.I.P. Atsushi Sakurai

57 yo.
brain hemorraghe.
I wonder what could be the cause of that.