Вчера наконец-то добралась до книги Гакта Jihaku (Confession). Да, он, как оказалось еще и книги пишет . Правда, пишет так себе... Это, скорее похоже на поток сознания, чем на упорядоченные мысли. Но, все равно, жутко интересно.

Больше всего мне понравилось, как он описал свою встречу с Ю. Нестандартно встретились, сразу же подрались, но с тех пор - неразлучные друзья. Как оказалось, именно Ю настоял на том, чтоб Гакт попробовал себя в роли вокалиста.

"There was a livehouse in Kyoto that was holding a fairly large event. I was really taken by one of the guitarists. He was extremely cool. His figure remained prominently in my memory and I kept thinking about him.

At work back in the studio, I tried to ask one of the guys who came in....
... at that time in the studio, it was me and him and two others. He always kept his cool and wasn't an expressive type of person, but rather the type to keep his feelings inside. Of course, he never talked to me. But if there wasn't any conversation going on, the atmosphere there was very empty, so I started talking to him.
"At that event, the band that was playing then, wasn't the guitarist awesome?"
And he said calmly, "That was me."
My eyes got really big. No way, I couldn't believe it! I never expected the cool guitarist from that time to be this aloof guy sitting right in front of me.
"You're not him, jerk!"
So we got in a fight.
"I'm him."
"No way."
"Yes I am!"
"Prove it!"
"Well, I've got pictures at my house, so you'll have to come over to my house."
When he showed me the pictures at his house, of course they were the pictures from that live. I'd taken pictures too, but the guy I was seeing in front of me didn't look like the one in the pictures. That was because he was wearing makeup. But even more than that, the guy I saw on stage and the one I saw casually everyday were completely different. The casual one was really aloof and quiet. But on stage, he was incredibly awesome. I liked the gap between the two.

That was You. You, the member of my band."