# the GazettE **URL:** \ **Category:** Artists\ **Tags:** metal, male-vocalist, visual-kei, rock\ **Created:** [September 21, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49 "2020-09-21T16:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![nekkichi](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/nekkichi/32/648_2.png) [@nekkichi](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/nekkichi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/164 "2023-05-29T12:28:33Z")
give us a single or smth already ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/kang_disconnect/32/8326_2.png) [@Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Kang_Disconnect)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/165 "2023-05-29T18:35:22Z")
…or better yet, A Maxi. ---
**Author:** ![DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/DirDude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/166 "2023-05-29T18:57:08Z")
It’s not surprising, I had played 6 strings only for YEARS and when i bought an 8 string it felt like a whole new instrument. Very different feel and such so can get why he says he finds it hard to adjust to 7. Just stick with what youre comfortable with i guess. Not like using 7 strings is going to change anything about how people perceive the band. Haha. ---
**Author:** ![zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zeus/32/89310_2.png) [@zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/zeus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/167 "2023-05-29T19:26:50Z")
Makes me feel like more of a weirdo for jumping on the 7’s bandwagon early, but I also feel similar amounts of discomfort going back to regular 6’s. ---
**Author:** ![DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/DirDude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/168 "2023-05-29T21:18:21Z")
Understandable if thats what youre so used to these days. ---
**Author:** ![ZephyrHFN](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zephyrhfn/32/457_2.png) [@ZephyrHFN](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/ZephyrHFN)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/169 "2023-05-29T22:30:00Z")
I just made the leap to a Baritone, myself, after owning a couple of 7s. Feels pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![geist](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/geist/32/989_2.png) [@geist](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/geist)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/170 "2023-05-30T13:21:01Z")
I wonder when that interview was because a couple years ago, Aoi was using a 7 string on 1 or 2 songs. I believe he was using a Japanese made, Strictly Seven headless guitar, if I remember correctly. No idea if he still uses it though. > [@zeus](#): > > Makes me feel like more of a weirdo for jumping on the 7’s bandwagon early, but I also feel similar amounts of discomfort going back to regular 6’s. 7 is the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Bluetori](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/bluetori/32/44558_2.png) [@Bluetori](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Bluetori)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/171 "2023-05-30T19:45:43Z")
He’s had an endorsement deal with S7G since 2021 after he ended his partnership with ESP. He still uses the headless 7-string guitar! ---
**Author:** ![ZephyrHFN](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zephyrhfn/32/457_2.png) [@ZephyrHFN](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/ZephyrHFN)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/172 "2023-05-30T22:01:46Z")
Aoi no longer plays ESP? Hm! ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/kang_disconnect/32/8326_2.png) [@Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Kang_Disconnect)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/173 "2023-05-31T05:33:36Z")
> [@geist](#): > > I wonder when that interview was Post-NINTH launch. ---
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/174 "2023-06-17T01:00:52Z")
Has there still not surfaced even one picture of Ruki without makeup? Except those old ones in bad quality. Quite crazy how he has managed to keep one from “leaking” throughout all these years? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![TinkyWinky](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/tinkywinky/32/47634_2.png) [@TinkyWinky](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/TinkyWinky)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/175 "2023-06-17T17:01:56Z")
There was one from around 2018 where someone managed to click him on the streets during some product shooting but he wears a mask even there ---
**Author:** ![DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/DirDude)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/176 "2023-06-17T19:23:03Z")
![MV5BMTYxNDczMjk0Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjk3NzkxOA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/5/85c1f28c5b8146c4bf7dcb01fc954484699eb1e2.jpeg) I saw ages ago someone posted this is Ruki without makeup but not sure its an exact match… ---
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/177 "2023-06-18T02:18:24Z")
Damn man, in this day and age I find it pretty amazing how there isn’t even one. ---
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/178 "2023-06-18T02:18:35Z")
Yeah that can’t be Ruki, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![xyzzy\_2](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xyzzy_2/32/699_2.png) [@xyzzy\_2](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xyzzy_2)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/179 "2023-06-18T07:22:42Z")
![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/d/2d543fb87121c9456ad85bd4a948adcf469a5e5a.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/e/aed6d6b888428b729b6ed7687ae9d601c7908b70.jpeg) (Apparently this is him, although I’m kind of skeptical.) How old are we talking? I definitely haven’t seen any present pictures of Ruki without makeup. In most of the photos I see of him in public he’s wearing sunglasses so it’s hard to tell. I also haven’t seen any photos of Reita without makeup other than those really old photos. Has he been able to keep his face hidden from the public? ---
**Author:** ![Negativecreep](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/negativecreep/32/76317_2.png) [@Negativecreep](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Negativecreep)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/180 "2023-06-18T07:29:54Z")
Second one I think is Ryutaro from Plastic Tree ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/kang_disconnect/32/8326_2.png) [@Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Kang_Disconnect)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/181 "2023-06-18T14:23:55Z")
Well.. at least i could cut it without doing any surgery after seeing this. (If the second one is actually RUKI) though i think he did had one during Beautiful Deformity-Dogma i think. ---
**Author:** ![DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@DirDude](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/DirDude)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/182 "2023-06-18T14:27:32Z")
I wouldnt know as not into the band but it defo isnt Ruki so you’re probably right. ---
**Author:** ![booman](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/booman/32/78579_2.png) [@booman](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/booman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49/183 "2023-06-18T20:19:50Z")
this first photo is from the “first” world tour (DIVISION era), in some Latin American country (I remember because the fans did not stop taking photos of them as they left the airport) [Previous page](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49.md?page=8) [Next page](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/the-gazette/49.md?page=10)