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Hideto Matsumoto died on May 2, 1998. After a night out drinking, he was found hanged with a towel tied to a doorknob in his Tokyo apartment. Three fans died in copycat suicides, of the 50,000 people who attended his funeral, nearly 60 were hospitalized and about 200 received medical treatment in first aid tents.
Later that month, the single 'Pink Spider' was released, entering the Oicon charts at number one. The song would also receive that year's MTV Video Music Award in the category "Japan Viewers Choice".
While authorities deemed Matsumoto's death a suicide, several of Hide's friends and colleagues stated that they believed it to be an accident, among them X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi and former X Japan bassist Taiji Sawada. This notion is supported by the fact that no suicide note was left and Sawada theorizes in his autobiography, that at the night of his death, hide may have been practicing a technique to relieve upper back and neck pains which guitarists can suffer from continuous use of a shoulder strap. The technique involved was practiced by the X Japan members during their touring days and required the use of a towel and a door knob or handle. According to Sawada, Matsumoto may have fallen asleep in his intoxicated state, becoming caught and strangling himself.
On May 1, 1999, a tribute album was released, titled Tribute Spirits. It features covers of Hide songs by several bands (such as Buck-Tick, Luna Sea and Oblivion Dust) and solo artists, among them most former X Japan members. A Hide museum opened in Yokosuka on July 20, 2000.
As with many other late musicians, re-issues, compilations and previously unreleased portions of Matsumoto's work continue to be published,
the most recent being several singles, re-released on May 2, 2007, the ninth anniversary of the artist's death.
The remaining members of X Japan recently reunited and recorded a new song, titled "I.V.". It contains a previously unused guitar track by hide. On July 8, 2007 Yoshiki Hayashi announced to be in talks with several musicians regarding a hide tribute concert set for 2008, in order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his former bandmate's passing. The hide Memorial Summit will be held on May 3 and May 4, 2008 at the Ajinomoto Stadium, which X Japan, as well as many other popular bands, will perform at.
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det värker, så ont det gör.
jag saknar verkligen honom.. och hittade du klockslaget när han dödsförklarades? : vad tror du? tror du att det var en olyckshändelse? och jo, jag förstår dig.. hade oxå vela vara på minnesceremonin. jag ska verklign besöka hans grav när jag kommer till japan : eelr iallafall den plats eller kyrka eller vad det nu är, där begravningen hölls.. gud. jag saknar honom.. och gud vad jag måste se x japan i paris.. och gud vad jag använder ordet gud just nu. :P
det värker, så ont det gör. jag saknar honom verkligen. och hittade du kockslaget, när han dödsförklardes? : vad tror du? tror du att dt var en olyckshändelse?och jo, jag förstår dig.. jag hae oxå velat vara på minnesceremonin. jag ska lätt besöka den platsen när jag kommer till japan : och GUD, jag bara måste se x japan i paris!? herregud.. måste måste :* har du hittat någon att åka med ännu, måntro?
