I'm not completely sure about the details of this band. Tatsuya [龍也] says that he was a part of this band at some point, but no indication of that can be found. BOKASUKA TISSUE [ボカスカティッシュ] seems to be somewhat of a “joke band,” which makes finding true information difficult. For now, I'm assuming that Tatsuya [龍也] was in this band under the name Sagawa FIGHT [佐川ファイト]. That assumption could, of course, be wrong (as well as the activity period, discography, and band name romanization used here).
YUU [ユウ] played in this band under the name Mikoto [弥琴]. Dea're fuse was fairly active as far as playing lives, but the band never released any music. The band was, however, featured on a live omnibus DVD, performing one song. The band's name is somewhat ambiguous; it's been written as “Dea r'e fuse“ places, but the band's logo seems to imply that it's actually “Dea're fuse.”
Discography
Ningen Kaitai [人間解体] (Omnibus DVD)
Doku yori CHOCO [毒よりチョコ]
Data
Activity
2001 through 2002
Lineup
Ren [れん] (now Ren [苓])
Ougi [扇] (now KEETO [ケエト])
Kayane [歌夜猫] (now KayaNë in LOTMAN [ロットマン])
Jun [隼] (Jun [隼] in SUGAR FORKFUL [シュガーフォークフル])
Notes
Not a lot is known about this band, but it's much more interesting than many of the other bands on this page. It was apparently formed between Tsuki no Kakera [月ノ破片] and SUGAR FORKFUL [シュガーフォークフル], and was small enough that no one really knew about it until recently. What really makes this band interesting is that every member is connected to Dali somehow, and it was Ren's [苓's] first time with KEETO [ケエト]. This band probably wrote the songs that SUGAR FORKFUL [シュガーフォークフル] played in its early days. This band first used the name Doku yori CHOCO (Kari) [毒よりチョコ(仮)].
Eile de Mu
Data
Activity
2000-10 through 2006-03-11, 2007-03-09
Lineup
Aiyu
Shun
Saki
Sei
Lica
Kei [荊]
Kyoya [恭弥]
Ryuuya [龍夜]
Notes
Eile de Mu (previously known as ∀ile≠de〔Σu〕) is the band that Makoto [誠] (then known as Sei) was a member of prior to joining Dali. The band was very active for many years (long enough to change labels three times!), and was talented musically. Eile de Mu held a one-day revival on 2007-03-09.
KAKASHI [カカシ] was Shunsaku's [竣作] first band (when he still went by SHUNSAKU [シュンサク]). KAKASHI [カカシ] seems to have had a fairly short lifespan; there are records of only 10 live events at which the band performed. KAKASHI [カカシ] released one demotape and one CD, participated in one omnibus album, and then disbanded shortly before Shunsaku [竣作] joined SUGAR FORKFUL [シュガーフォークフル].
Discography
Wareshuu [我愁] (Demotape)
Shounen Jidai [少年時代] (CD)
BAD FLOWER (Omnibus CD)
KALEN [カレン]
Data
Activity
2001-10-21 through 2006-02-27, 2008-04-28
Location
Hyougo [兵庫]
Lineup
Nao [直]
Erize [えりぜ]
Setsuki [雪希]
Takaya
Shunna [旬奈]
Hisana [尚華]
Hiroshi [博]
Noa [乃雅]
Notes
KALEN [カレン] was signed to the UNDER CODE PRODUCTION and was fairly popular. The band's music mostly consisted of somewhat up-tempo rock. KALEN [カレン] disbanded in late 2006, allowing Shunna [旬奈] to join Dali. The band held a one-day revival live in 2008.
LOST NAME is the band that Makoto [誠] (using the name Issei [壱成]) joined after leaving Dali. LOST NAME played somewhat generic rock and disbanded after a short period of activity.
Discography
Dearest... (CD)
[Zora] (CD+DVD)
Luminous=True
Data
Activity
2004-07-07 through 2006-02-07
Lineup
LAER
Tsubaki [椿]
Wena [ゑな]
Taisuke [泰祐]
Soujirou [惣次郎]
Tatsuya [龍也]
Discography
(Unknown title) (CD)
Visualize West Vol.1 ~Niniwa Kon tokuto Ken yo~ [Visualize West Vol.1 ~浪速魂とくと見よ~] (Omnibus CD)
(Unknown title) (CD)
ogre HEAD [鬼HEAD]
Data
Activity
2005-06-01 through present
Location
Kobe [神戸]
Lineup
Sora [宙]
Rei [零]
Yuuya [悠也]
Ino [維乃]
Yuu [遊羽]
Tatsuya [龍也]
Otoiro [音色]
Data
Activity
2005 through 2006
Location
Osaka [大阪]
Lineup
Ayane [あやね]
Notes
Almost nothing is known about this band. The lineup is unknown, aside from the fact that SAKI [サキ] (under the name Ayane [あやね]) was the band's guitarist. The romanization of the band's name is a guess based on the fact that “otoiro” seems to be more common within the visual kei scene. The activity period and location are also guesses, based on the fact that a band named 音色 played lives on 2005-12-05 and 2006-01-10, both at a livehouse in Osaka.
Pretty Neurosis
Data
Activity
2000-10 through 2002
Location
Osaka [大阪]
Lineup
Mikoto [命]
Kayane [歌夜音]
Ougi [扇]
Rin [鈴]
Asa [和紗]
Notes
Pretty Neurosis also happens to be the name of a song by the old visual kei band MASCHERA. It's possible that this band was named as an homage to them. Ougi [扇] is KEETO [ケエト] under a different name.
Rudolf~ar~jelid
Data
Activity
2000-03-05 through 2003-11-16
Location
Kobe [神戸]
Lineup
LAER
You
Katsuhiro [克洋]
Tatsuya [龍也]
Notes
Rudolf~ar~jelid was one of Tatsuya's [龍也] first bands. The band was active for almost three years, and is said to have been popular within its hometown, but failed to gain much exposure or release any CDs. There is almost no additional information about the band; even the activity period listed here was estimated based on lives that Rudolf~ar~jelid is known to have appeared at. Furthermore, Rudolf~ar~jelid may have appeared on an omnibus CD, but even that cannot be confirmed.
Discography
Sabijoushi [寂情詩] (Omnibus CD)
Tsuki no Kakera [月ノ破片]
Data
Activity
2000 through 2001
Location
Osaka [大阪]
Lineup
Ren [蓮]
Hisaka [久華]
Manane [真奈音]
Hidzuki [翡月]
Shunna [旬奈]
Notes
Tsuki no Kakera [月ノ破片] was the first band of both Ren [苓] (who used the name Ren [蓮] at the time) and Shunna [旬奈]. The band was fashioned around “classical Japanese” themes (comparable to Kagrra,). Like most of the bands on this page, Tsuki no Kakera [月ノ破片] releases, with the exception of Chigiri[契り], are impossible to find now. One of the band's guitarists, Hiduki [翡月], later joined R-Café, a band that greatly supported SUGAR FORKFUL [シュガーフォークフル] when it first formed. Tsuki no Kakera [月ノ破片] played lives with a few Matina bands, which is probably how Ren [苓] and Shunna [旬奈] met KISAKI (who would later sign KALEN [カレン] and SUGAR FORKFUL [シュガーフォークフル] to his label).