Extasy Records
| Extasy Records | |
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| Founded | April 1986 |
| Founder | Yoshiki Hayashi |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) |
Media Factory (music division)/QQS Distribution Warner Music Group (2000-) Independent (2007-) |
| Genre | Rock, metal, punk |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Location |
Tokyo Los Angeles |
| Official website | extasyrecords.co.jp |
Extasy Records is a Japanese record label founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan. The label's first release was X's 1986 single "Orgasm".
Over the next few years, the label signed several then-little-known bands, among them future million-selling Glay and Luna Sea. Extasy along with Free-Will are credited with helping to spread the visual kei movement. The label also hosted a series of events to promote the groups, called Extasy Summits, which would also feature formerly signed bands that had already moved on to a major label.
Yoshiki Hayashi founded Extasy Records in Japan in 1986, using money he received from his mother when she sold her business. His band X Japan (then still named X) released their second single, "Orgasm", as the label's first release. In 1988, their debut album Vanishing Vision came out and was a huge success for an independent band. Over the next couple of years Extasy signed many bands that would go on to have varying degrees of success and produced their early records, including Glay, Zi:Kill, Tokyo Yankees and Ladies Room.
In February 1991, Yoshiki's X Japan band mate hide saw a band called Lunacy perform, and introduced him to them. Yoshiki signed them to Extasy, they changed their name to Luna Sea and took part in the label's Nuclear Fusion Tour in March with Gilles de Rais and Sighs of Love Potion. On the tour, a 3-track sample CD including a song from each band was released. The following year Luna Sea's debut album was released and they held a successful 45-date tour, enabling them to sign with major label MCA Victor in May 1992.
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