Heath (musician)

Heath
Heath performing with X Japan in São Paulo, Brazil 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Hiroshi Morie
Also known as	Heath
Born	(1968-01-22) January 22, 1968 (age 49) Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Genres	Rock, heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician singer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboard
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Primitive, Polydor
Associated acts	X Japan Dope HEADz Lynx Media Youth/Sweet Death Paranoia
Website	heath.co.jp
Notable instruments
Fernandes FJB-115H Burny WB-X

Hiroshi Morie (森江 博, Morie Hiroshi^?, born January 22, 1968 in Amagasaki, Japan), known exclusively by his stage name Heath, is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as bass player of the heavy metal band X Japan. He joined the group in 1992, replacing Taiji Sawada on bass, and stayed with them until their dissolution in 1997 and reunited with the band from 2007 onward.

After the breakup he focused on his solo career, until 2000 when he founded Dope HEADz with fellow X Japan guitarist Pata and former Spread Beaver percussionist/programmer I.N.A.. The group ceased activity after its second album in 2002.

His stage name comes from his nickname, Hi-chan and he adopted it before 1986.

Heath's first known band was the heavy metal group Paranoia which he joined in 1986 as bassist, their vocalist Nov would go on to the popular thrash metal band Aion. They released one album in 1987 before splitting up, and in 1988 he joined Sweet Beet as vocalist for a year. In 1990 he moved to Tokyo and got introduced to hide of X through a mutual friend, visiting their Nippon Budokan concert.

In 1991 he played at Extasy Records' Extasy Summit '91 with a band called Majestic Isabelle. In April 1992 he joined Sweet Death, whom he had previously played with in 1990. Sweet Death was a band produced by Extasy Records, that same year the band's new leader Kiyoshi (who years later would join Spread Beaver), decided to change their name to Media Youth. Heath would not stay with them long, because in May hide invited him to join X Japan after a rehearsal with them.