#buck tick death

[sir-klauz]

Dear all,

Atsushi Sakurai, loved by many as the vocalist of BUCK-TICK, was suddenly rushed to hospital after falling ill part-way through the concert at KT Zepp Yokohama on October 19, 2023.

At 23:09 JST on October 19, 2023, he passed away as a result of a brainstem hemorrhage.

A departure far too soon at the age of 57.

A funeral service was held in accordance with the wishes of his next of kin, and attended by family.

We are deeply sorry for the delay in making this announcement.

We would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Sakurai.

Please be advised that condolence calls and telegrams, incense, flowers, and other such expressions of sympathy will be strictly declined. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time.

This year marked the 35th anniversary of the band’s debut, celebrated with a concert this September at Gunma Music Centre in Mr. Sakurai’s home prefecture, leading into their 36th year.

We, the members and staff, are still in a state of confusion and disbelief over this sudden occurrence. Our sadness cannot be expressed with mere words.

We would like to hold a memorial service for his fans at a later date.

We are deeply sorry to the organizers and those of you who were looking forward to attending future concerts for the inconvenience.

We are truly thankful to all of you, the fans and staff, who have supported Atsushi Sakurai for all this time.

October 24, 2023

BANKER LTD.

BUCK-TICK

#buck tick #buck tick death #Atsushi Sakurai #Atsushi Sakurai death #death cw #jrockers #jrockband #jrock icons #jrock #j rock

[try-set-me-on-fire]

brick BRICK please I AM ON MY KNEES i just saw the bucktommy MCD fic aldhslhdkalkabsk i know i KNOW you said you don’t have the time or purview to write it, but if you would find it within your heart to further read us into shreds in any way, shape, or form, i’d be eternally grateful

(only if you would like to, of course, and quite honestly, i’m not sure i’d be able to survive another drabble, let alone a fully fledged fic)

Alright okay I’m thinking about it too here’s a tiny thing mwah mwah

“It’s his birthday,” Buck says eventually, when the mug has stopped steaming entirely. It almost startles Eddie, the sudden sound in a quiet that felt so final. He turns off the sink, sets down the last of the dishes, joins Buck at the table. Buck’s thumb caresses up and down the side of the mug. When Eddie picks up his own, it's skin-warm. “I liked to… plan things, I like to be… organized.” A rueful smile that stops miles short of his eyes. “You’ve probably noticed at work. I’ve been told I can be a monster with a clipboard in hand.” His voice is steady enough that Eddie is pretty sure Tommy isn’t the one who ever did the telling. “And he was going to be 45 and feeling some kind of way about that so… So I, uh, had it planned already. Before- uh- b-before.”

Tommy Kinard has been dead for seven months. Eddie’s not sure he’s ever put that much forethought into anything. He enlisted after an afternoon chatting at a recruitment booth. He applied to the fire academy on impulse after he saw an ad online. “What were you…”

Buck sighs. “Camping. Up north. Rented one of those, you know, cute vintage RVs. We were going to stop a few places. Had the vacation time cleared and ready to go.” He grimaces, shrugs, his eyes wet again. “I never… canceled any of it. I probably could have got some refunds, but I just… it was too- I- I just couldn’t.” He coughs something adjacent to a laugh. “The… I picked mint green, like the toaster he- got it from his aunt, I think. Uh. For the RV. It’s probably sitting in a lot somewhere right now waiting for us.”

“Buck, I…” Eddie wants to reach out so bad his hand moves on its own accord, clumsy, catching on his mug and clattering the ceramic against the wood of the table. “If you wanted company you could have told me why, but also you- you didn’t have to come here. I-I’m sorry. I know how hard it can be to… to be around people, to talk to anybody when you’re feeling like… and special occasions just make it worse.”

Buck- laughs. A few soft snorts, through his nose, smile hitting a little closer to clear blue. “That’s the thing, Eddie. That’s the… I miss him like this every day. I wake up and- and there’s a moment before I roll over where I think- hope- what if when I turn he’ll be there smiling at me? I-I-I miss his smile so bad, I- I have pictures, t-there’s even video- our wedding- b-but- but it’s not the same-” He gasps, and his shoulders turn in again, all of him crumpling towards a center line as he covers his face with one hand, the other white knuckled around his mug. “Sorry. S-sorry.”

“No, it’s… it’s okay, Buck.” Eddie’s hand is still hovering over the table, he’d never done anything with it after his failed reach. Close the gap. Just close the gap. He doesn’t.

Buck wipes his eyes, clears his throat, straightens up again. “Sorry. It’s… it’s just a day. They’re all- they’re all going to be like this. He’s not going to be in any of them. So I just have to- I’m just going to keep going.” Another smile, still wet and wretched but genuine anyways. “Besides, I told Chris I’d be here to help. Not a promise I’m interested in breaking.”

Eddie nods, biting his tongue against the sting in his own eyes that he’s not even entirely sure the cause of. “Well, thank god. I flunked freshman bio.”

Tea sloshes over Buck’s hand with how hard his laugh rattles through him. Eddie jumps up to get a towel, and when he goes to hand it over he gets caught frozen for a moment by Buck’s amused eye contact. “Eddie.”

“Yeah?”

“I had a C+ average.”

Eddie’s not sure how they manage not to spill the rest of the mug in the outburst that follows, but it stays stubbornly upright as their laughter bounces around the kitchen cabinets, mixing together, filling the room. When Buck smiles up at him again it looks just a little easier, and Eddie thinks- he thinks he’d do a lot to make Buck’s life easy. He shakes out the towel and cleans up the tea.

#mcd #major character death #buck x tommy #my writing #buddie #the seconds ticking killed us all a million years before the fall

[emptymasks]

buck-tick's lead singer atsushi sakurai just passed away at only 57 years old. he collapsed on stage during their current tour and passed away in hospital and it was just.. out of nowhere. i never thought i'd get this upset about the death of a stranger, but i found buck tick when i was a baby trans man having only figured out i was trans in late 2018, still figuring myself out and stuck in the first lockdown in 2020, and finding this man and his music really did change my life. seeing a cis man wearing makeup and painting his nails and wearing gothic vampire outfits like i'd dreamed or wearing but also wearing skirts and stockings on stage was just.. something i really needed to see at the time. i knew of course that clothing had no gender, but seeing such a pretty androgynous man dressing like how i dreamed and people calling him pretty just was such this light bulb moment for me that made me completely throw out all the clothes i hated and started only dressing in ways that made me gender euphoric and felt comfortable going outside and meeting people and sharing photos of myself for the first time in my life. i would not be the person i am, or at least would still have that part of myself closeted and hidden away, if not for this man. for his self-expression, and also for his music. for finding them at such a hard time during my life and their music giving me something to enjoy. i never thought i could cry over a celebrity's, a stranger's, death but i think until this moment i didn't truly understand how much he changed my life for the better.

rest in peace acchan. thank you for everything. you will be missed.

#tw death #atsushi sakurai #buck tick #my rambles #personal #mine

[romance-incubomp3]

my goth diy jackets🖤🦇⛓️⚰️

#goth #goth fashion #goth diy #the cure #siouxsie and the banshees #christian death #corpus delicti #buck tick #v kei

[a-secretkey]

Atsushi Sakurai 🖤🕊

Vampire man never dies.

#his death and Gustavo Cerati are the most painful deaths in music that i had experience #first Jane Birkin and now him #i'm still in shock #sakurai atsushi #atsushi sakurai #buck tick #vkei #jrock #ericka.txt #moodboard #90s #00s

[swordfright]

R.I.P. atsushi sakurai, rock legend ⚡️

#not mcyt #atsushi sakurai #buck tick #jrock #my doodles #I’ve been working on this memorial portrait since the news of his death broke #This man was an icon to girls goths and gays everywhere #He will be sorely missed

[memory-and-sky]

guess who’s birthday it is todayyyyyyyy :3c (it’s mine!)

happy birthday to me!!

#hobie brown #across the spiderverse #spider punk #atsv #atsv hobie #death note #noirpunk #spider man: across the spider verse #malice mizer #buck tick #visual kei #vkei

[mokega]

Hi guys! I've never posted anything about B-T here on my tumblr, but as a fan of the band. I would like all fans to know that "FM GUNMA" radio will pay tribute in memory of BUCK-TICK vocalist Atsushi Sakurai.

The program will read messages and play songs and memorable episodes of BUCK-TICK. The time has come to demonstrate how special BUCK-TICK was in our lives. Don't hesitate to speak in your native language and mention where you are from. The important thing is to show that Acchan was loved all over the world

Send your messages now!

I apologize for any errors. Remember that times in Japan are different from those in the rest of the world, so send your message as soon as possible!!

Link:

#bucktick #bt #Buck-Tick #visual kei #visualkeiband #atsushi sakurai #sakurai atsushi #jrock #acchan #japan #death #japanese music

[sonizitos]

                   atsushi my beloved

#messy moodboard #messy layouts #layouts #packs #atsushi sakurai #buck tick #hunter x hunter #death note #tokyo revengers moodboard #tokyo revengers #rei ayanami #neon genesis evangelion #rei ayanami layouts #alternative moodboard #vkei #tokyo ghoul #one punch man #fubuki #cats icons #icons #icon #anime boy #anime aesthetic #black moodboard #red black messy moodboard #messy headers #aestheitcs

[dinersaturn]

Rest in peace Atsushi Sakurai. You will forever be missed. You were a huge inspiration to me through my journey of writing songs. You were taken too soon but your music left behind sound that can never be replicated. Rest easy.

Here are some of my favourite live performances

#atsushi sakurai #buck tick #celebrity deaths #Youtube

[walksdowonders]

#buck-tick #atsushi sakurai #sakurai atsushi #one life one death cut up #b-t #atsushi* #my gifs #b-t*

[etakeh]

Well fuck.

This band started making music right around when I started choosing my own music, not just listening to whatever the family had playing.

Not that I knew them then - it was the 80's in a small town in the sticks.

So yeah fast-forward 35 years and I hear the song they did for the intro of Shiki, and they've become one of my favorite bands. Listening to their discography chronologically is like going through my life from age 12-13 to now.

anyway this sucks.

#buck-tick #music #death #Youtube #Atsushi Sakurai

[resdayn]

rest in peace sakurai atsushi. thank you for everything. the world will not be the same without you

#buck tick #sakurai atsushi #death tw #The heartbeat of you who lives in this world is fleeting but beautiful #All the heartbeats that live in this world are fleeting but shining #im gutted

[hijaluna]

#uploading this just so i can pin it #buck-tick #bucktick #megami #女神 #one life one death #2000 #music

[upgradebitch]

i love my monthly spotify playlists it’s like having a theme for every month

#like oh yh that was the month i started listening to buck tick #and that month was when i was obsessed w that death’s dynamic shroud song #and last summer’s playlists were chock full of stereolab songs #:3 #and oh yh this was a fun period of my life let’s revisit

[dresmire]

November 2022 Most Jammed Albums/EPs:

(I promise, I'm going to catch up, soon!)

Each month I will be posting the 10 albums that I found myself frequenting the most! Some will be new releases, while others may be backlist titles. I enjoy being able to look back over time to see which music held my attention. Let me know if any of these are among your favorites…or if you happen to give any a listen through…let’s talk music! In alphabetical order:

Anthelion(幻日) - Bloodshed Rebefallen: Symphonic Black Metal from Taipei, Taiwan. 2007.

Buck-Tick - Cosmos: Visual-Kei/J-Rock from Fujioka, Gunma, Japan. 1996.

Ceremonial Castings - Our Journey Through Forever: Symphonic Blackened Death Metal from Battle Ground, Washington, USA. 2022.

Drab Majesty - Modern Mirror: Darkwave/Indie/Shoegaze from Loas Angelas, California, USA. 2019.

Lord Mantis- Death Mask: Blackened Sludge from Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2014.

Nécropole - Solarité: Black Metal from Ariège, Occitanie, France. 2018.

Oar - The Blood You Crave: Post-Black Metal from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 2022.

Sukekiyo - Immortalis: Experimental Rock 'Supergroup' from Japan. 2014.

The Bishop of Hexen - The Death Masquerade: Symphonic Black Metal from Ramat HaSharon, Tel Aviv, Israel. 2020.

Wood Archer - Blood Moon Sorcery: True Iconoclastic Lo-Fidelity Dark Ambient Dungeon Synth from California, USA. 2022.

#anthelion #buck-tick #ceremonial castings #drab majesty #lord mantis #Nécropole #Oar #sukekiyo #the bishop of hexen #wood archer #black metal #death metal #shoegaze #dungeon synth #dresjams #dresjams2022