Yoshiki Hayashi

Category
MUSIC

Language
JAPANESE

Yoshiki Hayashi , known as Yoshiki[5], is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as the leader and a co-founder of the visual kei rock bands X Japan and the Last Rockstars, for which he is the drummer, pianist, and main songwriter.[6] He has been described by Billboard as a "musical innovator"[7] and named "one of the most influential composers in Japanese history" by Consequence.[8] Yoshiki's solo career includes several classical studio albums and collaborations with artists such as George Martin, Bono, will.i.am, St. Vincent, The Chainsmokers, Skrillex, Ellie Goulding, Stan Lee, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Gene Simmons and KISS, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Brightman. <

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