generasia:Featured article for 2011 week 3

Vidoll

Vidoll (ヴィドール) is a Japanese rock band of the visual-kei variety. Rame and Tero, the band's rhythm section, formed Vidoll in February 2002. They then became a part of KISAKI's indies label Matina, and in 2003 switched to his then newly founded label UNDER CODE PRODUCTION. After some line-up chnages, years of releases, lives, and increasing popularity, Vidoll graduated from the label along with 12012 in February of 2007. Vidoll transitioned to SWORD-RECORDS for almost two years, and then to the major label CROWN RECORDS. Their music style covers and blends ballads, jazz, pop rock, and rock.

In June of 2010 it was announced that after their September 18th performance Vidoll will go into an activity pause. The reason for this was that Jui had gotten treatment for a large blood clot in his throat, and thus affected his vocal chords.

Despite the announcement in 2010 about a temporary hiatus, however, Vidoll announced on January 18, 2011 that they will officially disband in May due to creative differences. This comes a day before their latest album, BEST, was released.