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.

On June 10th, 2010 it was announced that after their September 18th performance Vidoll will go into an activity pause. The reason for this is Jui will be getting treatment for a large blood clot in his throat, and thus it will affect his vocal chords. During their hiatus, in January of 2011, Vidoll announced that they will disband after their final live in May of 2011. This comes a day before the release of their latest album, BEST.