VIOLET UK: the leaks

For a project conceived in the early 90s (remember, recording began in some form maybe even before Amethyst was penned...), VIOLET UK has suffered practically ZERO leaks.

Compare this to similar projects that have been stuck in development hell, such as Guns n Roses Chinese Democracy or even Dr Dre's Detox album both of which have had material leak during their histories, and you'll see VIOET UK's vault really has stood the test of time.

So why is this...Maybe it's because:

1. The songs are no where near ready to be released...
i.e. haven't been mixed or mastered, they've basically never left the studio.

2. There are considerably less "active" fans of the UNDERGROUND KINGDOM than the artists I listed above.

3. The kind of person YOSHIKI is has brought him a lot of respect by his peers.
He thus has less enemies than say Axl Rose or the good Dr.
Therefore, no one wants to ruin the big surprise.
...its possible, I mean so many vocalists have come and gone..none of them have ever leaked material online.. no sheet music, no clips... although a few probably didn't leave on good terms (pure speculation).

4. YOSHIKI is his own boss.. and doesn't have to compromise the security of the tracks
by handing them over to a record label.
(On a side note: there was a story about the master tape for Art of Life being given to 3 recording company staff so that in the event that one of their planes went down, the album would still make it safely to Japan from LA, to be released on time...)

5. The majority of the fans are in Japan (Its hard to say in VIOLET UK's case..I think it has a higher percentage of non-Japanese fans than X JAPAN does..but that's just my gut feeling).

....and here in Japan people tend to adhere to the rules......
Do I need to mention that MARY MONALISA was played (possibly in full) we don't even know that much... at ASIAN GIRLS EXPLOSION in March 2012 (yep, Sugizo and YOSHIKI on twin guitar) and not 1 person put the footage on youtube...Now that is pretty amazing
(or more truthfully...frustrating).

Alternative theory: YOSHIKI releases enough material for the fans to not take matters into their own hands. (We have 4 officially released studio tracks with vocals; Unnamed Song, Sex and Religion, Blue Butterfly & ROSA..and 2 instrumentals; Amethyst & Red Christmas).

DISCLAIMER: I probably should have stated this at the beginning, but I am in no way encouraging fans to try and obtain songs we don't have. I just thought it would be something interesting to write about.

In closing, I have a question...

How many of you out there are still waiting on VIOLET UK?

The latest Promo video on Youtube just went over 40,000 views...It took a few months...
and I'm sure that most ppl clicked more than once...

So...If you really want this BEAST set free...
You gotta help me make some noise!!!!!

In the end I certainly hope the album in whatever form or shape it takes,
will have some nice surprises...and.....

won't end up like this:
http://archive.classicrockmagazine.com/view/december-2008/21/the-great-robbery

Peace,
D