Dope HEADz

After death of the legendary japanese guitarist hide (Hideto Matsumoto), his former bandmates Pata (guitar, from X Japan and hide with Spread Beaver), Heath (bass, from X Japan) and I.N.A. (DJ and percussionist, from hide with Spread Beaver) got together to perform a cover of X Japan's song "Celebration" (composed by hide). That recording included previously recorded vocals by hide and the resulting cover song was released as a track of the album "hide tribute spirits". After that, the trio decided to work on more songs and added the vocalist Jo:Ya to the lineup. It was formed Dope HEADz. The first album was entitled "Primitive Impulse", which contained tracks in a style similar to hide's psyborg rock - mixing elements of a fast rock n' roll to industrial, punk and hard rock, in a very japanese fashion. The song "True Lies" from that album was featured in the movie "Black Mask", starring Jet Li. Years later, they released the second album entitled "Planet of the Dope", with new vocalist Shame. Since the release of that album, the band made a pause on its activities. Heath is now on solo career and plays with the band LYNX, as well as X Japan. Pata performs with his band Ra:In, as well as X Japan. I.N.A. is a musical producer. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.