I've never hated anything so much as I hate Blogger right now for erasing my saved post. I just had to press the "Publish Post" button when it suddenly discarded everything, without even giving me the option to undo it. Basically, this post you're going to read is the second edition of SID's post. Anyway, I can't let my horribly bad mood affect my readers right? Just enjoy the reading ^^''
SID
Formed in 2003, the J-Rock band debuted with their complete line-up only in 2004, releasing the first single "Kaijou-Ban". From that year until 2008, SID kept on producing nonstop as an indie band, making many people notice them for the hard work. Such effort led them to perform at the famous Nippon Budokan Live Hall in 2006, also helping them reach Oricon's top ten for the first time.
In 2008, the band announced they would be going major. The debut single, "Monochrome no Kiss", was chosen as the opening theme of "Kuroshitsuji". It's definitely one of their best songs to date, especially if you hear it while watching the animation sequence rather than the music video...
"Monochrome no Kiss" Promotional Video - not the best video out there, but an awesome song
The following year was full of new songs, including "2ºC Me no Kanojo" in January, "Uso" in April and the first major album "Hikari" in July. All those releases proved SID's popularity by continuously reaching the top three on charts. Before ending the year, the band produced yet one more single, "One Way", which I personally love :3
"Uso" concept photo
As you probably noticed, this J-Rock group doesn't know the meaning of a break, and 2010 wasn't an exception for them. "Sleep" hit the stores in March, just after the announcement of a massive concert at Saitama Super Arena, which would happen in July. But the most important achievement of that year was the release of "Rain". This single was the first to reach #1 on Oricon Daily charts. It's really an awesome and catchy song, despite the not-so-great music video. I mean, Mao's vocals are superb, but he just doesn't know how to act in ANY music video. xP
"Rain" Promotional Video - *0*
SID's next jump of popularity came right after the "cosmetic" single, more precisely on December 2010 with "Ranbu no Melody", the 13th opening of "Bleach". No one can deny the power of being tied-in with "Bleach". Actually, I think it's gotten even more meaningful than if it had been with "Naruto", which I reckon is really forgotten by now, right?.
"Ranbu no Melody" Promotional Video - more Sid-ness :D
The successful year was more than enough to showcase the band's incredible quality, making SID win the Top Pop Artist Award from Billboard Japan Music Awards 2010 in the beginning of 2011 (although I still consider them J-Rock even with their slight change of style compared to when the band was created).
All in all, I hope this simplified post clearly showed how great SID is. As this will probably be another year full of new stuff, you can expect to see more from them in the future. If you liked this group, please remember to support by purchasing their music! Also, if you're interested, many other videos can be found on YouTube like "One Way"s or "Sleep"s promotional videos ^-^