Taiji Sawada: Difference between revisions

* [[Hookers and Blow]]: Once had white powder on his clothes during a show with The Killing Red Addiction...

* [[Hope Spot]]: 2009 and 2010. He'd recovered from life-threatening injuries, by all accounts was beginning to get toward [[Functional Addict]] territory if not on the wagon, he was performing with major bands including his first gig outside of Japan in LA in 2009 and returning to play with [[X Japan]] in 2010. He'd formed a new band, was active in creating fashion and jewelry, seemed to be working his way back up from nothing into stardom. Then a [[Black Widow]] came along...

* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: There's a video of (one of) X's first TV appearances that can be found on Youtube if you know where to look, that features Taiji starting with [[Intoxication Ensues]] and just getting [[It Gets Better|better]] / [[It Got Worse|worse]] from there.

* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Taiji was a high school dropout and one of these (of the ''yankii'' variety, seemingly, as well as ''bosuzoku'') before he became a professional musician.

* [[Rule of Drama]]

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: 1993-1998, over which he lost his career and became [[The Mentally Disturbed]] and severely injured. He would recover somewhat before he died, but...

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Almost the perfect example of how [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]] can destroy someone.

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Somewhat averted with his health problems, though not much of an aversion, in that his health problems seemed to originate more from alcohol, less legal stimulants, and poverty.