Vocalist Atsushi Sakurai died from a brain stem hemorrhage on October 19, 2023, at the age of 57.

BUCK-TICK is a Japanese rock band consisting of five members: Atsushi Sakurai on vocals; Hisashi Imai on guitars, backing vocals, noises, and theremin; Hidehiko Hoshino on guitars and backing vocals; Yutaka Higuchi on bass; and Toll Yagami on drums.

They originally formed in 1985 and have been almost continuously active since then. Over the course of their career, the band have experimented with many different genres of music, including positive punk, post-punk style, new-wave, goth, industrial, electronica, and straight rock-n-roll.

(Source: Wikipedia)