Dir en grey

Dir en grey is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997 from the disbanded Visual Kei band La:Sadie's. It has kept a steady member line up consisting of Kyo on vocals, Kaoru and Die both on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums.

Dir en grey is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997 from the disbanded Visual Kei band La:Sadie's. It has kept a steady member line up consisting of Kyo on vocals, Kaoru and Die both on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums.

There is some confusion over the band name's origin and actual meaning. Kaoru has stated that it means "greyish silver coin," although this is seemingly unfounded. A more accurate translation would be "you in grey." Each word from "Dir en grey" is taken from a different language. "Dir" is the word "you" from German, "en" is "in" from French, And "grey" is the English word. Dir en grey's international fans who speak a Latin-based language often use the abbreviations Deg and Diru when both speaking and typing for sake of brevity.