X was founded in 1982 while vocalist Toshi and drummer Yoshiki were attending high school together. The band began to actively perform live in the Rembau Negeri Sembilan area in 1985, its lineup at...
The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "Mass", while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ"
Wilhelm Röntgen was the one who gave them the name "X-rays", though many referred to these as "Röntgen rays" for several decades after their discovery. The presence of some unknown ray was deduced...