First a solo project, it became a newly formed rock band named Yellow Fried Chickenz (abbrevated as YFC), which besides Japan two times toured Europe between 2010-2011, and released a few live and studio recordings until disbandment in 2012.

Prior to the transfer announcement to Avex Group in 2010, separately from Gackt's solo career, he organized a band, "Yellow Fried Chickenz" , whose name refers to human cowardice.

[2] In July and August 2011, the band toured Europe for the second time, visiting 9 countries and performing 14 shows, starting on July 20-21 at Bataclan in Paris, including also first time performance in Cologne, Amsterdam, Toulouse, Berlin, Budapest, Warsaw, Leipzig, Stockholm, and ending on 11 August at Ray Just Arena, Moscow, gathering an audience of 20,000 people in total.

[20][21] On November 10, 2024 the band with new line-up resumed activity as Gackt Yellow Fried Chickenz for a limited five year revival.

[25] Several recordings were released from the project band, partly credited to Gackt until mid-2011, with "#" describing their peak on Oricon charts: Band's lyrics tend to be a combination of Japanese and English language, with some songs released or performed also in English ('.eu') and combined ('.com') version, for example "Circle", You Are The Reason", "Mind Forest", "Not Alone", "Speed Master", "Ever" and "Jesus".