The only Japanese band I listen to regularly would be the Pillows (if not for the Fooly Cooly obsession I had awhile back...). Don't know if that's rock, but it's music, so it's close enough to me. L'arc en Ciel is pretty neat too.
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The only Japanese band I listen to regularly would be the Pillows (if not for the Fooly Cooly obsession I had awhile back...). Don't know if that's rock, but it's music, so it's close enough to me. L'arc en Ciel is pretty neat too.
Not lately, except for PANIC*ch/Panic Channel, which I always keep on my computer. I just wish they would release some new stuff.
Blood is good....but i dont find them too original, their costumes seem to be ripoffs of malice mizer, just slightly altered. And moi dix mois...well i like them, but mana made them a frikkin clone of malice mizer. They look alike alot of times, sound almost exactly the same, even the singer sounds like a mixture of gackt and klaha.
The Pillows i've heard of, but not listened to. L'Arc i dont really like, too pop-rockish for my taste. Merry is pretty good. Anyone like MUCC? I love those guys...and um....if you've not heard them, this is the link to my fav song of theirs, Ware arubeki basho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWhVIJpWKo
...Wow, um...yeah Blood is a pretty cool Indies band and they seem really nice as well from what fans who've met them have been telling me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramza Beoulve
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Gackt, Dir en Grey, Hyde, l'arc-en-ciel, Gazette, Miyavi, Kagrra, X-Japan, Yoshiki, Alice Nine, Hide, Malice Mizer, D'espairsRay, Moi Dix Mois, Polysics, Metronome, Love Psychedelico, Antique Cafe, The Seeker . . . and so on.
AH! How can i be stupid, i forgot to list Közi and Onmyouza! Anyone here like them?
Ok so Im going to make a list, it will probably take me awhile.
176BIZ, Acid Android, Aikaryu, Alice Nine, Aioria, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Aural Vampire (Ignore the fact that it's an AMV, it was the only full song I could find), The Back Horn, Baiser (<333), Beat Crusaders, Boom Boom Satellites, Buck-Tick, Cali≠Gari, Calmando Qual, Clothoid†Doll (They have a girl =O), Cool Joke, DAS:VASSER, DéspairsRay, Die in Cries, Dir en grey, Do As Infinity, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, Janne Da Arc, L'arc en ciel, Love Psychedelico, Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, Noir Fleurir, ORange Range (<3333), PANIC☆ch (Panic Channel), The Pillows (<333), Porno Graffitti, X Japan *This vid made me giggle like mad xD)
Ok, those are the ones I could think of at 5am, there are more, turst me, I just didnt feel like looking for vids, and those vids arent of the best songs, theyre just the ones I could find easily.
I've never heard any of it that I am aware of :(
Asian Kung Fu Generation, Bivatchee, Ikimono Gakari are my current favourites.
I forgot about them. Panic Channel is <3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall banana
Tasura, good list you've got going there!
*sighs*
Hot Topic now has shirts for Psycho le Cemu, Phantasmagoria, and D'espairsRay. I fear that they're going to turn Jrock into a trend, with little pre-teens running around saying "i listen to japanese music, i'm cool!" and they wont even appreciate the music (if they even listen to it at all).
There's not much to appreciate about many jrock bands...alot of them sound the same, ala Mois dix Moi and Malice Mizer. I know, I know, Mana is the composer in both, but honestly, he needs to set them apart some how.
Dir en Grey, PANIC*Ch, and Malice Mizer are the only japanese rock bands I've heard that sound remotely different. :(
Pop is where it's at, I tell you, Onitsuka Chihiro's voice can blow even Gackt's out of the water. Honestly.
Add X-Japan to that list above. They've got a very distinct sound. And penicillin. :S My list keeps growing.
I heard Hot Topic has Dir en grey too, but I don't go there so I wouldn't know for sure. Anywayz, I'm really tired of hearing things like, "I don't want Jrock in anywhere, but in Japan". Or, "Oh no, people are going to start listening to Jrock now too", just because it's spreading in other areas besides Japan.
Music is universal. It is meant to be heard whether it be good, or bad. Music should be accesible to everyone, everywhere and not hidden, because of the fear that it might become a trend. Jrock spreading should be seen as a good thing, because that would mean it would make it more accesible to the people who are already fans and possibly even create more fans. Sure, every genre of music has it's idiotic fanbase attached, but where there are those types of fans there are the die hard fans who really appreaciate the music for what it is.
The same sort of DieHard fan that will listen to one song on repeat for a couple of weeks? xD