The Difference between Jrock and Visual Kei

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Visual Kei, literally "visual type", refers to a movement in J-Rock which started in the 1980s and became widely popular in Japan by the 1990s.

Visual Kei is characterised by bands using dramatic costumes and visual imagery to enhance the band's performance. Within Japan, the fan-base almost solely consists of girls and young women and is marketed strongly to that audience with items such as tradeable stickers, glossy photo-books, picture-postcards of band members and so on. In other countries, the comparatively small quantity of Visual Kei followers is roughly an equal division between male and female youth. Visual Kei is often focused upon in the West as a uniquely Japanese part of the Rock music scene.

Members of Visual Kei bands often wear striking makeup, style their hair in dramatic shapes (reminiscent of "glam metal" bands from the '80s) and wear elaborate costumes. Although the vast majority of the musicians are male, band members will often wear makeup and clothing which would be considered 'feminine' or 'androgynous'. Recently, some bands are returning to the more colourful and "fantastic" image popular 5 or 6 years ago, taking inspiration from computer roleplaying games and anime. The appeal of the costumes to fans is so great that large numbers of girls will cosplay as members of their favourite bands, particularly in Harajuku, at live concerts in Japan, or in Poland, North America, Chile, Spain and Australia at anime conventions.

Any band that uses flashy costumes could be considered Visual Kei, the popularity of the band rests more on their image then music. Look up a deffinition before you go getting mad at people.

The Pillows is't visual kei.

According to that deffinition, and at least one MV they are

Visual Kei bands, being defined primarily by visual style, do not necessarily play a specific type of music. They most often play general J-rock (Luna Sea, Dir en grey) and vocal based pop or light rock (Glay, Gackt).

However, there are also bands playing or influenced by Heavy Metal (Sex Machineguns, Onmyo-Za, EZO - This, entered in US in 1987 with a Gene Simmons of Kiss produced record)), Darkwave (Velvet Eden, Schwarz Stein), Industrial rock, Punk rock and various other genres can be found. Taking the genre in a wide sense, most of the bands would be considered to play some kind of "rock" music. Particularly popular in recent years are the projects of Mana; Malice Mizer (now defunct) and Moi dix Mois.

Within the field of Visual Kei several popular movements have arose; the fashion style Gothic Lolita and the musical sub-genres; EroGuro and Angura Kei, which form particular visual styles.

Did I just prove you wrong again? sorry, it tends to hapen when uninformed people make brash statements like yours.

First of all your the first person I ever gotten made at. First of all you tell me teh definition that I already alluded to earlier and then second of all you have a willingness to disprove me like its your holy duty to the internet god called Hriascht.

But seriously man. I already know this stuff.



Anyway show me some more sources beside wiki. Seriously man I've seen the definition o microchips on wiki......12 different versions of them...

one was like space dogs or something..

Anyway yeah Your on my ignore list. welcome.