Jrock, anyone?

[Shiny]

The same sort of DieHard fan that will listen to one song on repeat for a couple of weeks? xD

Ha, I'm guilty of that. xD But yes... and also, the same die hard fans that appreciated the music way before they got into the bands looks and/or gimmicks. So what if people don't collect posters, or cosplay as the band? That's not what being a fan of a band is about. And I'm ranting mostly about Jrock fans, because they have the tendency to fall into certain catergories.

[Eureka]

i listen to

High and Mighty Color (highly recommended)
Do As Infinity
BoA
Gackt
Two-Mix
Orange Range
The Pillows
Puffy AmiYumi
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Polysics

and lots of anime soundtracks

*ill edit as i get more good bands*

L'Arc~en~Ciel (what a cool name lol)

[Tasura]

I forget BoA =O Duvet <33, Ive listened to it for weeks at a time on repeat xD

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

I've never been a terribly huge fan of rock music in general, as I often prefer more melodic music, but I've been exposed to some Jrock, and I'm not averse to it. I think the best I've heard is L'arc en Ciel's stuff.

[VengefulRonin]

Aisle_S said:

Pop is where it's at, I tell you, Onitsuka Chihiro's voice can blow even Gackt's out of the water. Honestly.

She has a lovely voice...but uh...can you really make the comparison between her and Gackt? They're male and female after all...they're going to have different sounding voices

[Shaded Mazoku]

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.

I'm very glad to hear other people who're sick of that kind of statements. I hear it in a lot of the various non-mainstream interest groups I'm in, and it gets on my nerves. I barely listen to anything but Japanese music, but I have no illusions of that making me "special" in any way. I'm happy when I hear of more people getting into Jrock.

Anyway, as I said up there, I nearly listen exclusively to Japanese music. My favourite band is Dir en grey (creative, eh? *grins*), but I'm also very fond of Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, Psycho le Cemu, An Cafe, MUCC, Vidoll, Phantasmagoria, X-Japan, 12012, Alice Nine, Blam Honey, D, Duel Jewel, DéspairsRay, Kagrra, Pierrot, Kirito, Miyavi, La'Mule, Madeth Gray'll, Penicillin, The Yellow Monkey, Gackt, Hyde, hide, Merry, Nightmare and a lot others.

[VengefulRonin]

I agree with that "music is universal" statement. Thats why it seriously pisses me off when i show someone a Jrock group, and they something like "they're good, but i cant understand them so i dont like them." That just leaves me in a "wtfh?" moment and i feel like choking them. I try to show as many people as i can...haha, it's unavoidable on my Myspace, my music playlist on there is 20 jrock songs (8 of which are diru), and the background, videos, and pics are all jrock. xD