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Post by ThrashmasterFlash on Dec 24, 2003 22:45:29 GMT -5
Yeah, this is probably the totally wrong forum for this kind of question, but who is into J-rock? I hate all that visual kei shit ad whatnot, but how about Sads and stuff like that? I'm looking for more bands in that vein specifically. Any input?
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Post by ghoul on Dec 24, 2003 23:31:16 GMT -5
One of my favourite bands is a japanese 'rock' band (hard to just label them rock as they are totally unique) called DOOM.There is a fansite with a lot of info in English(damn for some reason the link won't work..)
there are some really great tribal rock bands like BLUES BIMBOS/GUNFRONTIER etc.
I like MURDER STYLE,great rock/hc with a stooges influence.
then ya got stuff like THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT,SADS etc.
My favourite japanese rock lp ever is by QUARTERGATE,who were a side project featuring all of DOOM plus BAKI from GASTUNK on vocals.
Hmm...that wasn't very helpful was it.ha!
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Post by steve eldritch on Dec 25, 2003 2:47:25 GMT -5
Not too well versed in the j-rock genre. Does Boris count as J-rock?? Maybe... If so, that's one of the only one's I know. I know about a bunch of psuedo punk j-mtv bands thanks to the missus(suck down, dragon ash, mad capsule market, etc...). I'm trying to get together an acoustic band that does black metal covers of j-pop songs, so I'm starting to get to know the pop scene. The vocalist for one of my bands reeeeeeaaally likes J-pop, which is fucking hilarious if you knew how goddamn metal he is.
I see J-Rock bands on the music channels here that are often pretty good. I'll have to pay closer attention to their names.
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Post by ThrashmasterFlash on Dec 28, 2003 12:08:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I like the real shit, but the lame MTV-style stuff is ok too sometimes. Mostly, I'm just referring to ƒTƒbƒU(SADS) and •–² (Kuroyume) (later stuff only for the latter). Most of that other shit is terrible. I'll have to check out this band Doom, it's just unfortunate that they share a name with one of the pioneers of British crust! My friend from@“Œ‹ž send me a CD with quite a few bands on it that I've never heard and it's some of the most addictive music to listen to! Have you guys heard ƒnƒCƒƒEƒY (High-Lows) or ‚‚é‚è (Kururi)? Good shit, but probably makes me lose a couple of scene points in the process, ha ha!
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Post by ghoul on Dec 28, 2003 19:52:03 GMT -5
The HIGH LOWS are pretty cool!
They are actually ex-BLUE HEARTS,but the high lows have a much tougher sound.
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Post by ThrashmasterFlash on Jan 9, 2004 21:55:28 GMT -5
Yeah, a penpal of mine sent me a CD with this ƒnƒCƒƒY song on it and I can't get enough of it! So they are actually ex-Blue Hearts then, eh? I have a friend that's into them. By the way, if any of you guys are into SADS/Kuroyume, check out www.kuroyume.hotarubi.net - they have 3 or 4 new good quality videos of SADS and Kuroyume every week or so. There's always some questionable early material from Kuroyume (visual kei goth crap), but the stuff they rip from the "Live Or Die" DVD is sick and the SADS stuff is always great. |
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Post by ThrashmasterFlash on Jan 9, 2004 21:56:13 GMT -5
Oh, and can anyone tell me about Craze? I heard 2 mp3s that I REALLY like, but I know nothing about them. Anyone?
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Post by Nebularus on Jan 9, 2004 22:15:30 GMT -5
I have to admit that I have a soft spot for J-pop too. That's what happens when you have three music video channels that play nothing but that type of music.
Halcali!!!!
There's one Asian Kung-ku Generation song that I like.
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Post by steve eldritch on Jan 9, 2004 22:30:11 GMT -5
I have to admit that I have a soft spot for J-pop too. That's what happens when you have three music video channels that play nothing but that type of music. Halcali!!!! There's one Asian Kung-ku Generation song that I like. Yeah!! When my friend Duane was living with me he would constantly flip to one of the three music channels in hopes of coming across a J-HipHop video to make fun of. We started to enjoy quite a bit of the rock/pop videos that they were showing.  |
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Post by ghoul on Jan 9, 2004 23:35:43 GMT -5
One song I really hate thats always on space shower tv and viewsic is that fuckin HAWAIIAN 6 song,anyone know the one i mean,fuckin horrible wimpy pop punk with irritating chorus,
If you watch it enough you may get to see GAUZE on cable tv tho hahah
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Post by RebornLS on Apr 7, 2004 20:33:35 GMT -5
I really don't care what peoples opinon is, Samurai Drive by Hitomi, is a darn good song.
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Post by People Are Nuclear Poisoning on Apr 8, 2004 5:43:50 GMT -5
Would Cocobat be considered J-Rock? I have to admit I like some of their songs. |
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Post by ghoul on Apr 8, 2004 6:31:38 GMT -5
yeah old COCOBAT is great...
Did you know that the old COCOBAT vocalist sang in DISARRAY..
also the bassist was in MINO 5,great old band on selfish records...
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Post by People Are Nuclear Poisoning on Apr 8, 2004 6:40:24 GMT -5
No, I didn't know that, thanx! I bought all their stuff I have from Pushead, just for the artwork, but they have some quite good stuff. The bassplayer is totally crazy. I think he's very popular, since he has his own toy-line ;D
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Post by chaos_kill on May 11, 2004 11:05:27 GMT -5
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box are one of my favourite bands. Fuck knows what you'd class them as, though. I also have a strange affinity for Nitro Microphone Underground...
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