NICKT

Obscure PV has now been reduced to reaction bait. 

lol this is a collector's edition for AK stans who stopped following while he was gone
now they have an excuse to go to a signing session with him & that's the only reason it exists

inb4 mao from the 13teen vanishes mysteriously, and a fresh looking Kyo graces Dir en grey's next era serving the vocalz

No he's

Part 2.

 
And on an OST video for Hyperdimension Neptunia:


Just sort of weird how much people will big up the stuff they listen to, as if it's the sole source of a type of music, or that it's the best and the only best.

I live in Australia and shipping costs are really expensive so its hard to justify buying releases unless it's on itunes or something.
But if the vk piracy scene died I would just buy the (relatively few) releases I'm interested in and share them on slsk (this is assuming jpopsuki is dead too). I'm lucky enough to live in a first world country so I would be able to do this. The main problem would be live limited releases which would completely fade out of existence to the West (or should I say more then they are now).
 
The other problem would be there would be less discussion about bands/releases because many people wouldn't be able to listen to them and it would be harder sorting the bad from the good.

After seeing a vocalist chuck a water bottle at the crowd, to then be picked up, unscrewed, and viciously tounged in an amorous fashion by a fan who got hit with it, I don't think anything surprises me anymore. Lol.

Yes ... although 7 Eleven is WAY better in Japan, as are most convenience stores. You can get legit meals there and also live tickets, though I prefer Lawson's ticketing machines.

For me, Girugamesh were not only one of the best Japanese bands out there, but one of the best bands in total. The only album of theirs I really don't get along with with is Go, which is far too poppy for my tastes. But thankfully they came back with the bloody excellent Monster and the two amazing EPs Gravitation and Chimera. I'm really glad I was able to see them twice before they called it quits. Seeing their encore performance of 'Kowarete iku sekai' is one of the great  memories of my gigging career. With both Girugamesh and D'espairsRay gone, the music world is a lesser place.

imagine following a band where'd you be in constant fear of getting wanked on

tanuki talks about everybody. They are a gossip blog, not a news source. I don't understand the worship nor the need to rely on it so much when all it is is a gossip blog for teenage girls. jfc
 
A band guy will officially qualify as a bad boy only if he gets caught fucking up and gets put on blast by his band, or by a news article. That's just how it is over there in Japan.

There will be anime in 2018 and FLOW will make songs for it.
 
Edit: we get rewards for being right, right?

I'm gonna tear myself apart with emotions if SUICIDE ALI jump on this boat

omg SUICIDE ALI

journalism

journalism

journalism

Has Kyo ever sounded great on a live though? I've seen The Rose Trims... held up as an example of great live vocals, but I disagree. He's been setting the bar way too high for himself with studio magic for way too long.

I wish I were still a fan to be hyped about this. ):
Still, I'm glad they've reached this stage in their career. Seemed like only a matter of time.

'Hiatus' and 'Suspend activities' are such trigger words in this world lol.
 
Good for them – Take a fucking break, guys!

YUKIYA (under his full name 藤田幸也 (Fujita Yukiya)) will hold his oneman event, "藤田幸也 -YUKIYA FUJITA-" at Nagoya/Fushimi JAMMIN' on December 9 and at Osaka Flamingo the Arusha on December 10 respectively.
 
lineup:
Vo.藤田幸也 (fujita yukiya)
Pianoforte:吉岡寿之 (yoshioka hirayuki)
Ag&Cho.坪本伸作 (tsubomoto shinsaku)
Vn.一也 (kazuya) (HOLLOWGRAM)
Guest: TETSU (ENDLESS／ex.D≒SIRE)
 

Honestly I was hoping you were referring to the heartless guy because I hated boogieman and I only liked the other guy in heartless. 
 
So I hope it's someone else.

how to look uninterested in the music you are making in MV 101

Can westerners visual kei?
 
Yoshiki: Yes www
 
Me, an intelectual: no
 

I'd like to take YOSHIKI's quote and add my own context.
 
This is the key. Visual kei was born out of Japan by those who felt like they didn't fit in anywhere in Japan. YOSHIKI isn't going to say that visual kei can't exist world wide because that's not good for his bottom line, but there's a very good reason why it hasn't taken off outside Japan. It has less to do with looks, singing capability, or chosen musical direction, and more to do with anti-conformity and rebelliousness within and against a homogeneous society. No other country faces the same mix of societal pressures and obligations the way the Japanese do, and as these pressures change over time visual kei changes over time too. This is in contrast to musicians from Western countries who want to emulate the style and look to their favorite and popular artists first. It's the difference between taking a picture, and taking a picture of that picture, and taking a picture of that picture. The farther away one gets away from the source and the conditions that cause that source, the less authentic the final product is.

 

I fully agree with this. So many bands follow trends because it's the thing to do, but at some point a trend started as a unique idea. Much as I expect musicians to look within themselves and put their feelings into music, I expect inspiring Western visual kei musicians to do the same thing with their looks. The looks are supposed to be an expression of how one feels, not a style of the decade to phone in and gain legitimacy.

I do think Western visual kei is a thing that can happen but the form it would assume would be so different we wouldn't even recognize it by looks alone. My ideal Western visual kei band would be identifiable with the sound alone. We would hear them and just know where those influences came from instead of the "lol i like visual kei and pocky" archetype that usually translates over first.

I'm done ranting.