MaikoMizu

My my my. It's as if people will kill for music nowadays. Is it that hard to save up some money and buy what you want?

These are probably the most interesting.
The Gazette:
I remember when we were on a skiing trip with my high school class and one evening we were sitting on a staircase with my friend watching some anime on her notebook. She then suggested watching a concert instead. The Gazette's DIM Scene in Saitama was what introduced me to jrock in general. People around us were annoyed because we were pretty much the only two people in the whole building who would enjoy such music, but that night I fell in love with Ruki's performance. It left a deep impression on me as it was something completely different from what I was used to. For the next few weeks I wasn't able to listen to anything other than them.
That concert is still one of my favourites.
Versailles and Mejibray:
These two were almost forced on me by my dear VK-obsessed friend. She would send me so many pictures and songs and just wouldn't shup up about them that they gradually grew on me. I remember my mind being totally blown off upon a realization that Hizaki was not a woman (I think that was the moment when I took liking to androgynous musicians ._.;; ). Upon listening to Mejibray's Raven (that was the first song presented to me) I stopped the PV after a few seconds thinking what the hell was wrong with them, it certainly was the worst choice. But again I watched The Theatrical show which reminded me of my beloved DIM Scene a little and I needed nothing more. Now I can tolerate all of Tsuzuku's shit. Even Eiki.
My story with X Japan is also interesting. My ex-girlfriend used to really like their live version of Endless Rain. Together we would listen to it for so many times that the song became closely tied with her in my memories. Even now I cannot listen to X Japan without thinking of her and that is also the reason why I cannot bring myself to explore their discography more. It would certainly deserve my attention...

Related(?): It bothers me when bands that don't have drummers (common enough in VK) just don't have drums set up for the performance sections of PVs. The drum kit really anchors things for me, it looks so weird to just not have it there.... like there's no central point around which the rest of the action is taking place.
 
I much prefer them to just have a session drummer whose face they don't show.
 
And on topic: I actually really like the look of PVs that go all-in on showing tons and tons of cables and pedals on the floor. I'm with Zeus... of course the guitars don't need to be plugged in for a video shoot, it just looks cooler.

My my my. It's as if people will kill for music nowadays. Is it that hard to save up some money and buy what you want?

My my my. It's as if people will kill for music nowadays. Is it that hard to save up some money and buy what you want?

Japanese song titles are a goldmine. This is an analogue for band parody names.
 
Pester Love (Fester Love)
 
reita (reila)
 
Filth in the Duty
 
Silly Dog Discog
 
etc. 

Awake King of Personality (AWAKENING OF PERSONALITY - BORN)
Goat Collapse (GOD COLLAPSE - BORN)
I'm bad with parody.

the following list has included the bandmen as real brothers (those being bold are known as elder brother):
 
Dr.ヤガミトール(yagami tooru)(樋口隆/higuchi takashi)(BUCK-TICK) & Gt.樋口豊(higuchi yutaka)(BUCK-TICK)
Vo.キリト(kirito)(村田信也/murata shinya)(Angelo) & Ba.KOHTA(村田康太/murata kouta)(Angelo)
Gt.弐(nii)(松枝武/matsugae takeshi)(girugamesh) & Dr.Яyo(松枝亮/matsugae ryou)(girugamesh)
Ba.&Vo.瞬火(matatabi)(陰陽座(Onmyo-za)) & Gt.招鬼(maneki)(陰陽座(Onmyo-za))
Vo.&Gt.&Prog.石井秀仁(ishii shuuji)(cali≠gari, GOATBED) & 石井雄次(ishii yuuji)(GOATBED)
Vo.TOTTO(ex-L,DEAR) & Dr.YOU-SUKE(ex-L,DEAR)
Ba.Chiyu(SuG) & Gt.TSUKASA(ex-ZUCK)
Ba.Zill(朝倉進五/asakura shingo)(Moran) & Gt.shia.(朝倉あき/asakura aki)(Chanty)
Dr.前田一知(maeda kazutomo)(ex-グルグル映畫館(guruguru eigakan)) & Vo.CUTT(前田一人/maeda kazuhito)(ex-SHAME)
Vo.哀憂(aiyu)(浅川隆/asakawa ryuu)(ex-Eile de Mu, now Double River Record president, NAGOYA HOLIDAY NEXT manager) & Ba.壱成(issei)(ex-Dali-->LOST NAME)
Gt.氷龍-hiryu-(KOUHEI)(ex-Neo) & Dr.MW(ex-DOWNER)
Dr.ライ(rai)(GIGAMOUS) & Dr.秀馬-syuma-(ワンネス(Oneness))
Vo.You(緑川裕宇/midorikawa yuu)(ex-LucaRia) & Gt.Taku(緑川拓/midorikawa taku)(ex-LucaRia, now Call Me(support))
Gt.アキ(aki)(パノラマ虚構ゼノン(XENON)) & Ba.テツヤ(tetsuya)(パノラマ虚構ゼノン(XENON)) (twin)
Gt.黒-kuro-(黒百合と影(kuroyuri to kage)) & Ba.K(黒百合と影(kuroyuri to kage)) (twin)
Vo.寛-HIRO-(加藤寛密/katou hiromitsu)(ex-V-last., now in Twins☆) & Gt.義-yoshi-(加藤義密/katou yoshimitsu)(ex-V-last., now in Twins☆) (twin)
Vo.Yo-shiT(xTRiPx) & Dr.ena(xTRiPx) & Dr.正人(masato)(ベル(belle))
Dr.秋田高輔(akita kousuke)(ex-レミング(remming)) & Ba.たきる(takiru)(ex-超時空アンドロイド-PIECE-)
Ba.ちか(chika)(弾丸 NO LIMIT(dangan NO LIMIT)) & Gt.大河(taiga)(My Fairytale)
Vo.&Gt.RYOJI(篠本竜司/shinomoto ryoji)(GYZE) & Dr.SHUJI(GYZE)
Vo.隆介(ryuusuke)(上村隆介/uemura ryuusuke)(慟哭～doukoku～) & Gt.文哉(fumiya)(上村文哉/uemura fumiya)(慟哭～doukoku～)
Gt.NARUMI(LOG-ログ-) & Gt.RUMINA(LOG-ログ-)
Gt.石川嘉彦(ishikawa yoshihiko)(ex-WERKMARE-->SONS OF NEW SCHOOL) & Vo.石川芳規(ishikawa yoshinori)(ex-SONS OF NEW SCHOOL)
Gt.仲程信恒(nakahodo nobutsune)(Raptor 9) & Vo.仲程信理(nakahodo nobumichi)(Raptor 9)
Gt.みる。(miru)(ex-メルヴェル(melvel)) & Gt.みるも。(mirumo)(メルヴェル(melvel)) (twin)
Dr.雀(suzume)(ex-ハイパーポケット(hyper pocket)) & Gt.かなた(kanata)(uni-ユニ-)

I'm glad I didn't pay for the Rousey versus Correia fight last night. 34 second match which was then promptly shown on every social media outlet literally minutes after the match ended.

Also, Happy Bunday everyone.
 

UNiTE. members previous bands will make a one day revival at the event「タイムリープ -PAST ＆ FUTURE―」 that will be held on TSUTAYA O-EAST on december 13th
Cast:

ユナイト (UNiTE)
ALiBi - Vo. Yui band
キャンゼル (Canzel) - Gt. Mio and Ba. Haku band
LeMpicka? - Gt. LiN band
EVE - Dr. Sana band

zzzz IM WAITING ITS NOW AUGUST WTF

I've updated my collection, look down further on the page to see what it looks like now.

Banned because I am creepy.

bah, I don't take pics very often, but here's one of my brothers and I a little over a month ago. (father's day iirc)
(younger bro on the left, older bro in the middle, me on the right)

Somebody didn't study the acclaimed book 'The Anatomy of a Pikachu'.

New Pikachu amiibo ^^ 

BORN by the GazettE
Crazy Shampoo by mistake
My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND by friend
NAINE by hiLo's twitter

Primarily tthrough Youtube, Last.fm, tumblr, and from just downloading things that looked interesting.

From the news section here or other visual kei news sites or from dicking around on online shops for hours... Find a CD that looks cool, look up the band and its samples, and go from there. 

Hope I can answer this even when the last reply was in February...
 
DIR EN GREY - Since I decided to start listening Japanese music (thanks to Nightmare's "the world" and a crazy friend), I was looking for music in YouTube and I was jumping between some bands like: Nightmare > Miyavi > the GazettE > Dir en Grey. My first reaction was "What? Japanese people are crazy!"
 
D'espairsRay - A friend of mine discovered that I loved DEG, so she told me "you must listen to D'espairsRay". I search in "Ares" and the only result was "Oboro no Tsuki". I loved them since that song.
 
And my current favorite bands:
 
VAMPS - I was fan of L'Arc~en~Ciel and HYDE, so I discovered them since their announcement 7 years ago. At first I hated them, though.
 
[Alexandros] - Since they performed with VAMPS at JAPAN NIGHT last year (and this year in all the world), I saw them at a JAPAN NIGHT's video report. Love at first sight listen.

Japanese Music

bcz Murasakibara Atsushi <3