emmny

whoop whoop

dir en grey deeper than illuminati

Because your comments are scattered in thought and largely disconnected, I tried to boil down what you said into one line (let me know if it's a misrepresentation so I may edit it in the future):
 
 
It appears the crux of your argument relies on the assumption: visual aesthetic = success. Basically saying: as Dir en grey revert back to greater visual presentation, that means they're getting "big" again...or something. Again, I'm assuming the argument with what you've given, so I apologize if this is at all inaccurate.
 
There's just one problem: it doesn't take into account the real issue of marketing. If I were hard pressed to find a solution, it wouldn't have anything to do with visuals or the lackthereof in the first place because in the grand scheme of things, that doesn't matter. So, if "visuals" aren't the reason for this, what is? Simply put: marketing the product.
 
At the end of the day these bands are products that are sold to consumers. "Dir en grey", for all intents and purposes, is a brand. It is literally no different than marketing a brand of beer on television; but the issue lies in the fact "Dir en grey" , the brand, doesn't receive the proper marketing to get that product out there. The issue isn't "Kyo-sama doesn't wear the cute kabuki make-up, therefore their sales will drop". No, it doesn't quite work like that. It's a lack of effort in building the fanbase through support tours, and a lack of marketing to get word out about North American tours. Dating back to 2008 (post-Deftones tour), Dir en grey has done ONE support tour: with "Apocalyptica" of all people. Even then, that was a co-headline tour, not as a support act. What bands have Dir en grey toured with since then? A bunch of nobodies. Some french groove metal band recently, and some band named "Preschool Teaparty Massacre", or some shit.
 
Why is this important? Because bands in the US, and across the rest of the world in Pop Music, largely work on support tours to gain new fans, and for some reason Dir en grey either refuses to do this, or no one wants them as a support act. The latter is highly in question, so if I were a betting man, I would go with the former. Going on headlining tours where there's 0 means to build the fanbase, and the lack of money put into North American marketing, is a far more significant factor than "they dress like teh cute womenz now, so they're totally hot right now".
 
Effectively, Dir en grey has been doing North American tours with the same fans from 2007 with no effort to expand it. Could this be because the band, or whoever acts as their main source of management, don't see it as worth it and would prefer to do a headlining tour for some quick cash and call it a day? That's very possible; but the issue isn't grounded in their aesthetic, it's grounded in their lack of marketing.

uh if anyone was to write a review like this on any other band im sure the whole world would flip shit but its ok to attack mejibray?!?! js....LEAVE MEJIBRAY ALOOOOONNEEE
 
otherwise ur review on the a side was 99% spot on though, this is beyond disappointing considering mejibray have had some spectacular singles like i couldnt believe what i had just heard. WTF are the comments on the video what are mejibray fans drinking this is wild

what's everyone's fave hit by the new queen of pop?

It's as if John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, Davie Bowie, Liberace, and Marylin Manson all had a hand in designing that look.

SET-LIST at 2015/05/04:
 
01.dawn of the god
02.賑やかな食卓
03.出来事と偶然の為の媒体
04.エドワード・スミス
05.brother mustang
06.殆ど腐敗
07.半分人
08.プール
09.千年樹
10.ハートランド
11.canine
12.ハッピーJ
13.隣人林
14.emmny
15.母乳
16.風邪のライオン
17.蜂
18.ザゾンビ
19.love hole
20.複雑な倒立
21.addle apple
22.tonight is the night
23.飛ぶ鼠
 

the dir en grey fandom who can make fun of themselves are the best*
 
it sucks being associated with loonies when the DEG fans on this forum are the coolest people

I would bang kiss Miyavi since he's really good looking, I would kill Kyary pamyu pamyu and marry Gackt since he's the richest one.
 
Would you rather kiss, marry or kill...
 
Kisaki

 
Kiwamu

 
Yoshiki

 

^u chose the cutest boys in vk....how SADISTIC....
i'll fuck em all
um kill karma cuz he's off his rocker
kiss chiaki because he seems moderately crazy too but still hot af
and marry yuuki sama because he seems rlly sweet!
 
ok now for this!!
mana-sama
hiyori isshiki
emiru

^u chose the cutest boys in vk....how SADISTIC....
i'll fuck em all
um kill karma cuz he's off his rocker
kiss chiaki because he seems moderately crazy too but still hot af
and marry yuuki sama because he seems rlly sweet!
 
ok now for this!!
mana-sama
hiyori isshiki
emiru

well u did an impression of 99% of dir en grey fangirls so well done!!

Love to dance in my underwear to Soundtracks for the Blind but the police always make me leave the town square

For that Dir en grey troo fan cred

lol
 
But yeah, I really can't get behind the fact that certain stans are too inclined to (ab)use their "real, given names" - are their artist names/pseudonyms too "tacky" for them, huh? This is why I went out of my way to question whether he *is* "Tooru" as wild tanukitastic DEG rumors assume...inb4 flashbacks to wild fanfictions about Kisaki stealing Kyo's hoe ensue

^u chose the cutest boys in vk....how SADISTIC....
i'll fuck em all
um kill karma cuz he's off his rocker
kiss chiaki because he seems moderately crazy too but still hot af
and marry yuuki sama because he seems rlly sweet!
 
ok now for this!!
mana-sama
hiyori isshiki
emiru

Kill KISAKI Kiwamu obviously. I guess I'd kiss Kisaki as a way to forgive him for NEGA breaking up, and then maybe I'll just throw up a ton? Then marry Yoshiki, 'cause I think he has more money than the other two (?); plus I'd just cheat on him.
And now...
業-karma- (AvelCain)
悠希 (Lycaon)
千秋 (DEZERT)

Yeah yeah. Go on ridiculing Kyo, but let me tell you one thing. You don't understand him! You all don't! I know his soul, I translated every lyrics of him, I studied every interview. Don't talk about him like you know his pain!
 
I just can't understand how you can call yourself a "fan" if all you do is making fun of him! He never did anything to you, why do this to him?

bringing this back!!! show ur tatts y'all!!!
im considering getting a few done but im not made of money so i'll end up making a decision later on what exactly i want done.
im pretty sure i wanna get something from envy, deadman and 9goats respectively.
has anyone here got a vk/music related tattoo done? how are you enjoying it as time has gone on?

your taste is ~flawless~ we should probably be friends!!! welcome!

i tried to be hide/kyo while going out to study serving surburban KEI looks
JK that was ugly here have another

But...only the cold grip of winter is a worthy setting for Kyo's pain...

....and a worthy setting for my FUCKING FROSTBITE BC OF WAITING IN LINE FOR HOURS kyo's pain will have to wait