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iria from ruellia accepted my facebook friend request so he can't be all bad

No, I was just reliving the drama, saw this and thought Noah is the asshole, not Otake, and mention it just in case anyone decides to give this topic a read.

creative differences, man
 
 
ott but does the voice-over guy really spell DT name as Debile Kitty?????

gift is so cool!
 
this man can do no wrong

sho-ka (Vogus Image) new album "calligraphy" will be released soon.
2 new songs "three days" and "gift" has been released digitally
 
https://soundcloud.com/user-428282763/three-days
https://soundcloud.com/user-428282763/gift
 

So he was on BBC news now with his sing4life collab. 

This thread is cursed enough, thank you 

As the person who belatedly brought this to the foreign limelight and who as also spent a ridiculous amount of time listening to Ray C, Otoiroha, and ジグザグ, I'll see if I can clarify some of your points. 
 
That being said, I'll prepend my further statements w/ additional fan-research done here: 
https://www.kokusai-singlemama.com/columns/wands-uehara1/
https://sebunoda-goodjob.com/2020/01/04/wandsの上原大史は命様なの！？ていうか、ジグザグ/
 
 
I find them pretty much identical if you put them side by side with Otoiroha pics. The distance from the chin to the lower-lip, jawline, etc. He's put on a little more weight (healthy btw) since Otoiroha (which is why he might appear differently.) I had a good comparison image in my initial status write-up, but it appears to be broken right now. If you want something more definitive, his left lateral incisor tooth is identical (and the rest of his teeth.):
*Also jawline tape is also a possibility. Japanese makeup is a hell of a thing.
He uses a different vocal inflection with WANDS, which is a bit "safer" and more appropriate since it requires him to be more technically accurate. His highs, however, are a dead giveaway.
 
He's not actually "frustrated" but more aloof (in typical Japanese fashion) of the subject. I draw parallels with mafumafu (まふまふ) in my status update because they have similar scenarios. They're both guitarists, constantly conceal part of their face, in extremely popular bands/groups, and for mafumafu's case, he's the vocalist of "神様、僕は気づいてしまった" where all the members of the group are in full costume/masks. They want that separation, and in Mikoto's case, between his indie and WANDS presence, the latter of which is pretty much being a j-idol. 
 
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Trying to piece together what I wrote before, it is rumored in the time between Otoiroha and Zigzag that he was scouted by Daikō Nagato (former Being Group CEO and musician) for his indies-era voice. He's credited on a ZARD tribute album and participated in some music festival in 2018 prior to being inducted into WANDS (also from Being Group.)
 
Also attesting to this, since I've posted a large chunk of Zig Zag's earlier live-limited discography on YT, I'm able to view analytics and comments... There was an absolute flurry of viewership + comments in February indirectly mentioning WANDS which confused tf outta me. Comments ranging from older women who were 90's gya having rekindled interest in vk to how good his vocals are in Zig Zag. Other videos have comments stating how handsome he is and how he should stick with WANDS, etc. 
 
In summation, they're absolutely the same person and he's just creating separation between his two careers.
 
 
 

yes they're the same dude
 
@colorful人生

SET-LIST at 2015/07/15:
 
"鬼二等兵":
01.虹の色 (the studs)
02.翻弄 (大佑と黒の隠者達)
03.儚き激情 (蜉蝣)
04.R指定 (蜉蝣)
05.腐った海で溺れかけている僕を救ってくれた君 (蜉蝣)
06.執行猶予3年 (蜉蝣)
 
 
"ニンフォマニア":
01.性的緊張インプラント (蜉蝣)
02.アイドル狂いの心理学 (蜉蝣)
03.儚き激情 (蜉蝣)
04.XII dizzy (蜉蝣)
05.朦朧エピローグ (蜉蝣)
 
 
"the Ephemeroptera studs with Black hermit":
01.となり町の彼女 (蜉蝣)
02.ザッヘル (大佑と黒の隠者達)
03.クリーピークローリー (the studs)
04.3.2.1 (蜉蝣)
05.暁 (蜉蝣)
06.吐血 (the studs)
 
 
last special session:
01.夕暮れの謝罪 (蜉蝣)
02.リストカッター (蜉蝣)

[recording participating artists]
??海(shizumi) (ex-蜉??(kagerou))
kazu (ex-蜉??(kagerou), now in dim my division)
ユアナ(yuana) (ex-蜉??(kagerou), now in boogieman)
aie (ex-the studs, now in the God and Death stars, highfashion paralyze)
逹瑯(tatsuro) (MUCC)
ガラ(gara) (MERRY)
??生(yuu) (MERRY)
??一(kenichi) (MERRY)
kannivalism
12012
boogieman

Yeah, I guess it's time I confirm it  I hope you guys liked the idea though!

you telling me a band with that name has such great photoshop skillz for their cover?
 
Never

カバー is actually "kaba-" or "cover". It's just this dude Ittoman who was part of a "light music" circle/club in college and ended up doing a bunch of vk covers on YouTube https://twitter.com/it_man_robQ. That date definitely refers to the date of the cover, since the band itself was defunct as of '07.
 
@robkun was the contributor to the vk.gy page on them https://vk.gy/artists/jolly-pickles/ . He miiiight know, but that's just a guess. Hopefully I'm not putting you on the spot, Rob.
 

Its the songs you rarely play dude 
Otherwise what's the point of replaying your fav songs it'll just get worn down

It's such a trip to see them looking like that / sounding like that again

It's such a small band that defined the whole genre

Hi, I love oldschool vk, so I decided to create an account here.
I'm interested in the beginnings of this genre and subculture, I hope to learn many new things about oldies. I'm crazy about Buck Tick and Luna Sea, but I really enjoy all vk

 

The "Loudness War" is a phenomenon in popular music where producers keep trying to make music louder and louder, at the cost of sound quality. Louder music is more likely to be heard, and therefore more likely to sell

This. +1
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Lo-fi could sound cool in some bands, but for the bunch of guys that just released one poor song I don't think they had a better choice, and still there are some good only-songs by bands that surely didn't exist at all. I mean, I take lo-fi as a natural thing in vk. The strange one is hi-fi lol

To my ear it depends on the music. Some music fits with so-called "bad"/lo-fi productions, some does not. Some bands fit the "good"/hi-fi productions, others does not. It's all about what fits the music and brings forth whatever elements needs to be brought forth (or hides, doesn't matter as long as it helps the music in a positive way), which to me means that both lo-fi and hi-fi productions can be great productions. Which means that I love plenty of VKs lo-fi productions, as well as disliking plenty of them.

This. +1
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Lo-fi could sound cool in some bands, but for the bunch of guys that just released one poor song I don't think they had a better choice, and still there are some good only-songs by bands that surely didn't exist at all. I mean, I take lo-fi as a natural thing in vk. The strange one is hi-fi lol

This. +1
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Lo-fi could sound cool in some bands, but for the bunch of guys that just released one poor song I don't think they had a better choice, and still there are some good only-songs by bands that surely didn't exist at all. I mean, I take lo-fi as a natural thing in vk. The strange one is hi-fi lol

This. +1
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Lo-fi could sound cool in some bands, but for the bunch of guys that just released one poor song I don't think they had a better choice, and still there are some good only-songs by bands that surely didn't exist at all. I mean, I take lo-fi as a natural thing in vk. The strange one is hi-fi lol

We commented at the same time lmao