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    My main issue with the visual kei scene isn't really represented in the options here, and it's something you generally get more in touch with once you get to Japan and get to experience the scene.

    Firstly, the fact that a large majority of visual kei musicians more or less openly admits they don't have any artistic or personal integrity, they don't care what they produce and they don't care that their sound is exactly like every other band out there, because they know that as long as the members are pretty enough there WILL be fans, and they WILL pay you money for "company" and "favors" so that you can survive comfortably and keep rehashing the same song for a couple of years until you feel like calling it quits and do something more worthwhile with your life, or more likely, go into full time hosting business now that you have a decent circle of clients already.

     

    This sort of leads me into my second issue and it's the bangya culture. It's generally really vile, and the way the girls not only talk about the musicians but also each other is quite disgusting. If the bangyas decide that a member has done something they do not approve of, that doesn't live up to their perfect ideals that they hold them all to (because god knows the fangirls don't live up to any of them) they can easily start enough shit to cause a band to break up or force a member out of the band. The issues doesn't end there though, because the few foreign bangya that exists generally adapt to this mentality and lifestyle too. They openly shun other foreigners who dare attend the lives of "their" band and ruin their "specialness", they participate in this completely daft saizen system where a designated person basically decides who gets what spot at a concert so everyone can enjoy playing ten year olds doing the "you're not allowed to play with us"-games... And the obviousness of what really drives people to be fans of these bands become so apparent when they get to this level, and it's certainly not the music.

     

    To be honest, in a lot of ways I never realized how bad this was until I got there and could see it all for myself, and that's despite a 13 year stint in the scene by now.

     

     

    It's like we share the same brain...!   It's hard to find other people who really get this.  I loved going to lives - I was in live houses more than most band men: 8 to 10 times a month.  But I hated the atmosphere.  I was lucky enough to get in with some decent bands/fan groups, but some others caused me alot of stress and pain.

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    Outburst is on 7 Riots in the End along with Gehenna...but now that I think about it, they released two versions of that CD and Outburst is only on one of them.... I dont remember which one was a live-only release!

  6. Posted

    1- Outburst

    2- Gehenna

     

    other than that, I cant remember the order....  About You 24/7....reject....Close By Me....ended with Metabolics to Chaos.....

     

    They didnt do an encore, even though everyone wanted it...because they had to do a stupid 忘年会 (year end party) where most of the members from the bands that played that night came out and did some chat.  Wasn't that great (except when some bandmen tried to rap).  DI3S guys mostly just stood around off to the side.  L was absent.  Loui was the MC though.

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    'something' 'sometime'" is better than nothing at all.

     

    My thoughts exactly!

     

    There were several times when L didn't sing when he should have been...  Either he forgot the lyrics (possible, but not likely in my opinion) or is still having voice trouble.   So even if they don't make a comeback, even just doing a reunion from time to time would be great!

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    They didn't say officially, just someone had family problems.  But "family problems" is what they always say because it's the one reason nobody will argue with!

     

    Judging from what I read around that time, I think it was L.  He was having some throat/vocal cord problems, so he couldn't continue in that kind of band where he'd be screaming alot.  That's why he moved on to Libera and Picasso - he didn't have to scream as much with that kind of music, and the schedule was lighter.  But that wasn't really the kind of thing he wanted to be doing, which led to a mental breakdown and him pulling a runner on Picasso.

     

    But he could have had surgery in the meantime (like Shaura did) or some kind of therapy...in which case a comeback might be possible.  I don't want to get my hopes up, but...you never know.

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    I was away attending my mom's funeral, so I missed this news and only found out a few days ago.  It was such a shock, since Angela II was one of my first favorite bands when I arrived in Japan so many years ago.  Yousuke was funny, crazy, and super friendly.  He did things his way.  He shaped my image of how a bandman should be.  I remember when I was living in Tokyo and they were coming from Osaka for a live at Ikebukuro Cyber...and they didnt show up when they were supposed to.  The live went on, but we (the fans) had no idea what was going on.  Turned out, the band had an accident on the way - flipped the band van over.  Totalled the van, but somehow they still made it to the live house and performed.  Yousuke limping slightly and with coffee stains on his clothes! 

     

    I'm sure no one around here knows who Yousuke was, but I couldn't let this post go by.  Yousuke was a great performer and will be missed.  I regret not doing a simple Facebook search before this happened... 

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    I was trying to send a message to a certain user, but the message got stuck in my outbox and never went out (that I could tell). I deleted it, tried again, but same result. Yet, a message to a different user went out with no problems.

    Anyone know what's up?

  20. Posted

    I was thinking about putting this up on eBay, but that's a pain so hopefully someone here is interested!

    "Freeze" single from Vertex, just released.

    http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt13 ... vertex.jpg

    (cover art)

    In perfect condition, includes lyrics sheet. CD design is the same as the cover art (not just a CD-R kind of thing).

    1000 yen, plus shipping from Japan (I can send by whatever method you prefer) and Paypal fees.

    Send me a message if interested or if you have any questions!

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