let's see.... (unordered)
newer bands:
- Chanty (seein' them live was life-changing)
- dummy-xD (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE)
- Purple Stone
- Develop One's Faculties
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- baroque (all years) - really the band to get me into vkei (thanks Ryan!) don't listen to them as much as i used to, but still love 'em to death!
- Dog in the PWO (also one of my firsts)
- 東京ミカエル。 [Tokyo Michael.] (another one of my firsts! when i started digging a little deeper... drummer now in PWO!)
- cali≠gari
- Schwarz Stein (and Kaya in general.... love Kaya!)
- 新宿ゲバルト [Shinjuku Gewalt] (and Toda and his affiliates in general)
- Missalina Rei (know this now 11 bands but after some thought i had to move them to the main list as opposed to honorable mentions)
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"they only released like a few songs before disappearing into the æther but i love them so much" list
- Rosetta
- REPLICANT
- Cinnamon
- ロマの碧猫
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honorable mentions, notes, whatevs:
- THE HAKKIN (R.I.P.)
- My Fairytale (R.I.P.)
- THE GALLO are becoming a favorite
- リンク/鈴育/link's bands (Me'Syu Dear, みるふぃね, PARADE; also vocalist いっち!)
- Shina's bands (NOI'X, モル・ノヲド (moll'e node), 弾丸少女 (Dangan Shoujo))
- ピュエラ (Pyuera) (especially the couple of songs they did with their female vocalist)
- BUCK-TICK (80s and 90s) (i don't listen to them enough even though i love 'em)
will cut it off here before i end up listing every single visual band in my itunes whether i want to or not
still so much out there...
