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Maiku

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    VK will go on as long as there are fans who buy the cds and go to lives. Of course styles and such will evolve and things will change but I don't think we can expect anything too drastic to happen soon unless some new bands show up with some fresh concepts. Some of the best bands in the scene are looked down on or ignored because of their band name. Some people look down on bands because it doesn't fit with their self image of what they like and listen to. I used to be a metal diru elitist and listened to a lot of harder rock VK bands. Then for some reason a shift happened for me and other bands started to seem more interesting and I was bored with all the new rockier VK bands and the ones I liked seemed to lose what I thought was interesting. (Also, a lot of weird let downs from bands. 12012, Deluhi, Girugamesh, and then a bunch of disbands and break ups too.) The scene is constantly shifting and looking for the next niche. I believe BugLug would fall under the Neo-VK label but they really seem to be doing way more interesting things than the more popular bands but no one gives them a chance beyond checking out a PV and making a swift judgement. This is the problem with a lot of really good bands I feel like. I guess a lot of it is a matter of taste but I feel like the cool thing about VK is the GIANT mix of genre and style. It's all different. It's all similar. VK is special because there is a want of stylishness and fashion mixed in with the music that a lot of non-VK rock bands don't care about. VK bands have a flare that regular bands lack and it's honestly a lot more interesting to watch. And seriously, a lot of VK bands are no different from American pop stars that dress in crazy dresses and outfits of meat. I can't even remember where I was going with this but I hope I made some sense ahaha.

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    You should fit in well~! :'D A lot of people like those bands~. Welcome to Monochrome Heaven~! Your English is fine and this is a really fun music forum. :'D It's the only Japanese music forum I've ever liked. :'D I hope you become an active member and make friends with all of us! :'D

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    :'D!! What an amazing review Jigsaw! :'D It's true there is a lot of filler. Especially since 7 of the tracks were previously singles. @_@ It is a long album but I like that its long ahaha. :'D I'm very glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. :'D

  20. Posted

    Scream 4 Truth was Dir en Grey trying to be political in Japan and wanting the truth about the nuclear problem. Pretty sure the american management had nothing to do with it.

    There was no info or anything about Scream 4 truth on their japanese page, only that video. On japan there was no advertising about it or anything - here they created scream4truth.com and put ads on NY. And the scream4truth.com is more like a big ad "COME LISTEN TO DIR EN GREY'S MUSIC WITH MESSAGES AGAINST THE FUKUSHIMA PROBLEM" than actual awareness raising. If they actually cared about it I believe they'd have promoted it on Japan and during their subsequent tours... and nothing happened. Only their international FB page(which is managed by their US management) talks about this.

    I thought there were a couple lives or something. I dunno I can't remember. I think maybe Kyo's vox probz hindered whatever it was in the first place.

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