TheZigzagoon

Also me when I think of my life choices

I thought so tbh BVVVVVVVVT

If so, I'm so fucking guilty

So far I've listened to Boukyaku no sora, Because, Rakuen, Masquerade and Happy. Just wondering what else I should listen to by them, I quite like what I've listened to so far.

Oshare Kei: Keeping the 2006 scene queen look alive

No I know Uruhas thighs are talked about, but I literally saw a person in a Gazette group say "Am I the only one with a fetish for Aois arms and elbows" and I'm just like...wat?

"Am I the only one that has a fetish for *insert any Gazette member's body parts* Example: Am I the only one that has a fetish for Ruki's kneecaps? Yes, yes you most certainly are.

Overrated I'd definitely say Tsuzuku (Mejibray), I honestly dont find his vocals all that pleasing to listen to Underrated is say Riuki (ex VelBet, Miztavla) Noah (Avanchick, yes I'm aware of the drama but he is a decent vocalist) and Yomi (Nightmare, TAKE NO BREAK), people hate on his vocals but please watch their 2009 Budokan live then tell me he's not talented

I'm not as big a fan of Ganges ni akai bara, it is good tho

Yet RUKA still rocking the same look he's been going for for around 4 years now XD

Okuru Kotoba is my favourite mini from them XD This performance of Saipan at their Gaylympic live at Ebisu in 2005 was amazing XD

Is Zekkoumon the one where he has the grey beard and looks a bit like a garden gnome? XD

I thought Cassis was The Gazette's first release under a major label?

I don't see many Sendai Kamotsu fans on here so I thought this topic might be a good idea My favourite song by them is either 'Samba de Carry On!' or 'Chibaism ~insert long title I can't remember~ What's yours?

I can't find a translation but I'd love one, thank you!

This is true, Ruki started out as a drummer in previous bands that he was in, so he wasn't always a vocalist to begin with, I think The Gazette was his first proper experience with being vocalist as by time he became vocalist in his previous band, they were disbanding anyways. I don't think his voice is the best in VK but there's no denying that it is good

That's true, I'm just curious as to how it'd sound now they have 13 years of experience since Disorder, I'm also dying to hear Shichi Gatsu Youka live XD Their EP's before hand were amazing! Cockayne Soup is my favourite, simply because Haru ni chirikeri mi wa kareru de gozaimasu and Shiawase na hibi are some of my favourites from their indies era

This might be a bit of a better example with 'Linda ~candydive pinky heaven~' MRD Peace & Smile Carnival 2005

That raw and unpolished feel to it is what I meant, he seemed to drop that in a short space of time, it's impressive I-ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED? Disorder is my favourite album, I'd love a re-recording of songs from it, as long as it's not shit tier quality like Traces 2 But this change remained consistent as we see in the tour documentary for 'Nameless Liberty Six Guns' in 2006, one year he had pretty shaky vocals and within a year they flourished in to something pretty decent. I think Ruki still smokes now, at least last time I saw him smoke was in the 2012-2013 MELT tour documentary DVD

Thank you very much for such a detailed response, I never took equipment in to consideration, but I do believe his voice generally became nicer to listen to in studio recordings as well as live, there's so much to take in to consideration as a vocalist, maybe equipment was an issue for them in their early days, they said themselves they were really poor, Ruki has even said that even after their first live at Budokan, he wasn't exactly in a great financial situation, so maybe they hadn't got money to invest in the equipment they needed.

I mean his voice was worse in 2004, if you look at there first DVD 'Tokyo Saiban ~Judgement Day~ @ Shibuya AX' his voice was terrible, that's why I don't think he was sick at MRD, but who knows, maybe he was?

That's true, it's impressive how it took less than a year for him to improve like that tho

If you look at performances from 'The Gazette' in 2005, both Maximum Royal Disorder and Peace & Smile Carnival Tour 2005, you'll notice that Ruki's vocals got waaaaaaaay better in the short period of time between these performances. Did he just undergo intense vocal training? Did he learn how to use his voice better? He sucked ass at MRD, then got way better after. Example Look at these two performances of 'Carry?': The first is from MRD The second is from P&S Carnival 2005 tour I'm really curious how he did it to be honest.

I never actually considered any of that, we'll never know, but I guess it's a possibility

How come?