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  1. Posted

    2 hours ago, saiko said:

    It would be interesting if someone 'old enough' could share his /her opinions on VK spreading before the 2006-2008 boom in the West.

    There are some people like Cameron Scholes whose contributions are pretty well documented by now. That's kind of what I was trying to get at in my previous comment: the same few names and places tend to come up a lot when you trace back the early origins of VK fandom in the west

  2. Posted

    On 3/6/2019 at 9:25 PM, GreatNorthernVK said:

    She probably believes that the fandom happened entirely through osmosis, where Patient Zero Weeb went to Japan, bought thousands of cds and DVDs, then moved back to their home country and spread the VK virus to all of the friends they could show it to, who all did the same thing. Like some bizarre chain letter.

     

    You know, kind of like what Dada believes, but with a random weeb spreading it around instead of Kiwamu.

    ...isn't that literally how it happened though? At least in the very early days of the fandom.

  3. Posted

    6 hours ago, psychonnect_rozen said:

    I’ve been dying for a band similar to Industrial with bands like KMFDM or Ministry. 

     

    I guess technically Schiwen would count since it’s the dudes from Buck Tick with Sascha from KMFDM but other than that nothing else.

     

     

    You can always fall back on the likes of Velvet Eden and Blam Honey, i'm sure there's gotta be something that fits the bill nicely if you start exploring peripherally related artists. There's also this band called Mesumerian I remember reading about on invasion dreams but I wouldn't be surprised if they turned out to be more "Powerman 5000" than "Ministry"

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    On 3/8/2019 at 9:20 PM, jaymee said:

    It’s always interesting to go on Tanuki after a taiban and see what one band’s fans thought of the other bands/show or those band’s fans. You can get the same from Twitter but bc band dudes often search themselves in tweets and it isn’t anon the posts tend to be more reserved.

     

    Also nothing beats Tanuki for speculation... sometimes posters are right on the mark and other times it’s just downright wild and hilarious.

    The funniest bit of gossip I ever dug up on there is Shun from Deshabillz spending most of the 2000's living as a pachinko addicted neet

  8. Posted

    On 11/26/2018 at 10:26 AM, VESSMIER said:

    A good way to start might be compilations such as this one: 

     

     

     

    It gives you a nice little overview over the styles and genres dominating certain eras and you can get a feel for the sound you enjoy the most and dig deeper from there.

    As far as video compilations go, I always loved this particular series. It's notable in that it gives a feel for the scene from a japanese point of view which is still something that rarely manages to cross the language barrier. There's a lot of genre defining stuff on there that usually gets omitted by western fans because VK fandom overseas has always kind of been its own beast.

     

    Part 2 and 7 are missing unfortunately but if you're really interested in getting the full picture their tracklist should still be available under video description.

     

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  10. Posted

    On 7/5/2019 at 10:51 AM, Himeaimichu said:

    Yeah Kyo and Kisaki hate each other, and Kisakis immature ass won't shut up about it still. As far as I know, he and Kaoru are still cool, but their beef was supposedly the reason La:Sadie's broke up (unless you believe the rumors that Kisaki stole Kyo's chick lmao)

    Whatever the actual reason is, it sure got a lot of lemon writers' imagination running back in the day

  12. Posted

    Well this is convenient, I was just about to post a thread asking for Matina bands I might have overlooked. I'm surprised to see Mist of Rouge get so much attention, I always assumed they must be one Matina third-stringer band among many others for some reason so i'm gonna correct that mistake and give their stuff a try asap.

     

    Also, are there any Syndrome releases you would consider mandatory listening? I'm already familiar with Sosei but I can't remember anything else leaving a strong impression on me otherwise.

  18. Posted

    On 20/07/2016 at 10:16 PM, Xetem said:

    The original. PRECIOUS is my favorite LUNA SEA song. 

     

     

    This is one of the songs I always come back to when I want to introduce people unfamiliar with classic VK to the genre but I always feel like Ryuichi shouting at the start makes for a really embarrassing first impression

  24. Posted

    What do people base themselves on when they call a VK band influential? Gut feeling? Observation? Or something sourced from actual members of the visual kei scene back in the day? You can draw parallels between La'mule and early 2000's bands all you want but how much of it is actually rooted in VK history?

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  25. Posted

    I've actually found myself digging deeper and deeper into the genre over the years. Tokyo Damage Report have pretty dubious credentials but that article they put out on the shadier side of 90's VK really sparked my curiosity. It becomes so exciting to find a tiny bit of info that helps you make sense of obscure VK mythos and draw links between bands or labels (although I guess the language barrier might make it seem more exciting than it really is...)

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