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@AlroyHazuki can play bass, guitar, is the only other competent drummer and can play piano to some degree
Yusuke is the only other competent singer. if he plays another instrument we'll never know cause he always takes vocals in Hazuki's place
AK can play guitar at least enough to take the lead parts when they do their part swaps
Reo can play bass
Asanao can play guitar just barely well enough to do non-complex stuff on stage

as their alter egos AK and Asanao will sing but it's exactly what you'd expect

wrote them and played them on the recordings! he did the same for all of berry's guitar, too. literal second coming of christ

fun fact: reo suprised hzk and gifted him that J model bass entirely for the ONE J song they covered at their new year show, #1 dad

SPANK UND SPANK is vaguely reminiscent of Rammstein. 

JILUKA have announced goods for their sold out oneman celebrating Ricko and Zyean's birthday.

They both have their own tee shirt design as well as a set that includes an item and a chekki. Ricko's will have a DVD of stray clips as well as a vampire chekki and Zyean's set will include a Zoned-Out hat he designed as well as a chekki of him wearing said cap. Unfortunately I'm sure these items will be incredibly hard to obtain after the live.

THEY MUST DO DAHLIA, I believe it's an approachable enough song for the western audience? They must really play their cards right if they want this to work for them.

Why are ppl so sour over someone committing a mistake that did no ACTUAL harm (physical or psychological) to people around them?  This is not 12012's chokeslamming Wataru - and lest we forget that MH used to endorse him (!).
 
Puritans and J-rock fans altogether makes a very fascinating, albeit really conflicting combination.
 
For the record, there's still a huge number of acts you are stanning for that also practice this stuff, albeit less recklessly than Akinori did. They cherish their friendship and that is damn good. Says a lot about the band.
 
 

News like this so soon after their last mini must've meant EMS sold well.
 
I hope they take that as a cue that people prefer that style over their old shit and keep going in this direction.

A new years message from dexcore, they want to play outside from japan.
 
 

THEY MUST DO DAHLIA, I believe it's an approachable enough song for the western audience? They must really play their cards right if they want this to work for them.

EMS is brilliant. I've listened to it on repeat for months and never get tired of it. Really hope they'll keep this style bc it seems to suit them the best. Mao's harsher vocals are very good. 

I've transcribed the lyrics from their latest single. The lyrics for the SgVer of Ajna are slightly different from the earlier released version on Xenomorphic. All spacing is a replication of how it is printed in the liner notes with the exceptions of what's in the brackets and further noted in red text.
1. Ajna –SgVer-
2. M.A.D
 

lmao Most I do is save pretty much every pre-2000 photo of Atsushi Sakurai that I can find. I've started to do the same with hide, but that's more to do with interest in his makeup style and hair.. I'd looove to start collecting old magazines if I can.
 
I have a folder dedicated to photos of musicians with cats, if that counts.

THE THIRTEEN have announced that they will release two EPs. The first one will be called 「URGE -アージ-」 and will be released in April. The second one called 「LAMENT-ラメント-」 will be released in October 2018.
 
Their live to celebrate their 3rd anniversary will be held on 2018.03.21 at SHIBUYA O-WEST.
 
Their first live tour called "Urge to live born from Urge to die" will be held from 2018.05.03 to 2018.06.08.
Their second live tour called "A cry of lament under the grief" will be held from 2018.11.03 to 2018.12.21.

Nice, he's using (LUNA SEA bassist) J's signature bass!  I'm guessing it was a gift/memento of their work together maybe?
 

Finally a VK look I can pull off 

i literally have the same shirt as the guy in the top middle
 
it's from h&m & it cost $10 lol 

No, no. Not just you. I'm glad I jumped ship when I did. 2012 me would have hated to see what this band has become. 2018 me is too jaded to care.

I don't think it's the fact of him just having Marijuana but more the fact that all everyone in Asia, not just Japan, knows where these things get you and how it affects others. I mean if they want to take him back that is totally up to them, I mean I don't know how it will affect them in the future but Yuusuke I'm sure was mad because it hurt him that Aki would do something like that to begin with and they were doing so well so I think he was hurt overall. I would be too if I struggled to get somewhere and someone was about to ruin that for me, especially if it was a friend and someone I thought I could trust but I guess that's to each their own. I do love Lynch though so I do hope this doesn't cause a rift between members .-.  

If you know Japanese, this site has pretty thorough explanations for the discography up to DOGMA too. http://seesaawiki.jp/the_gazette_expla/

This person did a lyrics explanation for their entire discography. You guys should check it out, it's pretty cool 
https://www.google.com/amp/trauma-radio.tumblr.com/post/63632479315/the-gazette-lyric-explanation-masterpost/amp

i came here to beg you to take down this thread before u got banned permanently but...apparently this is NOT trolling and x are in fact playing coachella
 
X JAPAN COACHELLA BITCHES!!! KYLIE JENNER IN THE AUDIENCE!!!! GOOD VIBES AND LOVE <3

Wow, that is cool. 
 
Also funny how their name are that small but I understand why. If this was in Japan, their name would be side by side to Bey.

SINNERS is now a mediocre release? Lol ok. These last two releases have been their best in a while.
 
Happy they accepted him into the band again. He deserved punishment obviously.... Have to respect the law there. But, to think that his career would be over from possessing marijuana is stupid. Serve the punishment. Shame. Whatever. But your career shouldn't be over something so stupid.
 
The band took the hits too. I believe they cancelled some tour dates and had to reschedule the Hazuki solo show? Sure it was inconvenience to everyone. So they took their lumps and it's time to move on.
 
 

i will say if anything ever fucks this bands up eventually it will absolutely be a division between hazuki and the guys who drink his kool-aid (reo and AK) and yusuke. reo might be the leader but love hzk as i do, he's a high functioning megalomaniac and reo toes his line.

also i can see why individuals would be pissed/think this is kind of a shitshow because it undermines the statement their label put out to a hilarious degree...
but on a macro level it makes sense, imo. emmny said it best about the (highly successful) PR it gave them even thru a mediocre release in SINNERS, and AK is beloved in the industry including by other bandmen because he is an extremely affable dipshit, an effect amplified by him being the protege of reo/hzk/a well-connected band with a good reputation. being the only one with charisma other than hzk, AK was responsible for a lot of their charm/public face and he's very good at what he does on that level as well. yusuke and AK were inseparable prior to this anyway so it doesn't surprise me at all he caved with or without pressure from hzk & co.