GreatNorthernVK

*Shrug*, a shitty tereko on YouTube resulted in them earning an extra shirt sale via my husband, who was impressed with Ruki’s Vocals. It was too late to fly him out to Toronto specifically, but had the concert been a few hours drive away, he certainly would have bought a ticket based on the footage.
 
This is the reason why I don’t think VK will ever regain the momentum that it had 10-12 years back. The fan base spreads according to Western methods of promotion, like file sharing, magazine scans, concert photos/videos, and sharing PVs on YouTube. 
 
Then once the bands actually get here, they ignore all of those methods that created buzz for them in the first place and pretend that it just happened overnight by magic. And from there, it just fizzles.
 

Japanese fans don’t care, because they see their favourite band so often that they wouldn’t even remember which concert each individual photo would be from.
 
If a particular concert is a “one and done” for any given foreign fan, you’ll have to forgive them for wanting a full concert experience according to the concert norms of where they are.

*Shrug*, a shitty tereko on YouTube resulted in them earning an extra shirt sale via my husband, who was impressed with Ruki’s Vocals. It was too late to fly him out to Toronto specifically, but had the concert been a few hours drive away, he certainly would have bought a ticket based on the footage.
 
This is the reason why I don’t think VK will ever regain the momentum that it had 10-12 years back. The fan base spreads according to Western methods of promotion, like file sharing, magazine scans, concert photos/videos, and sharing PVs on YouTube. 
 
Then once the bands actually get here, they ignore all of those methods that created buzz for them in the first place and pretend that it just happened overnight by magic. And from there, it just fizzles.
 

*Shrug*, a shitty tereko on YouTube resulted in them earning an extra shirt sale via my husband, who was impressed with Ruki’s Vocals. It was too late to fly him out to Toronto specifically, but had the concert been a few hours drive away, he certainly would have bought a ticket based on the footage.
 
This is the reason why I don’t think VK will ever regain the momentum that it had 10-12 years back. The fan base spreads according to Western methods of promotion, like file sharing, magazine scans, concert photos/videos, and sharing PVs on YouTube. 
 
Then once the bands actually get here, they ignore all of those methods that created buzz for them in the first place and pretend that it just happened overnight by magic. And from there, it just fizzles.
 

Japanese fans don’t care, because they see their favourite band so often that they wouldn’t even remember which concert each individual photo would be from.
 
If a particular concert is a “one and done” for any given foreign fan, you’ll have to forgive them for wanting a full concert experience according to the concert norms of where they are.

no pictures is bullshit and fuck any band who tries to enforce that in foreign lands.
 
take those mothefuckers out of the damn pedestal. In japan they can do as they please, it's their culture and any tourist should follow the locals. Now the snowflakes expect people from another country, a whole another concert culture to abide by their arbitrary rules on a concert they paid some expensive AF ticket to be there, just to not be able to take a picture, or record a personal video, because the band said so? yeah, right.
 
This is business. They do overseas concerts because they have something to gain, not because they like our pretty faces or are doing us some favor or smh

They also hate file sharing, yet here we all are.

I fully plan on snapping a couple pictures of the Gazette show in Toronto. #RespecttheGazette be damned!

Curley’s Wife is the Mejibray fandom

I can still tend the rabbits, George?  I di'nt mean no harm, George...

I suppose some people were offended by him implying that they weren’t even fans? Regardless if they are or not, his married life is none of their business. If they’re a fan, they should be paying attention to the band and their music and supporting that in their own way.

I suppose some people were offended by him implying that they weren’t even fans? Regardless if they are or not, his married life is none of their business. If they’re a fan, they should be paying attention to the band and their music and supporting that in their own way.

All of these lost members should just form a supergroup that randomly doesn’t show up to lives.

And on the off chance they track down my friends-only Facebook account, there’s always the “block” option. 
 
Or, if they’re extra hair-trigger stalkery, they’ll fly to Toronto to come find me, none the wiser that I’m back in Winnipeg already.

And you know what? If they had said “Hey, the band wants you to buy these cheki instead of taking a few photos. Pick 5 for $20.” I would be fine with that. But they haven’t. Then, the motivation for restricting photos would have had exactly the same motivation as in Japan (monetary).
 
The only reason that I can see for disallowing the Meet and Greet photos seems to be protecting the feelings of their gya back home that can’t meet them anymore. For that, I understand.
 
But there’s only so much of my experience that I’m willing to sacrifice solely to protect the feelings of people who get to see the band multiple times a year, for longer and more diverse set lists, and a wider variety of merch options.

I fully plan on snapping a couple pictures of the Gazette show in Toronto. #RespecttheGazette be damned!

They also hate file sharing, yet here we all are.

They had an in-store event at Tower Records, and their single sold the most copies for that one particular day.

I fully plan on snapping a couple pictures of the Gazette show in Toronto. #RespecttheGazette be damned!

their merch is SO cool but i wish they chose another song title to write on the t-shirts lol

I fully plan on snapping a couple pictures of the Gazette show in Toronto. #RespecttheGazette be damned!

遠藤ミチロウ (Endo Michirou), of the legendary Japanese punk band The Stalin (and a productive solo career) has passed away in a Tokyo hospital on 2019/04/25, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. The funeral where only his close relatives were present was held shortly afterwards.
 
Rest in peace, the OG Japanese punk rocker!
 
 
 

Dimlim feat. 8p-sb

Dimlim feat. 8p-sb