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I love the guy, but this barely even sounds like his voice. It sounds like some generic radio rock band started by a bunch of guys in their mid-twenties wearing all black and studded belts like ten years ago.

touché, this was definitely more on-topic.
 
But seriously, I've been a long time fan since Blurry Eyes appeared in front of DNA and I didn't realize I had to speak only positively about them! Okay, here goes, Tierra is a desert island disc for me - I hope they play White Feathers at the concert!
What I do find fascinating and sorely lacking on forums is really in-depth conversation that goes beyond one-liner comments. The motivations of the band and the individual members are more interesting (whether good or bad) to me now and a simple "L'arc is back!" thread would leave some casual or uninformed fans the impression they are returning. I believed that at first until I read it was just concerts. I simple explained how they might not be back in the way L'arc fans really are hoping for.



 

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jesus I can't so funny

This.
 
I can't stand the Raid. Used to like them but quickly got annoyed with it's members. Never liked Golden Bomber and never will. Also generic opinion, but I can't stand Mejibray and Gazette. I agree with what everyone here is saying about 0.1 no gosan.  Also sorry, but I don't like lynch.
 
Also have irrational dislike for Satoshi (ex. DIV, Laplus). Idk, why.

EARLY Mejibray was good. Also the gazette is boring, like super boring.

SID is better than The Gazette.

L'Arc~en~Ciel, i don't know why but most people i know or see on forums say they got into Japanese
music because of these guys, i then show them some of my fave bands that got me into the music
(DEAD END, Luna Sea and Siam Shade) and they don't like them.
MAKES ME RAGE!!!!
EDIT: I do like L'Arc~en~Ciel too though.

It's been a loooooooong time since SID last released a heavy track. It's really nice to seem them doing heavy music again. This sounds as good as usual. Looking forward to the full thing.

They come from a VK label, where they were seen as a VK band, played and continue to play shows and do appearances with VK bands, were touted as the unstoppable VK band when they started cracking the Oricon top 10, still have the same core style and occasionally over the top outfits as they did before they went major, and decided to base their Mousou Nikki collaboration around VK bands.
But if you believe they arent a VK band, more power to you.

Well, SID is reasonably popular in the mainstream market for a band with visual kei roots, so they deserve respect even if it's only for that.
 
But yeah I do agree that 10 bands covering the same song is kinda excessive - I would rather them cover a variety of SID songs. Not to mention I seriously can't imagine some of those bands covering such a "technical" song (probably not the best description...but Mousounikki is one of those SID songs pretty much "tailored" for Mao's vocals)

what have sid become

For some reason SID really deserves the honor.

Hah, this is much harder than the visual one.  To the charts!
 
SPYAIR UVERworld FoZZtone Flumpool B'z The Sketchbook Straightener DOES Base Ball Bear NICO Touches the Walls Honorable mentions for bands that have a vaguely VK history but don't seem to be now? Idk lol
GLAY L'arc SID The god and death stars

A collection of "Mousou nikki" covers

Renai is easily the best album for me, but dead stock, Sentimental Macchiato and hikari are actually really good too. I still haven't given M&W a proper listen, but I wasn't too excited about what I heard as well. :/ They need to slow down with all the anime songs though, it has now got to a point where their b-sides are better than the main songs, which don't even have that much variety anymore.

Oh my God go listen to Sentimental Macchiato and hikari and then come back. You've surely missed out on some great stuff! And from the second half of dead stock you must try Wife.

I feel ashamed knowing a topic talking Bass solo in J-Music
and not include Tetsuya Ogawa (Tetsu) from L'Arc~En~Ciel in the discussion!
Seriously he is like one of the most skilled and one of the best bassist in J-Music!

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Yes. Bring SID back and so I can keep pretending Aki's awful solo carrer never existed.

i'm a big AKi fan... but gotta say SID sounds so much better D:

@-NOVA-Like I know SID is popular so I did wonder about crowd size but I guess that would be expected because he was in SID but at least his music is still good huh LOL

In Japan, SID is bigger than the GazettE, obviously.

sid are on l'arc en ciel levels of famous (although I can't remember if they ever toured abroad? because l'arc did a few times);
gazette are comparable to dir en grey if you exclude gauze and macabre from their discography.

Since 2000 who do you think is the biggest band?. Personally I think SID, Just like the GazettE they had a concert at the Tokyo Dome, But his concerts in Saitama super arena were in stadium mode (37k) and not in arena mode (18k), They also played at yokohama stadium, they also had much greater exposure in the media, Being invited in several occasions to "Music Station", besides that its music was used in really popular animes like "Bleach" or "Fullmetal". In addition they have two certifications of gold of the RIAJ, the GazettE I do not think any.
 
What do you think?.
 

I think that is part of it, yes. But ken always seems to have a blast on stage no matter where or who he is playing with. Dude is mad cool. 
If they go on, great. I love L'Arc~en~Ciel a lot. If they don't, that's ok too. They had a great career so far. I also think the band ran its course, a lot of their songs since the first hiatus sound like solo careers leftovers, with a few exceptions. But that's me. I feel the same way about LUNA SEA ever since SHINE.