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Well, two of the "why aren't they more popular?" bands I discovered while I was there were The Sherry and Neverland, so maybe give those bands a go? Beyond that, the best thing to do would just be to go to a random live and hope you made a good gamble XD

RIP

The "style" itself has existed long before baroque though, but I don't think it was ever called anything but just "visual kei". Take a look at or Both of those bands(and many more like them) were active in the mid-to-late 90's and were they to have popped up later, there's no doubt in my mind that they would have been considered oshare.

I think that's probably just because overseas fans like putting stuff into neat little cubbyholes. I think Japanese fans/bands are a lot less concerned about VK "subgenres" over all. I know that angura-kei is rarely ever used there, but is considered a legit subgenre by foreign fans. I think the same thing goes for koteosa and especially white-kei(they do have sofubi[soft visual], but as far as I know white-kei is a completely foreign-coined term).

NEET for life~ *high-fives*

Nah, MASTURBATION is too mainstream... everyone is doin' it nowadays. Come up with something like HIZAKI and the Dick Palmer Quartet.

*sigh* I miss when they used to pretend they were the power rangers(and make good music).

Countdown for first last.fm user to beg him to upload music from his own band.

Preview sounds/looks amazing, I can't wait! Also: nerd!Hikaru <3

What does it matter unless you're going to that concert? This is most likely just a one time thing for that live and they'll probably never release anything with that lineup.

Sad to see them go since they started out great, but it seemed like they were becoming a joke band as they went on :/

I almost want to be happy for this, but I just can't really imagine cune with a different vocalist

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AC%E7%B3%BB&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&channel=fflb&fp=c04863669a11c06c&q=%E3%81%8A%E6%B4%92%E8%90%BD%E7%B3%BB&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial What are you trying to prove? オサレ doesn't even mean anything, while お洒落(oshare) means stylish or dressed up which is kinda... you know... one of the main things that makes it what it is. Besides that, there's even a song by DEViL KITTY called バンザイお洒落系, so I think I'll take the word of another VK band for what it is and how it's spelled :v

Umm... It's おしゃれ and しゃ is commonly romanized as either sha or sya, but certainly never sa XD

Do you have pooh in your mouth? That's sick, bro.

Hey there cutie patootie :v

There's a Lingerie Day?

I rather like their vocalist, but the whole vocaloid duet thing is just weird XD

That'd be amazing if it was, but I don't think he's ever played guitar before?

That was pretty bad, man :/

There's no such thing anymore They changed it's name back to Shibuya Public Hall and removed the giant lemon sign out front :'D

Shame, I rather liked them Most of their music was damn near impossible to find though.

You just gotta watch out for the Tier 1 bands that somehow manage to stay around forever despite all evidence to the contrary(See: MURASAKI, who pretty much exclusively plays Narciss and has been doing so for like 7 years now).

Hmm... I don't think there's any particular "road", but I suppose there are a few different tiers. These only apply to VK bands in Tokyo, so I don't know how it'd be for others. Tier 1: This one is the lowest of the low and are where bands you've never heard of play at. This includes venues such as Urawa Narciss, Ikebukuro Cyber and Birth Shinjuku(formerly Holiday Shinjuku). Tier 2: Bands who play these venues generally(but not always) have a slightly bigger audience. Venues in this tier would be ones like the Ruido venues(K2, K3, K4), SHIBUYA-REX, Takadanobaba Area and Ikebukuro EDGE. Tier 3: Once bands have made it here, they are usually pulling in much larger audiences(these venues hold 500+ capacity). The big venues here would be Shibuya O-West, Shinjuku LOFT and Shinjuku BLAZE. Tier 4: There's probably a lot of mixing inbetween tier 3 and 4, but I'll consider tier 4 to be venues with 1000+ capacity. The livehouses here would be ones like Shibuya O-East(~1300), Akasaka Blitz(~1300), SHIBUYA-AX(~1500) and Zepp Tokyo(~2700). Tier 5: God-tier. If you've made it here, then you've pretty much made it as a band. This includes the biggest venues like Budokan(~14,000), Saitama Super Arena(~37,000) and Tokyo Dome(~56,000). This is by no means a definitive guide, but should at least give you an idea on "how far" a band is along that road