Biopanda

For better or for worse, visual kei is something that's had an impact on my life.  I never thought groups of cross dressing Japanese men playing metal would be something that's stuck with me for so long, but throughout all the surprises, discoveries, disappointments, and developments I've stuck around in some capacity. I may not be as heavy into visual kei or Japanese music as I used to be, but there's a part of me that will always go back to the music I've enjoyed and another part of me that's always looking forward to new bands, activities, and trends. Here are five things I really enjoy about the scene which has kept me coming back again and again since 1999.
 

 

 
 

 
 


 
 
So those are all the things I like about visual kei. I'm sure I missed some. What do you like about visual kei?

''Sugar'' stands for MiA's BR sugar daddy
''Dry'' stands for his bangya after they find out there's other girls in the band

It was me. I was the doll all along. I was just trying to get you to notice me, Tokage-senpai 

the future of visual kei..........

Ew.

It was me. I was the doll all along. I was just trying to get you to notice me, Tokage-senpai 

maybe it was actually a sponsored live @ the local butcher shop, Ikebukuro Lamb Chop. . . . .  

You can actually check Chop's schedule from the past few years if you change the month and year in the link.
I skimmed through every month in 2015 and saw not even one mention of D[ab]e.

i was there & the doll directly turned to face me and said my full name, kinda weird but i thought it was just part of the song

Kawaii_minpha joins as roadie

Excuse me, but this isn't the "Best Jrock CD Cover" thread.

I keep dreaming of  a day when Toshi is replaced by someone else in X Japan  If his performance during the first weekend of Coachella was any indication, it's time for him to retire. He sounded like he was going through a second puberty the whole time and it was really embarrassing. Even with as much of an X fan as I am, I have to admit that much.

Ran compiled and uploaded this earlier in March on Twitter to Gigafile, but the link is down now. Feels trip.
 

zoisite order!

decola hopping was a nagoya band thus they are technically neo oshare nagoya kei, check AND mate

Excuse me, but this isn't the "Best Jrock CD Cover" thread.

Excuse me, but this isn't the "Best Jrock CD Cover" thread.

I want to imagine that those are car lights behind them and they're going to be doing Initial D-esque eurobeat.

Wanna know a secret that the band doesn't want you to know about? This was from a 2001-2002 era SHOXX magazine

Wanna know a secret that the band doesn't want you to know about? This was from a 2001-2002 era SHOXX magazine

This is a cursed post!!!

I prefer nagoya kei I'm a big fan of Dir en grey.

I've always had a soft spot for the band ???, which is apparently supposed to be pronounced Hatena.

Oh wow X JAPAN is releasing a new album!