evilcoconut

finally!

↑ Would probably pick the Penicillin track as I'm not really a fan of any of the other artists. 01.OLDCODEX – Elephant over 02.Slot Machine – หัวใช่เท้า 03.Calmando Qual – Shadow 04.io樂團 – 戀愛我不行 05.JETSET'ER – Her Name Is Music 06.Mariska – Kahellaa 07.WEAVER – ネバーランド 08.12012 – Over... 09.Mix Speaker's,Inc. – S.O.Sロマンティック 10.GOING UNDER GROUND – カウボーイによろしく This shuffle was decent, yet boring, until 12012's song, so it's obvious which one I'm picking lol.

argh duplicate

That's why it's in the rumor section lol. But if there's any truth to it, the bullet points pretty much all fit Hyde.

Hints: "Mr. Z, member of a Popular Rock Group" - One of the main members of a popular rock group who represents the 90s - Had a concert at Tokyo Dome and recorded million sellers - Also doing solo work - Married, but is living seperately due to circumstances - Has been taking drugs for over ten years - Has been going to DARC to undergo rehab for 5 years now - Treated as top secret within DARC (Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center - US) - Also receiving private treatment in his/her US vacation house Maji De I frankly think it's Hyde.

Lol, this. It comes off so try-hard in most cases.

I think they just make hard ciders don't they? Good ones though, I might add

Oh there's quite a few, but honestly, I have to say Zodia. Just because I want to see what they could become if they hadn't broken up so quickly. They sounded so fresh and awesome when they hit the scene and then BAM! gone.

"A band's first album isn't automatically their best, in fact, it probably sucks compared to the rest of their disco." Unpopular because about 75% of the time I meet fans of bands I like, they always say their first albums were the best, like it's just an automatic, understood thing. Now, this is not exclusive to the J-fandom, I've observed it loads in Western music before I ever got into Japanese stuff. But I've never gotten it. Why does everyone parrot that the first album is omg the best ever and then they totally sold out desu desu one one. I can name so many examples: D'espairsRay, MUCC, 12012, Gazette, Meth (for them it was actually their first single or something really stupid), L'arc (lmao) and on and on. Me personally, I very rarely find any band's debut to be their best. In fact, far from it. Kinda like a writer's first novel is usually shit personified. I don't mean first published, I mean actual FIRST. Bands grow, bands get better at what they do and the same generally goes for every art form. Some of them DO have uncommonly good debuts, but that is the EXCEPTION, not the norm. You are not extra edgy or indie for liking their first album THE BEST, thereby providing some kind of unsaid proof that you've liked them since ~forever~

That 70's Show. I can't seem to stop watching it. Even though I have lots of unfnished dramas. 8D

Hang on you guys, my last post was a lie. THESE are my top ten VK bands. 1.Mejibray 2.Matenrou Opera 3.Alice Nine 4.Lycaon 5.Born 6.Screw 7.SUG 8.D 9.Megaromania 10.Nightmare *le cough*

it's all my fault guys. i made a list of vk bands i like and slowly but surely everyone on it is breaking up. two down, eight more to go.

Lmao, yes, I totally agree with this one too. There aren't any more crap bands now than there were then. People just tend to always be nostalgic for the ~old days~

Idgaf, happy about this

I can't really definitively answer this because it all really depends on my mood and what exactly it is I'm reading or writing or studying or whatever

Yeah, my story is kinda similar. I was a nu-metal head back when it was ~cool~ and then the scene kinda died and I basically found the sound again in VK. I've branched out since then, but the majority of VK I liked when I first got into it was all the nu-metal-aping shit.

I don't care about the visuals in VK: I say this is an unpopular opinion because I've been told countless times that it's impossible not to care about the visuals and anyone that says that is lying and on and on. But I don't and I never have. I have some kind of sick attraction to the music itself, but I don't give a flying fuck about the band's appearance and would prefer they didn't look so ridiculous if I had a choice, just so it'd be less embarrassing to point them out to people.

I totally agree with your "Dir en grey is still VK" opinion lol. I kinda can't help rolling my eyes when I run into fans who try to act like Diru is completely disconnected from VK and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. Like you said, their sound is so rooted in VK that I can't separate the two. Bands in the same "sound profile" who were never VK sound different.

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

it freakin' sux

Isn't it just quintessentially VK? I put Eat You Alive in my list and hey whaddya know, they're disbanding! Next band up! lol