Number Girl

wow. i just realized how full of fail my life is

That sounds good . . . and a new-ish direction for them. Very interested now!

Y U NO LIKE MASQUERADE? I hate the chorus, it builds up all this energy and does nothing with it. YEAH, FOR REAL! Wtf!

For reaaaaaal??? :/ I'm so tired of English songs. They haven't gotten any better since Revenant Choir. Just curious Hyato, when/where did they say that they would be doing more "songs with english lyrics"? I think Kamijo has undoubtedly improved his Engrish since the first version of Revenant Choir. That wasn't even Engrish, just ingurishu. I could at least understand a few lines in "Love Will Be Born Again." HOWEVER, it's still not on a level (imo) where I think he should be singing full songs. It's still waaay too clumsy sounding. In any case, I've been re-listening to Versailles (it's been a while) and I'm definitely looking forward to the new stuff. I hope we get the official announcement soon though. April is just around the corner. Yeah, its not so much his grammar or word usage I dislike, as much as it is his accent and the way it makes his voice sound . . .

For reaaaaaal??? :/ I'm so tired of English songs. They haven't gotten any better since Revenant Choir.

EW

Haha, well I must not have paid attention to the fandom as closely as I thought! I gained interest about the time they were about to release Mirror and everyone seemed cool at that time - then there was a long period I lost interest and was engrossed in other fandoms so since I got back into them, the worst drama I've seen is when they released Horizon and about two years ago over the tour cancellations. And I agree, any enthusiasm should be purely band-inspired, rather than hate inspired.

^ Well, reference to 2010's Prana/Fatima just goes to show how much anyone has been paying attention to Sugizo, lol. He released two new albums in December and six new singles - so I take back my comment on him not being relevant. Miyavi on the other hand . . . didn't exactly do much? :/

Sugizo and Miyavi were relevant this year? People had to be splitting hairs with that one. . .

Welcome to MH! Hope you find some new bands you haven't heard before! ^^

Eh, personally . . . no. The T-shirt designs are kinda boring and the key chain is just tacky looking - poorly done, cliched design. Times New Roman? Really?

i like the part where he says chicken ramen kocchi ni kite kattete to te te to te to

Nothing is wrong with having higher priorities than bands. In fact, those were the same reasons why I haven't attended a single J-Rock (or any rock) concert yet. The problem is these same kids keep asking for bands to come to their country, probably knowing full well ahead of time they won't be able to attend. I'm sure experience will tell people that 1) most J-Rock shows fall on school days/night 2) most J-Rock shows are a considerable distance away from most people's home towns (especially if you live in America) 3) most J-Rock shows are expensive or cost some sort of money 4) most J-Rock shows require attendees to be a certain age 5) and probably to a lesser degree of importance - its a rock concert, with probably some questionable/adult material some parents may frown upon their kids seeing If you can't go and you're too overwhelmed with priorities and too unwilling to put them aside to attend - or you're too young to even go, then what's the point of petitioning for these bands to come in the first place? If its to give other people who can go a chance, then you're very mistaken. Sounds stupid and pointless to me. In that case, these bands ARE better off just catering to their local, Japanese fans. A lot less risky.

Followed you SUBLIMINAL and both of redcodefinal's accounts.

2878 songs, 20.33 GB, 8.1 days on iTunes. Wow, I'm pathetic. Then again, I try to only keep music I actually know I'll listen to and do periodic purges of files I hardly ever touch . . . or else it'd probably be MUCH bigger.

you'll always be our true precious kitty.

Sorry, I skipped your posts!

^ Although I still find this new policy to be crappy. This, this, and this again! The internet is incredibly misleading when it comes to evaluating the visual kei fan base, it seems. Sometimes the problem isn't just with VK marketing and labels.

Yeah, I have to agree with this as well. Public photographs in Twitter icons are one thing, but I think fan club material should be somewhat special. People pay a lot to be members and those benefits should be for those people alone. Seems pretty fair to me and from what I've heard, no one is missing out on any huge secrets or information if they don't join.

Yay!!!

The OP's version of the original post was in English. Here is an example from the "alicenineofficial" MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/alicenineofficial The Gazette's and SuG's page has a different version: http://www.myspace.com/thegazetteofficial "All contents published here (articles, photographs, voice data, and images) are not allowed to be used for acquisition or reprint in any reason or occasion without permission. 掲載されているすべてのコンテンツ（記事、写真、音声データ、映像データ）を許可なく取得し、いかなる理由であっても転載することを固く禁じます。"

Is this for real? o___o Wow, that's fucking dumb. But oh well, good thing their bands are ugly and shitty so on the other hand it is probably a saving grace for the internet/world.

Also seconding hope of a new (original) album.

I remember some years back (2004, 2005?) DespairsRay had their first live on USA, or something, and a fangirl made a huuuge fangirl post on Livejournal about it. Of course it included the typical 4.000 word part about the pre-live ("went with mimi-chan and kiki-chon and we ate ramen lol so kawaii!") noone cares about, but then the actual live-report was just about one thing: how she grabbed the vocalist's crotch and didn't let go. Apparently the vocalist encouraged the behavior, etc. That's all I remember when I think of "despairsray fanbase" (which thankfully isn't frecuent). Yeah, there are a few really hyper fangirls (but hey the band apparently endorses it!) but I know many more who behave as I described and a bit of fangirling is always better than stuck-up elitism or wank drama llamas. Plus, they are a metal band - metal concerts aren't supposed to have the atmosphere of a church service/poetry reading.

I too honestly think most of them are just "trying too hard" trolls just trying to make the more super serious fans uncomfortable.