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Dada has been working for Free-Will for at least the past 12 years as a graphic designer/illustrator. He did a bunch of DEG tour shirt designs during the mid to late 2000s.

Dada has been working for Free-Will for at least the past 12 years as a graphic designer/illustrator. He did a bunch of DEG tour shirt designs during the mid to late 2000s.

Currently using Eole as my Foobar2000 skin on my good laptop that only has the visual kei and '80s - mid '90s Japanese rock releases I ripped personally.  My shit laptop uses iTunes and has all of my ABBA, '60s - mid '90s Western rock rips/downloads + all of my Kpop & Hello! Project downloads. 
 

 

 

Had to take my picture on top of one of my J-music CD shelves due to me taking care of my sister's children as of this moment.
 

SuG - Agaku (Limited Edition)
Blu-BiLLioN - The Awakening of Revolution (Type A)
 
On another note, I won an auction for a copy of Rouage's Mind on vinyl the other day.  ♥

I'm posting some grandpas because this thread needs more of them. 
 
KoREDS (Aura/AZZ/Piranha 69 Kingz/HeavensDust)

 
Cindy (Color/a bunch of tribute bands)

 
The original line up of Decameron

 

My boyfriend pointed this one out to me a long time ago.
 
 
The guitar riff in the verse parts sounds too similar to one in The Boys' 1977 single, I Don't Care. 
 

I just got my most recent old school vk haul today. 
 

Pins - Ladies Room, Sleep My Dear, and two Tokyo Yankees
 

Baiser - En Fleur special video box
Aura - Fantastic Aura Show '90 + 8 Clips DVD
 
With the Aura DVD just being a limited release via Sony's order by demand that were shipped out back in May, I was super happy I hadn't shelled out any money for their major label VHSes yet.  This DVD has all three of their tapes Fantastic Aura Show '90, First Vision -Into the Aurand-, and Big-Bang We Love the Earth.
 

Media Youth - Song For Scar People
La'Mule - 時ノ葬列
La'Mule - Climax
Stella Maria - Un-titled
La'Mule - inspire
Basier - 時ノ葬列
Sleep My Dear - From Inside of Brain
La'Mule - Curse
 

Everything in this picture is still factory sealed, but I will be opening them as I didn't buy them to just look pretty on my shelf.
 
Baiser - Heaven
Aliene Ma'riage - La Matinée
La'Mule - Berlin
La'Mule - サイコダイヴ

I just got my most recent old school vk haul today. 
 

Pins - Ladies Room, Sleep My Dear, and two Tokyo Yankees
 

Baiser - En Fleur special video box
Aura - Fantastic Aura Show '90 + 8 Clips DVD
 
With the Aura DVD just being a limited release via Sony's order by demand that were shipped out back in May, I was super happy I hadn't shelled out any money for their major label VHSes yet.  This DVD has all three of their tapes Fantastic Aura Show '90, First Vision -Into the Aurand-, and Big-Bang We Love the Earth.
 

Media Youth - Song For Scar People
La'Mule - 時ノ葬列
La'Mule - Climax
Stella Maria - Un-titled
La'Mule - inspire
Basier - 時ノ葬列
Sleep My Dear - From Inside of Brain
La'Mule - Curse
 

Everything in this picture is still factory sealed, but I will be opening them as I didn't buy them to just look pretty on my shelf.
 
Baiser - Heaven
Aliene Ma'riage - La Matinée
La'Mule - Berlin
La'Mule - サイコダイヴ

I just got my most recent old school vk haul today. 
 

Pins - Ladies Room, Sleep My Dear, and two Tokyo Yankees
 

Baiser - En Fleur special video box
Aura - Fantastic Aura Show '90 + 8 Clips DVD
 
With the Aura DVD just being a limited release via Sony's order by demand that were shipped out back in May, I was super happy I hadn't shelled out any money for their major label VHSes yet.  This DVD has all three of their tapes Fantastic Aura Show '90, First Vision -Into the Aurand-, and Big-Bang We Love the Earth.
 

Media Youth - Song For Scar People
La'Mule - 時ノ葬列
La'Mule - Climax
Stella Maria - Un-titled
La'Mule - inspire
Basier - 時ノ葬列
Sleep My Dear - From Inside of Brain
La'Mule - Curse
 

Everything in this picture is still factory sealed, but I will be opening them as I didn't buy them to just look pretty on my shelf.
 
Baiser - Heaven
Aliene Ma'riage - La Matinée
La'Mule - Berlin
La'Mule - サイコダイヴ

I'm posting some grandpas because this thread needs more of them. 
 
KoREDS (Aura/AZZ/Piranha 69 Kingz/HeavensDust)

 
Cindy (Color/a bunch of tribute bands)

 
The original line up of Decameron

 

I just got my most recent old school vk haul today. 
 

Pins - Ladies Room, Sleep My Dear, and two Tokyo Yankees
 

Baiser - En Fleur special video box
Aura - Fantastic Aura Show '90 + 8 Clips DVD
 
With the Aura DVD just being a limited release via Sony's order by demand that were shipped out back in May, I was super happy I hadn't shelled out any money for their major label VHSes yet.  This DVD has all three of their tapes Fantastic Aura Show '90, First Vision -Into the Aurand-, and Big-Bang We Love the Earth.
 

Media Youth - Song For Scar People
La'Mule - 時ノ葬列
La'Mule - Climax
Stella Maria - Un-titled
La'Mule - inspire
Basier - 時ノ葬列
Sleep My Dear - From Inside of Brain
La'Mule - Curse
 

Everything in this picture is still factory sealed, but I will be opening them as I didn't buy them to just look pretty on my shelf.
 
Baiser - Heaven
Aliene Ma'riage - La Matinée
La'Mule - Berlin
La'Mule - サイコダイヴ

I'm posting some grandpas because this thread needs more of them. 
 
KoREDS (Aura/AZZ/Piranha 69 Kingz/HeavensDust)

 
Cindy (Color/a bunch of tribute bands)

 
The original line up of Decameron

 

I'm posting some grandpas because this thread needs more of them. 
 
KoREDS (Aura/AZZ/Piranha 69 Kingz/HeavensDust)

 
Cindy (Color/a bunch of tribute bands)

 
The original line up of Decameron

 

Well, for KATZE, they often get lumped in the visual kei genre the same way that 44MAGNUM, Dead End, and Gastunk gets placed as a vk band.  They're not really a vk group, but they inspired a bunch of groups that would later  shape what would be come the visual genre.  The magazines that KATZE were featured in back in the day were the same magazines that bands like Color, BY-SEXUAL, and Ladies Room would often frequent the pages of, so in the end, it's not surprising..
 
I'm really shocked how many times Ladies Room got mentioned.  As much as I love the group, I wouldn't expect a band with such cheese ball music to be listed as other musicians' favorite vk groups.  I'm hoping these guys that selected Ladies Room as a favorite prefer tunes like "Get Down" and "Dance in the Back", because I would be sad if they meant pop fluff songs like "'Clock Strikes Ten" when they picked Ladies Room for their lists.

I'm posting some grandpas because this thread needs more of them. 
 
KoREDS (Aura/AZZ/Piranha 69 Kingz/HeavensDust)

 
Cindy (Color/a bunch of tribute bands)

 
The original line up of Decameron

 

I just got my most recent old school vk haul today. 
 

Pins - Ladies Room, Sleep My Dear, and two Tokyo Yankees
 

Baiser - En Fleur special video box
Aura - Fantastic Aura Show '90 + 8 Clips DVD
 
With the Aura DVD just being a limited release via Sony's order by demand that were shipped out back in May, I was super happy I hadn't shelled out any money for their major label VHSes yet.  This DVD has all three of their tapes Fantastic Aura Show '90, First Vision -Into the Aurand-, and Big-Bang We Love the Earth.
 

Media Youth - Song For Scar People
La'Mule - 時ノ葬列
La'Mule - Climax
Stella Maria - Un-titled
La'Mule - inspire
Basier - 時ノ葬列
Sleep My Dear - From Inside of Brain
La'Mule - Curse
 

Everything in this picture is still factory sealed, but I will be opening them as I didn't buy them to just look pretty on my shelf.
 
Baiser - Heaven
Aliene Ma'riage - La Matinée
La'Mule - Berlin
La'Mule - サイコダイヴ

I just got my most recent old school vk haul today. 
 

Pins - Ladies Room, Sleep My Dear, and two Tokyo Yankees
 

Baiser - En Fleur special video box
Aura - Fantastic Aura Show '90 + 8 Clips DVD
 
With the Aura DVD just being a limited release via Sony's order by demand that were shipped out back in May, I was super happy I hadn't shelled out any money for their major label VHSes yet.  This DVD has all three of their tapes Fantastic Aura Show '90, First Vision -Into the Aurand-, and Big-Bang We Love the Earth.
 

Media Youth - Song For Scar People
La'Mule - 時ノ葬列
La'Mule - Climax
Stella Maria - Un-titled
La'Mule - inspire
Basier - 時ノ葬列
Sleep My Dear - From Inside of Brain
La'Mule - Curse
 

Everything in this picture is still factory sealed, but I will be opening them as I didn't buy them to just look pretty on my shelf.
 
Baiser - Heaven
Aliene Ma'riage - La Matinée
La'Mule - Berlin
La'Mule - サイコダイヴ

I loved the whole Daishi's & Ami's sudden marriage announcement because the all of the Hello! Project and gravure wotas were losing their shit because Amitan was getting married to a criminal/junkie.  A few old wotas were upset that they can't fap to her anymore knowing she's married a "visual kei loser".  The best part of the idol/gravure fandom side of this whole thing was that some Western teenage Hello! Project fan made some huge rant about how Amitan was being a negative role model for young female fans because she was getting married to someone that used to do drugs. 

This haul was just pure old vk/J-rock related items.  My Loudness bias is strong today. XD
 

Kamaitachi micro-fiber towel from the current reunion tour
Jacks 'n' Joker autograph board
 

test-No. - test-No.006
test-No. - test-No.007
Puela - Shadow of Wizard
 

Passion Rose - Under the Rose VHS + maxi single
 

SHOXX volume 12 [cover artist: hide with Kyo (Die in Cries)]  plus the Sawada Taiji & Yamada Masaki poster that came with the issue  (I may have only bought this just for the poster.)
 

Fool's Mate volume 128 (cover artist: Loudness)
Rockin' F volume 202 (cover artist: Loudness)
 

Fool's Mate volume 198 (cover artist: Luna Sea)
Fool's Mate volume 202 (cover artist: Luna Sea)
 

Fool's Mate volume 138 (cover artist: Ladies Room)
P-5 January 1991 issue

This haul was just pure old vk/J-rock related items.  My Loudness bias is strong today. XD
 

Kamaitachi micro-fiber towel from the current reunion tour
Jacks 'n' Joker autograph board
 

test-No. - test-No.006
test-No. - test-No.007
Puela - Shadow of Wizard
 

Passion Rose - Under the Rose VHS + maxi single
 

SHOXX volume 12 [cover artist: hide with Kyo (Die in Cries)]  plus the Sawada Taiji & Yamada Masaki poster that came with the issue  (I may have only bought this just for the poster.)
 

Fool's Mate volume 128 (cover artist: Loudness)
Rockin' F volume 202 (cover artist: Loudness)
 

Fool's Mate volume 198 (cover artist: Luna Sea)
Fool's Mate volume 202 (cover artist: Luna Sea)
 

Fool's Mate volume 138 (cover artist: Ladies Room)
P-5 January 1991 issue

Well this sucks.  I just saw Soundgarden live last week.   Weird to think Chris would be gone the next week. 

All of the stuff I own that's signed were all second hand buys because most of the bands/musicians I like are disbanded,  are retired, or are dead.  Also, I'm too cheap to take a trip to Japan to stalk go to shows of the musicians I do like that are still active.  It actually might be a good thing, now that I think about it. XD

But I have the following autographs:
Color - 4/5 of the band, Toshi is the only one that didn't sign the board I bought.  From what the seller told me, Toshi was sick the day that the autograph session happened.  Marry's signature says "Sex For You" as it was his slogan at the time to female fans and Cindy's says "Sexy Girl".
Kamaitachi - I did get some live show/backstage pictures with this autograph.  My avatar is the Kazzy picture that came with it.
Genkaku Allergy
Ladies Room - My favorite part of this autograph is that George's signature says "Suck My Dick".  How cute.
Octopus Cult - They're probably not a VK band, but all of the members were from VK bands. (Sceana - Kamaitachi, Genkaku Allergy; Naoki - Decameron; Take - Decameron; Yayoi - Seamonkey)  Yes, I have a lot of Sceana signed items.
test-No. (the original line-up) - Not VK, but Ryo and Den have a history with the VK scene.
Mejibray - Both were posters that came with CDs I bought.
 

Well this sucks.  I just saw Soundgarden live last week.   Weird to think Chris would be gone the next week. 

Well this sucks.  I just saw Soundgarden live last week.   Weird to think Chris would be gone the next week. 

This haul was just pure old vk/J-rock related items.  My Loudness bias is strong today. XD
 

Kamaitachi micro-fiber towel from the current reunion tour
Jacks 'n' Joker autograph board
 

test-No. - test-No.006
test-No. - test-No.007
Puela - Shadow of Wizard
 

Passion Rose - Under the Rose VHS + maxi single
 

SHOXX volume 12 [cover artist: hide with Kyo (Die in Cries)]  plus the Sawada Taiji & Yamada Masaki poster that came with the issue  (I may have only bought this just for the poster.)
 

Fool's Mate volume 128 (cover artist: Loudness)
Rockin' F volume 202 (cover artist: Loudness)
 

Fool's Mate volume 198 (cover artist: Luna Sea)
Fool's Mate volume 202 (cover artist: Luna Sea)
 

Fool's Mate volume 138 (cover artist: Ladies Room)
P-5 January 1991 issue