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@saishuuyou want me to upload their stuff and PM you the link later?

オリエンタルBLサーカス 

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montage

shoutouts to メランコリー, too.

btw, if you haven't heard it yet, MERRY's version of SO... is incredible. So far, the best song from the D'ERLANGER tribute album.

エムオロギー , the song, would be better without the awkward middle part where ガラ sings the title a couple of times. I hate that part. And the fake record scratches, too. I do like all the other parts of the song. It reminds a little bit of 木漏れ日が僕を探してる…

Favorite songs so far: 犬型真性MASOCHIST (love it. It's the kind of song I wish it would stay on their set list for years to come); SIGHT GLASS (a MERRY song for the ages. brilliant stuff); Black flag symptom (健一 , dude!)  and, of course, Happy life –reprise – (better than the single version, still not better than the acoustic one).

eu fui. saudades demais. é uma das bandas que mais gosto, até hoje. (mas, faz tempo que não escuto)

huh, wasn't there a rumour from... last year, maybe the year before, that she was going to retire soon? score one for the gossip columnists!

GOD FUCKIN' DAMMIT!!! I love Happy life with all my heart. That is all. Loved the new version, thought the superior one will always be the acoustic version.

Just listened to it. Still too early to judge, but I love how short it is. 39 mins. The members mentioned in interviews that they thought their albums were getting too long, so they decided to go back to what they used to do in the first 2 or 3 albums. Short, but sweet. Good idea, MERRY. Good idea.

Eu tô ouvindo basicamente as bandas que quero tentar ver durante a viagem, basicamente as bandas mais antigas que eu sempre gostei: BUCK-TICK, MERRY, Plastic Tree, etc.

Eu e uma amiga vamos tentar ver o ラミエル, então vou tentar pelo menos ouvir um pouco, mas pelas fotos acho que não é  muito a minha. E o fato deles copiarem o nome Lamiel é um grande strike contra. Não se pode usar o nome de uma grande banda querida assim.

peguei meu visto pro japão. vou em outubro de novo.

2/2, bebê!  

quero ver BUCK-TICK, MERRY (no mínimo 2x), D'ERLANGER, DEZERT, シド (mas tá difícil! ôôô, gente, bora botar mais uns ingressos ae!), ベル, KEEL, os projetos solo do Hitomi e do 手鞠 , Plastic Tree, ザアザア, バックドロップシンデレラ e outros. 

*dedinhos cruzados, amigos*

what a sweet, sweet setlist. まひるの月 is amazing live.

booooo, the acoustic version of Happy life is amazing. And I really like the original version. 

We also know now that MASS CONTROL is the ska-punk song from Tokyo Spring. Cool. I wonder when Screams of the Dark will appear in one of their albums officially. Judging from スカル, it will take about 10 years.

6 hours ago, Takadanobabaalien said:

THE SLUT BANKS /「1999-Shyboy story-」

 Ha, called it!

Shame about lynch. getting XXX for YOU, though

I think I remember reading something about disagreements with Danger Crue at the time. But, I guess kyo also wanted  to do something different than CIPHER and Tetsu. But, when you think about that, kyo was also featured as a guest vocalist throughout all of CRAZE's albums... so, my best guess is they actually had some problems with their agency. 

But whatever problems they had with MAVERICK 30 years ago have been ironed out, since they still have ties with them.

So the new Happy life is probably the punk version they played recently, right? I'm a bit disappointed that they decided to go with the "original" version for 平日の女, cause I really like the alternative version.

Anyway, I'm seeing them at Yanagase (got my tickets!) and, if I'm lucky, I might also catch them at Nara and Kofu. *fingers crossed*

8 hours ago, Disposable said:

Start listening to their albums chronologically is my advice

and get increasingly frustrated as their creativity slowly fades.

I'm not surprised, but this is pretty sad. グリーヴァ was amazing live. I was lucky to see them twice. One of the shows I went to was a double-bill with ゴシップ and グリーヴァ upstaged those guys pretty hard. The difference between both bands' performances was GINORMOUS.

Fuck! One of the best drummers in the scene. ザアザア needs to find someone who can pummel the kit just like he does. Shame he is "retiring", but I hope he changes his mind in a couple of years.

4ge and Lay HYPE! I have plans to see Hitomi in October, I hope I can find these minis as well.

livebu.com

great way to track concerts around Japan. You can sort stuff by region, city or artist. And I think by venue as well. In Japanese only, btw.

21 minutes ago, Lereku said:

The artists line up is really good too bad don't have Buck-Tick.

 

I undestand more why I always see SORA face on Tetsu pics when he go drink beers with another drummers, I  always wondered if ネロ was inspired by the drum  style of Tetsu so now I have the response on my question.

When you listen to ネロ's drumming and then things like CRAZE, D'ERLANGER or BODY you can totally tell: "Oh right, he really likes Tetsu's busy style." And ネロ has said many, many times how much he loves CRAZE and D'ERLANGER.

I can see TUSK singing pretty much every D'ERLANGER song ever, so I'm good with whatever THE SLUT BANKS can come up with. But if they choose something like 1999 or INCARNATION OF EROTICISM, I'll be over the moon.

Also, I would LOVE to see anyone doing XXX for YOU, one of D'ERLANGER greatest offerings.

20 minutes ago, Tokage said:

I'm honestly surprised to see Dezert popping up on so many of these tribute albums. Are they really doing that well? Do they just have connections? 

 SORA is, or was, one of Tetsu's many drum students (maybe an ex-roadie as well). ネロ is also one of his former students.

OMG TUSK SINGING D'ERLANGER??? THIS IS A-MA-ZING.

黝いヒステリア is incredible. Song of the year for me. Buuut, the new mix is not as good as the "single". (DIR EN GREY does the exact same of thing to their singles and it pisses me off too)