r...

Hoping for kranke cover by sukekiyo.

I would loooove if MERRY put their own jazzy, moody spin on 君に幸あれ with some accordion thrown in.
 
lynch. would be crazy not to cover 茫然自失, it is basically the same as 80% of their songs anyway. lol I agree with @r...that SID should get 最終列車. I could see Plastic Tree going for ココロノナイマチ and sukekiyo going for something like 暗闇に咲く花 or ズタズタ.
 

Mind that KISS was also surprisingly good (the same tier just as those Dune/Tierra albums - I know that no one will ever share my True/Heart love though) for that time when their "anime-friendly" shtick was made clear.
 
But yeah, whoever dismisses Tierra (!) and their legacy for that matter is obviously trolling, lmao.

LMFAO THE ENSOKU STUFF

@Carmelzors I.WANT.TO.BELIEVE!
I tried to be somewhat reasonable with my predictions, hence so many singles, but I really wanted cali≠gari to come full circle and cover a very early MUCC song, or  a more obscure b-side,  密室-era and all. It would be a nice tribute to their friends/juniors.
 
And 最終列車 would be the perfect シド cover song, I hope you all know that. Don't ruin my dream, guys! Let Plastic Tree pick something else. 達瑯 or ミヤ said on  the MUCC TO THE FUTURE stream that not all artists have selected their songs yet, but Plastic Tree had picked their song already. Maybe they'll announce it soon. 

I wasn't sure where to put this so please move it if it's better suited for another subforum!

There was a relatively interesting article on e-aidem interviewing the chief manager of the Tokyo likea branch about why VK cd shops continue in an age where CD purchases are on the decline. It's not every day there's an actual article on VK as a whole and their conversation was more interesting than I expected so I wanted to translate it for anyone who might be interested.

I only included the pictures that helped in the understanding of what was being discussed and the only text here is the actual interview and not the blog-ish portions about the interviewer's visit, but you can see the full article here.

H: Ai Hinishi, the interviewer
M: Matsumoto, chief manager of Likea Tokyo
 
 

Hope this was interesting to someone... I was unaware of the history of the store as a UK rock shop.
 
 

I just want sukekiyo to cover "Boku ga hontou..." Is that such a stretch?

Cool. The bands announced aren't really surprising: Plastic Tree, ROTTENGRAFFTY, cali≠gari, MERRY, THE BACK HORN, ROACH. They basically asked their friends for a hand. Kinda like the BUCK-TICK tribute album.
 
But I'm actually surprised to see sukekiyo there! (and also hoping sukekiyo will return the favor by letting 達瑯 sing  in their next single/album) Didn't think they would do that, so that's cool. I'll be even more surprised if Ken isn't a part of it, either by playing as a guest guitarist or producing this thing. Someone mentioned that Ken helped MUCC during 球体, and that's true, but he's been helping MUCC since 葬ラ謳.
 
Also, I'll be damned if Kei from ラヴィアンローズ isn't a part of this too. His bromance with ミヤ is too stronk.
 
Now, what songs would you like to see the bands covering and what type of song would better suit each of them?
I pray to have something close to this:
 
MERRY - 遺書 or ママ. 
 
cali≠gari - 友達が死んだ日
 
シド -  最終列車
 
THE BACK HORN - 雨のオーケストラ
 
 
Plastic Tree - 流星
 
 
ROTTENGRAFFTY - 蘭鋳 
 
 
GRANRODEO - 謡声
 
lynch. - アゲハ
 
ROACH - TONIGHT
 
THE ORAL CIGARETTES - I dunno, one of the more recent shitty singles, I guess? CLASSIC or MOTHER, or smth.
 
 
DEZERT - 我、在ルベキ場所
 
 
gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy - アカ
 
 
BAND-MAID - Again, I don't know. Something more recent, I guess. World's End seems right up their alley.
 
 
FLOW - フリージア 
 
 
POLYSICS - Shit, I would love to see them do a zany, over-the-top, cover of  大嫌い.
 
sukekiyo - 朽木の塔
 

Cool. The bands announced aren't really surprising: Plastic Tree, ROTTENGRAFFTY, cali≠gari, MERRY, THE BACK HORN, ROACH. They basically asked their friends for a hand. Kinda like the BUCK-TICK tribute album.
 
But I'm actually surprised to see sukekiyo there! (and also hoping sukekiyo will return the favor by letting 達瑯 sing  in their next single/album) Didn't think they would do that, so that's cool. I'll be even more surprised if Ken isn't a part of it, either by playing as a guest guitarist or producing this thing. Someone mentioned that Ken helped MUCC during 球体, and that's true, but he's been helping MUCC since 葬ラ謳.
 
Also, I'll be damned if Kei from ラヴィアンローズ isn't a part of this too. His bromance with ミヤ is too stronk.
 
Now, what songs would you like to see the bands covering and what type of song would better suit each of them?
I pray to have something close to this:
 
MERRY - 遺書 or ママ. 
 
cali≠gari - 友達が死んだ日
 
シド -  最終列車
 
THE BACK HORN - 雨のオーケストラ
 
 
Plastic Tree - 流星
 
 
ROTTENGRAFFTY - 蘭鋳 
 
 
GRANRODEO - 謡声
 
lynch. - アゲハ
 
ROACH - TONIGHT
 
THE ORAL CIGARETTES - I dunno, one of the more recent shitty singles, I guess? CLASSIC or MOTHER, or smth.
 
 
DEZERT - 我、在ルベキ場所
 
 
gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy - アカ
 
 
BAND-MAID - Again, I don't know. Something more recent, I guess. World's End seems right up their alley.
 
 
FLOW - フリージア 
 
 
POLYSICS - Shit, I would love to see them do a zany, over-the-top, cover of  大嫌い.
 
sukekiyo - 朽木の塔
 

They are already dead as a band for a long time, so not a big loss for the scene

The bands included in MUCC's tribute album have been revealed on their niconico stream:
 

 
There's still 4 bands yet to be revealed~ I'm so excited!!!!

白黒キネマ(monokuro kinema) will revive for one-day at their live at Club Dorothy at 2017/08/19
 
Vo.田嶋武敏(tajima taketoshi)
Gt.長谷川翔(hasegawa shou)
Gt.進藤和希(shindou kazuki)
Ba.坂本隆史(sakamoto takafumi)
Dr.一村 友治 (ichimura yuuji)
 
 

it was announced after シド (SID) 2-day oneman live at Nippon Budoukan at 2017/05/12-13 that their new maxi-single "螺旋のユメ" (Rasen no Yume) will be released at 2017/08/02 (3 types)
 
Limited edition (1620Y) will include CD+DVD
Regular edition (980Y) will include CD
Anime edition (1620Y) will include CD+DVD
 
"螺旋のユメ" (Rasen no Yume) will be opening theme of TV anime "将国のアルタイル" (Shoukoku no Altair)
 
their new album will be released at 2017/09
 
Setlist at 2017/05/12 at Nippon Budoukan

1　紫陽花
2　林檎飴
3　罠
4　アリバイ
5　妄想日記
6　妄想日記２
7　レイニーデイ
8　暖炉
9　ハナビラ
10　夢心地
11　バタフライエフェクト
12　ENAMEL
13　dummy
14　吉開学17歳(無職)
En1　硝子の瞳
En2　循環
En3　プロポーズ
En4　隣人
En5　眩暈
 
 

Setlist at 2017/05/13 at Nippon Budoukan

1　ANNIVERSARY
2　laser
3　Re:Dreamer
4　cosmetic
5　CELEBRITY
6　ドレスコード
7　星の都
8　マスカラ
9　ミルク
10　Room
11　Graduation
12　Dear Tokyo
13　循環
14　one way

En1　バタフライエフェクト
En2　吉開学17歳(無職)
En3　嘘
En4　V.I.P
En5　夏恋
En6　光
 

 

I'm saying just because you haven't see a band perform live, it doesn't mean you can't criticize them. Studio albums are indicative of an artist's musical skill and songwriting capabilities. If a band has five albums and I only like one of them, I think it's fair to say that I don't like the band's music. Seeing them live won't change anything. 

Shinji is awesome, water is wet, news at 11.
I'd love to see them again. Hopefully this year.

Hmm I actually like this? lol That guitar riff is catchy as hell.

Sure, but it's not like seeing Mejibray live is just a matter of buying tickets and driving to a local venue for anyone outside Japan. 

this is entirely unnotable minus a few passages but their durrrrcore fanbase will eat this shit up and so lynch will live forever

VK fans in general don't seem to understand how... anything works. 

Eh...I always thought that RUKA was just an incredibly quiet guy, but that he really enjoyed being around YOMI and laughing about his crazy antics. I remember watching some of 爆烈! ナイトメア episodes back in 2010 (?) and whenever he was on the show, YOMI was clearly trying to make him laugh as much as possible. 
 
 
 
 
 

woooooo~
 
I'll see them twice this year then! Probably at Nara and Oita. Sweet.
 
Setlist today:
 
MERRY「Tokyo Spring 日比谷デモクラティック ～羊達の主張～」
2017年5月5日(金・祝)
日比谷野外大音楽堂
01. 演説〜シュールレアリズム〜
02. [human farm]
03. 「東京」
04. 自意識過剰型木偶人間
05. ロストジェネレーション -replay-
06. Screams of the Dark
07. ハライソ
08. T.O.P.
09. 絶望
10. 真っ赤な青い春 -Acoustic-
11. 平日の女 -Acoustic-
S.E. iNtO the mARkeT
12. NOnsenSe MARkeT
13. 【collector】
14. 暗闇にピンク
15. Zombie Paradise〜地獄の舞踏曲〜
(歌MC〜メンバー紹介)
16. 傘と雨
17. オリエンタルBLサーカス
18. Carnival
19. ジャパニーズモダニスト
20. 千代田線デモクラシー
-ENCORE-
21. 梟
22. Happy life (new arrange!)
-ENCORE2-
23. 新曲 *new song* (Ska-ish according to a fan on Twitter)
24. バイオレットハレンチ
25. 千代田線デモクラシー -revenge-
 
 テツ finally played without his neck brace during the encore. Finally! Hopefully during the next tour he'll be able to play some concerts without it. And maybe by 2018 he won't need to wear it ever again. Here's hoping.
 
Aaand the official website mentions a late summer release for the new album. So around September, then? That's my guess.
 

woooooo~
 
I'll see them twice this year then! Probably at Nara and Oita. Sweet.
 
Setlist today:
 
MERRY「Tokyo Spring 日比谷デモクラティック ～羊達の主張～」
2017年5月5日(金・祝)
日比谷野外大音楽堂
01. 演説〜シュールレアリズム〜
02. [human farm]
03. 「東京」
04. 自意識過剰型木偶人間
05. ロストジェネレーション -replay-
06. Screams of the Dark
07. ハライソ
08. T.O.P.
09. 絶望
10. 真っ赤な青い春 -Acoustic-
11. 平日の女 -Acoustic-
S.E. iNtO the mARkeT
12. NOnsenSe MARkeT
13. 【collector】
14. 暗闇にピンク
15. Zombie Paradise〜地獄の舞踏曲〜
(歌MC〜メンバー紹介)
16. 傘と雨
17. オリエンタルBLサーカス
18. Carnival
19. ジャパニーズモダニスト
20. 千代田線デモクラシー
-ENCORE-
21. 梟
22. Happy life (new arrange!)
-ENCORE2-
23. 新曲 *new song* (Ska-ish according to a fan on Twitter)
24. バイオレットハレンチ
25. 千代田線デモクラシー -revenge-
 
 テツ finally played without his neck brace during the encore. Finally! Hopefully during the next tour he'll be able to play some concerts without it. And maybe by 2018 he won't need to wear it ever again. Here's hoping.
 
Aaand the official website mentions a late summer release for the new album. So around September, then? That's my guess.
 

woooooo~
 
I'll see them twice this year then! Probably at Nara and Oita. Sweet.
 
Setlist today:
 
MERRY「Tokyo Spring 日比谷デモクラティック ～羊達の主張～」
2017年5月5日(金・祝)
日比谷野外大音楽堂
01. 演説〜シュールレアリズム〜
02. [human farm]
03. 「東京」
04. 自意識過剰型木偶人間
05. ロストジェネレーション -replay-
06. Screams of the Dark
07. ハライソ
08. T.O.P.
09. 絶望
10. 真っ赤な青い春 -Acoustic-
11. 平日の女 -Acoustic-
S.E. iNtO the mARkeT
12. NOnsenSe MARkeT
13. 【collector】
14. 暗闇にピンク
15. Zombie Paradise〜地獄の舞踏曲〜
(歌MC〜メンバー紹介)
16. 傘と雨
17. オリエンタルBLサーカス
18. Carnival
19. ジャパニーズモダニスト
20. 千代田線デモクラシー
-ENCORE-
21. 梟
22. Happy life (new arrange!)
-ENCORE2-
23. 新曲 *new song* (Ska-ish according to a fan on Twitter)
24. バイオレットハレンチ
25. 千代田線デモクラシー -revenge-
 
 テツ finally played without his neck brace during the encore. Finally! Hopefully during the next tour he'll be able to play some concerts without it. And maybe by 2018 he won't need to wear it ever again. Here's hoping.
 
Aaand the official website mentions a late summer release for the new album. So around September, then? That's my guess.
 

woooooo~
 
I'll see them twice this year then! Probably at Nara and Oita. Sweet.
 
Setlist today:
 
MERRY「Tokyo Spring 日比谷デモクラティック ～羊達の主張～」
2017年5月5日(金・祝)
日比谷野外大音楽堂
01. 演説〜シュールレアリズム〜
02. [human farm]
03. 「東京」
04. 自意識過剰型木偶人間
05. ロストジェネレーション -replay-
06. Screams of the Dark
07. ハライソ
08. T.O.P.
09. 絶望
10. 真っ赤な青い春 -Acoustic-
11. 平日の女 -Acoustic-
S.E. iNtO the mARkeT
12. NOnsenSe MARkeT
13. 【collector】
14. 暗闇にピンク
15. Zombie Paradise〜地獄の舞踏曲〜
(歌MC〜メンバー紹介)
16. 傘と雨
17. オリエンタルBLサーカス
18. Carnival
19. ジャパニーズモダニスト
20. 千代田線デモクラシー
-ENCORE-
21. 梟
22. Happy life (new arrange!)
-ENCORE2-
23. 新曲 *new song* (Ska-ish according to a fan on Twitter)
24. バイオレットハレンチ
25. 千代田線デモクラシー -revenge-
 
 テツ finally played without his neck brace during the encore. Finally! Hopefully during the next tour he'll be able to play some concerts without it. And maybe by 2018 he won't need to wear it ever again. Here's hoping.
 
Aaand the official website mentions a late summer release for the new album. So around September, then? That's my guess.
 

So close. September to February, huh... I don't really know how long a typical tour lasts, is this too unusual? Given that MERRY love touring? Still waiting for you to be proven right about the rest. Although, surprisingly we haven't seen their 15th anniversary live on DVD yet, so it could be that too?