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I was meaning it honestly. Little Hearts push the scene a lot and they produce tons of meaningful events that are super good for medium sized indies as well as bigger bands.

MERRY lucky bag from Galaxy Broad Shop ✨✨
 

 

Cool! All the luck to them! Hopefully, there will be enough events and people interested to keep the local scenes alive.

Visual kei CD store littleHEARTS. will open 5 new stores!!
 
Sapporo store will open on March 25 Yokohama store will open on April 1 Nagoya store will open on April 6 Shizuoka store will open on May 8 Takamatsu store will open on June 1  
https://littlehearts.jp/cms/2017/02/24120001.php

would be interesting to see a re-recording of the second disc. Also, real nice from him not to pretend those oldies did not exist and only focus on the new shit....

the greatest website ever. I hope it never dies.

vkdb and Glass Thread should be your most loyal friends while going through VK history.

MERRY - Peep Show ♥

 
 
 

PENICILLIN are charging ￥6,500 to play in 500 people livehouses, I think. D'ERLANGER was charging the same amount and playing the same houses. That's the EXACT SAME AMOUNT I payed to see BUCK-TICK last year in a 2,500 people hall.
 
RADWIMPS are charging around U$75 and playing big halls and arenas, ONE OK ROCK is a bit cheaper, so it's a mix between popularity/name recognition and the kind of venues they usually play. And I guess it also depends on the bands and the fanbase demographic. Older bands usually have older fans and that means more money.
 
I mean, I understand that V系 bands usually charge more than "normal" rock bands (gotta pay for them outfits, right?), but it can get pretty gruesome. BLUE ENCOUNT who is doing pretty, pretty well, charge about ￥4,500. Suchmos are even cheaper: ￥3,500. So, yeah, check how much your favorite band is asking for a ticket. If they are charging a lot, that usually means they are doing ok enough, even if the shows aren't selling out.

Eh... I dunno, MERRY seems to be touring in the exact same places they've always played: livehouses (the medium ones, up to 1000 people), the occasional hall and playing smaller houses for their fanclub. Seems ok to me.
 
They did lose a bit of their fanbase during the Beautiful Freaks-era, but things seem to have calmed down.
 
The fact that they aren't on a major label anymore hurt them as well (and that would happen to anyone, see A9 for more). An indies label, no matter how well run and connected, can't compete with the level of exposure that a major can offer you. But, the fact that they appeared on TV shows somewhat recently (the same ones that DIR EN GREY/sukekiyo appeared, so that might mean that a producer on the show might dig those guys or Free-Will in general), show me that "hey, FIREWALL DIV. has SOME cash to spend on 'em."
 
PENICILLIN seems to be doing OK for a band with 25 years on the road. Those fuckers are charging ￥6,500 a piece.
 
As always with Japanese bands, you gotta check how much a ticket cost. Never fails. RADWIMPS, who just might be THE hottest Japanese rock band right now, are charging ￥7,900 for a ticket. I guess the older hardcore fans seem to fork enough money for HAKUEI and co. to be able to produce albums + singles and touring every year. 
 
 
 
 

Eh... I dunno, MERRY seems to be touring in the exact same places they've always played: livehouses (the medium ones, up to 1000 people), the occasional hall and playing smaller houses for their fanclub. Seems ok to me.
 
They did lose a bit of their fanbase during the Beautiful Freaks-era, but things seem to have calmed down.
 
The fact that they aren't on a major label anymore hurt them as well (and that would happen to anyone, see A9 for more). An indies label, no matter how well run and connected, can't compete with the level of exposure that a major can offer you. But, the fact that they appeared on TV shows somewhat recently (the same ones that DIR EN GREY/sukekiyo appeared, so that might mean that a producer on the show might dig those guys or Free-Will in general), show me that "hey, FIREWALL DIV. has SOME cash to spend on 'em."
 
PENICILLIN seems to be doing OK for a band with 25 years on the road. Those fuckers are charging ￥6,500 a piece.
 
As always with Japanese bands, you gotta check how much a ticket cost. Never fails. RADWIMPS, who just might be THE hottest Japanese rock band right now, are charging ￥7,900 for a ticket. I guess the older hardcore fans seem to fork enough money for HAKUEI and co. to be able to produce albums + singles and touring every year. 
 
 
 
 

Eh... I dunno, MERRY seems to be touring in the exact same places they've always played: livehouses (the medium ones, up to 1000 people), the occasional hall and playing smaller houses for their fanclub. Seems ok to me.
 
They did lose a bit of their fanbase during the Beautiful Freaks-era, but things seem to have calmed down.
 
The fact that they aren't on a major label anymore hurt them as well (and that would happen to anyone, see A9 for more). An indies label, no matter how well run and connected, can't compete with the level of exposure that a major can offer you. But, the fact that they appeared on TV shows somewhat recently (the same ones that DIR EN GREY/sukekiyo appeared, so that might mean that a producer on the show might dig those guys or Free-Will in general), show me that "hey, FIREWALL DIV. has SOME cash to spend on 'em."
 
PENICILLIN seems to be doing OK for a band with 25 years on the road. Those fuckers are charging ￥6,500 a piece.
 
As always with Japanese bands, you gotta check how much a ticket cost. Never fails. RADWIMPS, who just might be THE hottest Japanese rock band right now, are charging ￥7,900 for a ticket. I guess the older hardcore fans seem to fork enough money for HAKUEI and co. to be able to produce albums + singles and touring every year. 
 
 
 
 

i'm not obsessed or anything, like wtf
 


 
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Cali & Kuroyuri influenced by Ningen-Isu? Inugami I'll give you considering their more traditionally straightforward rock-oriented sound, but cali gari's roots definitely lay within the '80s post-punk, goth & new wave scene tbqh

First VK songs I heard were MALICE MIZER's BEAST OF BLOOD and D'espairsRay's Marry of the blood, and that was back in 2003. First band I actually considered to be my favorite was Kagrra, though, and they still are to this day.

it's either this album by penicillin
or malice mizer, and I was obsessed with glay for a while
 
 
I also liked gackt's debut mini and mars albums before Dir en grey's vulgar came out and their satanic reverberation practices took me over.

L'arc~en~Ciel for me. I mean I had slowly gotten into japanese music because of anime intros (because that was my favorite part with the music and all). But once I heard bravery and the lyrics I was pretty dead set on stanning them for life.
 
 
 

X JAPAN. Still my favorite band.

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

Ah, but the hills theme would be there:
 
 
That (and this) was just an excuse to post Plastic Tree, tho.

Should've included - a view of the Despair - with Plastic Tree playing a 3rd day.

Should've included - a view of the Despair - with Plastic Tree playing a 3rd day.

Ah, but the hills theme would be there:
 
 
That (and this) was just an excuse to post Plastic Tree, tho.

Should've included - a view of the Despair - with Plastic Tree playing a 3rd day.