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The few that I know of PE'Z Kg1OA96x2TI T-Square (some great bass right there >D) 2lfopx2fVdY The Seatbelts (and Yoko Kanno's stuff in general) of course YMzw0uzKOSQ And, it's not really jazz, but Suga Shikao is reeeaaally funky (or used to be, at least). Weird-ass PV. O5kmTBF4zhE Hmm... I feel like a lot of Japanese pop/rock in general have quite a lot of funk influences

whoo! I like this thread, been wanting to get into J-jazz. Please keep posting more bands ^^

Ugh... this But... no offense or anything... but when I saw the first post... I thought it had something to do with him being... eccentric

"Humanity" <3 Yeah, I hope it sounds more like Matsuro. But looking forward to it anyway

Hmm... I know someone who'll be happy about this

^ whoo! omg, I wish I could go there to party along *__* And I hope Atsuto will find a new band soon, he's goood 8D~~~ sorry *wipes drool*

oh my god I wish this year would just end already so that no more people would die (yeah, I know, what kind of logic is that?) I'm sorry for his fans, family & friends Poor guy... even if it was really a suicide.....

These For too many reasons Let's just say, if I were to talk about my life from age 12 until now, it would sound as if I were talking about them instead

Wait guys, this was ages ago Dolly was awesome, that got me interested in them Moran was..... heartbreaking, but good, really good for a band that just went through that. (But at the same time I was happy that I finally got to see them... or rather, what was left of them). I think the only other band that I caught was Sho-ka... or I think that was Sho-ka. I thought it was a completely new band because they sounded rather unrefined.

"In my dream" translation v http://fic-sci.livejournal.com/15119.html

I realize that there's no request for CPS translation, but now that school work is out of the way, I've finally gotten back to translating anyway whoo! Here's "Praparat" http://fic-sci.livejournal.com/14604.html Next I'm translating "In My Dream," and I'm planning to translate all of 世界を撃????男 by the end of this winter break By the way that kanji reads "iraira" Thank you so much 朱色未?? and hakaix \(^^)/ May I post the kanji and romaji in my blog together with my translation? I'll make sure to credit both of you

This is the first time in a long time that I'm actually enjoying a new release by Ayabie (with whatever spelling) instead of cringing about it. I don't hate Aoi's vocals, but I think Yume sounds great in the album (regardless of autotune or pro tools tweaks). Yeah okay, it's not the Ayabie that was gone x years ago, and I'm nowhere close to being crazy about this album, but it sounds like they picked up from where they left off, (and by that, I mean from "Mikazuki no Kiseki" single, which is especially evident in "Temptation". Hahaha, totally New Order-inspired, even just from the title). The whole pentatonic scale-melody thing in a lot of songs is very much like Ayabie after Yumehito joined. And by that, I mean they sound like "Yubisaki". By the way, totally unrelated, but the chorus of "Star Player" reminds me of a song by Spitz o__o . Ehh, despite having said some stuff about letting go here and there, my favorites are "Zen'aku no Higan" and "Smoke Smile Keeper," for making me feel kind of nostalgic for their slightly even older stuff, ahaha. Honestly, I wish the whole album had sounded like those 2 songs, then I'd be really happy about their comeback, lol.

really late reply but ^ OMG REALLY!??!E#%@$^@$# XD Buchi + 9GOATS = <3 <3 <3 <3 XD

And may I just say that Mana's signature model looks as.... errr... not good just like his Moi dix Mois album covers DX It would look so much better if he just removes that stupid cross & satan's circle thing, ewww And The Alfee's Takamizawa's is just fucking ridiculous But at least it looks quite pretty (just too bizarre), and I don't know anything that can top that O___O

Holy shit, I want to listen to them just based on this reason

Anything goes I'm a Fender jazz bass player, but I've been looking around ESP's artist series page, and I wish I have a bass that looks like this beautiful guitar ^ Sakito's Sho-Ryu-Ken *___* omgomgomg I have to say the Grass Roots copy doesn't do it much justice Tsunehito's Rumble5 is also pretty *___* (...but I always wonder how that strap can comfortably fit with the bigger part of the body on top, although that's not quite as weird as some flying Vs and thunderbirds (.__.) otherwise, I just want to have a 5-string fretless someday. And with a higher bridge than the bass I currently have, because when I try to slap, the strings keep hitting the fretboard, it's just totally wrong for slapping (although I don't do it much, or rather, maybe that's why I don't slap much). This is my bass. Just a Fender Jazz standard (Mexico). Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I feel like a lot of first "visual kei" bands were just glam rock or post-punk bands. And then someone coined the term "visual" and it all snowballed. So after reading the link someone posted in page 1, I think it seems to be Visual Scandal.

Fuck yes Dir en Grey - "Yokan" (duh) Dir en Grey - "Ash" Kaya - "Hydrangea" Plastic Tree - "Suimin Yaku" (that guitar part! *__*) SUGIZO feat. bice - "Rest in Peace and Fly Away" Moran - "Kimi no Ita Gosenfu" (arrrrgh, I've been addicted to this song for 1.5 years, nonstop!)

I can't exactly say why, but I'm afraid of listening to covers of jrock. I should get over it.

I remember in 11th grade (man, so long ago, haha) I'd listen to Spitz and Suga Shikao in marathon while doing homework XD

I was actually surprised to see how many people know about SID. Never even listened to them but a japanese friend told me one time "My little sister likes vk" and I was like o_Ô but still asked her which band she liked and it became something in the lines of "SID" "and ...?" "And that's all". And yeah a lot of people don't know about vk because, as dracolicious already said, the vk scene is like the lowest of the low (even lower than hosts, so that's reeaaaaaally low). The fans are considered either young girls with no brain just good to be mitsu, or old women with shouta-con (and japanese fans are really scary. I hate the japanese audience, not in the same way as I hate the western audience, but they do scare the crap out of me most of the time). I've met some really creepy fangirls in the indie realm. And totally nuts with that. I've never gotten to know any Japanese fans enough to discover that they're creepy. Actually the few I've talked to a bit are nice. but I'm sure there must be some hella weird/rabid ones if things like Tanuki can ever be invented -___- Unlike in US, the jerks in the fan circle are hidden behind cute appearances. But I think it's especially too bad that the mentality of the scene is often just about "drooling over cool-looking guys," because I feel like a lot of the musicians are serious and want to do this because they grew up loving rock music. I don't mind people drooling over cool-looking guys, but I hope that doesn't become outsiders' main impression or the fans' main purpose, you know. And yeah, I think liking SID, and/or a lot of major visual kei bands, does not make you a visual kei fan.

Hahaha I didn't know La'royque had alternative stage names XD wtf, "STD Trichomoniasis" XD XD

That one's on my worst list...

But... I think without make up he doesn't really look like a regular Japanese guy with blond hair... o__o; his skin looks so white, or is that just lighting?

ggaahh, I meant "Utta". I keep thinking of 撃???? as　歌???? . Not the same at all!! Also, I feel like Dolly's Capsule is also worth a mention