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The other new song, BLØOD, went up for advanced release on iTunes - only for a few days? - https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id1293118555?l=ja&ls=1&app=itunes It's okay, short and loud in a typical lynch.-way with a melodic chorus. Definitely a song composed primarily to move bodies at lives. There's nothing wrong with it but I don't like it quite as much as CREATURE. lmao Hazuki tweeted it better than I could: "In contrast with the somewhat fresh CREATURE, BLØOD is a super straight pitch thrown by lynch."

the dude literally only wrote two songs (and they were credited to both him and hazuki) because hazuki constantly rejected his compositions as they talked about a few times. hazuki had almost 100% of the creative control and still does minus the handful of songs written by yusuke. and the bass was not the problem with their particularly same-y albums, in fact, akinori introduced slap bass to their repertoire which they promptly lost when he left. i love hazuki but he is 100% the problem with lynch.'s music being stale because he IS the sound of lynch....

this is the worst sentence i've ever read on this website

seems intentional, the red curtain in the PV is identical to the one in ambivalent ideal 👀

title track + MV is out! i heard about the cowbell from some japanese gya who heard it on the radio but it's still kind of surreal to hear lmao

They usually only censor Hazuki's drug-related lyrics (well that & the "cunt" song) and he usually just messes with the lyrics enough by placing something that can be read the same way in the lyrics booklet instead... but the problem word in EVILLY was semi-censored even when they were indie so I guess it's really not acceptable. The problem lyric is "乱離ってんだ" which is just a cover b/c it's supposed to sound like "ラリってんだ" which means something like "I'm high as hell/tripping/nodding".

Yeah, the new EVILLY(.wav) got cut from the best of by King Rec because it had banned words in it lmao. Since it was distributed for free on their site it's probably OK to share it here, right? EVILLY.wav

this is the least embarrassing thing to come out of any ex-Sadie member except maybe Kei's retirement so i'm completely for it

Note that this is post-edit, you can find pre-edit screenshots where he (kinda) names bands here. I tried to include both in my translation ... which is now available above in my summary post. (Sorry for posting in this thread so many times.)

OK here's the story as complete as I could find it... EDIT: I added the long blog post about finances! --- Let's just start with the 2 tweets and the blog post that kicked this all off... Massive post about bandman finances: Anyone who has ever followed any serious jouren drama or otherwise been privy to how jouren spend their money should rightfully have their suspicions about the truthfulness of these tweets, because it simply doesn't mesh with the well-known behavior of fans of bands with even the remotest success. The knowledge of the "underground" practices of bangya is not required to see how the second tweet went viral for all the wrong reasons; it actually attracted ire from music fans outside of the visual kei scene as well. If you read the replies the common thread is essentially: "Why is it the consumer's fault that you're unable to generate any profit?". Some fans also can be seen generally protesting the perceived popular notion among bandmen that bangya can be treated as ATMs. Some less savory replies even chastise him by telling him if he can't even attract a mitsu then he has no hope of building a fanbase. (BTFO) I really don't think the blog post was the crux of this drama by the way, although HERESY might get asspained if anyone less than the Emperor dares to talk about Reita, it's a relatively innocuous account of the reality. It was the tweet that "blames" bangya for letting bands die that caused the shitstorm IMO. Visual kei blogger/archivist Atsuhiko Kamiya wrote a lengthy article analyzing this sort of "Visual Kei Mafioso" attitude towards and the expenses associated with bands, if you're fluent in Japanese and interested in the topic: see here. Anyway, this series of tweets was rather ballsy as he was biting the 3 gya hands that feed him and alienating potential fans, but I think what really sealed the deal was his behavior after this tweet. It was abundantly clear that his bandmates (particularly the vocalist, Masaki) wanted nothing to do with the massive controversy that this generated, as the vocalist even went so far as to hold an "apology twicast", and posted many apologetic tweets, even individually replying to people to apologize long before Ryuusei commented on the issue. However, Ryuusei did eventually apologize, tweeting: However, this didn't last long. The next day he posted a blog post where he essentially rescinded his apology and attempted to better explain what he meant, as well as to fuel the absolute torrent of threads about him on tanuki resulting from his statement. (TN: 'netogya' is a derisive term for visual kei fans who don't attend shows or instores but instead support bands strictly through online means. They're considered lesser fans by some other fans and as you can see above, by some bandmen. You might see some threads on tanuki where bands get laughed at because while they seem popular their fans are all netogya and foreigners living outside Japan... like KILLANETH :^) ) Ryuusei was castigated for constantly undoing his bandmate's work to move past the whole issue, and for (what was perceived as) backpedaling and then baiting tanuki. This was where I personally saw the writing on the wall for kyogetsu -- his band was going to have to kick him out if they wanted to move past this, and the name "kyogetsu" was virtually unheard of until this happened. That brings us to the news of their disbandment -- I have a few thoughts about this but a lot of them are the same about how I feel about the grown ass vocalist of 0.1 no gosan feeling like it's his god-given right to tell people what they should do at shows...

This drama was really interesting, I wondered if there was a place to make a thread about it but I wasn't sure how it would be received or even where to put it so here's a good opportunity to post a little write-up with some translations... I don't think the information in this thread at the moment paints a complete picture at all. I'll work on it if no one beats me to it.

god OK i don't know enough about d'erlanger or the other bands to say anything about their arrangements or mixes from the tiny clips but the percussion on the lynch. clip sounds way too jarringly fuckin loud? (the song choice seems obvious for them though despite my lack of knowledge and despite some disappointment expressed earlier in the thread, since they're probably known to non-fans in japan primarily for pulse_/the "i want to fuck" song and the lewd MCs...)

lmao someone tried this at a (fairly large) lynch. show and she got told to put it away by Reo and dragged on twitter/tanuki for it. i'm sure OP knows already but definitely try to follow the crowd on this one or you'll stick out in a bad way.... for ensei hotels i highly recommend jalan.net, it requires a basic understanding of japanese but i've managed to stay in hotels that are cheaper than hostel dormitories and much better, on top of being private. even better if you have a travel partner. i'm too paranoid to sleep in net cafes...

the 2 min of previews seems to have offended the sensibilities of all the people here who were d'erlanger fans from the start but i enjoyed the previews enough that it got me further interested in and kind of hooked on d'erlanger...

lmaooo i read that he started his training regimen to get ripped already. i hope the thirst his fans have for him is enough to move tickets bc it's almost enough to make me want to go just for the one show

absolutely iconic title imo

this tour was a ridiculously huge success for them, they sold out shows I didn't anticipate they'd sell out... idk how to feel about the makuhari show, i would like them to do well and they've bounced back so well from their flop period with the flop Zepp tour a few years back (2012?)... but makuhari is big. a sold out show is out of the question but enough that hzk doesn't sulk about it would be nice also i love this band but they could slow down on the DVDs and Blu-rays already jesus

i've realized what makes this project so iconic is that it makes western weaboos gaze so deep into the niche japanese subculture abyss that in the end we see the reflection of ourselves we've been running from this whole time

i hope they do this forever bc it makes americans uncomfortable

does white people-kei count

why even have challenge winners anymore tho except to give them $500 of jessica alba housecleaning products or trips to their hometowns or w/e

strong no @ the way this whole season turned out goddamn. don't think i've ever been salty about a rpdr winner before but i'm pressed as fuck

if this isn't read Nagoyan or something very similar i'll eat the CD booklet Reirei is the most patriotic Nagoya band of all time... they literally dress up like Nagoya castle

this is a fun article. i submit for your consideration basically everyone in ass'n'arrow except the vocalist who i assume has a real job now (photo is merely an estimate) (l-r Yuze/ORCALADE, Takaki/ORCALADE [ex. deathgaze], salaryman, #FreeAkinori/lynch. [ex. meth. with our boy Johannes])

thanks to everyone who took the time to read it, it definitely made me happy today to see i wasn't wrong to think it was worth translating 😊 i've only ever been to the harajuku and nagoya branches so it's actually extremely cool to me that this guy works the floor and has actually been in contact with some of the members here in one way or another!