WhirlingBlack

I remember being excited for this band but now it’s mediocre singles and mia cosplay next to a horse wagon

This is my main complaint about the DVD as well, the performance is good enough to stand on it's own, they don't need the backing tracks on the vocals to make it sound like the studio recordings. It might be my only complaint about it though, exceptional show otherwise. 
 
That and that they should get a second guitarist so they can drop the guitar backing tracks as well. But it might be difficult to find one that's a good fit, who knows. 
 

I think Yukiya just produced their indies singles, they never released anything through Kreis.
 
And it's funny how a scene legend gets reduced to being a former Dir en grey producer, lol. That's like making a topic about Yoshiki antics and labelling it Yoshiki (former Dir en grey producer). 

It's just the truth, though, they couldn't even sell out Ikebukuro Cyber when @Takadanobabaalien saw them less than a year ago, I find it hard to believe they could do well less populated areas. It's not a reflection on the quality of their music but rather the level of fame they're at, at the moment. Let's be real. 

Surely this must be a joke, how can a band that have barely any fans whatsoever in Japan go on a full 47 prefecture oneman tour? 

regardless of experience, you say?
 
I WILL BE THE ONE TO SAVE ANGURA KEI.....

Wow...
 
although it’s been a while, he is a old friend of mine from way back when I first moved to Japan....
we have kinda lost contact, but whenever we bumped into each other we would still have a friendly chat and a drink together.
 
he was always a unique character, but also the type of person who was friendly to everyone.
 
judging by the last tweet he made, it was suicide.....

Ive been lurking and now ive joined, im a new member and wish to contribute to this wonderful community 🤧
I listen to so many bands listing favorites would make quite the list, but kizu and dimlim won 2018 for me. 👋

Ms. Mess announced on twitter that there will be a new Mirage single included in a 5,000 yen lucky bag, plus a live performance DVD of a solo performance GARDEN from 1995.
 
 
On Mobile, but it looks like the CD is an instrumental of their new song, plus a new re-recording
 
 
*Update*: After being able to actually take a look at this tweet, the live DVD is actually a GARDEN DVD, specifically the performance where KISAKI quit the band (lol???).
 

Gilles de Rais 2 new live DVD "Remembrance Vol.1" and "Remembrance Vol.2" will be released at 2019/02/20 (4320yen)
 
[tracklist "Remembrance Vol.1"]
[1991.4.27 Nanba ROCKETS]
01.SUICIDE
02.MOONLIGHT LOVERS
03.PLEASURE SONG
04.PEOPLE OR PEOPLE
05.PICTURE FOR FUTURE
06.UP TO DATE
07.SEXER SEXER
[1992.11.10 SAPPORO MESSE HALL]
08.COSMO
09.崩れ落ちる前に・・・
10.Decide(Prototype of Delight)
11.Remember
12.199X DECADENCE
13.SANDYII
14.SEXER SEXER
15.殺意
16.SUICIDE
17.FOLLOW ME
18.MELODY
 
[tracklist "Remembrance Vol.2"]
[1990.10.25 YOKOHAMA CLUB24]
01.PICTURE OF FUTURE
02.SEXER SEXER
03.COSMETIC PALLETE
04.BAGDAD
[1991 KYOTO MUSE]
05.UP TO DATE
06.MOONLIGHT LOVER
07.SUICIDE
08.PLEASURE SONG
09.巴里祭
[1992.12.28 Nanba ROCKETS(SECRET LIVE「殺意」)]
10.MOONLIGHT LOVER
11.UP TO DATE
12.BECAUSE
13.SUICIDE
14.崩れ落ちる前に…
15.殺意
16.ANARCHY IN THE UK
 

 

My main issue with the visual kei scene isn't really represented in the options here, and it's something you generally get more in touch with once you get to Japan and get to experience the scene.
Firstly, the fact that a large majority of visual kei musicians more or less openly admits they don't have any artistic or personal integrity, they don't care what they produce and they don't care that their sound is exactly like every other band out there, because they know that as long as the members are pretty enough there WILL be fans, and they WILL pay you money for "company" and "favors" so that you can survive comfortably and keep rehashing the same song for a couple of years until you feel like calling it quits and do something more worthwhile with your life, or more likely, go into full time hosting business now that you have a decent circle of clients already.
 
This sort of leads me into my second issue and it's the bangya culture. It's generally really vile, and the way the girls not only talk about the musicians but also each other is quite disgusting. If the bangyas decide that a member has done something they do not approve of, that doesn't live up to their perfect ideals that they hold them all to (because god knows the fangirls don't live up to any of them) they can easily start enough shit to cause a band to break up or force a member out of the band. The issues doesn't end there though, because the few foreign bangya that exists generally adapt to this mentality and lifestyle too. They openly shun other foreigners who dare attend the lives of "their" band and ruin their "specialness", they participate in this completely daft saizen system where a designated person basically decides who gets what spot at a concert so everyone can enjoy playing ten year olds doing the "you're not allowed to play with us"-games... And the obviousness of what really drives people to be fans of these bands become so apparent when they get to this level, and it's certainly not the music.
 
To be honest, in a lot of ways I never realized how bad this was until I got there and could see it all for myself, and that's despite a 13 year stint in the scene by now.

ギャロ/THE GALLO various comment DVDs/photosets/live distributed CDs

2 old live distributed CDs, each containing 3 tracks.
 


7 old comment DVDs (1 is more of a sample dvd including live footage)


 
Photos include 4 live shots purchased via convenience store in Japan 2010, two artist photos of Kaede and Wajow, 2 group photos (1 is signed by all members)
 

 
1 very large poster (Alice in world's end era) ask for picture!
 
I do also have chekis of Jojo and Hikaru but I'm not sure where they are, if anyone wants them I can search my room and hopefully find them 😂

All items are shipped from Sweden.

I'd like to sell the DVDs/CDs in a bunch but of course they can be purchased separately aswell.

If anyone is interested, leave a comment or message me to discuss prices.

Surely this must be a joke, how can a band that have barely any fans whatsoever in Japan go on a full 47 prefecture oneman tour? 

Surely this must be a joke, how can a band that have barely any fans whatsoever in Japan go on a full 47 prefecture oneman tour? 

I think Yukiya just produced their indies singles, they never released anything through Kreis.
 
And it's funny how a scene legend gets reduced to being a former Dir en grey producer, lol. That's like making a topic about Yoshiki antics and labelling it Yoshiki (former Dir en grey producer). 

Never were. He has just produced their -I'll- and Jealous singles, as I know.
Yukiya is mostly famous as a vocalist for D≒SIRE, JILS and Kain, captain obvious is here lol.

I think Yukiya just produced their indies singles, they never released anything through Kreis.
 
And it's funny how a scene legend gets reduced to being a former Dir en grey producer, lol. That's like making a topic about Yoshiki antics and labelling it Yoshiki (former Dir en grey producer). 

YOU, the bassist from THE SOUND BEE HD, speaks English fairly well. Her English isn't perfect, but she has translated for the band during interviews/streams before, and you can message her on Twitter and stuff and she'll try to reply in English.
 
I think she mentioned when they appeared on a variety show that she was a flight attendant before joining the band, so maybe that's where she picked some of it up?
 
This video has some clips from the show, including YOU doing the seatbelt warning before takeoff in Japanese and English.

Soon~  
 
 
 
yes I'm gonna keep this one-person hype train rolling. ;(((

Wat.
Also Taiyou no Ao is fantastic.
 
For me, there are a few songs I often skip. MASK and audrey come to mind immediately. Jesus Christ RnR is kinda fun but pretty stupid, too.
 
Some of the newer singles I just roll my eyes at when they start playing them live. Hageshisa to... was horrendously overplayed for a long time. LOTUS feels boring now. Sustain the Untruth is the same.
 
Tbh, I'd take any bad Dir en grey song over the crap they play on the radio these days.

wonder where u got that bandname from..... ;)

Different Cure era, lol. 

Different Cure era, lol. 

You'd be surprised, it's disgusting how in Japan every time they start playing Sustain the Untruth, the fans act like Christmas came early. Seen it 30+ times and by the end of the tours I would feel like the band was doing it on purpose just to mock me. A show without Sustain was like a gift. Easily the most annoying Dir en grey live track.