chewi

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I think your top artists for the past 3 months are a nice bunch. I like the rappers that make their way in with all the rock acts.
 
http://www.last.fm/user/chewiiii

PEANUTS FOR A PARTY BOY

and no one posted Especia? Sheesh...
 


 
Idol group with heavy retro/vaporwave influences <3 (you guys should check their latest album "GUSTO" out, it's neato)
 
Also, there's an interesting band called HERE (unfortunately ungoogleable and thus undownloadable)

imagine if new Merry was...decent? lol.

Ok, this is kind of a big deal for me. I know most ppl at MH have kinda pegged me as "the indie dude" and some here consider me a paragon of Japanese music knowledge, but Rocket Shinobi here has been one of the major influences on my musical journey. Yep, Rocket is pretty much an OG and belongs to a specific group of Japanese Indie fans that I consider my seniors - people that helped introduce me to the vast world of "J-indie" and many other forms of music in general. Basically, Rocket is one of my "ongaku sempais" if you will. So for me, It's both a pleasure and an honor that he actually registered here and made an introduction post no less. ; )

oh btw, Welcome Rocket!

Hi Monochrome Heaven, I'm chewi. I've posted here before but I haven't introduced myself. I like music of all types, and honestly don't know much about visual kei and etc. However, I don't consider myself an "expert" on any type of music, so... I found this site through a turntable.fm room (RIP) and joined. I'm CAT5's friend. I'm a 20 year old guy who goes to college. I'm studying Japanese stuff. I'll try to post here more. Thanks for reading. If you wanna know anything, just ask me.
 
Last.fm taste for the past month:
I'm into japanese, pop, female vocalists, electronic and vaporwave, including:
Miley Cyrus, Richard Elliot, Lady Gaga, DREAMS COME TRUE, Iggy Azalea, MILLENNIAL DREAM CORP., Charisma.com, especia, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Macintosh Plus, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Charli XCX, Azealia Banks, チャットモンチー, Lana Del Rey, Ai, Icona Pop, 骨架的, 戴佩妮, 小泉今日子, きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ, Tove Lo, Trina, Serph, 氷川きよし, 人魚, Janet Jackson, Perfume, 少女時代, Pulp Non-Fiction, Capsule, 大森靖子, Beyoncé, 吳克群, 안녕바다, 휴먼레이스, рмнчитто, esc 不在, WTF.FM, cyberspace FANTASIES, Mariah Carey, AOA, Utada, 官恩娜, EMI MARIA, 2NE1, 小南泰葉, Saint Pepsi.
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/chewiiii

quoting Aramajapan because I am a lazyass:
 
The single will be out on 6/8 and will be LIMITED (apparently)
 

 
Neato stuff

Hi Monochrome Heaven, I'm chewi. I've posted here before but I haven't introduced myself. I like music of all types, and honestly don't know much about visual kei and etc. However, I don't consider myself an "expert" on any type of music, so... I found this site through a turntable.fm room (RIP) and joined. I'm CAT5's friend. I'm a 20 year old guy who goes to college. I'm studying Japanese stuff. I'll try to post here more. Thanks for reading. If you wanna know anything, just ask me.
 
Last.fm taste for the past month:
I'm into japanese, pop, female vocalists, electronic and vaporwave, including:
Miley Cyrus, Richard Elliot, Lady Gaga, DREAMS COME TRUE, Iggy Azalea, MILLENNIAL DREAM CORP., Charisma.com, especia, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Macintosh Plus, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Charli XCX, Azealia Banks, チャットモンチー, Lana Del Rey, Ai, Icona Pop, 骨架的, 戴佩妮, 小泉今日子, きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ, Tove Lo, Trina, Serph, 氷川きよし, 人魚, Janet Jackson, Perfume, 少女時代, Pulp Non-Fiction, Capsule, 大森靖子, Beyoncé, 吳克群, 안녕바다, 휴먼레이스, рмнчитто, esc 不在, WTF.FM, cyberspace FANTASIES, Mariah Carey, AOA, Utada, 官恩娜, EMI MARIA, 2NE1, 小南泰葉, Saint Pepsi.
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/chewiiii

Hi Monochrome Heaven, I'm chewi. I've posted here before but I haven't introduced myself. I like music of all types, and honestly don't know much about visual kei and etc. However, I don't consider myself an "expert" on any type of music, so... I found this site through a turntable.fm room (RIP) and joined. I'm CAT5's friend. I'm a 20 year old guy who goes to college. I'm studying Japanese stuff. I'll try to post here more. Thanks for reading. If you wanna know anything, just ask me.
 
Last.fm taste for the past month:
I'm into japanese, pop, female vocalists, electronic and vaporwave, including:
Miley Cyrus, Richard Elliot, Lady Gaga, DREAMS COME TRUE, Iggy Azalea, MILLENNIAL DREAM CORP., Charisma.com, especia, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Macintosh Plus, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Charli XCX, Azealia Banks, チャットモンチー, Lana Del Rey, Ai, Icona Pop, 骨架的, 戴佩妮, 小泉今日子, きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ, Tove Lo, Trina, Serph, 氷川きよし, 人魚, Janet Jackson, Perfume, 少女時代, Pulp Non-Fiction, Capsule, 大森靖子, Beyoncé, 吳克群, 안녕바다, 휴먼레이스, рмнчитто, esc 不在, WTF.FM, cyberspace FANTASIES, Mariah Carey, AOA, Utada, 官恩娜, EMI MARIA, 2NE1, 小南泰葉, Saint Pepsi.
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/chewiiii

Hi Monochrome Heaven, I'm chewi. I've posted here before but I haven't introduced myself. I like music of all types, and honestly don't know much about visual kei and etc. However, I don't consider myself an "expert" on any type of music, so... I found this site through a turntable.fm room (RIP) and joined. I'm CAT5's friend. I'm a 20 year old guy who goes to college. I'm studying Japanese stuff. I'll try to post here more. Thanks for reading. If you wanna know anything, just ask me.
 
Last.fm taste for the past month:
I'm into japanese, pop, female vocalists, electronic and vaporwave, including:
Miley Cyrus, Richard Elliot, Lady Gaga, DREAMS COME TRUE, Iggy Azalea, MILLENNIAL DREAM CORP., Charisma.com, especia, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Macintosh Plus, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Charli XCX, Azealia Banks, チャットモンチー, Lana Del Rey, Ai, Icona Pop, 骨架的, 戴佩妮, 小泉今日子, きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ, Tove Lo, Trina, Serph, 氷川きよし, 人魚, Janet Jackson, Perfume, 少女時代, Pulp Non-Fiction, Capsule, 大森靖子, Beyoncé, 吳克群, 안녕바다, 휴먼레이스, рмнчитто, esc 不在, WTF.FM, cyberspace FANTASIES, Mariah Carey, AOA, Utada, 官恩娜, EMI MARIA, 2NE1, 小南泰葉, Saint Pepsi.
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/chewiiii

kacica

My my, it's the question of the decade. The holy grail to answering all of life's dilemmas.
 
The answer to your question is inconclusive because you've already decided your stance on the issue. No matter what anyone says or how anyone approaches your question, you will not concede defeat or agree to disagree. You came to pick a fight on a forum of visual kei fans knowing everyone will react, hoping to incite a flame war. Maybe you like having your jimmies rustled. Maybe you just like sowing discord. Maybe I'm completely wrong and your brusque attitude is just masking a wish to truly understand. But in order to avoid pages full of drama with no concrete resolution, I had to lock this topic. I will not allow the users of Monochrome Heaven to fall to the stereotype of the average Japanese weeaboo. We are better than that.

But I will answer your question, because I feel compelled to leave you with something to think about no matter what your reasons for coming here was.
 
It is clear to you that visual kei does not offer you what you are looking for. Not all genres of music are for everyone. If you feel that you don't need Japanese men in frilly dresses playing obnoxious power metal, good on you. Continue to listen to whatever floats your boat.

But judging visual kei on the merits of a few bands causes you to miss the larger picture. You can never understand a genre by trying out just a few artists. I'd venture to say that you'll never completely understand a genre if you listen to it for as long as you live. What changes is your perception of what's there - how things you've hated you've come to enjoy and vice versa. Growth and maturity is at the heart of listening to music no matter what it is.
 
That is why Monochrome Heaven, the center of visual kei and Japanese rock on the internet, can be home to so many people with completely different music tastes from completely different walks of life. We see and accept each others differences even if we can't understand why others like what they do.
 
But of course you would not know this. I would not expect you to.
 
Now no one's twisted your arm into coming here and sampling what we have. No one is forcing you to listen to the music that we like to listen to. If you don't like visual kei, you don't like visual kei. We won't hold that against you here. If you have come here to open your mind, or at least try something new before you make a decision, you are more than welcome here. But if you have come to this forum to get off over drama stemming from contrived differences in musical opinions, I can tell you that you'll be better off saving face and leaving. I don't take kindly to people that exist to cause problems.

I don't care about the visuals in VK:  I say this is an unpopular opinion because I've been told countless times that it's impossible not to care about the visuals and anyone that says that is lying and on and on.  But I don't and I never have. I have some kind of sick attraction to the music itself, but I don't give a flying fuck about the band's appearance and would prefer they didn't look so ridiculous if I had a choice, just so it'd be less embarrassing to point them out to people.