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My secret hope is that because of the whole virus situation and all the live postponements it's caused, they'll forget that this is a time-limited revival and will just continue band activities into next year and beyond... ;<

The album recording is back on track! Imai has been posting from the studio on Instagram these past few days. Here's a short video of him trying out some spacey new effects for a potential new song:

It depends for me but most of the time I shower in the evening, before going to bed. It's just how I was socialized I guess.

The closest Yoshiki got to international fame in the past decade is when he was known for 15 minutes as The Scarf Lady (remember that? lmao). Total missed opportunity to self-leak the X album back then.

"Hi, we're inThe." "In the what?" "Just inThe." "Just in the WHAT???" Thank you, I'll be here all weekend.

deadman has opened their official Youtube channel and uploaded some of their old music videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz8fNFPBoGxQdVmlfsMEp-g Another cool thing: the band will livestream their iconic last-live DVD "endroll" on 2020/05/23 at 18:00 (Japan time):

"I think"... ;^)

fuccboi kei incoming

yeeee boi, what an album, even to this day!

Here I go again with the latest batch of scheduled CHOP streams. ソラニソマルオト / Kaizu (Arkham Tonight) @ 2020/05/22 - 20:30 (Japan time) ジグラットの配信(雨) 〜お歌とお遊戯会〜 (30-min ZIGGRAT livestream thingie) @ 2020/05/26 - 20:00 (Japan time) They say the URL might change for this last one (as of now the link itself is "not public" on YT): 「Isolated Crazy Utopia」サラ /【GUEST】TAKASHI @ 2020/06/10 - 19:30 (Japan time)

XA-VAT/Shuuji is the master of this usually. Just to have some German (and who knows what else) in here too: BMW Bis bald Rozenkohl Tschuss das Verrat　Kugelschreiber DER MACH E-Z ADSR　EG 1Body 4Legs 8Arms Chameleon Face

ZIZ will release their new album "WABIY ∞ SABIY" this summer. Starting from 2020/05/29, they will be releasing songs from the album one by one, through the course of 7 weeks (they have not specified whether this means that there would be 7 tracks or more). More details will be revealed later. The tracklist: 01. オリゾン (HORIZON) 02. 二十二世紀ピーキー (Nijuuni-seiki PEAKY) 03. ネオマンティス (NEO MANTIS) 04. 三日月のシュショットマン (Mikazuki no CHUCHOTEMENT) 05. 烈ゴォクレイゼ (Let's GO CRAZY) 06. サラマンダラ (SALAMANDALA) 07. 昏睡カルパ (Konsui KALPA)

@Manabu Nice! He reminds me of Hakuei (PENICILLIN) a bit.

This band is not my cup of tea at all, but I enjoyed reading this (even more so than most of the interviews posted so far), thanks for this!

Heck yeahhh, this dude is awesome with this project.

@patientZERO Awww thanks!

Apparently in 1999 there was a sports game for Playstation released in Japan titled R [アール], also known as Rock'n Riders. It featured characters named and modeled after actual J-rock/VK musicians! According to the game's story in the "distant future of 20XX" a Japanese rock band called R go to Los Angeles for a gig, but for some reason rock music is outlawed so the authorities chase them through the US while the characters race each other on...snowboards?? Yeah. The members of the band: - vocals: Ellemo - guitar: Kyoji Yamamoto (BOWWOW) - guitar: Kiyoshi (media youth, hide with Spread Beaver, Lucy, machine) - guitar: Chisato (PENICILLIN) - bass: YASUMICHA'N (Sleep My Dear) - drums: O-JIRO (PENICILLIN) It also looks like these guys actually went ahead and recorded an album under this band name. Anyway, various tracks composed by the members also appear as background music in the game itself (here's a YT link to the full soundtrack). The 2CD limited version of the game also had a photo gallery of the real-life musicians dressed as their game characters it seems. A bunch of in-game footage can be found in this YT playlist. An assortment of screenshots and other info here. By the way a totally random tweet sparked this post, bless the abyss of the internet!

So, uhhhh it's just some comment on the Shinjuku LOFT support website, lol. ...although I can't seem to find it yet.

lucy+peter=esolagoto and some other dudes made a song to support 町田 The Play House. The track can be purchased digitally on multiple platforms HERE.

マルコ (Marco) / THE VELVET acoustic live broadcast by Ikebukuro CHOP @ 2020/05/19 - 20:00 (Japan time) HALKAMANIA 2020 live event (emmurée acoustic set) broadcast by Ikebukuro CHOP @ 2020/05/20 - 20:00 (Japan time)

I guess they're optimistic... CHOP already has a "real" live booked at 05/31 too. Well, they also mention that depending on the situation it might change.

Apparently the band's hiatus was pretty short, as it looks like they'll be returning to live activities starting from the beginning of June:

Bassist YOSHIPON (luin, TEARS OF THE REBEL, f.k.a. Sally in KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND) recently hinted on Twitter that there will be an announcement concerning "ex-KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND" on 2020/05/18 at 6 PM (Japan time). He was also quick to point out that it's nothing big or serious (awww lol). Anyway, thought I'd make a thread cuz it might be something interesting. My bet is on KGF-style facemasks to raise money for livehouses or something like that. We'll see tomorrow I guess~ On a funny unrelated note, I've always been amused how KGF's official site has been up all these years, even though it's been almost a decade now since they disbanded. :'))

Now for something a bit different. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano for the Isolated (filmed in Tokyo on 2020/04/02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6td9KUZMfw