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Why? The singer recorded parts for Ryutaro Arimura's solo album, and THE NOVEMBERS were also on the Plastic Tree tribute album. I doubt they would do it on purpose, but I don't think it's unlikely at all that they would accidentally lift something from Plastic Tree.

I’m the INFJ, but I’ve gotten INFP before as well. Quiet, idealistic, willing to devote a lot of energy if it’s for the right cause, prone to burnout.

Oh, I can't believe I didn't mention ZIGZO! I'm sure most people know them, but because I saw someone who thought Tetsu dropped off the map or something once:
ZIGZO is made up of Tetsu from MALICE MIZER, Sakura from L'Arc~en~Ciel and Ryo and Den from BY-SEXUAL.
 
 
Plus Tetsu also has the bands nil, The JUNEJULYAUGUST, THE BLACK COMET CLUB BAND and Indies Denryoku, although ZIGZO is probably the only project of his that qualifies as "successful".
 

HeaRt changing their name to "tRaeH" is pretty bad. I mean, after trying to google info about them recently, I can understand why they did it, but it just looks so unappealing.
I also keep misreading it as "tRasH".

HeaRt changing their name to "tRaeH" is pretty bad. I mean, after trying to google info about them recently, I can understand why they did it, but it just looks so unappealing.
I also keep misreading it as "tRasH".

HeaRt changing their name to "tRaeH" is pretty bad. I mean, after trying to google info about them recently, I can understand why they did it, but it just looks so unappealing.
I also keep misreading it as "tRasH".

Kazuki looks super cute. I really like that denim shirt. The colour scheme for this one is really nice overall too. Rui needs to lose that jacket though.

Oh, I can't believe I didn't mention ZIGZO! I'm sure most people know them, but because I saw someone who thought Tetsu dropped off the map or something once:
ZIGZO is made up of Tetsu from MALICE MIZER, Sakura from L'Arc~en~Ciel and Ryo and Den from BY-SEXUAL.
 
 
Plus Tetsu also has the bands nil, The JUNEJULYAUGUST, THE BLACK COMET CLUB BAND and Indies Denryoku, although ZIGZO is probably the only project of his that qualifies as "successful".
 

Oh, I can't believe I didn't mention ZIGZO! I'm sure most people know them, but because I saw someone who thought Tetsu dropped off the map or something once:
ZIGZO is made up of Tetsu from MALICE MIZER, Sakura from L'Arc~en~Ciel and Ryo and Den from BY-SEXUAL.
 
 
Plus Tetsu also has the bands nil, The JUNEJULYAUGUST, THE BLACK COMET CLUB BAND and Indies Denryoku, although ZIGZO is probably the only project of his that qualifies as "successful".
 

I'm not sure about the timeline, but apparently Yuichi and Hiroshi from ROTTENGRAFFTY used to be in a VK band called TWIST JET.
 
^"PIERROT came back, huh. Congratulations. When PIERROT were in their indie period, there was a band called TWIST JET that was active in Kyoto. ...what!? In the middle of the second row, the person on the left and the person on the right look familiar~."
 
Here's one of the only videos I could find of them:
 
 
Also Yuma from el-Ethnic Legist- ended up becoming the singer for the regular metal band LIGHTNING and one of the three main vocalists for the doujin metal band IRON ATTACK! (Although both bands are also pretty campy and mostly known for performing overseas a lot, I think IRON ATTACK! are probably better known than el are at this point. Especially since YAMA-B started singing for them more regularly.)
 
Here's a comparison of the three:
 

I'm instantly attracted to any band with very short lead singers. Having always had a complex about my height it is just lots of fun seeing tiny people fill the stage with their presence.

^There was a point where I thought Loki was veering dangerously close...
 
  

God, this one is funny on so many levels.
 
 

I think L'Arc~en~Ciel was technically the first one I heard and liked, since I was watching DNA2 at the time and the theme was "Blurry Eyes", but it's a bit tricky because I didn't realize the singer was a man or what VK was until after I was introduced to X JAPAN on a hair metal forum a few months later. So I guess technically X was my introduction to VK, although L'Arc was very much my first love and the band that really dragged me into J-rock in general.

I think L'Arc~en~Ciel was technically the first one I heard and liked, since I was watching DNA2 at the time and the theme was "Blurry Eyes", but it's a bit tricky because I didn't realize the singer was a man or what VK was until after I was introduced to X JAPAN on a hair metal forum a few months later. So I guess technically X was my introduction to VK, although L'Arc was very much my first love and the band that really dragged me into J-rock in general.

God, this one is funny on so many levels.
 
 

^There was a point where I thought Loki was veering dangerously close...
 
  

^There was a point where I thought Loki was veering dangerously close...
 
  

^There was a point where I thought Loki was veering dangerously close...
 
  

^There was a point where I thought Loki was veering dangerously close...
 
  

As someone who writes both professionally and for fun, it's always so painful to look at news articles on Twitter and see people making comments purely based on headlines. The fact that people don't even feel the need to click and skim the first paragraph before sharing their predictable, hyberbolic outrage just makes me feel so disappointed.

this is some deep shade on tzk