What bands would you introduce j-rock virgins to first?

[Number Girl 48]

Lol, wait until they stumble upon those Gauze-era photographs.

[7gatsu8ka 1]

LM.C was never fail for girls^^

the GazettE and Girugamesh too!

but depends on the songs

[7gatsu8ka 1]

Lol, wait until they stumble upon those Gauze-era photographs.

hahai XD +MISSA-era PVs too

[tosinn 3]

Depends on the virgin in question. If they like shoegaze, I'd recommend Plastic Tree. If they like pop-rock, I'd recommend Laruku, and so on.

[Des 289]

LUNA SEA for everyone no matter what their taste in music is, I'd say.

I mean, if songs like IN SILENCE, STORM and ROSIER aren't a good introduction to Japanese rock music, then I don't know what is...

[Jrock-sama 2]

Deluhi always catch everyone's ears~

[kamijosick 29]

kannivalism <3 , shulla and antifeminism D:

[Masamune 72]

L'Arc~en~Ciel, i don't know why but most people i know or see on forums say they got into Japanese

music because of these guys, i then show them some of my fave bands that got me into the music

(DEAD END, Luna Sea and Siam Shade) and they don't like them.

MAKES ME RAGE!!!!

EDIT: I do like L'Arc~en~Ciel too though.

[ginHigure 22]

mostly DELUHI

[Senedjem 510]

9GOATS BLACK OUT works well with mothers.

Well, with my mother at least.

[Masamune 72]

My mother likes Acid Black Cherry, oh and that one song by X Japan, tears i think it was called.

[ronluna 17]

my cousin likes MOON AND MEMORIES of D'ERLANGER and my dad likes Pieces of L'Arc~en~Ciel.

actually DEAD END, LUNA SEA and Siam Shade are connected with other and with L'Arc.

i know your feelings Masamune, i feel the same as you.

[irookie.x02 0]

Well, at first i let my friend listen to SID, then i moved her to the Gazette :x then yeah. now she's hardcore 8D

[Neon 6]

All Old Vk bands

[sai 868]

I would start with ONE OK ROCK, since they aren't that visual. After that I would start sending them stuff like D and Versailles, since that's what I like most.

[sai 868]

9GOATS BLACK OUT works well with mothers.

Well, with my mother at least.

My mom doesn't like anything of the stuff I listen too. She doesn't mind Alice Nine that much though. I could play the DVD in the living room with her in it, so that's alot XD

[dracolicious13 1]

None, spare the poor souls the agony.

In all honesty tho it depends on their musical preferences, cause say if they like poppy songs more than hard rock, I would not throw Dir en grey at them. ( Mind you if they really like POP, Jrock is not an option. Throw Johnny's at them instead.)

[ficsci 50]

My vote goes to LUNA SEA

9GOATS BLACK OUT works well with mothers.

Well, with my mother at least.

I think that won't work for my mom, sadly

But SID might (although people would just go down the jpop path from then on)

Or La'cryma Christi's Sculpture of Time f*ck yes XD

[MY BFF HEIDI 7]

My mom likes E'm~grief~'s instrumental tracks.

I think her favorite is in paradism.

[Tse 0]

mmm, the beginnings of dir en grey, buck tick and.... maybe deluhi.

[Sci-Fi 0]

this is an awesome thread by the way

[iSin-Sama 4]

Id recommend, -Oz-, DeathGaze, Deluhi, Malice Mizer, etc.

[Fr@e 0]

I use to ease my friends into it by starting with bands that use a lot of understandable English...Ellegarden..Cold Rain...FACT.

It's been easier to break my friends lately though b/c of anime and seeing some bands live at Otakon. I tend to stick with music along those lines until they want to explore on their own.

[guitar.chic92 1]

Mostly, I just start with songs that have various sounds from bands I like: Dir en grey, Plastic Tree, Merry, Unsraw, D'espairsray, Versailles, Gazette, Rie fu, etc.

Out of all those bands, there's likely to be something they'll like.

[ficsci 50]

To think about it, it would be good to introduce ones that are cool even from a more objective perspective. Like ones with really impressive guitar work or cool concepts, so I'll add a few more to my list.

NUMBER GIRL

Merry

Sugar

KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND

Kagrra,

I realize it's kind of weird, but I wouldn't introduce my really really favorite bands first. It's probably just because I'm surrounded with non-music listeners, but most people's reactions to any music I listen to tends to be "WTF?" or "umm... no thanks" WHATEVER I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO THINKS THESE BANDS ARE GOOD D<