What are your top 10 "non-visual" J-rock bands?

[coffee000 14]

I don't even have a "top 10 VK bands" list. I tried a lot of non-VK bands. Some of them have been listed on here already. But most of them are not that interesting to me (the same goes to most generic VK bands). I always find that they lack something no matter whatever rock genre they are... Don't know what that is. Some of them do have a couple of good songs I like, such as the songs they do for anime, TV dramas or movies. But to be put on this "top" list, they need to at least have more than a few songs or even a couple of consistent albums I like. Or sometimes it's because even though I think their music is decent or listenable, I don't like their vocalists. Therefore I can't name as many as 10.

 

That said, Tokyo Jihen is one I can say I like as a rock band (yes, they are rock - jazz fusion/alternative) instead of liking just a certain song by them. Some bands from the anime or doujin music scene are really good. An example is Asriel.

 

I do think I need to explore more J-music.

[orangetarts 249]

I need to add アルカラ and SEKAI NO OWARI to my list somewhere

[Ito 2438]

In no particular order...God this is so hard...and I am sure I am forgetting an important one lol.

 

• toe
• FAKE?
• School Food Punishment
• the god and death stars
• FACT
• Lynch.
• ATATA
• sgt.
• Abingdon Boys School
• CogeNdshE

And because I have a hard time choosing, here are some honerable mentions: 

The Pillows
HaKU
Miyauchi Yuri
Itsue
Tokyo Shoegazer
Unlimits
Arukara
me-al art
miaou
Ellegarden
Nothings Carved in Stone
How to Count One to Ten
Blood Stain Child
Crossfaith
Boris
aquarifa
101A

[CAT5 9075]

 

Making this as a sister-thread to nero's thread.

 

 

According to my last.fm:

• 凛として時雨 (rin toshite shigure)
• 9mm Parabellum Bullet - most of their new music is MEH AS FUCK, but I still jam to a lot of their earlier work
• 八十八ヶ所巡礼 (88kasyo Junrei)
• LOSTAGE
• 緋と陽 (hitohi)
• ATATA
• ハイスイノナサ (haisuinonasa)
• mudy on the 昨晩
• オワリカラ (owarikara)
• THE NOVEMBERS

 

 

According to last.fm, mudy has been replaced by Cinema staff...

 

It's funny because I hadn't realized that I listen to cinema staff that often. last.fm is full of these little revelations, as I pretty recently accepted the fact that rin toshite is one of my favorites, heh.

 

Still, last.fm playcount doesn't necessarily dictate my favorites. Although if I were to make a list without the assistance of my last.fm, it would most likely look the same as above (give or take haisuinonasa, cinema staff, and mudy)

[violetchain 912]

No particular order after the first three.

 

1. The Birthday

2. Dragon Ash

3. Nothing's Carved In Stone

4. MO'SOME TONEBENDER

5. Jeepta

6. BALZAC

7. ZIGZO

8. thee michelle gun elephant

9. andymori

10. POSSIBILITY

 

GLAY would be #1, but I already wrote them in the visual thread, so I guess that's cheating.

 

Could be in top ten on another day:

BOOWY, ELLEGARDEN, SBK, the pillows, ABSTRACT MASH, Yellow Studs, Suck a Stew Dry...

[Flame-X 441]

Not in particular order.

 

1. SIAM SHADE
2. abingdon boys school
3. UVERworld
4. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
5. THE FLARE
6. nano
7. ACID
8. Agitato
9. TRIBAL CHAIR
10. Asian Kung-Fu Generation

 

Last 2 picks were just random fill ins for the sake of completion.

[Bear 1817]

I see people mention Boris, Church of Misery and Mono, so are we just talking about Japanese rock/metal in general here? Or something more specific.

[coffee000 14]

I see people mention Boris, Church of Misery and Mono, so are we just talking about Japanese rock/metal in general here? Or something more specific.

I think this thread is for your favourite Japanese rock bands that are not part of the visual kei scene, of any rock genre.

[Niku 8]

I'm honestly surprised I didn't see a single mention for Man With A Mission here.
I've seen people who debate whether they're actually Japanese or w/e, but I personally consider them J, so yeah...

As for my list?

A Ghost of Flare

Another Story

Artema

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Blood Stain Child

Coldrain
Dir en Grey*

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear from the Hate

Gackt

Girugamesh*

Hitorie

LASTGASP

Kαin (Honestly not sure if these guys are Visual kei or not, personally they don't seem to be, to me, but they may as well be. Idk)

lynch.*

Man With A Mission

Maximum the Hormone

Miyavi*

My First Story

One Ok Rock

REDMAN

Sakanaction

Sever Black Paranoia

SiM

Spyair

T.M.Revolution

Undivide

Wrong City

Yellow Fried Chickenz

 

I couldn't really order these into a top ten, I tend to like most of my music equally, or I wouldn't really listen to most of it...

(*These guys were at one point definitely VKei, though now not so much, so I'm considering them for this.)

[Bear 1817]

I see. I'll make a list of ten then.

 

1. Sigh

2. Sabbat

3. Framtid

4. Mono

5. Abigail

6. Disclose / Syphilitic Vaginas (not sure if these guys are Swedish or Japanese)

7. Boris

8. Flower Travellin' Band

9. S.O.B.

10. Coffins

 

If I made this list again in a week or two it'd be different. Then I'd probably find a place for either Gauze, Melt-Banana, Kriegshög, Gallhammer, Arkha Sva, Magnesium and so on, or several of them. And the week after it'd be different again and so on. But the two-three first ones would be the exact same every single week.

[Zeus 7997]

1. 8-eit

2. 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen)

3. Boris

4. Demetori

5. Thousand Leaves

6. 陰陽座 (Onmyo-za)

7. 夢中夢 (Mutyumu)

8. 黒夜葬 (Kokuyasou)

9. school food punishment

10. 埼玉最終兵器 (Saitama Saishuuheiki)

I am not sure when Jihen climbed to number 2...or when 8-eit got to number one...

[Pretsy 1343]

According to last.fm

 

1) Perfume

2) Capsule

3) Ringo Shiina

4) Tokyo Jihen

5) Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (lol)

6) T.M. Revolution

7) SOIL&"PIMP" SESSIONS

8 ) ROUND TABLE featuring Nino

9) The Novembers

10) Pizzicato Five

 

I tried my best to take out ex-vk/vk-ish acts too...

[sai 868]

In a random order:

 

1. cinema staff

2. Boris

3. indigo la end

4. LAGITAGIDA

5. NICO Touches the Walls

6. school food punishment

7. アルカラ

8. 凛として時雨

9. RADWIMPS

10. number0

 

I need more new stuff...I DEMAND THE ATTENTION OF MONOCHROME HEAVEN USER CAT5.

[Tokage 5930]

Based on my last.fm my top 10 non-vk bands is...

 

1. POLYSICS

2. The Stalin

3. The Birthday

4. Maximum The Hormone

5. 9mm Parabellum Bullet

6. Number Girl

7. Lillies and Remains

8. Rin Toshite Shigure

9. ROSSO

10. bloodthirsty butchers

 

(I tried to pick out the ones which have roots in the VK scene.)

 

I'm most surprised by Maximum the Hormone being on there, to be honest.  I don't even listen to them as much as I used to anymore..

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

If we're going to by Last.FM, then my list is as follows:

 

1. TM Revolution

2. Sigh

3. 分島花音

4. 女王蜂

5. あさき

6. Vermillion-D Alice Syndrome

7. 黒夜葬

8. ALI PROJECT

9. POLYSICS

10. 9mm Parabellum Bullet

[Senedjem 510]

does asaki really count as not vk tho he's like, vk-themed

[CAT5 9075]

does asaki really count as not vk tho he's like, vk-themed

 

LOL OBVIOUSLY PIISU-SAMA IS STRUGGLING HERE HOW DARE YOU

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

Donnatella me what 2 do

 

 

 

1. TM Revolution

2. Sigh

3. 分島花音

4. 女王蜂

5. あさき

5. Vermillion-D Alice Syndrome

6. 黒夜葬

7. ALI PROJECT

8. POLYSICS

9. 9mm Parabellum Bullet

10. Waterweed

[Champ213 1858]

My main japanese music interest outside of vk doesn't really lie on rock, but rather the folky/jazzy/female singer-songwriter stuff. So I have to scrape the barrel a bit here. XD

 

 

In no particular order:

 

Anthem

Galneryus

夢中夢

Church of Misery

 実験台モルモット

女王蜂

Bellfast

101A

Mono

8-eit

 

 

I know that  実験台モルモット is a very fringe choice. On the other hand I didn't include Luna Sea or Buck-Tick, because I already had them on my Top 10 vk list, so that wouldn't make much sense to include them here agin. (I'm also usually very generous when it comes to counting bands as "vk". Otherwise I would have included bands like Glamorous Honey, Phi or Dead End on here.)

 

 

 

[saishuu 3220]

according to my Last.fm:

 

1| B'z

2| 清木場俊介

3| サカナクション

4| tacica

5| school food punishment

6| STRAIGHTENER

7| GRAPEVINE

8| ACIDMAN

9| ONE OK ROCK

10| cinema staff

 

Except for B'z, this is not in order. 3 could be Spangle call Lilli line, but I don't exactly consider them as 'rock'.

[Raburr7 1268]

UVERworld

Aqua Timez

ELLEGARDEN

Dragon Ash

Back-On

[hiroki 5521]

1. UVERworld

2. Aqua Timez

3. Galileo Galilei

4. NICO Touches the Walls

5. Kids Alive

6. Galneryus

7. flumpool

8. UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

9. TMR

10. SPYAIR

[Thedane 176]

1. Casually frozen Crown's cheek
2. Shatter Silence

3. HEXVOID

4. INFERNAL REVULSION

5. Apoptosis

6. My Eggplant Died Yesterday

7. Day of reckoning

8. Blood Stain Child

9. INFECTION

10. HONE YOUR SENSE

 

Not exactly j-rock, but all japanese non vk bands.

[plastic_rainbow 2162]

I keep on reviving all these old threads, whoops.

 

1. THE NOVEMBERS

2. Envy

3. Mono

4. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant

5. THE TEENAGE KISSERS

6. FOX LOCO PHANTOM

7. Droog

8. dip

9. ドレスコーズ (mostly before all the members left...)

10. Shocking Lemon

 

recent favs:

qujaku (formerly the piqnic)

for example you sell the sea

[Original Saku 1593]

According to my last.fm;

 

inspire:tion

amazarashi

凛として時雨

ONE OK ROCK

GARNiDELiA

cinema staff

アルカラ

八十八ヶ所巡礼

Galileo Galilei

ACIDMAN

 

but that's not really all that accurate... considering I reset my scrobbles back in January of 2015 effectively cutting out 8 years of scrobbles from the data xD