Pretsy 1343 Posted October 17, 2015 To make "don't delve into personal J-rocker lives pls, you dirty freak" voices quieter, I'd state the main wafflesy purpose of this thread: while the world of vk and JAYRAWK had tons of similar characteristics when compared to its much more grandiose Western counterpart a.k.a glam/makeup-lashing, angst quintets/quartets and god knows what, we've been given way too conservative, perhaps even stereotypical image about how these Japanese rockers have rolled. What the heck? There is just not enough dirt in the world of Japanese distorted earrape music! I can totes bet that your J-favs (and mine) are anything but fandom's little sweet bishonen/bishoujo angels - how come there were no stuff or suspections involving e.g. vk bandomen reaching some severely dazzled extremes while partying or even just gigging around? Not that anyone might be pleased or willing to contribute, but let's try reviving this section anyway: Have you ever heard about possible drug bust cases or just widely spread suspections involving vk or J-rock bandomen being way too "shady"? Feel free to push forward, get amazed or just throw crap at pseudo-tanukists like me, sniff. I will start by stating popular drug cases (note: not Johnnys): - Sakura (ex-L'Arc~en~Ciel) This chap has been the main catalyst AND the final nail in the coffin of L'arc's "definitely vk" career. Why's that? Him getting charged for heroin possession around late 1997 has ended up L'arc spending their necessary "no-public" hiatus in order to get their shit together and come back with more palatable sound. Come to think of it though: he gets very rare (or even none) mentions whenever L'arc has their chronology up on TVs or such, ouch. - Hisashi Imai (BUCK-TICK) About similar-ish case happened to this legendary vk-related (if we could call him that way) guitar virtuoso /quirky composer except that it was in 1989 and he was sentenced for LSD possession! Frankly speaking this didn't affect band that much sound-wise, phew. also, I am still on the fence whether I should consider 2ch inspections of Kiyoharu (yes, that Kiyoharu) being involved when it comes to drug ventures - just go asking around 2ch and you might actually get rhetoric questions in the vein of "why he ain't caught yet?", lol. ps. is TZK is a stoner??? 2 Zeus and suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrenGun 2261 Posted October 17, 2015 yeah and who cares? its their own live, they are free to use drugs and alocohol. I really don't give a shit XD 2 lollipopmonstar and Delkmiroph reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pretsy 1343 Posted October 17, 2015 ^ fun at parties, I suppose. 1 suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takadanobabaalien 3607 Posted October 17, 2015 crazy cool joe from dead end. you simply cant look like that without having done your fair share of drugs/alcohol 1 Pretsy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoΔelica 648 Posted October 17, 2015 Pretty sure everyone knows this by now. I don't see the point in chewing this topic all over again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted October 17, 2015 If anyone's interested in reading about Imai's drug scandal in a bit more detail (scroll down a bit): http://www.bucktickzone.com/history/1989.shtml 1 Pretsy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leafwork 814 Posted October 17, 2015 Obvious case: Daishi from Psycho le Cému. 2 -jibakurei- and PsychoΔelica reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takadanobabaalien 3607 Posted October 17, 2015 this is also just a rumor... or well, a friend who worked backstage for girugamesh during a EU-tour(he played in a vk inspired band in sweden) found a joint the guys left behind after leaving the hall. i dont see any reason to why he would lie about that to me, so i believe him. although I obviously dont have any real sources to prove my statement, so you can choose to believe it or not : p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmny 4139 Posted October 17, 2015 the drug threads are never as fun as the sexual-orientation speculation threads, bring 'em on im sure everyone knows of akane's love of da herb 3 kyoselflove, Takadanobabaalien and leafwork reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herpes 1597 Posted October 17, 2015 kamijo likes to PnP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
violetchain 912 Posted October 17, 2015 I remember reading news about Souhei from andymori using synthetic weed and freaking out in a hotel lobby. He had to talk to the cops or something afterwards, but since it wasn't technically illegal it didn't seem like it was a big deal to their fans or anything. 1 Pretsy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robkun 4184 Posted October 18, 2015 Not a rocker, per-se, but the super-popular Japanese singer Noriyuki Makihara was arrested some years back for possession of illegal amphetamines. Did little-to-no damage to his rep, though lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
