Kneuklid Romance - Possible Revival?

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

A new Twitter account has been opened for Kneuklid Romance, which teased a new project / release / ????? called "BABYLON 9."

 

 

 

They haven't announced an official date, or really said anything beyond the small teaser video, but the account has interacted with both of the band's former guitarists so my guess is that they are still involved. 

 

 

 

For context: KR were formed in the very early 90s and are most well-known in the West as "the band both of Malice Mizer's drummers were in." They did achieve mainstream success in the late 90's and eventually split in May of 2000. The band got back together in 2009 via Kisaki using black magic to perform necromancy on popular, yet forgotten, 90's bands after he realized Chariots wasn't going to be Mago 2 (re: Deshabillz && Deflina Ma'riage). This revival didn't last over a year.

 

 

 

Also, for what it's worth, "Kumo Onna no KISS" is one of my favorite vkei songs of all time 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2019 by Peace Heavy mk II

[evenor 1655]

Spoiler

 

 

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This is now a K.Romance appreciation thread 

Edited April 2, 2019 by evenor

[Takadanobabaalien 3607]

Is this penicillin without romance 

[anadentone 478]

oh man I hope so.  Make 2019 the revival of the old dudes ❤️ 

[Axius 2019]

I might follow this surpisingly its not often you get a 90's band to revive

[Tokage 5930]

sonic the hedgehog 3 & kneuklid

(i've never actually listened to these bois before, did they actually  release any full albums or were they one of those 'releases 3 singles and a mini-album before disbanding' groups?)

Edited April 5, 2019 by Tokage

[Biopanda 2675]

They had 5 albums and a few minis, I believe. The best thing about the band though was that their vocalist went on to start this wild band afterwards which is probably one of the best ex-VK bands ever

 

 

[Alkaloid 3143]

1 hour ago, Tokage said:

sonic the hedgehog 3 & kneuklid

(i've never actually listened to these bois before, did they actually  release any full albums or were they one of those 'releases 3 singles and a mini-album before disbanding' groups?)

They actually released 4 full albums! (Puzzle, Chain, Babylonian Dance and Rainbow)

[Tokage 5930]

woop guess i'm gonna have to go and check some of those albums out in that case

 

(that's like the most logical progression from VK EVER btw)

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

"Puzzle" is great, as is their first mini-album "LOVE SONG."

 

They changed their vocalist after Puzzle and became less 90s goth at that point and more pop-rock, but both eras have standouts. Choose your romantic adventure  

[Yukami 5086]

[Kneuklid Romance]

Vocal：YUTAKA

Guitar：小笠原 健一

Guitar：TAKUYA

Bass：TATSUYA

Drums：カエデ

 

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

They are holding their revival oneman live "BABYLON 9" on November 16th, at Zirco Tokyo. 

[suji 8317]

2 hours ago, Yukami said:

Drums：カエデ

 

Kaede from The Gallo!

[Milayou 36]

On 4/2/2019 at 2:16 PM, Peace Heavy mk II said:

For context: KR were formed in the very early 90s and are most well-known in the West as "the band both of Malice Mizer's drummers were in."

I'm almost certain they share more than just drummers: their guitarist (and main songwriter I believe??) played in Mana and Kozi's first band and there's a neoclassical vibe to their first two albums that's awfully reminiscent of Memoire/Voyage era Malice Mizer at times. Connecting the dots between bands is half the charm of old school VK!!

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

8 minutes ago, Milayou said:

I'm almost certain they share more than just drummers: their guitarist (and main songwriter I believe??) played in Mana and Kozi's first band and there's a neoclassical vibe to their first two albums that's awfully reminiscent of Memoire/Voyage era Malice Mizer at times. Connecting the dots between bands is half the charm of old school VK!!

oooh, you're right! I never noticed Kenichi was in Maternou too

[Milayou 36]

Now as for who influenced who.... you have the rest of the day to place your bets

[herpes 1597]

Omg kodamax  isn’t dead 

Edited August 29, 2019 by herpes

[Ikki 807]

Gaz is now forever going to be replace by someone that's been in a band with Okamoto Ryoji and Oonishi Hiroyuki whenever Malice Mizer or Kneuklid Romance do their one off revivals?  First Sakura, and now Kaede.  It amuses me to see this as a fan of both Zigzo and test-No. to see this as a pattern.