Well yeah i am a huge fan of J-rock it's amazing and merlin do i wish i was Japanese -sigh- but anyway
I love Gazette, Gackt, Miyavi, Alice Nine and Dir en Grey, honestly you just have to love them what bands do you lot like?

I love Dragon Ash, L´Arc En Ciel and High and Mighty Color, among others...

D'espairs Ray, Miyavi, 00I00, Melt Banana, Dir En Grey, Panic Channel, etc..etc..

I like Gackt ^_^

Anywho Some JRock s pretty good.

Boredomz <3

Boredomz <3

wewt! boredomz pwn XD

Can someone give me a link to FLCL soundtracks or The Pillows discography downloads?

I'm sad to announce that I don't know a single J-rock artist. -_-"

Despite many people calling their sounds incredibly cliche, I can't help but love bands like Ellegarden, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, and Totalfat.

Although if we can include Japanese hardcore in there (Which we probably can't and really shouldn't), I'd throw Yellow Machinegun and GISM in too.

I was watching videos of some Japanese guitarist that's supposedly pretty big a while ago but I can't remember his name. Anyway, he was zomgingly good.

Relevance ftw

I like ... Arc~en~ciel, asian kung-fu generation, Uverworld and flow !

Dir en grey is one of my favorites but the best artist of japan is SUSUMU HIRASAWA

Janne Da Arc!!!! :P

I can understand liking a nation's music, but wishing you were japanese is a bit laughable.

I love miyavi more than i love myself...

other than that, I also like Gackt, Dir en Grey, D'espairs Ray, umm...
Does Utada Hikaru count? She should.

<33

L'arc en ciel,Gackt,Asian kungfu generation,Nightmare and much more

If you like J-Rock, there is one band that never fails to impress me.

Guitar Wolf.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Guitar+wolf&search=Search

I dunno if it's rock or not, but I like mostly female Japanese artists, such as, Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, Koda Kumi, and a few others.

Personally, I love Gackuto Camui.. Mind Forest and Lust for Blood never cease to amuse me........
X-Japan/Hide RULES.......Art of Life, while pretty long, 28:56, has to be one of the greatest songs ever made... (they closed down the Hide museum.....*tear*)
Hyde is pretty cool, too....Jesus Christ is one of his best songs.....
Malice Mizer(gackt's ex-band)- is freaking miraculous.
Yoshiki (X-Japan's drummer) is simply a godsend.......He has been quoted saying he is forming a "Superband" with GACKT and that they will be touring the US in '07..........
I love Nobuo Uematsu- this guy is nothing less than a musical genius....
Koda Kumi/Jade from Sweetbox/Rikki/Faye Wong/ Utada Hikaru/Angela Aki- all have magical voices...although they aren't exactly J-Rock, they're J-Pop, so it technically is relative

I PROUDLY PRACTICE GACKTISM

http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l299/sephiroth6171/FF2/?action=view&current=Gacktism.png

You fucking moron, didn't you realise that Yoshiki has sworn off drumming when Hideto died? He's now a pianist.

Never have I been so ashamed to share my like of X-Japan in my life. :(

-ignore this, dbl post-

never really listened to j-rock :(

i should give it a whirl sometime.

merlin do i wish i was Japanese -sigh-

by the staff of merlin!

I'm sad to announce that I don't know a single J-rock artist. -_-"

Mutually so, here.


I can understand liking a nation's music, but wishing you were japanese is a bit laughable.

x2

You fucking moron, didn't you realise that Yoshiki has sworn off drumming when Hideto died? He's now a pianist.

Never have I been so ashamed to share my like of X-Japan in my life. :(

yes, we all know he did swear it off...But in a "fairly" recent interview he announced the he IS in fact starting a band with Gackt and You.......
Here's the quote, and below that is one of the many refernces......
so watch who you say is wrong.....


"Fan question: "What are your plans after Violet UK?"

Yoshiki: "What, you mean after Violet UK breaks up? (laughing fans) It hasn't
started yet. Um, um. I have one, actually, I'm doing one more band. I can
talk about it, right? Um, yes, Um Yes, actually, I'm doing solo stuff as um,
kind of classical artist, I guess (mumble) main thing is Violet UK.
I'm also starting a band with a guy, probably you guys know, Gackt (insert fangirl
screaming) I know, but, um, we are starting a band together as well. Yeah,
that was kind of a secret, but we've been talking about it, but last night I
talked to him and then, I talk about it today and he's like 'Cool'."


http://gacktcamuifanclub.deviantart.com/

The quote didn't mention his role, and neither did you even mention that he's also a an accomplished pianist. So you're still wrong. ^-^

The quote didn't mention his role, and neither did you even mention that he's also a an accomplished pianist. So you're still wrong. ^-^

But, you were denying the whole band......so, you're wrong, too.....now shut up...... Fucking moron......

Does Sigh count?

asian kung-fu generation.

But, you were denying the whole band......so, you're wrong, too.....now shut up...... Fucking moron......

Actually I don't, quit trying to put words in my mouth, Sephiroth "INCARNET"

ROFL LOL Oh my God, that was hilarious. :D

by the staff of merlin!



Senseless. Just like your other rantings.

wow u r a prty smrt d00d

asian kung-fu generation.

YEAH!! That's what I'm talking about yo.

Gazette is like . . . uber sex, next to Alice Nine. And then Dir en grey, Kra, all most V-Kei; I'm envious. My friend got to go see Diru when they came last year to Toronto. Apparently, Kyo fell off his stage box. It's funny to watch if you can find it on youtube.

There are so many... Aile, Gazette, Alice Nine, Aikaryu, Hizaki grace project, Malice Mizer, Moi Dix Mois, Klaha, Gackt, An Cafe, Wizard, Lynch, Deathgaze yeah just really many ^__^

Lareine's good. So's Dragon Ash, though that's already been mentioned.

Can someone give me a link to FLCL soundtracks or The Pillows discography downloads?


just go to gendou.com and register; type in FLCL and it has all the music for the show.

i like the dope headz, fairy fore, dolly, la arc en ciel, plastic treel cell, m.o.v.e and others but if you're talking jpop its all about kotoko and tm revolution

I like hyde, laruku, gackt, etc...

Shonen Knife, that's about it, and yes it is rock.

Maximum the Hormone is the best. They do the OP and ED for Death Note. The second season anyway.

I heart the Polysics and Outer Limits. :D

I'm quite fond of Malice Mizer, X-Japan, Dragon Ash, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Bump of Chicken, Buck Tick, UVERworld, and Asian Kung-Fu Generation. There's probably some others I'm missing, but right now, that's all I can think of.

And Sigh, I forgot they were from Japan, for whatever reason.

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the only j-rock I've listened to ish Polysics and I love them. <3 I like a lot of j-pop, though. X)

Imostly listen to Visual Kei. I'll say my list anyway.

Gackt
L'arc En ciel (I havent heard them in ages)
D
Asagi
Onmyouza
Maximum The Hormone


I think thats it...

After rechecking this thread, I now have to add two Japanese bands I've recently taken in, and have enjoyed:

Loudness (FINE Hair/Power Metal!)
Gallhammer (Unique in that it's one of the few all-female Black Metal groups I know of.)

1st off, I personaly consider Gackt more along the lines of J-pop

But, My favorite J-rock artist consist off (in order of greatest to least):

1. Miyavi
2. Due'le Quartz
3. The GazettE
4. Nightmare
5. Alice Nine
6. Cool Joke

L'Arc~en~Ciel, The Pillows, Dir en grey, Number Girl, Asian Kung-Fu Generation,Oblivion Dust (a shame they broke up),X-Japan, Malice Mizer, and Mad Capsule Markets.

L'arc en Ciel, Gackt, Luna Sea, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer, Kagerou, Fairy Fore, Siam Shade, the list goes on.
I just cannot stand is watching those video clips =__=

Jus' read my siggie. I like LOTS of J-rock. My second favorite group is JAM Project, and my third favorite artist is Kotai Kinya (Singing voice of Shuichi Shindou on Gravitation)

I only know the real famous ones. If you want something heavier, check out Luna Sea (a shame they broke up...) and Concerto Moon.

Do As Infinity broke up, but the vocal Van Tomiko is still active.

I don't know if artists like Ayumi Hamasaki, Zard or Younha count as J-rock, but they sound decent enough.

Bump of Chicken, Glay, Porno Graffiti, Yellow Monkeys, Penicillin are worthwhile. Er... And Sound Horizon is kind of like anime music. They are really catchy. If you like Yuki Kajiura, check out her former trio band See-Saw.

Garnet Crow and Gackt are my favorites, though.

Am I the only here that likes Janne Da Arc? ;-;

iS DIR EN GREY really good, i've never heard any music of theirs?

Am I the only here that likes Janne Da Arc? ;-;

No, I do like Janne Da Arc also XD..

I like Oshare and Visual kei alot

An cafe, Janne Da Arc, Vidoll, Exist Trace, Rentrer en Soi, Panic Channel, Raphael, Malice Mizer, Danger gang, Malice Mizer, Duel Jewel, D,12012, D'espairs Ray, Lareine , Phantasgoria. Those are some that I like, although there are a lot more that I like but to lazy to type it all in (＾∇＾)♪

L'arc-En-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, FLOW and Tomoyasu Hotei are my favourite J-rock bands/artists (though I dunno if you could class Tomoyasu Hotei as either J-rock/J-pop). Though if I could include J-Pop to that list, I'd also have Orange Range and Hitomi Yaida in the list.

And yup, most of my favourites do come from the Ouendan games, and anime soundtracks.

I wonder how many people actually know Gackt is a dude.

I use to be big into jpop when i was in highschool. After i grabbed a lot of the mainstream music i found i didn't know and couldn't find out what the good stuff was without actually learning the language. So i gave up looking for new stuff.

There are two types of bands. There's the shit they put on the radio and play 24/7 and theres the stuff that people actually want to listen to. Kind of like the difference between britney spears and tool.

im not a big fan of j-rock...its too hardcore for me. hhaha

I do hope SKIN puts a studio album together:

* Gackt – Vocals,Piano
* Miyavi – Lead Guitar,Shamisen
* Sugizo – Rhythm Guitar,Violin
* Ju-Ken – Bass
* Yoshiki – Drums,Piano

I don't know that many. Dir en Grey is one of the few that I know. They're so cool.

girugamesh, d'espairs ray, LM.C, gackt, dir en grey, malice mizer, gazette, Unsraw, ScReW,alice nine., gullet, lynch., an cafe, SMILE, penicillin, l'arc en ciel, lareine, sadie and so many more.

Actually not very known with J-rock (or pop, or anything in japanese music direction), but I really love Maximum the hormone

does anyone have heard "RIDER CHIPS"?
whoaaa!!! their songs is totally cool,dude!

My favorites are more with the Visual Kei section. Bands like alice nine, Moi dix Mois, ayabie, Plastic Tree and such. I don't really like Dir en Grey because they are too loud for me.

By the way, did anyone listened to Gazette's new album? I thought it was kinda weak.

I only know a few... own almost everything of Dir en Grey's, and I'm on my way to collect Malice Mizer and Moi Dix Mois.

Very different, but I enjoy them both. Especially Dir en Grey's later works impress me, although every album has its share of quality songs.

Big fan of the pillows...

I also enjoy some stuff by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Orange Range, and a lot of JPop.

I checked all the pages above and it wasn't mentioned anywhere. I'd like to post up about:

Kagrra,

At first the word that ran across my mind was "wtf?!" But as I listened it wasn't so bad, in a matter of fact it turned out to be pretty good.

As for the rest many people already mentioned it:
- Asian Kung-Fu Generation
- Gackt
- L'arc~en~Ciel
- High And Mighty Color
- Uverworld

DONT KNOW THAT MANY J-ROCK GROUPS BUT I THINK HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR PWNS ^_^!

JROCK! My passion! I like many many bands out there, but my favorite groups/singers are:

Gackt - Yes, he IS JRock. He's got his Pop songs but he's started going towards Rock lately (which is fantastic!). Every new release of his, aside from the song he made for that graduation, is rock.

Miyavi, Dir en Grey (I got to see them live at the Family Values Tour. Kyo cut himself twice (had this lady walk out because of it) and tripped over his microphone cord >.<), BUCK-TICK, Rentrer en Soi, 12012, Kagrra, Alice Nine, L`arc~en~Ciel, abingdon boys school (hasn't anyone heard of them?! They're great!), XJapan, Janne da Arc...

I could go on and on, but I guess I'll stop there LOL. I've got so much JRock in my media library it's scary @_@. I'd say 95% of what I have in there is JRock...

BTW, for you Laraku fans, new single out 10/10/07! (That's right around my birthday! I'm so excited! Yes...I pre-ordered...)

Mad Capsule markets and Polysics

I don't really get into Japanese music but these two bands are great

oh

It would help if some of those were in Japanese...

One of first couple is definitely French.

The fifth song is "Sen no yoru wo koete (Memories of Nobody)" by Aqua Timez. It's from the Bleach movie.

I'm mildly obsessed with J-rock and do like some J-pop, too. My favorite artists are:

advantage Lucy (J-indie)
Alice Nine (Visual-kei)
Angelo (J-rock)
BUG (J-rock)
Cali Gari (Eroguro)
Cascade (J-rock)
Chatmonchy (J-pop/rock)
deadman (J-rock)
Dir en Grey (J-rock)
Floppy (Electronic Japanese chip pop rock)
Gackt (J-pop/rock)
goatbed (Japanese synth pop)
Guniw Tools (...)
Hora (Visual-kei, techno)
Kagrra, (J-rock)
Kaya (Visual-kei, techno)
Kozi (Visual-kei)
Kra (J-rock)
L'Arc~en~Ciel (J-pop/rock)
Malice Mizer (Visual-kei)
Merry (Eroguro)
Metronome (J-rock/electronic)
Pierrot (J-rock)
The Pillows (J-rock)
Plastic Tree (J-rock, my favorite band)
Schwarz Stein (Visual-kei, techno)

If anyone would like to sample any of these bands, just let me know. Aa, I know how you feel Mizerable! I can't wait for L'Arc~en~Ciel's new single. Speaking of which, "My Heart Draws a Dream" was recently used in a Subaru car commercial. : P If you haven't seen it, you can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCRUYQHXYkI

gackt sounds like a warbling poof from dirge of cerberus. rubbish

i like yoko kanno, although her singing is rather overbearing and similar to gackt.

mad capsule markets are great. the lyrics are complete shit but they make great tracks and they look like fun live. shame they split, apparently

If you've ever heard anything by Gackt at all, you'd know that he DOES warble. He has always had that vibrato in his voice, even when he started out in Malice Mizer. While that's your opinion, I find that calling him "rubbish" is rather rude of you. For being "rubbish" he makes a heck of a lot of money and has a massive fan base to boot.

"Rubbish"...

gackt would be good at opera.

gackt would be good at opera.

Haha! While I'd hate to hear that (not that I dont like Opera, I just dont go out of my way to try and obtain some). He probably would be. He's also great at hitting those high notes!

Does anybody here think that Hyde (from L'arc) has changed his way of singing? I mean it used to be so much more melodic. Now all he does is yell it seems. And even when he does sings softly it's not like the old days. I think he might have ruined the beautiful voice he had with all the smoking he does. WHAT A SHAME.

any one here into trance and j-tech, like utada hikaru (kingdom hearts) and Kanno Yoiko (ghost in the shell)Haruka Kanata (naruto)< that last one is actully a j-rocker. also the song Dam Dariram from DDR is kinda cool (yeah call me a nerd)

Does anybody here think that Hyde (from L'arc) has changed his way of singing? I mean it used to be so much more melodic. Now all he does is yell it seems. And even when he does sings softly it's not like the old days. I think he might have ruined the beautiful voice he had with all the smoking he does. WHAT A SHAME.

Hyde's solo stuff is a lot different than the L`arc stuff is. It's to be expected though. Frankly, I like all his works. When he goes solo, he tries to maintain his own special style rather than be repetitive and sing the same way as he would in the band.

I can't wait for the new album to come out! November, I think it is. I might pre-order it.

If you've ever heard anything by Gackt at all, you'd know that he DOES warble. He has always had that vibrato in his voice, even when he started out in Malice Mizer. While that's your opinion, I find that calling him "rubbish" is rather rude of you. For being "rubbish" he makes a heck of a lot of money and has a massive fan base to boot.

"Rubbish"...

i said he sounded like a warbling poof, which is an acknowledgement that he does. thats what i dont like about him, it sounds like shit. he's successful, good for him, i still think he's shit.

any one here into trance and j-tech, like utada hikaru (kingdom hearts) and Kanno Yoiko (ghost in the shell)Haruka Kanata (naruto)< that last one is actully a j-rocker. also the song Dam Dariram from DDR is kinda cool (yeah call me a nerd)

yoji biomechanika?

also uchiha means quiet in polish, draven. not got a clue whether thats the intent of your sub title.

quiet it right, did you quote me to agree?

Well yeah i am a huge fan of J-rock it's amazing and merlin do i wish i was Japanese -sigh- but anyway
I love Gazette, Gackt, Miyavi, Alice Nine and Dir en Grey, honestly you just have to love them what bands do you lot like?

J-Rock is actually my personal favorite from new age English Metal by far. I have a lot of J-rock favorite bands, such as:

MintJam, Crow's Claw, S.S.H. Livehouse, Sword of Justice, HIGHSPEED, Terra, VICE VERSA, Vivix, GodSpeed, 札幌電脳室 / 札幌電脳兵器 (Couldn't find an English translation T_T) and MUCH more....I like both J-Vocal and Instrumental Rock.
:3

hey yoko is great and its actully >Kanno Youko< have you heard Rise? orWhats it for? or Inner Universe?

hey yoko is great and its actully >Kanno Youko< have you heard Rise? orWhats it for? or Inner Universe?

no. ill look into a lot of the suggestions on this thread when i have the time. and 'kanno youko' is a wonderful musician and the seatbelts complement her well.

yeah im a big fan of Ghost in the shell and she does alot of there music

cool, i know her from cowboy bebop, but i suppose thats what most people know her for. the music she makes for that show is simply perfect for it

hey i never knew she did music for cowboy bebop, thats cool, i used to be into that show befor Ghost in the shell came about, but yeah ill see whats cool in that area.

You fucking moron, didn't you realise that Yoshiki has sworn off drumming when Hideto died? He's now a pianist.

Never have I been so ashamed to share my like of X-Japan in my life. :(

i'm pretty sure he'll be playing drums in the x-japan reunion happening soon, where there'll be a guest guitarist for every track in hide's place.
also, it was when x-japan broke up that he quit drums, hide died after they broke up.


on another note, my fave j-rock bands are:
kuroyume, sophia, luna sea, J's solo project, dragon ash, guniw tools, sads, zazen boys, the 5678's, utada hikaru (yes some of her new stuff is rock), shiina ringo, hide, & mucc.

i said he sounded like a warbling poof, which is an acknowledgement that he does. thats what i dont like about him, it sounds like shit. he's successful, good for him, i still think he's shit.

listen to secret garden by gackt. if not for the vocals (which are not very warbly-poofy in that one anyway, very stable and etheral), then for the supremely sublime composition. it's so much better than every other song by him (although i haven't heard many, i somehow imagine no other could come close to being as good as secret garden). the orchestral instrumental freesia op.2 is pretty damn sweet too.

hmmm my favorite bands would have to be Dir en grey,X-japan, yoshiki solo,hide solo,pata solo, Luna sea, DespairsRay,and the list goes on....Seems like alot of people have very interesting tastes on here. Which is always very good.

X Japan, An Cafe, Ayabie, Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, Luna Sea, Miyavi, Gackt, Hyde, Lolita23q, Rentrer en Soi and many others.

Here's a bit of variety since everyone is posting mainly visual kei...

Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, Mummy the Peepshow, Mean Machine (broke up long time ago), Polysics (was mentioned), MOSAIC.WAV (more techno-ish), Dj Sharpnel (does beats and stuff), Perfume (kind of like video-game techno music), Spin Aqua (lead singer sings in both fluent english and Japanese), YMCK (video game/techno), Shonen Knife (also mentioned) and Miyavi (old stuff before the album Dokuso was released).

Also forgot to add Hotei Tomoyasu...he's an amazing guitarist.

You fucking moron, didn't you realise that Yoshiki has sworn off drumming when Hideto died? He's now a pianist.

Never have I been so ashamed to share my like of X-Japan in my life. :(

hey dip shit

tell me this

THEN WHY WAS HE DRUMMING FOR HIS SIDE PROJECT VIOLET UK

...

idiot

he still drums

in the newly reunited X JAPAN
and in
S.K.I.N

fucking douche

before you say something

make sure you know what you are talking about


and i like these plus more

12012 , A , Ayabie , Alice9th , ACMAHEAD , ARESZ , Ancafe , Arc , BLOOD , Baroque , Babylon , Berry , Bis , BlackJack , BALZAC , Bang-Doll , Beau , brain haker , Buck Tick , CariGali , Cuartet , Candy , Clavier , Celia xen , COOKY , Couple d' Ange , ColorZe , CONSTELLATION , CORE THE CHILD , Duralumin , D , Deadman , Dir en grey , Due'le Quartz , D'espairsRay , Daigo Stardust , Doremidan , DeathRabbits , Duel Jewel , Dual , DIABLO , Delphinium , dorothy , DIABOLICA , Elldorado , eight , emmuree , Eile de Mu , [Figure:] , Fatima , Flare , Fiore , Feather-blue , finale , Fanatic Crisis , Glay , Gazette , Gift , Gimmick , Ghost , Girugamesshu , Gackt , GANEISHA , HYDE , HIDE , HenzeL , Himitsukessya kodomo A , Hizaki , Hachi , hotel-shinigani , Iroha , Ichigorokku , Joker , Jam , JILS , Joanne Da Arc , Kagrra , Kra , Karen , Kamikaze , Klack , KuRt , Kagerou , Kazoku , Kisaki Project , Kizu , Kreuz Schwert , Kyokutouahen , Kuroyume , Kamakiri , L..Arc~en~Ciel , Lareine , Luecie , Laputa , Lilith , lolita23q , Lacryma Christi , LunaSea , -miyavi- , Malice Mizer , Mana , Mona:lisa , Moll'e node , Moi dix mois , Marusa , MIL , Merry , MUCC , MASK , MANDRAGORA , Metis Gretel , MIRAGE/syndrome , Nightmare , NANA , Never Crazy , NOIZ , Noah , NevaR , Nine , Nanami-takeshi , OTO-ONI , Omunibasu , Pierrot , Phantasmagoria , Prototype , ~PANIC*ch~ , Psycho Le Cemu , Piasu , Plastic Tree , Paretto , Project Eden , phylia , Penicillin , Rentrer en soi , Rinne , Ruvie , Ruephy Alive , Realice , Retina , Risk un logic , ronsyao , Risky vice , Rviru , R.E.D , RABBIT , Rakeru , Raphael , ROUAGE , Scissor , Shulla , Sulfuric Acid , SUGIZO , Schwarz Stein , Shugafokufuru , SIN , Shido ,S.K.I.N. , Spell [E] den , Soroban , SKULL , Samurai , Sics , Sadis iA Higaimousoukyou , Sharurotto , Sugar Trip , style , Shelly , Sessyon , Silver , Sugoroku , SOPHIA , SEX MACHINE GUN , THE DEAD POP STAR , Voyage , Vidoll , Visage , Vinett , Viodish select , Vogus Image , Vellselk , Volcano , Vertigo , Wizard , WEDDAY , WYSE , Waive , Yaiba , X Japan,

i'm pretty sure he'll be playing drums in the x-japan reunion happening soon, where there'll be a guest guitarist for every track in hide's place.
also, it was when x-japan broke up that he quit drums, hide died after they broke up.


he didn't quit drums, he just avoided them for a while

and no

its still hide

unreleased recorded tracks of him playing and other things
edited to fit the songs


hide will never be replaced

Uhm...maybe we should calm down a little bit? I understand all of you have a love for the band, but I think Yoshiki would be upset if he could see you bickering like this. And is that language seriously necessary?

:(

Uhm...maybe we should calm down a little bit? I understand all of you have a love for the band, but I think Yoshiki would be upset if he could see you bickering like this. And is that language seriously necessary?

:(

bad Language = seriously not necessary

hey i go on jrr and yoshiki owns that site

and trust me, this kinda stuff is laughable

people should know what they are talking about first

and i am clam hunni

so get off my ass

and yes

my lang will not be censored i got the right and freedom to it

lauruku es lo mejor junto con asian kung fu ^_^



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Yeah, I like J-rock a lot. My fave's L'arc en Ciel and Jeanne Da Arc.

he didn't quit drums, he just avoided them for a while

and no

its still hide

unreleased recorded tracks of him playing and other things
edited to fit the songs


hide will never be replaced

have you read the official news?

also, it's easier to get your point across without cluttering it with meaningless insults. similar to how some people put 'like' or 'fuckin' between every few words.

I remember reading his blog and him talking about his practicing on his drumset....

I especially like Kagrra,, Gackt, Nightmare, Asian kung fu generation, diru, x japan and miyavi!

Gackt... sucks. I hate that group.

I do enjoy some J Rock as well. Some of them include Luna Sea, X-Japan, Duel Jewel, UVERworld, and of course some of Violet UK, the same name I'm using lol.

hide as well for me is my favorite Solo artist in J Rock, though he did pass away. Tough he may be dead, he'll never die within us.

Dir en grey all the way!!! Other than them, I only like 12012 a lil bit, X-Japan, and Rentrer en Soi, but I actually quite enjoy Sigh (although they're pretty metal)

I love Dir En Grey and Gackt. Well... Gackt is kinda weird I mean he's sometimes J-Rock and sometimes Pop... Ah well.

Hmm, Dir En Grey, Gackt, Malice Mizer, ~thinks~ Maximum the Hormone, Nightmare, there are a bunch of others. D: <3

I saw Dir En Grey live last year wen dey came to the uk.

but anyways.
janne da arc...nuff sed

If anyone's interested and hasn't heard i've got a forum or two that's like this and you can download music whether its kpop, jpop, tpop, vpop, j rock, k rock... you get the idea.
Music video's and Drama's are on their too as well as a few anime.

Gackt is a pro singer lol
also into X-japan, Dir en grey, Kagrra - Satsuki and urei are such good songs, Uverworld's first album was very good havent listened to them recently though, L'arc, AKFG their nippon budokai 2004 live is brill....I also like some YKZ stuff as well but they split up, Flow ....thats all i can think of at the mo

Dir en grey, Nightmare, metronome,..are some of my favs..

An Cafe, the GazettE, Dir en Grey, D'espairsRay, X-JAPAN, Kagrra, Miyavi, Moi Dix Mois, Gackt, alice nine, SuG, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Irokui, Kra, Versailles, Ichigo69, Ayabie, DEATHGAZE, -OZ-, Dali, Mix Speakers Inc, Vidoll, The Underneath, MOON -kana- etc~

I have only listened to Gackt and I have to say he is awesome.

A lot of the good stuff has already been mentioned:

L'arc~en~Ciel, Judy and Mary, Yuki's solo ish, the Pillows, Penpals, Oranges and Lemons, X Japan, hide's solo ish, Melt Banana and the Boredoms (and Z-Rock Hawaii, which is Ween and the Boredoms...so that's about half Japanese...)


But here are a couple I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Kishidan
The Roosters
Yurayura Teikoku
BOAT

Do yourselves a favor and check some of these out. Some of you have really good taste (or at least tastes similar to mine), so I know you'll dig them. Perhaps some uploads are in order...:)

Gackt lip syncs 99% of the time and I only judge their vocal ability by live performances.

Everytime I listen to Gackt I just laugh.

No offence meant towards him and I admire him for what he does, but I find his image hysterical.

Gackt lip syncs 99% of the time and I only judge their vocal ability by live performances.

Have you ever been to a live performance? Or even seen one for that matter? I've listened to the lives, have all his songs, he does NOT lip sync. The only time he would is when he's making his PV's, but then again, ALL artists do that.

I want news on S.K.I.N! NOW!

Omg my brother named ricardo got SDIA! Watch out for your 1st cousin 1 removed!

No but seriously where can I get X-japan music? can some post a link?

Jrock bands i like:
Dir en Grey
Plastic Tree
Kagrra
Luna Sea
The GazettE

songs you must listen to:
Dir en Grey - Amber
Dir en Grey - Higeki ha Mabuta wo Oroshita Yasashiki Utsu
The GazettE - Zetsu
Luna Sea - Dejavu
Plastic Tree - Kuuchuu Buranko
The GazettE - Chizuru

more later ;)

Jrock bands i like:
Dir en Grey
Plastic Tree
Kagrra
Luna Sea
The GazettE

songs you must listen to:
Dir en Grey - Raison d'Etre
Dir en Grey - Audrey
The GazettE - Anti-pop
Luna Sea - Imitation
Plastic Tree - Nothing
The GazettE - Beautiful 5 [shit]ers

more later ;)

:3

Hmm. Well,

Miyavi, L'Arc, Namie Amuro, Yuzo Koshiro, Boom Boom Satellites, YMCK, etc...

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ehh I like too much japanese music..

I used to love Gackt but I'm not to fond of his newer stuff, same with Miyavi. I also like ORANGE RANGE, UVERworld, Malice Mizer, Charlotte, Girugamesh, Dir en Grey, the GazettE, BUCK-TICK, abingdon boys school, MUCC, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Metronome, SID, Nightmare, Antic Cafe (only a bit), Aqua Timez, LM.C, Porno Graffitti, hide, Maximum the Hormone, Acid Black Cherry, The TRAX (theyre korean though), Polysics, ENDS, Coaltar of the Deepers, Bleach03, ACIDMAN, Danger Gang, ELLEGARDEN, ONE OK ROCK and some others I can't think of..

j-rock that I prefer I am:GACKT,L'arc en ciel,Nightmare,on/off,Hyde,glay,anna tsuchiya ecc

*dies*
you just called anna tsuchiya and on/off jrock @__@
bwhaha :P

excuse and because I am not him/it

I listen to waaaaaaaaaay too much Jrock music and I spend waaaaaaaaaaay too much on it, LoL!! I may aswell list the bands I listen to while i'm here:

176BIZ, Abingdon Boys School, Alice Nine, Ayabie, D'espairsRay, DuelJewel, GazettE, Girugamesh, Heidi, Kagrra, Megamasso, Siva, Vidoll.........

There are some less well known names I didn't include, but that's about it really :)

I like Yellow Monkey, Thee Elephant Michelle Gun, Shiina Ringo, Tokyo Jihen, Brilliant Green, Judy & Mary but......most of all.....INUGAMI CIRCUS-DAN! =)

Hm, the bands I like are (and it's a doozy):
MO'SOME TONEBENDER
goatbed/cyanotype/cali≠gari/lab.(thebasement)/Shuuji Ishii
BUCK-TICK/Atsushi Sakurai/Lucy
THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT/ROSSO/The Birthday
Drug Store Cowboy
9GOATS BLACK OUT
REDЯUM
deadman
lynch./DEATHGAZE/berry
Guniw Tools/Nookicky/Shilfee & Tulipcorobockles/Tafucamadara
SCANCH/ROLLY
Shinjuku Gewalt
Metronome/Floppy/Adapter.
Plastic Tree
Oblivion Dust/FAKE?
Kaya/Hora/Schwarz Stein/Another Cell
Acidman
acid android
BAZRA
NUMBER GIRL
muchi muchi anago
SADS/Kuroyume
Soft Ballet
Transtic Nerve
Tribal Chair
USK

Et cetera.

Bands I like ATM:
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Bump Of Chicken
Dir En Grey
FLOW
Maximum The Hormone
Road Of Major

Still gonna search for more visual kei.

L�Arc En Ciel
i am malaysian,this band name come from france means rainbow
in malaysia rainbow is 'pelangi',indonesia too
filipino - bahaghari
dutch - regenboog
crotian - duga
german - regenbogen
italian - arcobaleno
japanese - niji
romanian - curcubeu
spanish - arco iris
heee.....
laruku is GREAT!

12012's new direction has left me a bit sad.. they're not as rocking as they used to be, to me, anyhow.

For fans of Dir en Grey
their new album Uroboros
<img src=http://image.allmusic.com/13/amg/cov200/drl800/l848/l84866ms7q9.jpg> <p>
1 Sa Bir - 2:00
2 Vinushka - 9:37
3 Red Soil - 3:24
4 Doukoku to Sarinu - 3:48
5 Toguro - 3:58
6 Glass Skin - 4:28
7 Stuck Man - 3:35
8 Reiketsu Nariseba - 3:33
9 Ware, Yami Tote... - 7:02
10 Bugaboo - 4:44
11 Gaika, Chinmoku Ga Nemuru Koro - 4:22
12 Dozing Green - 4:06
13 Inconvenient Ideal - 4:24
14 Glass Skin [Japanese Lyrics Version] - 4:29
15 Dozing Green [Japanese Lyrics Version] - 4:08 <p.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DRFW4NYJ
enjoy

PASSWORD:Secondtooth

Secondtooth, you rascal. Thanks :)

Secondtooth, you rascal. Thanks :)

lol..no problem..I hope you enjoy it.

really liking Coaltar of the deepers right now

Dir en grey, X-Japan, Versailles P.Q., Mucc, Girugamesh, Lareine and others))

No, I do like Janne Da Arc also XD..

I like Oshare and Visual kei alot

An cafe, Janne Da Arc, Vidoll, Exist Trace, Rentrer en Soi, Panic Channel, Raphael, Malice Mizer, Danger gang, Malice Mizer, Duel Jewel, D,12012, D'espairs Ray, Lareine , Phantasgoria. Those are some that I like, although there are a lot more that I like but to lazy to type it all in (＾∇＾)♪

I too like janne da Arc i'm trying to find all album's and including some of the cover's of anime

I've been stroked by Gackt.... literally I mean he stroked me with his hand lol, very odd chap he is ha ha

and I have Miyavi tattooed across my chest but otherwise I don't see the point of liking something on the basis of it being japanese, although i must say it is nice to be able to listen to a voice as just another instrument for the most part and not be distracted by godawful lyrics.

HYDE and Gackt-sama!!!

I like "one ok rock" very much now, the music it's totally rocks and very good english lyrics
anyway can someone help me for this link
http://forums.ffshrine.org/f58/bump-chicken-super-live-2008-user-share-89489/#post1680776
thx all

SUP NECROBUMPS I'm gonna get up ons this shit.

I've started to dig into this whole Japanese rock music scene thing, a little bit. I've been turned onto Spiral Chord, who take the concept of music, and make the whole ordeal more noise than the music. I dig it in a big bad way;

YouTube - Burn up the cell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpf7qgGMb_s)

It's so loud! I also found this 'Sloth Love Chunks' band, which I'm not crazy about. I really like the instrumentals, I can dig what the guitars and drums (despite them being obviously programmed) are doing, but the vocals aren't my thing.

YouTube - Sloth Love Chunks - Hizumi Loop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltbqacTG48)

If anyone's familiar with this type of noisy Japanese rock, make some suggestions to a brotha. The brotha in this instance being me.

LITE

I feel like alot 'a my favs have disbanded now o-o Meh, well anyway some 'a my favorites are miyavi, deluhi, unsraw, dir en grey, rentrer en soi, and coldrain are some :o

I've been out of the jrock loop for so long. Luna Sea, my all time favorite.

I love the music of J.A Caesar or J.A. Seazer as I think it sometimes spelled, the Japrock musicians of the late sixties and seventies and labels like Vanity Records from the late seventies who released records by artists like Tolerance, SAB, RNA Organism plus early 80s artists like C. Memi and Neo-Matisse.

Excellent! The album Kokkyou Junreika is awesome, especially Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu and Wasan (long version), masterpieces. I have listened relatively little older J-rock, and J-rock in general, but my favourite is THE BACK HORN. I also like ARB and The Alfee. Delicious stuff!

My favorites are mostly Mucc and Dir en grey.
Event though I must admit that I liked their older works much more than the newer songs.