J-Rock Discussion and Videos

[RedHat]

Its been ages since I've seen one of these threads, so here it is! A thread for J-Rock.

Do you like a band/song? Post about it! Maybe provide us with a youtube video so we can see the awesomeness?

Here is my first video: Artistocrat's Symphony by Versailles. The first song I heard by them

[Indigo]

Here is one of my favourite J-Rock bands, Gazzete.

Song- Shadow VI II I


Song- The Invisible Wall

[RedHat]

The Gazette are awesome! I approve! Here is one of my favourites:

[MACHO MAN SPOUSAL LAWSUIT]

is this j-rock

[RedHat]

Yes, it is J-Rock

But personally: I prefer Indigo's links. Awesomeness?

[MACHO MAN SPOUSAL LAWSUIT]

Actually, it's crust-punk, not J-rock. It's just a shame their female singer committed suicide so they're down to a single singer.

[RedHat]

Why did you ask if you knew the answer?

[MACHO MAN SPOUSAL LAWSUIT]

Because I'm a jerk.

[Indigo]

exist†trace -Ｔｒｕｅ

I like this song in particular, although its the first time I hear this band



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[RedHat]

Awesome! I've not heard of them either...but they sound like i need to check them out some more

[Indigo]

Heres a bit of information of the band that Ifound in the Wikipedia

Musical style

Exist Trace's music can be described as melodic death metal, with vocalist Jyou's growls and shouts throughout many songs, which contributes to their dark undertone. Their guitar sound often features heavy distortion and technically virtuosic riffs and solos. Their sound is heavily focused on their bass and drumming, which helps define their musical style. The lyrics are mainly based on gothic themes, and their music style has resemblance to gothic metal.

Members

Vocals: Jyou (ジョウ)
Lead guitar: Omi (乙魅)
Rhythm guitar: Miko (ミコ)
Bass: Naoto (猶人)
Drums: Mally (マリ)

[blutonium92]

By far my favourite Japanese band iv heard is Maximum The Hormone. They have a great range of punk/rock/metal style songs and they seem to take things light-heartedly.

[RedHat]

Awesome alex, I'm gonna be checking out some more of their music soon. Might stick some on my ipod for tomorrows journey to Uni

I've heard of Maximum the Hormone, even have a few songs. But I've not checked them out yet

[Indigo]

I just found this site, where you can vote for your favourite J-Rock band
And it actualy has a top ten list.
So I thought it would be interesting to post it here.

(http://cliffbuzz.blogspot.com top tens)

J-Rock Bands: Top 10

1- X Japan
2- Gazette
3- L'Arc~en~Ciel
4- Dir en grey
5- SID
6- Asian Kung-Fu Generation
7- UVERworld
8- SCANDAL
9- Versailles
10- Janne Da Arc

Top 10 Japanese Rock Songs

1- Filth in the Beauty - The Gazette
2- Drink It Down - L'arc~en~ciel
3- Kurenai - X-japan
4- Cage - Dir en Grey
5- Serenade - Versailles-Philharmonic Quintet
6- Art of Life - X-japan
7- Mizerable - Gackt
8- Tears - X-japan
9- XXX For You - D'erlanger
10- Oasis - Janne Da Arc



What do you guys think about this top lists?

[RedHat]

Good choice for the top bands.

Not so sure about the top songs. I've not even heard the top 2 before. Good to see kurenai on the list. I don't think Cage is that good, from what i remember of it. The versailles song i played last night on teh radio is better then serenade. Art of life is a good song, but i think silent jelousy should be on that list for x japan >_> oh, and approve of mizerable, awesome song. So is tears

This is just my opinion....don't burn me if you don't agree. I know people won't agree