The Official J-rock thread ★

[Maemi]

I've been searching and searching, but couldn't find any! Since there's an official thread for J-Urban, I see there aren't many threads for Jrock artists, so this one should be the official? People can find and post recommendations (^^))) Your favorites are...?Please enjoy!

Some touch of the 80s

★BUCK TICK★

★X JAPAN★

★Malice Mizer★

★LUNA SEA★

Some touch of the 90s
★GLAY★

★L'arc~en~Ciel★

★Mr.Children★

★B'z★

★DIR EN GREY★

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Indie rock awesomeness: school food punishment

[Sakura_Genki]

Yay official :3 There should have been an official thread ages ago.

I'm a huge MALICE MIZER fan. I've been a fan for over 8 years. I think they're amazing. I'm not that hugely into 90's Jrock, I just don't think it's as epic as 80's Jrock is. If I do listen to 90's stuff it's usually indie Visual Kei.

Uh, recommendations? Would you like to read a list gazillion miles long? I can give you hundreds of Jrock bands. I suggest bands like alice nine., serial NUMBER, SuG, LuLu, D, LiZ, Akihabara Shounnendan Dennou Romeo, aicle, Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet-, Moi dix Mois, 12012, Nightmare, Girugamesh, SCREW, DespairsRay, PIERROT, ayabie, AILE, lolita23q, The GazettE, xTRiPx, irokui, VAMPS, Aikaryu, Dio -distraught overlord-. I could go on forever!

[paper_doll]

Man, I've been so out of Jrock, so I have no idea about these newer bands . I'll check out some of Sakura_Genki's list.

My favourites include, MUCC, Dir en grey, Plastic Tree, Kagrra, Girugamesh, Merry, Zi:Kill, Kalimero, La Vie En Rose, Love Psychedelico, D'espairsRay, Coaltar of the Deepers, Aikawa Nanase.

[KarenPang]

any GLAY fans here ? I love their new single I am xxx & some of my fave jrock acts include abingdon boys school , BREAKERZ , flumpool , L'arc en ciel

I'm starting to get into UVERWorld now slowly bit by bit

[noidea]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

any GLAY fans here ? I love their new single I am xxx

I fell in love with that song as well(*singing*Yes I Am ooooo Yes I Am*/singing*), but I dont know any of their other songs, recommondations anyone?

I like some J-Rock bands, not many...
X-Japan is definitly one of my favourites, I love Art of Life and Silent Jealousy so much!
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, sure, quite poppy, but songs like their cover of LUNA SEAs ROSIER show how good they are at "real" rock( but I love their poprock/rockpop as well, they got me into J-Pop and J-Rock^^ BTW: Anybody interested in a discography thread for them? I have all of their songs, mostly 320k. I get too hyper about them xD Especially as they are going to have their comeback with HALCA as new singer soon^^)
Nightmare
the GazettE
and thats it...kind of, I also like the band that did the second death note opening and ending, but i always forgot their name(WHATS UP PEOPLE? xD)

[Sakura_Genki]

Originally Posted by paper_doll

Man, I've been so out of Jrock, so I have no idea about these newer bands . I'll check out some of Sakura_Genki's list.

My favourites include, MUCC, Dir en grey, Plastic Tree, Kagrra, Girugamesh, Merry, Zi:Kill, Kalimero, La Vie En Rose, Love Psychedelico, D'espairsRay, Coaltar of the Deepers, Aikawa Nanase.

Oh Zi:Kill! I do not know many people who even know who Zi:Kill are! You and your favourites list are awesome. :3

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by noidea

I fell in love with that song as well(*singing*Yes I Am ooooo Yes I Am*/singing*), but I dont know any of their other songs, recommondations anyone?

I'm also quite new to their music but try their recent singles like SAY YOUR DREAM (it's 13 mins long but it's an excellent one) , Aka to Kuro no MATADORA / I LOVE YOU wo Sagashiteru & VERB

Aka to Kuro no MATADORA was the 1st GLAY song that I heard which started my GLAY music journey & it's a nice latin influenced tune

[Maemi]

I'm a big Dir en grey's fan. They're absolutely amazing. I like many Jrock bands, because Jrock music got me into japanese music at first. Luna Sea, Hyde, Laruku, B'z, D'espairsRay, Deathgaze...

[Sakura_Genki]

I'm the same Maemi. If it wasn't for MALICE MIZER and Dir en grey, I don't think I would be as Japanese music obsessed as I am now, or at least, I wouldn't have started my journey to liking Japanese music. For how long have you been a fan of Diru?

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Sakura_Genki

I'm the same Maemi. If it wasn't for MALICE MIZER and Dir en grey, I don't think I would be as Japanese music obsessed as I am now, or at least, I wouldn't have started my journey to liking Japanese music.

Same here, had it not been for J-Rock/Visual Kei I'd never have gotten in love with the rest of japanese music (Kuu and Ayu ).
My first love was Gackt.
Then I discovered more and more bands like Diru, D'espairsRay etc.
But it was easier for me to get into J-Rock/Visual Kei because there is a german record company for J-Rock since 2006.

[Maemi]

^ about 4 years, maybe more or less. ^^ and you?

[Sakura_Genki]

Originally Posted by Maemi

^ about 4 years, maybe more or less. ^^ and you?

Since 2002 so that's almost seven years. Wow, that's gone fast. Hard to believe. I remember my first Diru song, Mr. NEWSMAN. I seriously love that song so much.

[KarenPang]

talking about Gackt , he appeared in episode 2 of MR.BRAIN which stars the 'legend' Takuya Kimura

oh god Gackt whom played a psycho murderer scared me in the show @_@ . Let's just say that I shouldn't have watched MR. BRAIN at night with Gackt's character around

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

talking about Gackt , he appeared in episode 2 of MR.BRAIN which stars the 'legend' Takuya Kimura

oh god Gackt whom played a psycho murderer scared me in the show @_@ . Let's just say that I shouldn't have watched MR. BRAIN at night with Gackt's character around

A psycho murderer?
That fits, Gackt is such a mysterious guy and he always makes a serious face.
I would be scared a lot as well, Karen!

@noidea:
Oh, I bought so much back then, even without knowing some of the bands. Dear, I would never do that again, silly me.
But I discovered my favourite bands like this (and Ayu too).

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Corvina

A psycho murderer?
That fits, Gackt is such a mysterious guy and he always makes a serious face.
I would be scared a lot as well, Karen!

yeah his character was really scary , I was freaking out quite a bit . He played a psycho murderer & cannibal @_@

his character was said to have killed a few people in the show & after murdering his victims , he chopped their body parts which was so

I had nightmares & I couldn't sleep well after seeing it AT NIGHT @_@

[noidea]

@ Corvina
yeah, i bought Stacked Rubbish by The GazettE and the WORLD Ruler from Nightmare in german press, I love them for bringing these bands to germany

@ Karenpang
Thanks for the recommondations^^ And 13 minutes is no problem to me, my favourite song is half an hour long^^

[Maemi]

@Corvia ~ Diru is very popular in Germany, right? Actually, Jrock music is becoming more and more influential there, am i right?
@Sakura_Genki my first song was Red...[em] and now, everytime i hear it, i feel weird @_@

[Bad Wolf]

Awesome thread is awesome

My Jrock favorites include Dir en grey, Miyavi, BUCK-TICK, Sakurai Atsushi, MUCC, Shiina Ringo, D'espairsRay, and Tsukiko Amano. Diru's been like, my life for a while now, and the others make me so happy I could just squee :3 Especially Amano and Shiina. Though I'm really bummed that Amano isn't doing solo stuff anymore ._______. At least Shiina's still releasing, eh?

[Sakura_Genki]

This website is really good for keeping up with Jrock news. It covers tours, new releases, disbandments, and it has these really fun little random facts about different band members. It's also really good for up and coming bands that you wouldn't really hear about anywhere else, especially Visual bands.

@Maemi Haha? Weird? I haven't listened to Red...[em] in such a long time D: