Whats your favorite japanese band?

[Gaara]

If you have one of course whats your favorite japanese band or song? (Mines Asian Kung Fu Generation)

[Rukida]

ditto.

[Gaara]

yea personally theyr'e the best out there (that i've heard...theres loads of japanese bands...too many to listen too in a short time)

[dannylammy]

AKFG is really good...
I like The Pillows ^_^

[Rukida]

yea personally theyr'e the best out there (that i've heard...theres loads of japanese bands...too many to listen too in a short time)

have you listened to their newest album yet? 'tis awesome.

[Gaara]

no i need to get it though, but i keep spendin money on manga im becoming broke :D

[Edward Elric]

I like larc en ciel, akfg, and dir en grey... ^^

[sensei-]

I'll go with Dir en Gray

[ParaKiss]

X-Japan, Malice Mizer, Dir en Grey, AKFG, The Pillows, Porno Graffiti, L'arc~en~Ciel, V6, Morning Musume, Judy and Mary, Ayumi and Puffy... there's a whole lot more... I like a varietly of J-POP/ROCK bands

[HikaruHoshi]

Mine would probably be L'Arc~En~Ciel because they were the first JPop band I ever heard play, and I have two of their albums plus a lot of their singles. I also am a fan of AKFG of course and then I also like Pyscho-le-cemu... I spelled their name wrong, but you guys know what I mean. Listen to Jrock and Jpop at my site at www.hikaruhoshi.com

[Holy Dragon Sword]

...You mean Hanoi Rocks doesn't count? Damn.

I'll go for See-Saw, then. =/

[Riotfug]

Did i already mention the 5,6,7,8s?

[stickdeathgod]

shonen knives R sweet!

[Riotfug]

Is there a big difference between Shonen Knife and Shonen Knives?

[Satsukiyami]

Chemistry, Uverworld, The Flare, Sugizo and the spank your juice, The gospellers, Buck-tick, L'arc~en~ciel, Siam Shade, and the list will only get longer!

[Uesugi Eiri]

Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer, X (otherwise known as X-Japan), D'espairs Ray, 12012, Balzac, The Candy Spooky Theater, Eve of Destiny, Gazette, Glay, Moi Dix Mois, Phantasmagoria, and a whole lot more on my playlist that I don't feel like typing out right now. ^.^

[Mithsipan]

I think the Pillows are pretty good. ^_^

[Jacku]

How do I choose...? Well, I like Psycho le Cemu, L'Arc~en~Ciel, and Aioria.

[Kurama's fire miko]

Iceman is the best very. I love there song Wish Matrix!(the lead singer is soooo hot!)

[kimmichi]

L'Arc~en~Ciel is so cool I love Jiyuueno Syoutai. Iceman too I love Shining Collection. The Pillow's too Crazy Sunshine. :p

[manfred]

Dir en Grey, L'arc~en~Cial and for some reason i have some Utada Hikaru. lol ^^;;

[Stuck_Process]

Favourite japanese band, not a real band but still my favourite by far, the guys who made the larger part of the cowboy bebop OST.

[DeathOfSoul]

D'espairsRay! <3

They got me into Jrock, and they're still my fav. band of all time ^^ <3

[Princess Ai 13]

My fav japanese band is The Pillows.:)

[Shannish]

T.M. revolution was the first japanese band I heard. Very good music!!!!! I love L'arc en ciel. I just found out about Kirito! Also like GLAY and B'z. Very good music!!!

[circaocean]

Dir En Grey is awesome as hell {can i say tht,is this place strict ?? oh well}

[Shipuh]

Female Singer: Younha, YUI and Ai Otsuka
Male Singer: Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Boy Band: NEWS
Girl Band: ZONE
R&B: Miyu Nagase
Rock Band: HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
Visual Kei: Pierrot
Synth: Takashi Fujii and Tommy february6
Folk: Tetsu and Tomo
Indie: Polysics (haha, if they even count ans indie!)
Nasal Voice: YUKI and Shiina Ringo
Emerging Artists: Captain Straydum, U.N.O.BAND and SURFACE

My favorite group though overall would have to be Porno Graffitti

not to mention all the other good foreign stuff thats out there besides Japanese artists

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T.M. revolution was the first japanese band I heard. Very good music!!!!! I love L'arc en ciel. I just found out about Hameln! Very good music!!!

Uhm, T.M.Revolution isnt a "band".

Even when Daisuke Asakura was composing his music and Akio Inoue was writting his lyrics, he even still then wasn't a band. @___@;

[Cowboychamploo44]

The Seatbelts hands down...

[CCS_fan06]

The Pillows.

[morbidlolita17]

L'Arc~En~Ciel all the way!!

[Chaos_Mar]

Moi Dix Mois.

Malice Mizer, Asian Kung Fu Generation, L'Arc~En~Ciel, Dir en Grey, D'espairs Ray, Glay, and Utada Hikaru.

[ddr tatsujin]

Husking Bee

[NancyBotwinsDeathNote]

Um, let's see . . .

L'arc~en~Ciel
Dir en Grey
SMAP
Plastic Tree
Dir en Grey
Janne da Arc
Orange Range
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
The Seatbelts
The Pillows
Pierrot
se7en and SES (even though its Kpop)
Mad Capsule Markets
X-Japan
ZONE
Morning Musume
EE Jump
Double You

And much, much more. XD

[Kaidan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/iknowmore/fujifabric_artist.jpg
Fujifabric.

[A Victim of Profiling]

U R Lair, Kaiden.

[Menstrual Cramps]

Shogo Hamada.
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/cd-abbey/img10571729969.jpeg

[Kaidan]

U R Lair, Kaiden.
o rly?

[A Victim of Profiling]

YUS RLY BCUZ FUJIFBRC = Mt FUJI CLOF

LOLZ

[Kaidan]

LAWLZ. Mt Fuji is taller than my apartment. GUESS WHAT THAT'S FROM!

[Perdition City]

My favourite japanese bands would have to be... Bathtub Shitter or Warhead.

[TyroneBiggums]

My currently are: Electric Eel Shock, POLYSICS, and The Beat Crusaders

I had the pleasure of interviewing The Beat Crusaders. They ROCK!!!

[Menstrual Cramps]

My currently are: Electric Eel Shock, POLYSICS, and The Beat Crusaders

I had the pleasure of interviewing The Beat Crusaders. They ROCK!!!


How'd you go about that?

[edel]

Orange Range and High and Mighty Color

[Menstrual Cramps]

Orange Range and High and Mighty Color


That means you like about every artist on the planet.
;)

[Kaidan]

Hah, burn.


So yeah. Ging Nang > all. If only for Mineta being enough of a dick to slam himself in to the drumset while it's still being used by the drummer. XD

PS: OH MY GAWDSIES. Mukai wins at LIFE! He's so cool. <333333333

[Menstrual Cramps]

Hah, burn.


So yeah. Ging Nang > all. If only for Mineta being enough of a dick to slam himself in to the drumset while it's still being used by the drummer. XD

PS: OH MY GAWDSIES. Mukai wins at LIFE! He's so cool. <333333333


YOU HAVE TOO MANY FAVORITES.
YOU FAIL AT LIFE, KAIDAN. ]:

[Kaidan]

Apparantly.

[Ireth]

I really like The Brilliant Green. My favorite japanese song(right now) would have to be "5 more minutes" by Bonnie Pink.

[TyroneBiggums]

How'd you go about that?

I've done some work with their label and interviewed them for MANGA Magazine #3 (current issue) and BECK vol #3. It was a written interview that I submitted through Sony Japan publicity in New York. I submitted the questions, and the band wrote back to me via e-mail.

[Phantom Of The Opera]

Malice Mizer all the way!
PLus Anthem if anyone has ever heard of them, they did 2 songs in the Devilman OVA Light It Up and The Show Must Go On! They were an 80s heavy metal band so basically think of a Japanese Metallica, Iron Maiden or Anthrax

[Iblis]

Anthem, rofl. I listened to them cause I thought maybe they'd be awesome like Sex Machineguns, but I was disappointed. Eizou Sakamoto's vocals aren't bad though. Some of his Animetal stuff is good. Anthem (or maybe it was just the one album I listened to - Dr. Heavy Metal or some ****) isn't for me.

[xdeathberry]

My favorite band has to be Home Made Kazoku.
If you ask for singers.. I have a whole list :)

[feder]

I like a lot of bands, but my favorites are Home Made Kazoku and m-flo.

[xdeathberry]

M-flo's not a band. He's a guy. lol
But I love him anyway ^__^

He speaks like.. 3/2 languages. :D

[feder]

M-flo's not a band. He's a guy. lol
But I love him anyway ^__^

He speaks like.. 3/2 languages. :D

m-flo is a group.
See?

from wikipedia:
m-flo is a Japanese rap group. m-flo currently consists of producer and disc jockey Taku Takahashi and rapper Verbal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-flo

[Iblis]

Everyone knows DJ's don't count. They never move at shows. Kind of like drummers, but even worse.

[ddr tatsujin]

Everyone knows DJ's don't count. They never move at shows. Kind of like drummers, but even worse.

And you would know this how? I've been to Bounce Connected where Taq played and he moved around QUITE A LOT. Also Armen Van buren, taka and dj Tiesto all move around.....how can you NOT move around? are you expecting them to do a dance for you? it's not about what they do at shows it's about how the music pumps you up and dancing to it.
Dj's DO count because they ARE music artists.
As for Dj's in the way you are speaking. Most likely they are MIXERS who scratch and mix the music while the rappers are .....well, rapping. Des-row for example. They play guitar and also have a sound mixer there. Please don't tell me that you think dj's don't count when they are actually an imperative part of the music world.

[Iblis]

are you expecting them to do a dance for you?

Yes. If they don't want to dance for me, they can get the hell out.

[ddr tatsujin]

Yes. If they don't want to dance for me, they can get the hell out.

*does a dance*

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/4527/roundhousetothebus2xl.gif

TAKE THAT!

[Otaku_Chan]

i think The Pillows are awesome! and also Schedio Elctetro (is that da right spelling? - they're from King of Bandit Jing) are awesome 2

[Dusty Chalk]

Coaltar of the Deepers

also dig Plastic Tree

[edel]

Orange Range , High and Mighty Color and T.M. Revo

[tomselleck69]

i am a big fan of keiji haino, boredoms, boris and kaoru abe.

thus, i am either highly evolved, or suffering from psychological distress.



i'm also heavily down with cowpers, penpals, shonen knife and the pillows, if that makes a difference.

[adichappo]

Does no one else like Shonen Knife? I think i saw them mentioned once on this thread. They are so much fun in concert. How can anyone not like a band that can sing punk songs about kitty cats, sushi bars and rubber bands? I can't wait for they're new album...next week *woo hoo!*

[adichappo]

i am a big fan of keiji haino, boredoms, boris and kaoru abe.

thus, i am either highly evolved, or suffering from psychological distress.



i'm also heavily down with cowpers, penpals, shonen knife and the pillows, if that makes a difference.

sorry toms, i missed your post. You now rock too :D

[adichappo]

I'm going to a local con in a few weeks time. The band Pine Am is going to be playing. Does anyone know much about this band? I'm wondering if it's worth getting tickets (on top of the con tickets).

[zetsui101]

Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Tackey and Tsubasa, Do As Infinity, Every Little Thing, Orange Range, Snorkel (they sing Nami Kaze Satellite! ^^), Captain Stridum, Analog Fish, Siam Shade (their song 1/3 True Feelings is cool), and of course L'Arc En~Ciel. :D

[Iblis]

Is it possible for you to put all of your thoughts in one post, adichappo? Or are they too dynamic?! Do they come to you, rapid fire, so that all you can do is keep clicking the 'reply' button? Or is the edit button just invisible to you?

Sex Machineguns, SMAP, B'z, Porno Graffitti and Imitation PoPs Uchuu Sentai NOIZ are my favorite things.
After I met SMAP, I met the rest of the Johnny's crowd, so um... I'm a pretty big Johnny's fan now. V6, TOKIO and Kanjani8 are my favorite JE groups besides SMAP. KAT-TUN, Tackey & Tsubasa, Arashi and NEWS are totally NO.

I'm going to be seeing SMAP and TOKIO in concert hopefully around August or September, and if I can catch KJ8 and V6 as well this will be the greatest trip ever.

[Karuune]

Siam Shade and L'arc~en~Ciel for the win, with TM Revolution coming in close behind. I've loved Shonen Knife since college (to give you an idea of how long ago that was, Let's Knife was brand new), as well as Pizzicato Five.

Also, I like Yellow Generation, Nana Kitade, Namie Amuro, Hikari Utada, Soulhead...more than I can even name.

[hitokiribattousai]

The pillows got me on jrock. Now i like antic cafe, 12012, AKFG, Laruku, and diru. There are alot that i like. Can't forget tetsu69

[Satsuki]

here's another one of mine: B'z and Zarro

[Sliverfall]

Morning Musume!!!!!

[XXWolfgangXX]

the seatbelts damn they rock, i love them and would just about anything to see them live in concert.

[psyburn21]

The Pillows, Larc en ciel, Asian Kung Fu Generation, and Dir en Grey

[Talim]

Right now I'm totally into Orange Range and Morning Musume! ^^
AK-FG and the Pillows are so cool too! ^^

[nana0iro0miso]

GO!GO!7188 and 東京事変[Tokyo Jihen]

[happy_sakura]

have to go for Mad Capsule Markets and polysics. that Miyavi guy is cool too