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WHOOT!Anyone else a J Rock junkie?In my opinion,J music is far superior to American music(i am prepared to be flamed)Theres just so much emotion/passion in it...+ its the only music with lyrics powrful enough to scare me sleepless.My fave artists are Dir En Grey,Baroque,X Japan,Pierrot,W-inds,Ayumi Hamasaki,ECT

SOOOOOOOOOOO..any J rockies???

i love it guitar wolf and malice mizer they are the best

i dont know all the bands or anything, but i listen to japanese punk and rock stations on the internet. thats how i waste a boring day away.

I watched some Japanese music on TV once. There was some band called "Sugar Donut". It was weird.

i love anything Japanese

*lol*MM is pretty good..pluse Mana is pretty and Gackt was once apart of them!

i like Gackt

*drools*i got his naked poster in my room
<---not a pervert btw>_<

i am not gay but i know what you mean he is sexy

I understand

I love Japan, haven't heard too much Japanese music though

The only Japanese rock I have heard is that song turning Japanese

Download some,its amazing.What are your American music tastes,ill reccomed somthing from that

you have made my craving for a donut deeper droolio

its wierd cause before you made this thread I randomly started downloading 'Japanse Underground Compilation' bittorrent

I'm a big Jpop/Jrock fan since Mishi first introduced me to it three years ago. Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, Chihiro Yonekura, w-inds, Malice Mizer, Dir en Grey, L'arc~en~Ciel, Dragon Ash, KinKi Kids, Morning Musume, Koda Kumi, Rina Aiuchi, Masami Okui, Maaya Sakamoto, Shinohara Tomoe...and the list goes on

OHH you named some really good ones.I think W-inds stuck out most though.Im in love withtheir cute voices and upbeat songs...WHEEEEEEEEEE i loooove W-inds.


But i like Dir~En~Grey better^_-

I've loved w-inds since they first came out

@_@ My list is so big, it would take up two whole posts lol

My absolute favorites right now are: The Pillows, Dragon Ash, Shiina Ringo, Utada Hikaru, BoA.

And even though its not really part of this genre, I'm obsessed with the works of Sota Fujimori...from the Konami music series DDR, bemani, dance mania etc


also, Japanese music inspired me to go and teach myself the Japanese language.

Duh! I forgot the Pillows and Shiina Ringo! *smacks head on keyboard*

OHHH DDR music rules!The pillows are ok but a bit overrated

I forgot Plastic Tree, they are so cool.

The Pillows are only overrated because of Fooly Cooly. But nonetheless, their still music legends. ^_^

I wouldn't say legends,just good.PLastic Tree is way cool!I think i like their"Natinal Kid"song the best!

I was just stating my opinion, since they have been around for almost 15 years. Sorry.

Plastic Tree? I'll have to check them out...that's an awesome name

yes,they are very very good.they do the Get Backers music

Any Mika Nakeshima fans?(she does the end song"Find A Way",for Gundam Seed..)

Yes, I love Mika Nakashima!!! She's a great singer

Yup Yup...and so very pretty!

SAme here!!!!! And I like Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru.

SAme here also

J-rock is the only music I listen to now !

Favorite j-rock bands ( has anyone ever heard of them ? )...


1. Gilles de Rais
2. Rentrer en Soi
3. Lareine ( depending on the CD ! )
4. Derail


I used to like Psycho le Cemu, Missalina Rei, and Kagrra.

Has anyone ever heard of Syndrome ?

Dir en Grey
Kagrra
Malice Mice
BLOOD
Nightmare
X-Japan

Originally posted by BlackHatDefect
WHOOT!Anyone else a J Rock junkie?In my opinion,J music is far superior to American music(i am prepared to be flamed)Theres just so much emotion/passion in it...+ its the only music with lyrics powrful enough to scare me sleepless.My fave artists are Dir En Grey,Baroque,X Japan,Pierrot,W-inds,Ayumi Hamasaki,ECT

SOOOOOOOOOOO..any J rockies???


BlackHatDefect, Nihonjin Desu?

Mo hai, J-rock honto ni ga suki!

the only Japanese rock i know if from "Kill Bill" where those chicks we're singing "Woo Hoo, WoHooHoo!" haha

Originally posted by Fearnix
i love anything Japanese Originally posted by ZomBiE_HunTER
SAme here also

Want to think about that?

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
the only Japanese rock i know if from "Kill Bill" where those chicks we're singing "Woo Hoo, WoHooHoo!" haha

The 5, 6, 7, 8's.

-AC

My brother's got a Guitar Wolf album lying around somewhere, but I have an album to one of my favorite Japanese bands. They're an atmospheric hardcore band by the name of Naiad.

Electric Eel Shock, Polysics and Mad Capsule Markets are staple bands in all my playlists.

Originally posted by BlackHatDefect
*drools*i got his naked poster in my room
<---not a pervert btw>_<

lucky you! whoa but that man is just sekzi beyong belief!!!

Originally posted by BlackHatDefect
Any Mika Nakeshima fans?(she does the end song"Find A Way",for Gundam Seed..)

i dont like Gundam, never seen it, but i luv that song

Originally posted by BlackHatDefect
WHOOT!Anyone else a J Rock junkie?In my opinion,J music is far superior to American music(i am prepared to be flamed)Theres just so much emotion/passion in it...+ its the only music with lyrics powrful enough to scare me sleepless.My fave artists are Dir En Grey,Baroque,X Japan,Pierrot,W-inds,Ayumi Hamasaki,ECT

SOOOOOOOOOOO..any J rockies???

to X Japan and W-inds.

Don't forget about Porno Grafitti, Tetsu 69, Shingetsu and The 5. 6. 7. 8's.

Dir en Grey,
Dragon Ash,
Mad Capsule Markets (Better ****ing come back),
X Japan,
Sex Machineguns,
Source,

The following are more popish:

Asian Kung-fu Generation,
L'arc~en~Ciel,
Manzo (only heard 1 song though),
My sister forced me to listen to some Maaya Sakamoto... and it was okay actually.

wow...other ppl replied~! XD Pretty much listen to all listed above, also Glay, Luna Sea, Gackt, Hide <333, Kra, etc

I'm very into Meeverz, Gazette, and Alice Nine right now

The only J Rock I'll listen to is Guitar Wolf.

I heard 1 on a japanese channel n I loved it! I m not sure if it was rock or not (not gud at music genres) but the lyrics n the music was GR8! The title of the song translated into eng was 'the cherry blossoms r still bloomin' n I thought that was really deep.

Asian Kung-Fu Generation owns.

As do Dragon Ash, Orange Range, and Antic Cafe

i wuv an cafe<3 i love their new pv, its so cute~! X3 lots of has/will be coming out recently...gazette, a9, miyavi, etc,. I can't wait to get gazette's new single~!

I tried out some other j-rock bands ( Dollis Marry, Metis Gretel, etc. ), but I didn't like them as much.
I did get Phantasmagoria's Synthesis Songs CD recently and it was OK.

When is comes to Japanese music, Kadenzza is freakin magic.
WWWRRRAAAAGGGHHHH!!! \m/>_<

Don't listen to too many bands from there, besides Blood Stain Child, Naiad (Awesome), and Sigh (Super Awesome), and of course, Kadenzza (Epic!!)

Originally posted by BlackHatDefect
WHOOT!Anyone else a J Rock junkie?In my opinion,J music is far superior to American music(i am prepared to be flamed)Theres just so much emotion/passion in it...+ its the only music with lyrics powrful enough to scare me sleepless.My fave artists are Dir En Grey,Baroque,X Japan,Pierrot,W-inds,Ayumi Hamasaki,ECT

SOOOOOOOOOOO..any J rockies???

a lot of music is superior to american music....european for instance, the best metal bands are from europe.... i have heard some of this japan sh**.. can say i like it but ive heard worse....pop is the rock bottom of music. even bach is better than pop.

and i know that lots of ppl listen to it just because its cool to listen to jap music. not because its good. to me jap rmusic got almost the same status as pop.

Do you even understand all that ching chong chao they sing???

Originally posted by BornToRule
a lot of music is superior to american music....european for instance, the best metal bands are from europe.... i have heard some of this japan sh**.. can say i like it but ive heard worse....pop is the rock bottom of music. even bach is better than pop.

and i know that lots of ppl listen to it just because its cool to listen to jap music. not because its good. to me jap rmusic got almost the same status as pop.

Do you even understand all that ching chong chao they sing???
Not only is that comment prejudiced and stupid, you also state that pop is even worse than Bach, one of the greatest musical minds ever.

Originally posted by Slay
Not only is that comment prejudiced and stupid, you also state that pop is even worse than Bach, one of the greatest musical minds ever.

yeah he is one of the gratest musical minds ever but just face it... ppl dont listen to it(not many)...

and yes it was a bad example.

Originally posted by BornToRule
Do you even understand all that ching chong chao they sing???

Some European or American metal bands sing, shout or scream in such a way that it might as well be in Japanese anyway, because they're indecipherable.

You can rarely ever decipher Jacob Bannon's lyrics, but that doesn't stop Converge being one of America's best metal bands (In my opinion.

-AC

I can't believe that he said "even Bach is better" ...that's just ridiculous.

Originally posted by BornToRule
yeah he is one of the gratest musical minds ever but just face it... ppl dont listen to it(not many)...

and yes it was a bad example.

Also, the Japanese language sounds nothing like "ching chong chao." But, what's wrong with listening to music in a different language? Oh, and many great metal bands have been influenced by Bach.
I do not listen to some Japanese bands, simply because they are Japanese. Sigh and Kadenzza have serious talent, unmatched by even some European artists.

Originally posted by Bardiel13
Also, the Japanese language sounds nothing like "ching chong chao." But, what's wrong with listening to music in a different language? Oh, and many great metal bands have been influenced by Bach.

No there is nothing wrong with listening to music in a different language... i just stated that I DONT LIKE IT!!! or do i have to listen to j-music because its "the latest thing"???.....

i know how japaneses sounds. but to me its jibberish.....

And please stop bugging me about the bach thing!!! yes i admit it was the worst example! and yes some of the best metal bands(and i listen to bands that are heavily infuenced by classic musik) are unfluenced by bach. But i dont like classic music itself, but i like music that got inspired of it...

I ADMIT my big mistake with the bach thing okey!!! so please stop buggin me for it....

Japanese is no more jibberish than English is to Japanese people.

-AC

Originally posted by BornToRule
or do i have to listen to j-music because its "the latest thing"???.....


Only if you're a weeaboo. And that would be a terrible reason to listen to j-music...

Gackt, Hyde, Gazette.

momus, cornelius, shonen knife, capsule giants, ruins, boredoms, melt banana, boris

that is all.

I'm just bumping this thread because Mad Capsule Markets have come back from their hiatus.

And to post my list, because J-rock has gained my interest lately, won't go as far as to say that it's better than western music or such, but I like it. My favourites:

Mad Capsule Markets
X Japan
Dir En Grey

Go JRock Go!!!!!!!!!!!!