J-Pop/J-Rock Thread

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Despa put out a lot of great work but the build up to coll set was something else. It’s unfortunate they ended their career with Monsters, a comparatively mediocre album by their standards. I’ve not given up hope for an eventual reunion.

A song off Monsters did sound awfully familiar to You Spin Me Right Round by Dead or Alive, thought it was a below average album from them as well.

I haven't been following Hizumi since, thanks for sharing his new band. There was a time I was heavily into Schwein, amongst other industrial bands like KMFDM, and Hideto "hide" Matsumoto's supergroup Zilch.

 

[Kyyo]

Any One OK Rock fan here? I used to love this band when I was younger. I still like them but I don't listen to it as much as before.

A track with a similar name. They aren't the typical J-Rock band that you find at Youtube/Spotify playlist, but they're amazing.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Any One OK Rock fan here? I used to love this band when I was younger. I still like them but I don't listen to it as much as before.

A track with a similar name. They aren't the typical J-Rock band that you find at Youtube/Spotify playlist, but they're amazing.

Oh yes!

I discovered their songs from Sakuga compilations and have been listening to them since then

The classic

And the Sakuga AMV I've made with their song almost 3 years ago (some scenes are cutoff unfortunately)

 

[Kyyo]

I discovered their songs from Sakuga compilations and have been listening to them since then

Same!

The classic

Omagah I absolutely love this one. I used to listen to this when I needed to feel motivated. I remember a Black Rock Shooter AMV I used to watch every day which used this song.

And the Sakuga AMV I've made with their song almost 3 years ago

That's so cool! I'm almost certain that I've seen this video on my Youtube feed some time ago but never watched it. I'll watch rn. I also made some AMVs in the past but I think I've deleted everything before 2022... But there's still this one from 2023 I think which I used the song Jibun Rock from them.

 

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I am living for this Dir En Grey representation. Been listening to them since high school.

Uroboros is still my favorite album by them.

 

[hitsugi]

A song off Monsters did sound awfully familiar to You Spin Me Right Round by Dead or Alive, thought it was a below average album from them as well.

I haven't been following Hizumi since, thanks for sharing his new band. There was a time I was heavily into Schwein, amongst other industrial bands like KMFDM, and Hideto "hide" Matsumoto's supergroup Zilch.

I think that song is LOVE IS DEAD:

Honestly I didn't think Monsters was that bad of an album, FINAL CALL still gets blasted whenever I need a little bit of a kicker. NUL. is really good imo, Hizumi doesn't sing in a high register anymore, but their most recent album isn't bad. I'm still hoping one day his voice will come back like it used to.

 

[Deleted member 884]

Galneryus - Hunting For Your Dreams

Tommy heavenly6 - Paper Moon

 

[Parasite_Steve]

A track with a similar name. They aren't the typical J-Rock band that you find at Youtube/Spotify playlist, but they're amazing.

Fun fact: karasu means crow, korosu means to murder.

Boris is such an amazing band and always good for a few surprises.
Here’s a great studio live they did for earthquaker devices: loveless.

Their guitarist Wata has a signature fuzz pedal named Hizumitas. Hizumi means distortion. Their bassist came up with the name Hizumitas when he tried to think of what the name for a distortion-type pokemon would be if it existed. For some reason a lot of Japanese musicians especially in noise adjacent genres seem to be gamers. Yako and Agata from Melt-Banana as well.

More Boris stuff:
Melody from the fantastic album "noise" which is relatively dreamy overall despite the name:

They do a lot of more experimental collaborations with Noise god Merzbow. Here’s a great live version of vomitself:

And now for something completely different: Polysics - I my me mine

Probably the only good song featuring a recorder.

Honestly I didn't think Monsters was that bad of an album.

I don’t think it’s terrible. It has good moments and I’ve even made my peace with Love is Dead but it’s a disappointing swan song to a fantastic band. It just felt like a much lesser version of Redeemer.

Btw I have my own hypothesis when it comes to Hizumi‘s supposed "rare throat condition" that proved to be the end of the band. I’m a singer myself occasionally using shouts and growls. It’s incredibly easy to permanently damage your vocal chords with that if you have the wrong technique. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that was probably it. I love his guttural singing but in a live setting it always felt a little uncontrolled. I’ve noticed a clear deterioration sound-wise between seeing the band live for the first time in 2005 and for the last time in 2009. just speculation but I wouldn’t be surprised if his throat condition was just that.

 

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ラッドウインプス「有心論」

ELLEGARDEN「Salamander」

ロードオブメジャー「大切なもの」

10-FEET「CHERRY BLOSSOM」

 

[CardcaptorEd2019]

Some of my favorites
Polta

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

Oeil

World's End Girlfriend

Also, Number Girl

 

[Duke_11037]

These are some of my favs, my taste has definitely change from years ago lol

 

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凛として時雨 - this is is this?

スネオヘアー - ワルツ

deadman - follow the night light

sleepy.ab - 街

9mm Parabellum Bullet - Living Dying Message

 

[hitsugi]

 

[spectresfrommercury]

 

[Tonberry]

Remembered this old thing on a whim today, it was used in the second outro for GTO.
Really nice. The sudden pause at 3:24 always surprises me.

 

[NekoTofu]

link toeyour shitgoondeez

 

[Cris_Agev]

This could've worked if she didn't disappear into oblivion and acknowledged the opportunity as well a her talent in the matter. Still I dig this still today:

 

[jiyuuboyetsvi]

Ringo Shiina anyone?

Also GIRUGAMESHHHHHH

 

[Tonberry]

Ringo Shiina anyone?

Also GIRUGAMESHHHHHH

I still unironically like Girugamesh, but I never tell anyone I do nowadays, even when talking about Japanese music that I like. I guess the cat's out of the bag now...

This album was pretty important to 16-year old me because music in a language you can't understand kind of listens back to you in a way.

 

[jiyuuboyetsvi]

I still unironically like Girugamesh, but I never tell anyone I do nowadays, even when talking about Japanese music that I like. I guess the cat's out of the bag now...

This album was pretty important to 16-year old me because music in a language you can't understand kind of listens back to you in a way.

i have all of their albums up to "Now" on my hard drive. I love the vocalist. "Music" is a really good album. I also like their "Reason Of Crying" EP and "Crying Rain" Singles