Visual Kei

['jim]

There was never really a thread on this. Anyone into it?

Right now I'm listening to Malice Mizer:

['jim]

I'm also liking Dir en grey lately:

['jim]

yes it's all guys.

['jim]

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza...direngrey.html

[HwaRang012]

I don't get it.

['jim]

http://www.furinkan.com/tomobiki/wagaku/artists/deg.htm

['jim]

http://www.j-fan.com/edit.cgi?selected=jpop_masculinity

['jim]

http://www.gardens-of-harmony.freeservers.com/vk.html

[slackerbot]

Originally posted by matu
it's your japanese version of glam, goth kinda stuff. Like any fad/style, it's starting to wear out a bit. Pretty typical Japanese... dress all hard, but the music is very pop rock. Think Poison kinda music but less grit are more high pitched vocals.

The only visual kei band I kinda like is L'arc~en~ciel. From what I understand, telling somebody you like them in Japan is kinda like saying you like Van Halen... or maybe Guns n Roses, heh.

hmm.. american version would be Good Charlotte. when i first saw a picture of these guys, i thought they were goth. but they're total pop punk.

['jim]

Originally posted by matu
it's your japanese version of glam, goth kinda stuff. Like any fad/style, it's starting to wear out a bit. Pretty typical Japanese... dress all hard, but the music is very pop rock. Think Poison kinda music but less grit are more high pitched vocals.

The only visual kei band I kinda like is L'arc~en~ciel. From what I understand, telling somebody you like them in Japan is kinda like saying you like Van Halen... or maybe Guns n Roses, heh.

I don't like L'arc, Malice Mizer has a goth sound, Dir en Grey is more industrial.

['jim]

Originally posted by slackerbot

hmm.. american version would be Good Charlotte. when i first saw a picture of these guys, i thought they were goth. but they're total pop punk.

Dir en Grey is closer to Marilyn Manson.

['jim]

Dir en grey dolls!

['jim]

Just listening to Psycho le Cemu. Some of that shit is more techno-pop that metal.

['jim]

How can a song called "Murder-Death-Kill" not be awesome? They somehow manage to pull it off.

['jim]

Holy crap, Dir en grey is playing SXSW! I wonder how their show will work on a small stage.