June 24th, 2006 at 3:46pm by MrsBarnes
I’m hoping we get to post something like this once a week or so. There are just a lot of good bands out there, and we get the chance of hearing about them a little earlier than some might otherwise. Keep sending in those tips on cool bands!
In keeping with the J-Rock theme from yesterday, a couple of people messaged me and posted in our forum about some other J-Rock bands. Until then, I only knew about Dir En Grey and X-Japan (or is it Japan-X?).
Malice Mizer They seem to bring in a bit of goth influence to the whole Visual Kei thing, but unfortunately, they broke up in 2001. Several of the members are now doing solo projects, but the band STILL has a cult following after they have disbanded. I can see why though, the music is very unique and they are still worth checking out.
http://www.myspace.com/maliceandmisery
First Blood No, they arent Jrock! Now for those of you?that have been looking for an old school sounding hardcore band, I hit upon it today while browing Trustkill’s site. The band is from San Fransisco, but just started their European tour which you can find dates for on their myspace page.http://www.myspace.com/firstblood
The correct form is “X JAPAN”.
You should also check out the Japanese bands L’Arc~en~Ciel (already released CDs in the U.S. through Sony’s Tofu Records) and Mucc.
the GazettE [www.pscompany.co.jp/gazette] is an awesome band too. They came to the us in i think february. There newest full length album is called Stacked Rubbish.Ruki’s english grammer is getting much better.
Miyavi [www.o-re-sa-ma.com] He’s a solo artist, but he is still kick ARSInal!! XD any ways he came over here for the Jrock revolution thing.
OMG! i can’t believe he put an age limit on his concert! u had to be friggin 21!! XO