Does anyone here listen to J-Rock?

Big Phil · Post by **Big Phil** » 2008-04-07 05:30pm

I recently discovered Loudness and I'm not sure how I missed them in the 80's. Any other good (as in they can actually play their instruments and have catchy songs) Japanese rock/metal bands that all y'all are familiar with?

salm · Post by **salm** » 2008-04-07 05:57pm

Personally i like

The Discocks
Cobra
Guitar Wolf

They´re punk rock not so much metal but they´ve got all the japanese weirdness you want.

Warsie · Post by **Warsie** » 2008-04-07 09:32pm

Not much (if any) J-Rock. Mainly J-Pop. and by that, mainly some Anime theme songs (manly OPs and Endings from Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny-that music is so..for lack of a better term emotional and expressive)

FA Xerrik · Post by **FA Xerrik** » 2008-04-08 01:43am

I have a little bit of Sigh, who's a kind of Death/Scream hybrid group. They're pretty melodic too at times, pretty good. There's also Chthonic, who I really like, but they're not technically J-Rock, being from Taiwan and all.

tim31 · Post by **tim31** » 2008-04-08 01:27pm

I have an album by Hi-Standard titled Making the Road. The opening track is a cover of California Dreaming. Of course, all songs are written and performed in engrish.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2008-04-08 10:40pm

My girlfriend loves (and got me sort of into) Malice Mizer, Dir En Grey, Hide, and a little Gackt.

Shinn Langley Soryu · Post by **Shinn Langley Soryu** » 2008-04-08 10:44pm

J-rock? I listen to a lot of it, but I don't think I'm really that qualified to make recommendations.

With that said, off the top of my head, I can name Ali Project, Dir en grey, Flow, High and Mighty Color, Jinn, Jyukai, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Malice Mizer, Maximum the Hormone, Orange Range, UVERworld, and X Japan. Of those, only Dir en grey, Malice Mizer, Maximum the Hormone, and X Japan could be considered metal, at least to some degree or another. From what I can tell, Ali Project is mostly neo-classical; Flow, Orange Range, and UVERworld are mostly alternative; High and Mighty Color and Jinn have some metal influence but tend to lean more towards alt-pop; Jyukai is soft rock; and L'Arc-en-Ciel is pure alt-pop.

As always, try them out first.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2008-04-09 01:07am

I don't have any interest in J-Rock or K-Rock, it's too similar to the native versions to be all that interesting. I want the most adorable all-girl J-pop bands only and the most saccharine vocals and sappy melodies, the likes of which couldn't ever be done here in Canada. Something like ZONE.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2008-04-09 07:39pm

If you wanna talk Loudness, then you gotta show their greatest song.

Don't forget Kodomo Band with their awesome single Heart of Madness

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2008-04-10 12:11am

VF5SS wrote:If you wanna talk Loudness, then you gotta show their greatest song.

Don't forget Kodomo Band with their awesome single Heart of Madness

What about Fire Bomber?

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2008-04-10 12:09pm

I don't listen to J-rock, but there one band that my friend like alot called Dir En grey.

Too heavy metal for my taste though.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2008-04-11 03:45am

I quite like Aikawa Nanase. I listen to her music all time. She seems to have a relatively diverse collection of songs.