JRock...

[Evie Choi]

Hey! Are there any JRock (Japan Rock) fans out there?

[Charley]

I hope not. I can't imagine people who actually listen to it, other than as a passing comedy option gimmick.

[Evie Choi]

Well, I listen to it! I was hoping to find common ground between other posters. Why so crass and so hard against Japanese music?

[Charley]

Because it is incredibly terrible and grating on every sensibility I hold dear.

I mean, its good for a laugh, but so are bollywood musicals.

[Evie Choi]

Hahaha! I appreciate your opinions on it! I love it, so I take it you have heard it before and didn't care much for it?

[Khendon Sevon]

I've heard it.





I wish I hadn't. My ears will never be the same.

[Yasuko Arai]

Yes! I am in love with Jrock. Not many people around here like it. Glad to see I have a comrade in arms! ^_^

[Jaime Tomahawk]

I'd rather listen to a nice puppy being thrown into a mincer

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I don't think I've ever heard any. :)

[Morgan Evanar]

Nope, it's uniformly awful.

The following nations know how to rock:
USA
anywhere in the UK
Australia
Germany
all of Scandanavia
Canada

Nations who have made solid efforts but are not known for their rocking:
Italy
Mexico
Brazil

The Following nations have found themselves to be rock incompetant:
Japan
France

[Sorsha Kasajian]

Guitar Wolf is OSSUM!!! Phantasmagoria is OSSUM!!! Yes, I love J-Rock. :D

[Yasuko Arai]

I have never heard of those! I am very partial to Dir en Grey, Miyavi, and PIERROT. Three of the best things that have ever happened to me! ^_^

[Dasquian Belargic]

It's all so camp and cheesey, but I love it. Malice Mizer/Gackt and L'arc~en~Ciel are my faves.

[Yasuko Arai]

Tell me about it. I recently was able to acquire Gackt's more recent album "Diabolos". The music is so much better, but his voice is wanting a little. Laruku, however, only seems to get better!

[Sorsha Kasajian]

Guitar Wolf is very punk/rockabilly, and Phantasmagoria is very metal. :D

[Evie Choi]

Okay, I love you people. Ha ha. Well those who are in love with the music! It is a shame that America hasn't begun to catch onto the crazy trend that is taking California and New York by storm! I love Dir en Grey! Malice Mizer, too! The Pillows are good as well. Laruku is also a good one! Heard any of HYDE's solo stuff? Sweet. I am glad they are all starting to tour here in the states. Gackt...eh...he is good but you are right, Yasuko, his voice is seeming to fade into nasal sound. Not really appealing to me anymore. What happened to his 'Mars' days?

[Jesimae Lawson]

Totally!! OMG!! I LOVE JROCK!! I have to thank my best friend for getting me into it a year ago. L'Arc~en~Ciel, Gackt, Dir en Grey, PIERROT, Miyavi, Gazette, Malice Mizer...so many that I am in love with and will marry some day. Hyde's solo albums are good, but he has become heavier than he was on his debut album. I heard that on IMF they are showing Japanese PVs. Damn! How I want Dish Network!!!!

[Jens Vec]

I want JRock to go away. :( I'm with Charley, Morgan, and Khendon: Jrock fails at life.

[Mitch]

JRock is mostly an annoying attempt at rocking. Not saying all JRock is bad, but, well, most of it is.

A higher percentage of disparity between good and bad than the American rock scene, at least.

[Yasuko Arai]

I am not sure, Evie! He sounded so great on Mars and Rebirth, then Diabolos just kind of faded. I am thinking his smoking habit has finally gotten the best of him! And yeah, Jes, I caught the tail end of HYDE's Season's Call PV again the other day. And I wish I could catch Miyavi! Anyone who loves Jrock should put IMF on drip. It's worth seeing the Asian bands!

[Soolin Anjhurin]

Okay, you guys hate it, we know. g'bye

:: kicks all the meanies out of the topic ::

[Evie Choi]

Hehe! Well I am glad that some people enjoy it and others don't. I just wish that that people who don't like it to post how much is stinks. But I guess they are allowed to have their opinions as well. HYDE's Season's call? Is that an old song?

[Yasuko Arai]

I think Season's Call is newer. I am not sure, I haven't looked him up in awhile. I think it was a single that came out later last year.

[Evie Choi]

Neat I should look him up.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ah well, you ask a question you're bound to get answers to it. :)

[Mandy with an I]

I'm sure everyone here has some kind of musical quilty pleasure that the rest of the us would find terrible.


I don't really listen to J-anything (besides the odd anime soundtrack I already own) because I don't have speakers on my computer :D

[Nathanial K'cansce]

I have a good friend at school who loves the JRock. Gackt inparticular. Though, she's very hardcore Japanese culture, and can actually speak it pretty fluently. o_o (she's not japanese).

Myself... eh. Not to into it.

The only thing pleasing to come from France is Alizee. (sp?) ...<3

[Byl Laprovik]

Originally posted by Nathanial K'cansce
The only thing pleasing to come from France is Alizee. (sp?) ...<3

Oh man, yes....

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I have a whole folder of random japanese rock. I should find the disc it's on and reload it onto the comp to torture Charley with :)

[Byl Laprovik]

Heh, go ahead and do that. I dare you.

I, Ludacris, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Easy E, and Snoop Dogg all dare you, silly girl.

[Sorsha Kasajian]

Oh S'il! :D You have to hook me up with some. :crack

[Byl Laprovik]

BTW, I still need to get all that arab rap music I found on your computer :D

[Miranda Tarkin]

what I've heard of J-rock isn't very pleasing to the ears.

[Sorsha Kasajian]

Originally posted by Miranda Tarkin
what I've heard of J-rock isn't very pleasing to the ears.

konya wa hurricane :p you know you love it. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmLmOLsFTQ

[Miranda Tarkin]

>_> that's from the blessed Bubblegum Crisis. that doesn't count!

[Sorsha Kasajian]

:D

[Evie Choi]

Haha! Yes for us who love JRock one should share their music. I have oh so much that I have lost count of how many cds I have purchased. Alizee from France, that is something I haven't heard before!

[Morgan Evanar]

The only thing pleasing to come from France is Alizee. (sp?) ...<3Air is also really good but I have to say does not have the, uh, factors that Alizee offers.

[Colonel Karrnage]

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:D