Trebor17
11.16.11 | 1 and 10 are the only ones I know, but they do rule |
discovolante
11.16.11 | Yea... even though Dir en Grey are one of the later visual kei bands (they later toned their image down LOTS), I have heard influences of them in various modern-age visual bands, especially from the Nagoya parts. And X... they are visual legends lol |
AsoTamaki
11.16.11 | Good stuff. That re-recorded Luna Sea debut was one of the best rock albums this year.
Listen: http://youtu.be/BXU03zM50QI |
discovolante
11.16.11 | Yeaaa man. Luna Sea give me constant eargasms lol. I still dont think Color get enough recognition though. |
discovolante
11.16.11 | Same for BT.. |
AsoTamaki
11.16.11 | Yeah, Color is way old school. That's why. A lot of these other bands got started back then, but most of them stuck around longer and kept putting out new stuff. Like Buck-Tick had a song in a recent anime even. |
discovolante
11.16.11 | Thats true. Its just that... it seems all people know or remember BT by is with the "Dress" single. I dont know... they just seem highly underrated to me. |
Xenophanes
11.16.11 | Visual kei is just glam metal. Most of the bands are lolbad.
Odd profile pic btw |
discovolante
11.16.11 | Xeno: I highly disagree. Although visual kei does have its place in glam, it's influences also range from hardcore punk, death metal, and even hip hop in some cases (LM.C). And while it is true that some of the bands in the current visual kei scene may be just horrible (due to the highly marketed product that visual kei became in Japan), the early bands actually had soul and a vision to create a sound and appearance like nothing else. So no, visual kei is not glam metal, and no, most of the bands are not, as you put it, "lolbad". |
discovolante
11.16.11 | And thanx. I love my profile pic XD |
AsoTamaki
11.16.11 | Indeed. The older bands still seem to be the ones breathing life into the scene. DELUHI is the only modern, recently formed band I truly enjoyed and they disbanded... |
Titan50
11.16.11 | Needs more L'Arc-En-Ciel |
discovolante
11.16.11 | L'arc are influential in the scene to some extent. But there's nothing the boys hate more than being called "visual kei" lol |
