Comments on: Japanese Bands: The List /japanese-bands-the-list/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: H4 /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000290875 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:25:30 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000290875 I’m a bit scared of them after that girl shaved her head. The only girl idol band that I follow iiiiiiiis, BABYMETAL!!! HEADOBANG!!!

]]> By: H4 /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000290874 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:24:07 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000290874 If your on this website for learning Japanese from immersion you shouldn’t want English Gackt you should want more Japanese Gackts! Also, you can sing along, you can look up the lyrics in furigana, hiragana and romaji even and just sing along – it’s not hard and actually more amusing than singing English lyrics.

]]> By: H4 /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000290870 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:21:37 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000290870 Andymori are good. I really like them.

]]> By: H4 /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000290866 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:21:07 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000290866 Too add to this:

Non sucky jpop and light jrock:
Most of my favs are rock/pop-rock, apart from Kreva (rapper). I’ll give you a sample:

Scandal, pop-rock all girl band who work super hard but make super fun music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkerSi5Fig
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EDvabyo620

Sheena Ringo, awesome genius singer songwriter and multiple instrumentalist who makes some sort of powerpop-rock sometimes jazzy too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxBHhMc7oI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M55uRP4DWW0

Tokyo Jihen, jazz/rock band fronted by Sheena Ringo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTKwzRAdY7w

School Food Punishment… I don’t know how to describe it really… nice, not weird, just not very conducive to words:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KHp6kbYXQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC1F9KqpF78

]]> By: Jamie /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000065120 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:38:07 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000065120 Can second the Pillows too, started listening to them recently, lots of good songs.

]]> By: Jamie /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000061302 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:16:13 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000061302 Sound Horizon… this band is awesome. Check out Roman and Elysion at least, Roman is a work of art.

]]> By: Linokai /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-1000059364 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:58:17 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-1000059364 Why has nobody mentioned The Pillows yet? They’re such a good band. If you don’t know who they are, almost all the songs on the FLCL soundtrack are by The Pillows. Awesome band!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Ue-COQyz4

]]> By: Gentleman /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-201984 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:27:44 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-201984 This article is lacking of AKB48

]]> By: ブレーク /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-181794 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:36:46 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-181794 -サカナクション
-Tokumaru Shugo
-Spitz
-Andymori
-People In The Box
 
 

]]> By: Jan /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-176596 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:20:58 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-176596 If you like JRock, definitely look into Abingdon Boys School. Quite a bit of english used but they are still amazing nonetheless. 

]]> By: Sakurazuka Seishirō /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-148944 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:35:00 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-148944 If you like metal you should check out Dir en grey, especially their new album, Dum Spiro Spero. It’s gotta be one of the darkest albums I’ve heard. If you like metalish/rock (more upbeat, mostly smooth vocals but with a good bit of screaming), I recommend DELUHI (my favorite, awesome singing, badass guitarist, badass drummer, badass bassist, badass composition), Deathgaze, lynch., etc. If you like power/speed/neo-classical metal, Galneryus has to be the best ever. Escrew Dragonforce. If you like plain rock (96% clean vocals, no blast beats, etc) try the GazettE, Kaggra, Alice Nine, SPYAIR (awesome band), Malice Mizer, Moi dix Moix (they’re Japanese, I swear!), Nightmare (did the first or second intro/outro for Death Note), and a whole lot of other bands I didn’t mention.

Plus, most of those bands are Visual Kei, which is always something cool to look at. 

]]> By: Ness /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-101752 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:36:33 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-101752 I knew five of the bands mentioned (although one was english and i have missed it dearly… One day i shall return, gorillaz!! T.T) and they’re all actually some of my favourite bands… Especially Rip Slyme (temporarily replacing my alltime favourite (english) band gorillaz) 23/7 rip slyme!! 😀
So yeah, just thinking, if youre taste in music is this awesome,
I NEED MUSIC FROM EVERY BAND ON THIS LIST.
I apologize for caps but i take my music very seriously.
😛
~Khatz is awesome~

]]> By: Konstantinos /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-87137 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:10:56 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-87137 Does anyone knows a Japanese band called (if I recall correctly) “the yaghts”, or “yaghts” ?? They must made an album or debut and video during March 2008 when I visited Japan.

Thank you for any replies!

]]> By: kookaburra /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-85241 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:29:49 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-85241 Please, does anyone know an English language equivalent to Gackt?? I love Gackt 😀 but I’m sure you understand I prefer anything that awesome if I can understand it and sing along, hope I don’t sound too sniffy lol 🙂 but u know what i mean, right?

]]> By: Veronica /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-72895 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:04:35 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-72895 I have some to add to your list!

*The Blue Hearts
*Mr. Children
*Pizzicato Five
*Chibo Matto (some English but great stuff)
*Fantastic Plastic Machine (mostly electronica instrumental)
*Tokumaru Shugo

]]> By: MUCClover /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-57868 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:39:44 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-57868 Not even bringing MUCC to the list?!!

you should be ASHAMED!

and…and not even Dir En Gray? i mean WTF??! x’D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYCs1FxdWE&feature=fvw
–
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUSqNOFS_h0

]]> By: Sarah /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-55959 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:12:59 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-55959 Bump of Chicken is not on the list? :p I used to <3 them!
But mostly I don't listen to any of the artists you mentioned…ah, I guess I'm just an Arashi fangirl afterall… xD

]]> By: nippyon /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-55828 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:27:07 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-55828 Be forewarned that all of the links are to awesome American, English-language bands. As in too awesome to resist. If anyone knows a Japanese equivalent, please tell me.(I’ll never learn Japanese at this rate, I love these bands too much)
Does anybody know any bands like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfyjwChuNU&ob=av2n
(Red Hot Chili Peppers-By the Way)
or this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUL8dEroAY4
(Metallica-Fade to Black)
I’m seriously getting tired of visual kei and i need my metal fix!!!
Also any like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQtZVlf3zzo
(Sevendust-Separate)

To add to the list:
Kenichi Asai(浅井健一）he’s an older guy, with a bit of an older rock style. But a good one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2xdL-CByI
Younha– a Korean artist who found fame in Japan, and is now famous in Korea as well. She sings in Japanese, Korean, and English(sometimes in one song, usually not)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOZHK6AWH_E
Ajikan and Yui are great.
Gackt is well loved, but he’s really hit or miss for me. He also has a very widely-ranging style, so even if you don’t like one song, you’ll find another one you do like. links are below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-OrqyUgelU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qTT2_vW8s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Uw9YClm2E
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4plEI-mdOA

Help me on my quest for good J-rock!
By the way, though I like Gackt I don’t like visual kei, so please recommend bands that are NOT visual kei. Thanks.
nippyon

]]> By: Rebekah /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-54245 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:41:47 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-54245 I was checking back here for replies when I realized that I probably sounded like a jerk saying that…it’s not that the artists aren’t worth the money, it’s that I’m 14 without a job and I literally cannot afford to pay that much. 😛 If anybody knows where I could buy the mp3s, I’d really appreciate it if they could share. (Immersion is expensive!)

]]> By: Rebekah /japanese-bands-the-list/#comment-53874 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:48:07 +0000 /japanese-bands-the-list#comment-53874 Hey Khatz,
Thanks so much for the list! I was just wondering, where do you buy your music? I use iTunes but it doesn’t have a huge selection of Japanese artists. Other places I’ve seen ask as much as $40 or $60 to ship you the actual CD (when it still only has around 15 songs). I’d still like to support the artists, but I think $40 is a little too much support than I’m willing to dish out.

Thanks.

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