unfortunately my band plays pop-rock but i'd like to experiment and see how japanese bass grooves will go with my bands song=P haha... btw, thanks composer of Requiems but ultimate guitar isn't really japanese based but more to english based.
Ultimate guitar has a lot of the big J-Rock bands. You can find X, L'Arc, Gackt, Diru, MM, etc.etc. there; just that the other site is more comprehensive. Of course you won't find many JRock tabs, it's very niche.
What band are you looking for?
And what do you mean by Japanese bass grooves? Any examples?
Anyway, honestly right. Last time I really wanted to use these to make poprock sound more interesting. But if you're covering a poprock song, and you change the bassline so much, it just doesn't sound like the original anymore. Not saying whether it's a good or bad thing, but it just makes the song different already. And some songs you really need the bass to go 8ths. It's boring but necessary.
If you want interesting lines, I think the epitome is L'Arc En Ciel. It's melodic but also has groove. I find the others either try too hard, or not interesting enough.
Well you guys can give SID a shot. Their songs Ajisai, Natsukoi, 2ºC Me no Kanojo (2℃目の彼女) and Rain (レイン) have pretty sweet bass lines. It was Natsukoi and 2℃目の彼女 that really pushed me to learn the bass even more seriously
Volux, thanks^_^ i've heard them when watching fullmetal alchemist... i don't know why i didn't search on them=P hahaXD i do love their song rain because its more emotional for me=)