Super Band - LUCIFY
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personally i don't like lucify.
feel that they dress up that way just for publicity to stand out from the rest.
Man which Jrocker sings mayday or jay chou man.
I think it's 2 different worlds between dir en grey and lucify other than the image only.
It's like a metalhead on the outside playing punk rock on stage.
i prefer "qinobe" their music packs a punch man!
they are more towards the heavier side and they tend to bring out the hype.
feel that they dress up that way just for publicity to stand out from the rest.
Man which Jrocker sings mayday or jay chou man.
I think it's 2 different worlds between dir en grey and lucify other than the image only.
It's like a metalhead on the outside playing punk rock on stage.
i prefer "qinobe" their music packs a punch man!
they are more towards the heavier side and they tend to bring out the hype.
teraslasch
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redjackal, if jrock could be played in the competition, they will surely play dude.. u must look at what circumstances lol..
bin4christ
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redjackal said:
dont amber dress up differently from the rest too?tt indian thingy..it's so..urrgh..yucky...
btw is qinobe the band without a bassist?
turbochicken
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bin4christ said:
it's to suit the flavour of the song la.
no, qinobe has a bassist.
bin4christ
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kwerty:which guy is he?wow a yamaha crew member is a member of lucify...
turbochicken:which 1 is qinobe ah?
turbochicken:which 1 is qinobe ah?
This picture for easy referencing of the contestants.
I believe, given a choice, the contestants would choose their desire songs (jap/eng/tamil/watsoever) and stick to their usual dress sense. But it's a competition what, Kaoz..
If I was in the competition, I would also adjust myself to suit the environment mah ~
I believe, given a choice, the contestants would choose their desire songs (jap/eng/tamil/watsoever) and stick to their usual dress sense. But it's a competition what, Kaoz..
If I was in the competition, I would also adjust myself to suit the environment mah ~
taiji
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Visual Kei
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Visual Kei
Stylistic origins: J-Rock, Glam Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Darkwave, Punk rock, Industrial rock, Pop rock, Glam Metal
Cultural origins: 1980s Japan
Typical instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards
Mainstream popularity: Popular mostly within the Japan Indies scene, cult followings in other parts of the world such as Europe, South America (especially in Brazil), Mexico and the United States.
EroGuro, Angura Kei, Oshare Kei, Nagoya Kei
Visual Kei, literally "visual type", refers to a movement in J-Rock which started in the 1980s and became widely popular in Japan by the 1990s.
Contents [show]
1 Origins
2 Characteristics
2.1 Bands
3 Current status
4 External links
[edit]
Origins
Largely the movement is credited to have been started "almost single handedly" by X Japan, however a rising trend of utilizing visual shock to gain membership in the independent scene was well in effect by the time X went major; they may be seen in this sense not as a catalyst for the movement, but a mechanism to involve dominant Japanese popular culture with it. Bands in the early 1990s such as Luna Sea, Zi:Kill, Shazna, and Baiser along with previous bands Buck-Tick and X Japan encouraged a "boom" of this media culture.
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Characteristics
Visual Kei is characterised by bands using dramatic costumes and visual imagery to enhance the band's performance. Within Japan, the fan-base almost solely consists of girls and young women and is marketed strongly to that audience with items such as tradeable stickers, glossy photo-books, picture-postcards of band members and so on. In other countries, the comparatively small quantity of Visual Kei followers is roughly an equal division between male and female youth. Visual Kei is often focused upon in the West as a uniquely Japanese part of the Rock music scene.
Members of Visual Kei bands often wear striking makeup, style their hair in dramatic shapes (reminiscent of "glam metal" bands from the '80s) and wear elaborate costumes. Although the vast majority of the musicians are male, band members will often wear makeup and clothing which would be considered 'feminine' or 'androgynous'. Recently, some bands are returning to the more colourful and "fantastic" image popular 5 or 6 years ago, taking inspiration from computer roleplaying games and anime. The appeal of the costumes to fans is so great that large numbers of girls will cosplay as members of their favourite bands, particularly in Harajuku, at live concerts in Japan, or in North America, Chile, Spain and Australia at anime conventions.
hide of X Japan, exemplifying Visual Kei image.[edit]
Bands
List of Visual Kei bands
Visual Kei bands, being defined primarily by visual style, do not necessarily play a specific type of music. They most often play general J-rock (Luna Sea, Dir en grey) and vocal based pop or light rock (Glay, Gackt).
However, there are also bands playing or influenced by Heavy Metal (Sex Machineguns, Onmyo-Za), Darkwave (Velvet Eden, Schwarz Stein), Industrial rock, Punk rock and various other genres can be found. Taking the genre in a wide sense, most of the bands would be considered to play some kind of "rock" music. Particularly popular in recent years are the projects of Mana; Malice Mizer (now defunct) and Moi dix Mois.
Within the field of Visual Kei several popular movements have arose; the fashion style Gothic Lolita and the musical sub-genres; EroGuro and Angura Kei, which form particular visual styles.
P/S: i guess you have cleared the misunderstanding of visual kei by now. Visual kei does NOT specifically defined any genre of music.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Visual kei)
Jump to: navigation, search
Visual Kei
Stylistic origins: J-Rock, Glam Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Darkwave, Punk rock, Industrial rock, Pop rock, Glam Metal
Cultural origins: 1980s Japan
Typical instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards
Mainstream popularity: Popular mostly within the Japan Indies scene, cult followings in other parts of the world such as Europe, South America (especially in Brazil), Mexico and the United States.
EroGuro, Angura Kei, Oshare Kei, Nagoya Kei
Visual Kei, literally "visual type", refers to a movement in J-Rock which started in the 1980s and became widely popular in Japan by the 1990s.
Contents [show]
1 Origins
2 Characteristics
2.1 Bands
3 Current status
4 External links
[edit]
Origins
Largely the movement is credited to have been started "almost single handedly" by X Japan, however a rising trend of utilizing visual shock to gain membership in the independent scene was well in effect by the time X went major; they may be seen in this sense not as a catalyst for the movement, but a mechanism to involve dominant Japanese popular culture with it. Bands in the early 1990s such as Luna Sea, Zi:Kill, Shazna, and Baiser along with previous bands Buck-Tick and X Japan encouraged a "boom" of this media culture.
[edit]
Characteristics
Visual Kei is characterised by bands using dramatic costumes and visual imagery to enhance the band's performance. Within Japan, the fan-base almost solely consists of girls and young women and is marketed strongly to that audience with items such as tradeable stickers, glossy photo-books, picture-postcards of band members and so on. In other countries, the comparatively small quantity of Visual Kei followers is roughly an equal division between male and female youth. Visual Kei is often focused upon in the West as a uniquely Japanese part of the Rock music scene.
Members of Visual Kei bands often wear striking makeup, style their hair in dramatic shapes (reminiscent of "glam metal" bands from the '80s) and wear elaborate costumes. Although the vast majority of the musicians are male, band members will often wear makeup and clothing which would be considered 'feminine' or 'androgynous'. Recently, some bands are returning to the more colourful and "fantastic" image popular 5 or 6 years ago, taking inspiration from computer roleplaying games and anime. The appeal of the costumes to fans is so great that large numbers of girls will cosplay as members of their favourite bands, particularly in Harajuku, at live concerts in Japan, or in North America, Chile, Spain and Australia at anime conventions.
hide of X Japan, exemplifying Visual Kei image.[edit]
Bands
List of Visual Kei bands
Visual Kei bands, being defined primarily by visual style, do not necessarily play a specific type of music. They most often play general J-rock (Luna Sea, Dir en grey) and vocal based pop or light rock (Glay, Gackt).
However, there are also bands playing or influenced by Heavy Metal (Sex Machineguns, Onmyo-Za), Darkwave (Velvet Eden, Schwarz Stein), Industrial rock, Punk rock and various other genres can be found. Taking the genre in a wide sense, most of the bands would be considered to play some kind of "rock" music. Particularly popular in recent years are the projects of Mana; Malice Mizer (now defunct) and Moi dix Mois.
Within the field of Visual Kei several popular movements have arose; the fashion style Gothic Lolita and the musical sub-genres; EroGuro and Angura Kei, which form particular visual styles.
P/S: i guess you have cleared the misunderstanding of visual kei by now. Visual kei does NOT specifically defined any genre of music.
Kiyoharu
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For those who are interested to know more about local bands who love and play j-rock/pop music, the singapore street festival is having the dj party on the 11th June 2006, Time: 12:30pm - 10:15pm, Venue: scape* Youth Park
Although some of you may feel that the local j-rock influenced band standard is not good enough but come on we all starts from zero and we all have the passion for music. Let's help each other and improve altogether positively.
http://www.singaporestreetfestival.com/index.php?selection=ssf06&sub=ssf06_perf_jrock
Although some of you may feel that the local j-rock influenced band standard is not good enough but come on we all starts from zero and we all have the passion for music. Let's help each other and improve altogether positively.
http://www.singaporestreetfestival.com/index.php?selection=ssf06&sub=ssf06_perf_jrock
bin4christ
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JADE!YAMAHA ATTITUDE!!! 8O ...
rottenramone
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Rollercoaster
New member
Unfortunately, I have to judge their ability to play solely on a few performances on TV. Based on my judgement on those few performances, I realised the band's guitar player has a tone that has too much gain, resulting in excessive saturation in a combination with the drummer's sloppy feel of tempo, adding to the band's overall sloppy performance and the pitchless vocal trying to shout on top of the band's undesirable sound. Look beyond their visual kei image and you have to admit these group of boys has nothing to offer musically.
Rollercoaster
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I have to add that I'm not against any visual kei bands. I had watched a X Japan live concert and I tought they're pretty cool. It's jus that Lucify look nothing like any visual kei bands I know of. They look more like a group of current stereotype Taiwanese rappers trying to act and play rock than any typical Japanese visual kei bands.
teraslasch said:
yes i understand. i'm aware of that.
but...it's like wearing a suit to a hawker center when u are not.
or wearing singlet to a wedding when you are not at hawker center.
what if a metalhead was playing punkrock for this certain gig.
does he dress like metalhead?
what i meant was, dress to go with what you are playing...yeah...
no offence
