Japanese Visual Key Band

November 08, 2012

Japanese Visual Key Band

if you know me quite well, you won't surprise to know about songs i've listened and band that i like (well honestly my friends still surprise even if they know).. why? maybe it just a little bit nonmainstream to like bishounen (boy whom dress and looks like girls a.k.a "cowok cantik" *bukan banci lohhh!!). and maybe it just not compatible with my appearance to like these kind of bands.* hehe * my friends always said that my taste is weird.. -___- but who's care?? well, right now i want to write about several japanese visual key band that i like, and their first song that i listened to, or my favourite song of them.

Visual kei (ヴィジュアル系 bijuaru kei^?, lit. "visual style" or "visual system") is a movement among Japanese musicians,^[1]^[2] that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynousaesthetics.^[3]^[4] Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock,^[5]^[6] with its sound usually related to glam rock, punk rock andheavy metal.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] However other sources state that visual kei is only a fashion, with its unique clothing, make-up and participation in the related subculture being what exemplifies the use of the term.^[11]^[12]^{[13] (taken from wikipedia)}

^{at first, it always hard for me to like the song. some of them is not easy listening. but as i listened to it again and again i become more and more falling in love with the song. i also think "what the h**l with all of this guy?" for the first time i saw them. i mean, what the h**l with all those make up and costume?", but once again, the more i see them, the more i fall in love with them.. handsome, cute and pretty at the same time.. *-*}

^{so here it is, japanese visual key band that i like:}

^{1. Alice Nine}

Alice nine is the first Japanese Visual key band that i'm falling in love with. it almost 3 years , and it amazed me how i still really like them up until now because i usually get bored easily. i feel so lucky because not long time ago, i can see their live performance at JRock Evolution. here's my story about that event :
http://kawaiiyurichan.blogspot.com/2012/10/j-rock-evolution-2012.html

This band consist of 5 members. Shou (vocalist and leader), Hiroto (guitarist), Nao (drummer), Tora (guitarist) and Saga (bassist). all of them have a different and unique character. generally i like almost all of their song, from many different genre that they produce, from rock into melow, hoho. their first song that i listened is sleepwalker. here's the video:

ⁱ^{t's hard for me to choose only one of their song as my favourite song because it really depend on my heart weather to temporary really like only one song.}

^{hmm, maybe i can recommended this eraser pv for you to watch, because the song is not really hard to listened and shou kun really cute, his character is like N from deathnote.}

^{well talk about alice nine can be so long, so i'm gonna just move on into the next band.}

^{2. The Gazzete}

^{i think this band is quite popular in Indonesia. the gazzete is Alice Nine's senpai (senior) at PSC ( PS company). my favourite member of them is Aoi san :3 (guitarist).}

^{here's their fist song that i've listened (before i decay), it's a rock song :}

my favourite song of them are Cassis, and Silly God Disco. hmm, Pledge is a nice song too. here's the pv:

i like ruki's smokey eyes in this pv :3 hohoho..

3. SID

at first i don't really like this band because their first song that i heard is Uso, i just think that i don't really like this music type. but one day, i listened to Fuyu no Benchi and change my mind about them, i really like this song!!. Mao san looks so innocent and cute at this pv.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn0l1q_pv-sid-fuyu-no-bench-gyao-ver_music?start=0#from=embediframe

4. Vivid

woaa, i like this band too. Vivid is Alice nine's kouhai (junior) at PSC. Koki (drummer) is my favourite member among them, but generally i like all of them. members are: Shin ( vocalist), Reno (guitarist), Ryuga (guitarist), Iv (bassist) and of course Koki. their first song that i listened to is Across the Border :

at this pv i don't really "ngeh" Koki's appearance. hehe.. my favourite pv of them is 69-II, feels like i wanna headbanging more and more:

5. SuG

ahh, one more PSC's band and Alice Nine's senpai.. SuG appearance usually colorful and cheerfull. Takeru san (vocalist) so cute and i like Chiyu san too (bassist). i saw them for the first time at PSC's battle royal, and i automatically fell in love with their song, Gimme Gimme :

6. MUCC

I know MUCC because i've listened to Karasu's Lastica. Karasu is a band that consist of some musician from different band (side project maybe??), their vocalist is from MUCC ( Tatsurou-san!!). at first he scared me by his appearance. but i try to listened to some of their song, and it's good :) i also watched their live performance at JRock evolution, and wow, it amazed me. you know, i think their performance really professional , even if i don't really know about their song but they can made me enjoy the performance. they have a lot of experience and already held so maaaannyyy lives , so i don't really surprise that they can made a live with such atmosphere. i remember the part of the live when Tatsurou san ask us to sit down for a while and suddenly jump according to the music. i have this song at my phone, one of song that they played at Jrock evo, Nirvana:

8. UNiTE

I also know this band from JRock evolution. i only listened to yakusoku..this band is relatively new. eventhough i don't really know about this band, but i really like this song and i think i have to see this band more.. hoho..

Yakusoku is a song that i listened to during this mid exam >.<

i like Yui san's (vocalist) clothes at this video :