share your favourite japanese bands. (i do like western music, but am more into jp stuff atm)

Beat Crusaders - mainly sing in english (imperfect ) but i love their beats
Orange Range - I like quite alot of their work; often the interludes of rap in between melodies keep me interested.
L'arc en Ciel - yep, don't like all their work though.
Shocking Lemon - again, don't love all their work but they have a nice unique style and often good melodies.

interesting that my first experience of all of them came from anime OPs .

I haven't ever gotten into Japanese bands, sadly
My classmates exposed me to indie rock and alternative.
I listen to Japanese bands whenever I can (especially in animes), as with all other genres of music. The only music I truly despise is Country and Rap/Hip Hop.

The GazettE is the only band I actually know the name of, and they ARE decent, but they really look animated in the music videos. Are they supposed to?

Gackt
Dir en grey
the GazettE
Shiina Ringo
Tokyo Jihen
Malice Mizer

This list is in order of favoritism. lol

- DIR EN GREY (They are my favorite band ever, not just because they are japanese. Caps are for emphasis on how much I love them. D: )

- the GazettE

- MAXIMUM THE HORMONE

- D

- lynch.

- And most recently, Versailles. <3

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Gackt
Shiina Ringo
Tokyo Jihen
Malice Mizer
Versailles
Morning Musume
Gazette
Kokusyouku Sumire

This is in no particular order:

Gackt
Malice Mizer
the GazettE
Dir en Grey
Shiina Ringo

I also really need to start listening to Luna Sea/X Japan more, haven't listened to many songs from either of them yet, but I like what I've heard.

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girl groups are <3 but i don't listen to them that often.

Dir En Grey, X Japan

Everything else I listen to tends to be misc. collections from various bands.

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I tend to listen to whatever, but I guess if I had to name favourites...

AAA (Attack All Around) <3
Gackt
UVERWORLD
Miyavi
SPLAY
Dir en grey
DBSK/TVXQ (shhh, they're Korean, but they've had JP singles)
LM.C
the GazettE

I listen to lots of animu music, so I've got tons of various artists that I like in my iTunes. But nothing overthrows my love for video game OSTs. <3 Nothing.

Abingdon Boys School
Akeboshi
B'z
Gackt
Janne Da Arc
No Regret Life
The Pillows
Sambomaster
The Seatbelts
UVERworld

That's about it. All very solid acts.

Right now, I'm listening to a lot of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. But that's about it.

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I tend to listen to whatever, but I guess if I had to name favourites...

AAA (Attack All Around) <3
Gackt
UVERWORLD
Miyavi
SPLAY
Dir en grey
DBSK/TVXQ (shhh, they're Korean, but they've had JP singles)
LM.C
the GazettE

I listen to lots of animu music, so I've got tons of various artists that I like in my iTunes. But nothing overthrows my love for video game OSTs. <3 Nothing.

STOP SAYING "ANIMU"

GAAWWWWWWWWWWWDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Anime, animu. Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaame difference to me.

Teri-yaki BOYZ
and MOVE

Dir en Grey (All-time first place, as they are the actual band that got me into Japanese music)

Malice Mizer (Mostly Gackt era. Klaha ain't so bad, though)

Gackt (Can we consider him a band?)

The GazettE (Quickly becoming my first-place group)

MAXIMUM THE HORMONE (Death Note hooked me)

Nightmare (Only heard two songs thus far, but I see myself liking these guys)

X Japan (I haven't heard enough to fall in love with them, but I like them all right. Recommend any good songs?)

Alice Nine (To be honest, I haven't listened to them in a while. I might start again.)

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Dir en Grey (All-time first place, as they are the actual band that got me into Japanese music)

Malice Mizer (Mostly Gackt era. Klaha ain't so bad, though)

Gackt (Can we consider him a band?)

The GazettE (Quickly becoming my first-place group)

MAXIMUM THE HORMONE (Death Note hooked me)

Nightmare (Only heard two songs thus far, but I see myself liking these guys)

X Japan (I haven't heard enough to fall in love with them, but I like them all right. Recommend any good songs?)

Alice Nine (To be honest, I haven't listened to them in a while. I might start again.)

nightmare is awful besides the two Death note songs lol

anyway:

D
Girugämesh

X Japan (I haven't heard enough to fall in love with them, but I like them all right. Recommend any good songs?)

Kurenai, Silent Jealousy, Art of Life.

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I forgot Girugamesh.

They carp rock. <3

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I forgot Girugamesh.

They carp rock. <3

Girugämesh*

get that umlaut in there boy

I don't know how to do that, so leave me alone.

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I don't know how to do that, so leave me alone.

go into symbol markings and make a hot key

OR

buy a mac

I don't know how to do that, so leave me alone.

go into symbol markings and make a hot key

OR

buy a mac

keep in mind that you need to download the symbols from itunes, and they cost $2, and you can't use them outside of safari

I don't know how to do that, so leave me alone.

go into symbol markings and make a hot key

OR

buy a mac

keep in mind that you need to download the symbols from itunes, and they cost $2, and you can't use them outside of safari

Das ist nicht gut ...

Do hast einen Vogel oder Apple hat einen Vogel lolo

I don't know how to do that, so leave me alone.

go into symbol markings and make a hot key

OR

buy a mac

keep in mind that you need to download the symbols from itunes, and they cost $2, and you can't use them outside of safari

Das ist nicht gut ...

Do hast einen Vogel oder Apple hat einen Vogel lolo

Damn all the foreign languages =(

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Why the hell are they called girugamesh? Isn't it Gilgamesh? carp Engrish.