J-rock suggestions?

[eMKa]

I really like to listen to anime osts,but I want to try something different.I have read somewhere on this forum that j-rock is a good thing.Could you suggest me some good,hard titles which are worth to listen?

[MaliceKnight]

If by "hard" you mean something like Disturbed or Korn; i don't know of any bands that sound like that. But a few of my favorite bands are:
Luna Sea
Pierrot
Kagrra
D'espairs Ray
Buck Tick

[aes]

Oh, if you want heavy stuff Dir en Grey and Moi Dix Mois are great places to start. Alice 9, Zinkaku Radio, Miyavi, Metronome, Deadman, hide, (anything at all by hide), doremi dan and Kozi are all pretty good. Especially Honey Vanity by Kozi. Kagrra and Inugami circus are more tradional `japanese` sound. J-rock is pretty large though depending on what your favourite genre is and how attached you are to style, (visual indies), over sound, (punk/metal).

[maka1986]

If you want to listen to some good j-rock thenn try the one and only
X Japan (listen and you`ll love it :pit`s more of classic rock )
from the other groups i suggest
La`Arc en Ciel
Gackt(listen to "Secret Garden"- great piece)
Dir en Grey (listen to the "Kasumi" single !! )
Pierrot ( I specialy recoment the songs "Shinkei ga Wareru Atsui Yoru" and "Paradox")
Sex Machineguns
Luna Sea

[tamagoyaki]

I love X

Does anybody know where I can find good taps for X?

[aes]

Guitar Pro has some pretty good ones, you have to use their program, but you can get the tabs from it once it`s installed

[Ketsu]

I really like to listen to anime osts,but I want to try something different.I have read somewhere on this forum that j-rock is a good thing.Could you suggest me some good,hard titles which are worth to listen?

I would suggest Dir en Grey, L'Arc en Ciel, SONS OF ALL PUSSYS(a.k.a SOAP), X-Japan....

Dir en Grey - Death Metal-like music that really hits the spot somehow :rolleyes:
L'Arc en Ciel - Wide range of music here that can really fit almost anywhere (compare "anata" and "the nepenthes" n u know what i mean..)
S.O.A.P - hahaha! just give a listen! they really make me laugh! :D (btw, its a side project of L'Arc en Ciel's guitarist if u didnt already know ;) )
X-Japan - Legendary... :cool:

they're many more but these are my recommendations for those new to JRock

[crucif-X]

Definitely X Japan, they are the Gods of J-rock in my opinion. I also like Luna Sea, and B'z.

[Swallow Your Soul]

Best bands I know of (not that I know many), if you want harder J-Rock songs:

D'espairsRay, Dir en grey and some of Gazette's songs are pretty heavy (though most I've heard aren't - some of their songs are very heavy compared to the first two I mentioned..the singer has a very cool roar when he tries :P). I've heard one song literally like 5 minutes ago by a band called Gimick that was ace, the song sounded a bit like old Dir en grey mixed with new Dir en grey. :P I need to find some of their stuff...

I've tried X-Japan but it seemed more of their songs were ballads than proper rock songs (which were fairly metally and pretty cool)...I have a few of their albums so any song recommendations for the rockier ones?

Oh another band worth trying are 12012, they're fairly good too...

[sakito]

~Sid (Jazzy pop)
~psycho le cemu
~Ayabie (very good band)
~Duel Jewel
~[figure:]
~phantasmagoria
~vidoll

Go to http://www.Jmusiceuropa.com You gonna find very good band :D

[eMKa]

Thanks for help!!!
X - Japan and Dir en Grey are great:)

[doctor//GENETIC]

anyone can recommend me pop jrocks?
something like Do as infinity or bump of chicken?
BTW if someone has the latest Ellegarden album can plz upload? :p

[13ender]

doctor//GENETIC:
you could try out B'z, Porno Graffitti, Beat Crusaders, Flow, Gackt, going under ground, Go!Go!7188 and Judy and mary.
these are all the groups I can recommend you.

[doctor//GENETIC]

13ender, is The Pillows in the genre too?

-EDIT-
I'll find that out myself

BTW, what sound does x-japan have?
I mean the genre

[13ender]

X-japan is more speed-metal and ballads.
and the pillows are punk-rock.

[doctor//GENETIC]

BTW any good japanese hip hop & rap artist?

[chompy]

the answer to your question is yes. hip hop and rap are popular in japan. ignore the fools who say no.

and as for j-rock, i would have to go with the mad capsule markets and guitar vader.

[13ender]

doctor//GENETIC:
hip-hop artists I can recommend: rip slyme, kick the can crew and home made kazou.

chompy: the mad capsule markets are good, I've never heard guitar vader, I'll look for it.

[[UNKNOWN]]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Malice Mizer. If you don't know them then you haven't lived as a J-rock fan.

[Veniogenesis]

You probably want to add a few of the bands below as well:
Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Rock)
Dragon Ash (Rock and Rap)
M-Flo (More Rap)
Orange Range (Rock and Rap)
Trax (More Rock)
Wrecking Crew (More Rock)
Yellow Monkey (Rock)


Hope that helps out too. ^_^

Cheers,
Venio

[PrinceKr85]

i would definately suggest the following (alot of agreements with previous lists)

Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Dragon Ash
L'Arc en Ciel
Luna Sea (although i don't have as much interest in them as i used to)
Hitomi (kinda popish, but it's still rock IMO)
The Pillows (punk rock, i think...)