J-rock bands?

[psygenix]

Hi everyone.. I'm not quite sure if this topic goes in this part of the forum but here goes- I was just wondering if anyone can perhaps recommend a really good j-rock band. The only two band's i've listened to are Gackt and The Pillows... quite a small selection don't you think? I just wanted to know if there are any really really good bands out there that might stir up some interest.

Here are some american bands that i like listening to. Perhaps someone can match a good J-rock band that sounds similar to the ones that i list.

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Cure
Radiohead
NIN
TOOL
A Perfect Circle
Deftones
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Well thanks in advance to all who read and reply. :p

[kyon]

hmmmmm hard to find two bands that sound similar.....however I would recommend you Kagerou, Quruli, Lucy, Drug Store Cowboy, Bump Of Chicken, Amppez

I can post a "mega torrent" file if you want to listen to those bands

[psygenix]

Yeah i'd love to sample those bands, if it's not too much trouble to you. I've also noticed one thing with Japan band websites. Either i don't understand what it's trying to say.. or they refuse to have some kind of place you can sample their music. Really... :/ how else am i suppose to listen to see if they're good haha.

[ensignia]

My favorites that I would recommend:

Pierrot
Nightmare
Laruku (L'arc~en~Ciel for the unknowledged)
MUCC
D'espairs Ray
And you can't forget X Japan

[[UNKNOWN]]

here are some very common ones ... some border on J-Goth, depending on the song.

X-Japan
L'arc en ciel
Dir en grey
Malice Mizer

sample their music using emule, or kazaa-lite. Download a few songs, see if you like it or not before grabbing entire bittorent packs.

[Sepultura85]

ummm...are there any japanese metal bands around here?similar to sepultura,pantera,slayer,soulfly etc.?

[Llamaentity]

Malice Mizer
X-Japan
L'arc en Ciel

Those are my recommendations. Also, I recommend getting more Gackt (if you don't have absolutely everything :O!) 8D!

By the way... I love Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and Radiohead. ;]

[punkfairy]

well, my favourite j-rock band is the mad capsule marktes

but, here are my "other" bands

the distillers
the 5678s(their japanese)
the citizens
marylin manson
the fillaments
the streets
kasabian
the libertines
BMC
the vibrators
spunk
[spUnge]
the sex pistols
the clash
depache mode
rage against the machine
the prodigy (www.theprodigy.co.uk)
flesh and bone
house of pain
the cactus
mexicunts (hellova funny mex punk band)
nirvana
simon and garfunkel
the doors
jefferson airplane
sepultra
slayer
cky
H.I.M

and a bunch of others

so there is my reccomended download list for limewire lol...

[LikeMakiGoto]

I'm gonna have to suggest Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer just as someone previously mentioned, Due le quartz, psycho le cemu, Moi dix moi (don't know how to exactly spell their name) and Miyavi.

[fumoffu]

Funny no one mentioned Asian Kung Fu Generation ^^

[Ketsu]

ummm...are there any japanese metal bands around here?similar to sepultura,pantera,slayer,soulfly etc.?

haha! funny u shud ask! the only one i know that sound something like those is Dir en Grey(albeit their later works).... does any1 here know any other Jbands that sound like that? i really want to know... :(

[Otacon2]

Here are some of the most successful ones :
B'z
Mr. Children
X-Japan
Porno Graffitti
L'arc en Ciel
Glay
Luna Sea


I can't think of any other bands that are more popular than those in Japan (J-Rock-wise).

[naraku_99]

B'z they are one of my favs
tokyo jihen
sambomaster

[Swallow Your Soul]

The Mad Capsule Markets are my favourite band on Earth (luckily they've toured Europe so I've got to see them 3 times :P) - their older albums are old fashioned punk but if thats not your thing they're very different now...digital-techno-punk-rap-pop etc, but they've got some pretty heavy songs (try Tribe/Come/Bit Crusherrrr etc) as well as more upbeat and laid back songs...Osc-Dis and Cistm Konfliqt are probably their best albums imo.

[Shinma3x]

One good J-rock band that i like is Siam Shade, pretty good songs they have, even though they r kinda old.

Others good ones are X-japan, Janne Da Arc, Dir en Grey, and The Pillows.

[joesushi]

Asian Kung-Fu Generation is a great band. Also check out Art-School, Luna Sea, and Sambomaster.

[nyanyaneko]

Tokyo Jihen~

Shiina Ringo's new band~ http://www.kronekodow.com/ no streams there, though

[Yasser]

http://punktorrents.com/index.php?showtopic=56050

link takes you to a page with a torrent for:
balzac-Came Out of the Grave
doping panda-performation
hawaiian6-souls
husking bee-4 color problem
moga the

[craigzilla]

I saw X-Japan mentioned, but no one recomended hide. The hide solo albums kick ass.
L'arku and Luna Sea are good too.

[vxbloodcross]

I can't tell the difference between types of music, neh. >.>


But, just for the record, here're some that haven't been mentioned. Some I don't like, but it mostly just depends on the song. Ahaah, well, I /think/ they're all speaking Japanese. Haven't listened too closely to some.

Gazette
Rentrer en Soi
Baiser
Guniw Tools
Kagrra
Vinett
Endorphine
Penicillin

[marcdaYON]

Hi... new here... If you like punk rock, might I suggest 'Ellegarden'. Half there songs are in english, and quite good english too. Sounds very american. Infact if you heard the english tracks, you wouldn't guess they were Japanese at all. I liken them to Simple Plan.

I'd love to hear something on par with Mando Diao but I think thats pushing my luck

Cheers

[senpuuken]

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Cure
Radiohead
NIN
TOOL
A Perfect Circle
Deftones
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

well i give you a high five for your list of american music, seeing your smarter than the average person with it. um a japanese band with radiohead influence who has even mentioned it in several interviews is my favorite band, "the back horn". i recommend anything from "doko e yuku" their first cd to the most recent release "headphone children." but if you want that radiohead sound, i say start from the beginning. if you need any help finding them, just PM me or ask 13ender. 13ender is one of the coolest people you will meet on this forum, hes the only person who opened an entire personal archive of j-rock for me and is responsible for 90% of what i listen to on a daily basis.

also like i have stated before, i also recommend "thee michelle gun elephant" and chiba's (the singer) new band, "rosso." Anything else you can ask me anytime, im happy to share my jrock hard drive with ya.

[citaro]

I recommend "Coil," the band responsible for the tunes from Gitaroo Man. Really good stuff, but on a different pace than Asian Kung Fu Generation.

[LostTraveller]

Jaywalk is actually a pretty mature Jrock band, give them a try.

[LilAznBoi]

one of my favorite is asian kung fu generation and another good one is the pillow.

[KyKitBaK]

My rec:

Straightener
Acidman
The Backhorn

[Camulus]

anyone heard the j-rock band galneryus?

[stigermorgan]

l'arc en ciel
mr children
i like both others i dun really like it

[metzo]

i like these bands =D
gazette,
High and Might Colours
l'arc en ciel
BIS
MiyavI(not band tho jus one guy)
Antique Cafe (An CAfe)
Glay
and probably Alice9

[PlainRice]

ey,could you give me some torrent sites where there are jrock in it?in this site,i did not find what ive been looking for..hehe!

[Nivekqotsa]

well my favorites are...

Asian Kung-Fu Generation
L'arc~en~ciel
Beat Crusaders
Shocking Lemon
Dir en Grey

[SnoutCat]

I recommend:
Beat Crusaders
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Flow
Snorkel
etc...

[Suzuna Kuraki]

I'm currently addicted to a band J-rock/Metal called Onmyouza... Theyre awesome ><! Other good bands would be Dir en Grey, Buck-Tick... love them <3

[krasnoludka]

I'd recommend
1. Buck-Tick :neko:
2. Sakurai Atsushi
3. Anna Tsuchiya
4. J
5. Creature Creature
6. Gackt

[Princess Rinoa]

L'arc~en~Ciel
Mr Children
And have u ever heard of LIV? The vocalist is Manabu Oshio, my luv :-x. His voice is so great. Their popular song is Fly for Chaos Legions. Manabu also did the voice acting for the main character Serge.

[NekoOni]

Tokyo Jihen

Tokyo Jihen - Sounan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anJU1or6_L8)
Tokyo Jihen - Juisui Negai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF52RoxajCc)

[BlondeDevil]

some of my Favs.

Alice Nine
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Baiser(disband)
Dir en grey
doa
Ellegarden
FLOW
Gazette
Iceman (Disband)
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Janne Da Arc
Kagrra
Malice Mizer(disband)
Moi dix Mois
Nightmare
ORANGE RANGE
Psycho le Cému
Rentrer en Soi
UVERworld

And of course.... The legendary X Japan

Some recommended solo-j-rock singers.
Gackt
HYDE
T.M.Revolution

[ThisbeNen]

The Pillows
Acidman
The Back Horn
Oreska Band
Pierrot
Dir En Grey
Luna Sea
175r
shaka labbits
Bump Of Chicken
Guitar Wolf
Bz
L'Arc En Ciel
Japan X
This list Goes on XD

[scumm]

the GazettE : highly recommended. :D

L'arc~en~ciel, Nightmare, Merry, the list goes on..

[SFOHollandMGO]

BloodStain Child: a melodic goth metal band
Flow: Progressive Rock Band 97 style

[r3z s1ckn3ss]

Ya might want to try Alice Nine and Girugamesh.

[hwknight]

Sugar (Listen to Rudy Afterglow "Album")
Kurikinton Fox (A japaness guitarist on youtube who plays anime and game themes, he is scary good)
Hellman (Similar to Fox)
Laruka
X-Japan
The Gazette
Kagra

[SUGIZOLOVER]

Luna Sea
is were its at.

But there some great Japanese metalcore and punkrock bands like Crossfaith, fact,UPPER,F.I.B,RAZORS EDGE,TOTALFAT,FUCK YOUR HERO'S,Boris(who by the way have a wide array of sounds from psychedelic, metal, to hard rock) A really talented 3 piece band. After the dying,ANTHEM, BBQ Chicken,Galneryus. And at one time a Band called Mucc was once very primal in there sound kind of like early Korn but now...not so awesome. you can most of these bands from Livejournal pages and this site [url]http://www.undermusik.com/search?q=upper (this is where you can get the metalcore and hard punk from)