Some one who knows J-Rock, help.?

Question

I've just discovered j-rock, and love the bands moi dix mois and vidoll, but i want to find some other. help.

Answer 1

In the 1960s American and British counterculture figures created Psychedelic rock. However, in Japan, psychedelic rock took on a different flavor. While psychedelic rock was known for the drug intake of its performers leaving an impact on the hazy, drugged-out music, J-Rock performers tended to be drug-free, or even adamantly against the use of drugs (for example, Kosugi Takehisa, Haino Keiji, Nanjo Asahito).

Psychedelic rock first appeared in Japan in the mid to late 1960s. A few Group Sounds bands, including The Golden Cups, The Tempters, The Mops, The Dynamites and Jacks (whose "Karappo No Sekai" and "Marianne" were two of the first psychedelic recordings from the country) imitated their Anglo heros.

Like in the UK and US, the psychedelic rock scene was linked to a political movement involving young, spirited students. An economic boom brought many young people to universities, where radical politics abounded. Central to this movement, arising from the late 60s Kyoto student revolts, was the band Les Rallizes Denudés and the Taj Mahal Travellers, followed by Lost Aaraaff (whose lineup included notable avant-garde musician, Keiji Haino).

In the 1970s, singer-songwriters like Kazuki Tomokawa and Kan Mikami became popular. As in the US and UK, Japanese rock spawned a folk-rock scene, there led by Magical Power Mako. At the same time, radical progressive rock was evolving, with distinctly Japanese bands like After Dinner, Cosmos Factory, Bi Kyo Ran, Kenso, and Ruins.

From the late 1980s, popular heavy metal/rock bands such as X Japan helped define the Visual Kei aesthetic in Japanese rock and pop music. "Visual kei" is often focused upon in the West as a uniquely Japanese part of the Rock music scene. J-Rock was exported out of Japan, when in 1985, the heavy metal band Loudness, reach the american charts with the song "Crazy Nights". It gave attention to J-Rock world wide.

A fringe movement from the late 1980s in Japanese alternative rock took the form of noise rock, a sound popularised by bands such as Boredoms.

The '90s saw noise acts like the Boredoms, Melt Banana, and Zeni Geva at their height. Alternative bands like Number Girl, bloodthirsty butchers and Eastern Youth were becoming popular. Japan's Indie scene was growing.

A book on J-Rock titled jrock, ink.: a concise report on 40 of the biggest rock acts in Japan by author Josephine Yun was released in the autumn of 2005. The book features profiles, discographies and illustrations of some of the most popular Jrock artists of yesterday and today.

An English language print magazine entitled jrock ink magazine was announced in January 2006, promising to continue the propagation of J-Rock in Western countries. Coincidentally, jrock ink magazine was cancelled after only one issue. Many of its creators went on to form purple sky magazine, named after a b-side on a single by J-Rock group Pierrot.

Currently Indie bands are gaining a lot of recognition. Indie bands like Asian Kung-fu Generation, Ellegarden, Zazen Boys, Quruli, the pillows etc. have become very popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_rock_bands
http://www.ilovejapanesemusic.com/
http://www.jmignited.com/

Answer 2

i'm at present greater into Korean bands on the 2d, yet particular, i be attentive to many jap bands/singers besides. ~Cali Gari ~Malice Mizer ~Miyavi ~Dir En gray ~Nightmare ~Lulu ~Glay ~The Seeker ~Kotani Kinya ~To holiday spot ~X Japan ~Ice guy My sought after Korean band, enormous Bang, is unquestionably properly-known in Japan perfect now. I observed them on the covers of a few magazines mutually as i became over there.