Dir en grey [Archive] - Page 14

Nana007

Feb 2, 2007, 16:54

Kind of a Live Report

nward Scream Tour 07
So tonight was the kick off of Inward Scream's U.S tour. And I must say it was very nice. Not really a live report...more like random ramblings.

We (me and my friend Danielle) got there at 11 and met up with Polly and Alwin and theri friends. We were like 15th in line, so were guaranteed front row. We ate we waited...Danielle and I went to her car and took an hour nap we ate and waited some more. Finally they let us in. I ran to Die's side and got front row.

So after an hour the opening band comes on. Blead the Dream...EMO. Fair to Midland...really good music but the vocalists antics got on my nerves.

Then came Dir en grey. They opened up with G.D.S then a new song. I don't do setlists, but here are the songs I remember.

Mr.Newsman
C
Saku
Clever Sleazoid (last song)
Ryoujoku no ame
Agitated Screams of Maggots
Obscure
Shokubeni
IIID Empire
Dead Tree
The Final

A couple of new songs and some other WTD songs that I never remember the titles of. One of which he changed the lyrics to like he did in Japan. In one song Shinya had this really nice drum solo. Their are other Details but I am seriously too tired to recall.

As for the Members. Kaoru was wearing all black. He seemed really active but in all honestly I looked his way 3 times. During the encore he came to Dies side and did the I am a rockstar, love me pose and stuff. Toshiya was super bouncy like all over the place. He came on our side only once. but on his side he was allways moving. Kyo was...Kyo. He fish hooked, he cut himself, he threw his stand, he did the new crying/screaming thing he introduced in Japan. Shinya was...well AWESOME but then Shinya is allways AWESOME. Die was kind of dead. He didnt move, he didnt interact with the audience at all until the encore where he must have had some kind of expresso shot during the break because he came back full of energy.

After the show we went to an Izakaya. I had some Soba, Banana Tempura, and Onigiri. Then we came back to my friends house and I typed this and I will now go to sleep as I have to wake up early tommorow to go to Orlando.

pixy_false

Feb 2, 2007, 21:10

Ah! There's so much more stuff I wanna comment on but I'm running late for work. Aaah! Kaoru all in black!! Sorry but that's all I have in my head right now.
Wow they played Obscure, sweet!
Thanks for the report Nana. Have fun!
Yes! They're still playing GDS!

Oh and I was listening to Grieve, and it sounds like Kyo finally learned how to say f**k!! lol

Nana007

Feb 2, 2007, 21:34

I havent listened to the Leak. I am going to wait the extra few days to open my copy.

mikichan

Feb 2, 2007, 22:04

that sounds so awsome!! i can't wait for them to get here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wish i could speed up time!
good luck to all the people who get the chance to meet them! hope ur the one called!

Gaze_rocks

Feb 2, 2007, 22:20

I'm so happy!!! Dir en Grey is coming to Finland this summer! To ankkarock-festivals!!! :-) I'm going crazy here... :-o See those mens at live! :love:

Sorry for pooping out like this, but I just have to say that :D :love:

schwarzleser

Feb 2, 2007, 23:52

[QUOTE=Gaze_rocks;432621]I'm so happy!!! Dir en Grey is coming to Finland this summer! To ankkarock-festivals!!! :-) I'm going crazy here... :-o See those mens at live! :love:
[QUOTE]

real o___O wow i mean ankkarock ... ok in germany there are two times, too.
it seems to me that they this time only play to festivals, arenｴt ?

nekkyo

Feb 3, 2007, 00:07

*_* 5 more days for my turn to see them. ^___________^ Gah! I can't wait! Nana! Lucky you! Thanks for the mini summary!

darkshadow

Feb 3, 2007, 03:27

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:happy: :romance: :spray: :cheer: :hanabi: :win: :thankyou: :cute: :bravo: :bravo:OMEDETOUUUUUUU :balloon: :love: :flower: :cracker: :cake: :confetti: :beer: :v: :victory:

Saishu

Feb 3, 2007, 08:33

I don't know what to think of the album version of Clever Sleazoid.

Nana007

Feb 3, 2007, 21:35

Ok so today was the 2nd night of Inward Scream tour 07 and also Dir en grey’s 10th anniversary. Although in all honesty you would not think it. They didn’t do anything special or any old songs. It was even THE EXACT SAME SETLIST AS LAST NIGHT, but they had a lot more energy than they did last night which was a bonus. Also it’s a good excuse for me to not have to rack my mind trying to do a setlist...not that I ever do have an actual setlist on any of my live reports (^_^);;.

So we got to the concert venue kind of late as we woke up late and had some errands to run before leaving for Orlando. It’s a 3.5 hour drive from my friends house to Orlando. We got to the venue around 4:30. We found M who was already in the line. We went to eat at the HOB restuarant and then got in the line where M was, she was about the 60th group of people in line.

We decided early on in the line that we wanted to go for Balconey instead of the pit. Which later on we came to find was a good idea. So when they opened the doors we took our time and bought our merch as I didnt buy anything last night....although I am pissed because I lost the wristband I JUST bought tonight but oh well I will buy it a Baltimore. Also a new item of Merch that was not there yesterday was an OLD Dir en grey MANGA called Deadly Claris. Its written in Japanese so I cant read it but hopefully I can scan it one day and someone will a scanlation (Pretty Pretty Please). They were only selling the first volume. I don’t know if they will ever sell the second volume or if it even came out....it said the release date for volume 2 was 12/2003. Yea its JUST THAT OLD. But M never heard ANYTHING about it.

So we go upstairs and find a NICE spot on the Balcony the HOB is kind of cool in that the railing is a Bar and has stools and everything to sit upon. We had a very nice view of the stage. The 1st balcony was used as a VIP section so we had to go to the second balcony, You could still see well from there, and you still had a stool to sit on,

The opening bands came on, and as I said before EMO and SPAZZ. But Kaoru from Diru liked the second band Fair to Midland, because we can actually see him standing on the back of the stage watching and he was really rocking out to it too. He was there for at least half the set.

So then Dir come on with G.D.S and the crowd goes nuts. 2 girls had to be pulled out of the crowd in the 1ST SONG. With a Total of 13 girls being pulled out within the FIRST 5 songs and then a total of like 20+ girls being pulled out (YES I COUNTED at least up to the 20's then it got boring). Last night no one (at least on Die’s side was pulled out), having survived a Japanese pit I didnt it think it looked bad, but my friend is a HEAVY asthmatic and I know she would have had an asthma attack for sure.

Some interesting things about the members. Being at the top gave us a grade chance to see Shinya with no obstructions. If you are standing in the pit he is kind of hard to see. But from the balcony you can really see him go at the drums, and he is just AMAZING really and truly. Die had a Bury Your Dead shirt on, he didnt change it for the encore. He was also a lot more into it than he was last night, last night he was sortta kinda dead lol. Kaoru came to the front a few times and even stood in front of Kyo’s stand and played for a bit. Toshiya was like all over the place and at one time even slid across the stage on his knees playing the bass, that was really amusing to watch. Kyo fishhooked and scratched and cut, and during DEAD TREE, OMG he was playing with the fans like truly, at first he started cutting himself, then he started pulling his pants lower on his hips teasing us. And then he actually LOL no LIE turned around and hit and then picked his *** like he was picking out a wedgie...HILARIOUS like seriously I started laughing SO hard and I am not sure but I think M screamed out something like Slap that *** like a pony...? Did you M? She says it’s the first time he did that ever, he has played with his front man parts but never his butt. Also during Dead Tree like a whole bunch of crew and the band members from the other band were watching them. Like at least 10 people were on the stage watching. And Kyo also did the bucket thing and put it on his head and the bucket said Rape Me...and my thoughts was I am kind of against rape...but for Kyo you know if thats what you want....lolz

After the concert we went and walked around Downtown Disney and then left, and we arrived back to my friends house at like 3 in the morning. Everyone was so tired, its not a very long drive a 3.5 hours but we were so tired that we each drove 1 hour. I took first shift while they slept, then James, then Danielle finished it. And then bed. James was so tired he was supposed to go back to his house but he ended up spending the night at Danielles.

Merch 2 T-Shirts $25 each
Dogtags 10
Wristband 10
Poster 10
CDs and DVDs

Placebo

Feb 4, 2007, 02:54

I was at the orlando show also I was infront of nana in line. I was in the pit in the front and people were pushing like crazy. I was completely crushed thankfully I was taller then everyone so I got air. By the end of the night I was soaking in sweat and not all of it was mines (eww) and I had peoples hair all over me and in my mouth. The first band was alot better then the second. The second band was god awful.

Nothing else to say that hasnt already been said except Kyo spat water on me twice. And Toshiya also threw water into the crowd that splashed on me.

Kyo semi did his little sexy dance but it wasnt as good as when I saw them at the Wiltern. No touching himself or anything.

The thing that truly sux about DEG now is no interaction between each other and you only get emotion from Kyo. I look at footage from their earlier days they would smile and interact with each other but its not like that anymore. Perhaps they should call it quits.

Precious4e

Feb 4, 2007, 03:41

^ LoL they've definitely become more serious throughout the years...but I still think they put on quite a show.

Nana: thanks for the info. I think i'll stay away from the pit then....I don't want to get messed up lol. And did you hear anything about buying the pre-sale and getting a chance to meet the band? Do you know how that works?

Saishu

Feb 4, 2007, 03:45

What exactly is being said in the chant for G.D.S.?

Also, a lot of the interacting they used to do was mostly fanservice. I think Dir en grey is leaving that sort of thing to bands like Gazette and Alice Nine.

Precious4e

Feb 4, 2007, 04:06

^ Very true. Though I would like to see them smile more hahaha.

Placebo

Feb 4, 2007, 04:08

Im not talking about fanservice. I am talking about like Kaoru and Die play back to back and smiling. Or Kaoru coming up to Kyo and Kyo putting the mic infront of Kaorus face so he can sing. Stuff like that doesnt happen anymore.

And something else I would like to address. I personally will never attend another DEG show atleast in this country. Why? Because this is the second show that I was treated like dirt. At the Wiltern everybody and their mother (literally) was skipping and nobody said anything. So I decided to follow. Guess who they called security on? Me because I was byself and everybody else who skipped was in a group so people decided not to bother them.

Now at Orlando I was sitting at a table and some guy who use to be on this forum and his buddies asked if they could sit I said find. They became fast friends with people at another table. So a group was formed security told us to line up. I decided to stay behind the people I was sitting at the table with. They made there way upfront I followed. Guess who got b*tched at? Me!

Apparently if you go to a DEG show by yourself you decide to be a follower you will be treated like garbage.

PANTS

Feb 4, 2007, 04:19

@Nana: !!!! I didn't know you were going to the orlando show!! I WAS THERE! GAH. I was in the pit though... And it was a good idea to stay in the balcony... cus people were asses. But my view of Kyo was nice. Epecially when he pulled down his pants a bit *_*

I didn't get to see Shinya until he came out to throw his drumsticks. Anyway though, amazing show.

was it just me... or did the lead singer of the first emo band stay on the side of the stage the whole time diru was out? It seemed like he was laughing or smiling at some points! And the drummer of the first band was scary... his eyes had a creepy look... whatever.

@Placebo: You were there too!? I was in the front as well! I was right in the middle though.

I saw interaction... yeah they didn't smile at eachother... but when Kyo was on his stand, Toshiya came up next to him and started rocking out. Seemed like they were interacting.. but maybe thats just me *shrug* There wasn't A LOT of interaction... which was sad.

I'm sorry you were treated badly. There were A LOT of skippers. It was getting me a bit angry. One of my friends actually confronted the girls that skipped and we ended up back in front. It seemed like a lot of it was just shuffling and confusion. I dunno.

@Saishu: I believe it's "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" At least thats what we were chanting. Could be wrong though. Either way it really gets you pumped.

BTW! They set up the stage with the cutains OPEN! So we got to see roadies tuning and putting out stuff and taking off the drum tarp thing. Is that a normal thing for Dir en grey? Is it a Japanese thing? Or was it just a screw up? Just wondering...

I really liked it though. It gets the crowd excited and it was interesting to watch.

I bought the manga, it seems pretty cool. I had to laugh at the cover. I'm sure the red head is Die, but is the guy with black hair Toshiya or Kaoru? I say Toshiya, but my friend disagrees with me.

Saishu

Feb 4, 2007, 04:45

Im not talking about fanservice. I am talking about like Kaoru and Die play back to back and smiling. Or Kaoru coming up to Kyo and Kyo putting the mic infront of Kaorus face so he can sing. Stuff like that doesnt happen anymore.

Well I know they did things like that as recent as the It Withers and Withers tour, but I think what plays a major part in how the band acts is the music. For some reason, especially after hearing Marrow of a Bone, I just can't imagine the guys smiling or goofing around on stage anymore.

Nana007

Feb 4, 2007, 06:37

I went in the balcony not because I didn't want to be in the pit, because I love the pit I really do. But because if I cant get 1st or 2nd row then I dont want to be in the pit. We got to the venue late, so we knew it wasnt possible to get to the front so we went to the balcony. I was front row at Ft. Laud and when I go to the Baltimore show I will probally be Front Row again. For New York I havent decided what time I want line up. But I think I might go in the Balcony.

Placebo

Feb 4, 2007, 09:20

If I ever go to another DEG show i'm going to bring a poster that says "SMILE!"

Precious4e

Feb 4, 2007, 15:50

^aW that sucks. You should go by yourself. I would. Usually when i'm at a concert i'm in my own little world anyway and I don't even interact much with my friends. I might grab their arm once in a while but eH....you don't need someone to be with to enjoy the music.

mikichan

Feb 5, 2007, 00:55

the actual concert part will be fine .. but the waiting before, and once theyv finished playing will be a bit dull ... i gues ill just get there later than i originally wanted to ... i wont get the greatest spot .. oh well, i decided im not missing them just cause iv got no one to go with anymore!! itl just be me, myself, and i this time!

Placebo

Feb 5, 2007, 01:31

I went by myself and struck up conversations with random people. Lots of people did it even those in groups went off to talk to people they didnt know.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 5, 2007, 07:27

Sorry! I didn't mean for it to sound that way! I'm just saying... four seems like a lot compared to two... sorry if I sounded mean.

XDDDDDDDD OMG No you didn't sound mean you're just freaking lucky is all ^_^ If anyone sounded mean it was probably me XD

LOL I'm really excited, but at the same time I'm nervous. My mom and aunt are taking me (I can't drive :okashii:) so I'm like REALLY worried about what they're going to think (esp. about fishhooking) XD Yikes.

mikichan

Feb 5, 2007, 12:07

im still going to go, thank u precious4e and placebo .. u both made me realise i was being kinda stuped, ill just meet some random people there, and have fun .... its the music that counts anyways...

LOL I'm really excited, but at the same time I'm nervous. My mom and aunt are taking me (I can't drive ) so I'm like REALLY worried about what they're going to think (esp. about fishhooking) XD Yikes.

i just leave that out when my mum asks .. but i gues thats kinda hard to to do when theyr coming with u! good luck, i hope they dont freak out!
im happy i dont have to drive to get to the venue, i hate car rides .... i get annoyed with other drivers if im driving, and bored out of my mind if im not .. so i hope ur car ride is good too!!!

Precious4e

Feb 6, 2007, 05:15

Promo clip for Grief PV

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mJEB5L-p6wg

Thirteen

Feb 6, 2007, 06:00

I think it's amazing. It's heavier and his voice is different. Some ppl say "I don't like it, blah blah blah", but then again I love heavier things :)

Saishu

Feb 6, 2007, 08:25

But yeah, Marrow of a Bone is fantastic -- I already like it tons more than Withering to Death. My only complaint is that I still prefer the single version of Clever Sleazoid. I know they had to re-record it to match the production style of the album but... oh well. Still a great song.
Conceived Sorrow and Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi are beautiful.
And I swear Kyo is saying "OOGA BOOGA BOOGA" at the end of Lie Buried with A Vengeance. It's absolutely hilarious even though it probably isn't supposed to be.

Precious4e

Feb 6, 2007, 08:37

^ ahah oh gosh all this talk about the album makes me want to listen to it. I might since I want to know the songs before the show but....eH maybe i'll dl it later.

daki

Feb 6, 2007, 08:52

i'm gonna wait til my copy arrives somewhere in the next 2 weeks.

[~Hitsugi_love~]

Feb 6, 2007, 23:32

omg i just got back from the concert O__O
it was so beautiful especially when kyo walked on stage i screamed so hard and i jumped the highest since my friend pushed me up
kyo looked at me and crossed his eyes XDD
then he started crying and it made me cry ;-;
they were all so beautiful TOSHIYA was smiling the whoel time!! rytyudjgh

[~Hitsugi_love~]

Feb 7, 2007, 00:21

yea the pain im in now is totally worth it XDD
my arms hurt so bad i can't carry a cup
...im calling this pain KYO 8D! XDD
when i saw kyo's face my heart stopped i couldnt believe he was standing in front of me O__O...

darkshadow

Feb 7, 2007, 02:17

wuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...after the american tour....

Japan Tour Dates

TOUR07 THE MARROW OF A BONE

3/10(sat) [CHIBA] Makuhari Messe Event Hall 17:00/18:00
3/12(mon) [KANAGAWA] CLUB CITTA' KAWASAKI - FC [a knot] ONLY 18:00/19:00
3/13(tue) [KANAGAWA] CLUB CITTA' KAWASAKI - FC [a knot] ONLY 18:00/19:00
3/17(sat) [AICHI] AICHIKEN KINROU KAIKAN 18:30/19:00
3/18(sun) [AICHI] AICHIKEN KINROU KAIKAN 17:30/18:00
3/20(tue) [FUKUOKA] MIELPARQUE FUKUOKA 18:30/19:00
3/22(thu) [KOCHI] BAYS SQUARE 18:00/19:00
3/24(sat) [OSAKA] ATC HALL 17:00/18:00
3/29(thu) [TOKYO] NHK HALL 18:15/19:00
3/30(fri) [TOKYO] NHK HALL 18:15/19:00
4/06(fri) [ISHIKAWA] KANAZAWASHI BUNKA HALL 18:30/19:00
4/08(sun) [NAGANO] MATSUMOTO BUNKA KAIKAN MIDDLE HALL 17:00/18:00
4/13(fri) [MIYAGI] Zepp Sendai 18:00/19:00
4/15(sun) [HOKKAIDO] SAPPORO FACTORY HALL 17:00/18:00

and now....piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiix^^

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darkshadow

Feb 7, 2007, 02:20

thanx to:
http://www.jencray.com/DirEnGrey.htm
pictures of JEN CRAY.
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They're Wonderfulllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nana007

Feb 7, 2007, 03:59

Baltimore Live Report. http://nana007.livejournal.com/2133.html

[~Hitsugi_love~]

Feb 7, 2007, 04:15

@ yoko

OMG i couldnt breathe O__O i was so nervous and i just forced myself to keep going no matter what >__< well i waited in line for about 2 hours and i made lots of friends ;D the venue was so small i was expecting it to be bigger!!

[~Hitsugi_love~]

Feb 7, 2007, 04:20

O__O it was freezing in baltimore
everyone was crowded up in line
i think there was about 2000 people there
i wish i could have caught something T^T

Nana007

Feb 7, 2007, 05:15

More like 900ish in Baltimore.

Precious4e

Feb 7, 2007, 11:02

Full PV for Grief
http://www.barks.jp/watch/?id=1000017288
Yes they are actually in it this time!

daki

Feb 7, 2007, 11:25

as a first impression of the album (i'm not gonna d/l the leak but wait for my copy), this song didn't impress me much.....sigh.. :souka:

sunsweet

Feb 7, 2007, 12:32

Dir's next single/pv is gonna be GRIEF??? Funny enough, I didn't think anyone else would like that song much ... but after a few listens it's my fav song on the album, lol. That high-pitch girlie scream is awesome...

Riyko

Feb 7, 2007, 13:45

The PV is alright, I like how you see the members more and I like that song even though it was the first time I heard it, it's still a good song.

Precious4e

Feb 7, 2007, 14:26

^ The PV.....I thought was alright. Wasn't my favorite but it wasn't bad. Once again i'm stuck trying to figure out the whole story behind the flashes of images of blood and cuts and....white stuff coming out of the girl's mouth that can be many things........

Placebo

Feb 7, 2007, 22:27

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Die reminds me of zoolander in this pic
Die: this is my model look I have been perfecting for years!
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Toshiya: Wanna hug?
Kaoru: NO!

Those photos had me cracking up heh

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 7, 2007, 23:08

Those photos had me cracking up heh

XD Those are so funny!!! :blush:

ludoNL

Feb 8, 2007, 06:59

I just listened to 'The marrow of a bone', and I have to say: I'm really disappointed. It starts nice and mellow with 'Conceived Sorrow', but after that it's just the same repetitive garbage. Uninspired songs like 'Grief' and 'Lie Buried With A Vengeance' (I'm not even going to start with 'Clever Sleazoid', I haven't been able to take this song seriously since I've seen this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT6U3npr_XI) video) are as bad and unoriginal as their titles might suggest. Don't get me wrong, I love this band. But I don't like 60 minutes of non-stop screaming accompanied by extremely rancid videoclips which show a worm having sexual intercouse with itself.

Saishu

Feb 8, 2007, 08:38

I just listened to 'The marrow of a bone', and I have to say: I'm really disappointed. It starts nice and mellow with 'Conceived Sorrow', but after that it's just the same repetitive garbage.

Conceived Sorrow isn't the only mellow song on there. Namamekashiki... is obviously another one, but The Pledge is also beautiful in a less than conventional way.

Did you only listen to it once? Try it again; all the screaming can be overwhelming at first, but the album is a lot more diverse than people think. The Soundgarden-like riffs in Rotting Root, the almost-funk feel of Disabled Complexes, the really-interesting-and-somewhat-strange guitar textures in Grief... this album has a nice variety. The problem is that Kyo's voice tends to overpower what's going on behind him, so you miss a lot of the subtleties in the music.

I don't know -- I love the album, and I think it's a step up from Withering to Death.

Precious4e

Feb 8, 2007, 09:40

^Yea I definitely had to listen to it a few times before I got a feel for the music. Kyo's vocals were great but really overpowering at times. I'm getting used to it now. It's not exactly my favorite album but I still think its a good album.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 8, 2007, 10:32

Morning Masamune

Feb 8, 2007, 10:36

@ daki: You lucky duck!
I like their new album, though I must say I tend to lean towards their old 'Yurameki' days, back when Die's hair was really red :blush: But their music just seemed more... I'm not sure what the word is I'm looking for. I guess they had more spunk, and they seemed like they were enjoying what they were doing more than they do now.

*nods in agreement*

I think they're going for the "serious rock band" look, which isn't a bad thing in itself, it's just......

I like spunk.

Take your minds out of the gutter children.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 8, 2007, 10:39

*nods in agreement*
I think they're going for the "serious rock band" look, which isn't a bad thing in itself, it's just......
I like spunk.
Take your minds out of the gutter children.

Yeah, I miss the happiness!! And spunk!! :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: It's not that I don't like their music, but I kinda miss the old days :bawling:

Morning Masamune

Feb 8, 2007, 10:46

Yeah, I miss the happiness!! And spunk!! :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: It's not that I don't like their music, but I kinda miss the old days :bawling:
I know, i'm a s ucker for extreme looks, fanservice and copious amounts of fake blood and violence.
And most neo-VK bands are a joke, they don't have that same "something" that bands like Diru had (and still have to a lesser extent).:(
Maybe they're just tired, they are getting old.
I mean 30 is, like, ancient. :blush:
Seriously though, all they need is an early night and a nice mug of Horlicks and i'm sure they'll be fine! :p

beau99

Feb 8, 2007, 10:54

Dir en grey is better than ever.

Don't get me wrong, I like songs off of each album. It's just that I'd rather listen to "Grief" or the new version of "Clever Sleazoid" than anything off of Gauze.

Morning Masamune

Feb 8, 2007, 10:56

It's just down to personal preference I suppose. :p

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 8, 2007, 10:59

I know, i'm a s ucker for extreme looks, fanservice and copious amounts of fake blood and violence.
And most neo-VK bands are a joke, they don't have that same "something" that bands like Diru had (and still have to a lesser extent).:(
Maybe they're just tired, they are getting old.
I mean 30 is, like, ancient. :blush:
Seriously though, all they need is an early night and a nice mug of Horlicks and i'm sure they'll be fine! :p

Oh well. As long as they're happy I guess. They could have at least kept up the really sweet outfits!! LOL

Dir en grey is better than ever.
Don't get me wrong, I like songs off of each album. It's just that I'd rather listen to "Grief" or the new version of "Clever Sleazoid" than anything off of Gauze.

We all have different opinions, that's what makes the world fun and interesting!!

Morning Masamune

Feb 8, 2007, 11:02

Oh well. As long as they're happy I guess. They could have at least kept up the really sweet outfits!! LOL
We all have different opinions, that's what makes the world fun and interesting!!
I don't mind the clothes, but Toshiya's hair irks me.
I'm training to be a hairdresser and all I want to do is kidnap Toshiya and teach him how to use those rollers properly.
God DAMN Tochi, seriously. You always used to have such nice hair.

daki

Feb 8, 2007, 13:21

Dir en grey is better than ever.
Don't get me wrong, I like songs off of each album. It's just that I'd rather listen to "Grief" or the new version of "Clever Sleazoid" than anything off of Gauze.
sometimes , i miss the old days too. i bring out my Gauze copy once and in while ;their earlier music got me into them, and i'm not saying they're bad now. it's just me that who don't like too much screaming. also, i guses i like Vulgar too much to hope that they'll do something similar instead of what they're doing now?

Saishu

Feb 8, 2007, 22:22

Let's not forget that Kyo was screaming from the very beginning (remember Schwein no Isu? Zan? Rasetsukoku? Tsumi no Batsu?), it's just that he wasn't doing it that often.

As for their image, I would guess they'd rather people focus on the music and not how they look, which is understandable. I can't imagine they want to be thirty-years old and selling albums because girls think they're hot. There are a few visual kei bands out there that don't make good music, yet they're really popular because of the way they look. Dir en grey doesn't want to be a part of that anymore.

Tabz

Feb 8, 2007, 22:39

I went to a Dir en Grey concert this past monday, and I will admit, I didnt know what to expect.

I thought it wouldnt be as exciting as if they had their old look.

But I was wrong. It was amazing. And without all those distracting things to look at, I could really concentrate on listening to the music.

I think they are great, no matter how they choose to perform.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 8, 2007, 23:13

I don't mind the clothes, but Toshiya's hair irks me.
I'm training to be a hairdresser and all I want to do is kidnap Toshiya and teach him how to use those rollers properly.
God DAMN Tochi, seriously. You always used to have such nice hair.

@ morning masamune :giggle:

sometimes , i miss the old days too. i bring out my Gauze copy once and in while ;their earlier music got me into them, and i'm not saying they're bad now. it's just me that who don't like too much screaming. also, i guses i like Vulgar too much to hope that they'll do something similar instead of what they're doing now?

Ugh, Vulgar was a great album!!! I don’t mind the screaming, but when you’ve listened to their old and really original music, their new music doesn’t sound as original (at least in my opinion).

@saishu: yeah, it seems like he screams a lot now though.

I went to a Dir en Grey concert this past monday, and I will admit, I didnt know what to expect.
I thought it wouldnt be as exciting as if they had their old look.
But I was wrong. It was amazing. And without all those distracting things to look at, I could really concentrate on listening to the music.
I think they are great, no matter how they choose to perform.

Whoa! I’m not saying I don’t like them. I just miss the way that their old songs were written, not necessarily just their outfits (although those were pretty cool) but they don’t seem like they’re enjoying theirselves as much anymore.

Placebo

Feb 9, 2007, 00:17

Yeah, I miss the happiness!! And spunk!! :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: It's not that I don't like their music, but I kinda miss the old days :bawling:

Totally agree! Like I said before when I went to their concerts it doesnt feel like they want to be there and everything they do seems generic compared when I watch older live concerts they were so into it and happy. Now their like blah im old and this sux.

Precious4e

Feb 9, 2007, 00:24

Now their like blah im old and this sux.

lol thats hilarious. :lol:
I think they're just more serious now.

nekkyo

Feb 9, 2007, 00:43

I got to meet them!!! ^_____________________________^ *dying from remembering* It was awesome! I got them little gifts. I got my I'll autographed!!! gah!!! *passes out again*

daki

Feb 9, 2007, 01:01

Ugh, Vulgar was a great album!!! I don’t mind the screaming, but when you’ve listened to their old and really original music, their new music doesn’t sound as original (at least in my opinion).

in my view Vulgar was one of their most complete album. many styles, but they were all well done. you got headbangers like shoukubeni/the IIID empire, u got a climpse of anger in R to the core, u got "ballad" in kazumi, amber... i like at least 90% of the songs in vulgar. and without too much screaming, songs actually seemed like songs. and they had more emotions in the songs back then, with so much screaming now, i'm not sure what they wanna express other than anger.

pixy_false

Feb 9, 2007, 02:22

Dammit nekkyo!! You had me spazzing out at work when you sent me that text! lmao! I was restless for the rest of the day, I still have to wait until the 18th though....

Details, woman, I want DETAILS!!!!

Oh yeah, before I forget. Have they played Red [em] at all? I can't remember.

Saishu

Feb 9, 2007, 02:44

lol thats hilarious. :lol:
I think they're just more serious now.

Yeah. It's kinda hard to imagine Kyo smiling when singing a song like Lie Buried with a Vengeance. I mean, the last line is "F***! F***! F***! F***! F***! F***! YOU'RE A MOTHERF***ER!"

Not exactly Garden or Jessica, you know?

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 9, 2007, 03:14

@ daki- well stated!!
@ nekkyo- the people on this forum seem to all get to meet them, maybe I will get lucky (ahaha not like that)

Yeah. It's kinda hard to imagine Kyo smiling when singing a song like Lie Buried with a Vengeance. I mean, the last line is "F***! F***! F***! F***! F***! F***! YOU'RE A MOTHERF***ER!"
Not exactly Garden or Jessica, you know?

Exactly. I just miss those old, creative songs!!

Placebo

Feb 9, 2007, 03:15

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 9, 2007, 03:18

I don't know why some you are saying its because of the music why they are all serious now. Their music has always been dark lyrically. Now its just taking on a heavier instrumental tone along with their lyrics.
I mean their personalities while they are playing. They don't seem as happy to be doing what they are anymore, they hardly smile on stage now and what not.

Dix Princesse

Feb 9, 2007, 03:21

There could be a number of reasons for that.

Placebo

Feb 9, 2007, 03:25

I mean their personalities while they are playing. They don't seem as happy to be doing what they are anymore, they hardly smile on stage now and what not.
Exactly I mean back in the days sure the music was not heavy instrumentally speaking but the lyrics were still dark yet they still managed to crack a smile and have fun.
The only person who's on-stage personality is the same is Shinya. Shinya has the same "I don't know why I am here or where the hell I am" look on his face that he has had since La:Sadies.

When I spoke to some one during the concert I said it was kinda cool that a band lasted so long with all the original members and he said they really do not have a choice because of their contract.

So who knows but I believe its not the music thats making them serious its something else.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 9, 2007, 04:08

Exactly I mean back in the days sure the music was not heavy instrumentally speaking but the lyrics were still dark yet they still managed to crack a smile and have fun.
The only person who's on-stage personality is the same is Shinya. Shinya has the same "I don't know why I am here or where the hell I am" look on his face that he has had since La:Sadies.
When I spoke to some one during the concert I said it was kinda cool that a band lasted so long with all the original members and he said they really do not have a choice because of their contract.
So who knows but I believe its not the music thats making them serious its something else.

Yeah! I mean, I can definitely understand that they dropped VK because they want to be respected for their music and not their looks, but they shouldn't have dropped happiness along with it! :(

Dix Princesse

Feb 9, 2007, 05:37

You can try if you want. ^^;; But they'll most likely take your camera and hold it until after the show...
And they'll probably threaten to kick you out if you try to take a picture with your phone. :x
At the La show last year they searched everyone to make sure they didn't have anything like that.

Reita-kun

Feb 9, 2007, 05:39

awe... thats sad... but why... Dir en Grey... is so hott...

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 9, 2007, 05:41

Metalgear132

Feb 9, 2007, 06:13

I'm finally going to see Dir en grey on the 18th in Houston.
I wish I could have seen them earlier in the past but oh well, at least I finally get to watch the madness. :evil:

beau99

Feb 9, 2007, 08:03

And they'll probably threaten to kick you out if you try to take a picture with your phone. :x

They're actually not allowed to do that.

So yeah.

Regular cameras = no-no.
Camera phones, = also a no-no, but they can't stop you from using one.

nekkyo

Feb 9, 2007, 11:13

At the Boston show, they did check for cameras, but they didn't watch you to make sure you checked it in. However, the crowd was pretty tough at the front, so pictures would have been impossible either way. Oh, I did see people way in the back off the the bar areas with cameras taking pictures. No one stopped them. *shrugs*

I'm so sore... and I have the NY show to look forward to. ^_^;

Dix Princesse

Feb 9, 2007, 12:35

I guess it depends on the location then. But yeah I'm planning on standing on the side. >> Last time I was in the pit was really not fun at all.

RaveRabbit

Feb 9, 2007, 21:54

Wow, someone else who was at the Boston show for FVT! :hihi: I was able to bring a camera in, maybe because they didn't really bother to check me and my friend very well... :relief: I guess that works, though, (At least for me. :lol:) as the photos I got were pretty good. I'm sad that I missed the show in Boston for the Inward Scream tour, but I might get the chance to see them in Los Angeles while on vacation. :blush: Here's to hoping. :lol:

Saishu

Feb 10, 2007, 01:28

My copy of the limited edition of The Marrow of a Bone just arrived.
Packaging is really nice -- simple and classy. Can't say I appreciate the book, though; it's all black pages with dark grey text. I can hardly read it.
I also got some weird plastic... sleeve thing with the album. What the heck is it?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/leroystanks/marrowthing.jpg

EDIT: Oh hey, check this out. Each song gets two pages in the booklet -- one page for the Japanese lyrics (when applicable) and the other page for the English translation. But guess what? The English is written BACKWARDS. Be prepared to feel completely silly reading in a mirror, but also remember that the text is still hard to read because of the print and colour.

Oh, Dir en grey, you silly little tricksters.

otaku623

Feb 10, 2007, 03:49

I went to the one at the House of Blues too!
I got to meet them!!
I wrote about it and I posted it in the Die thread...He said 'Thank you' in the cutest voice imaginable!

(The Miyavi thread is a lot clique-esque...)

PANTS

Feb 10, 2007, 04:25

god just got back from phili. that cold weather took a lot out of me. and now I'm sick but it was worth it! I got kaoru's water bottle and Kyo's sig on my poster. WOOT. I wish I could go to more. Seeing them is addicting. Has anyone heard about Deg being banned from ever performing at HoB Orlando again?

IkaruJaki

Feb 10, 2007, 04:59

The English is written BACKWARDS. Be prepared to feel completely silly reading in a mirror, but also remember that the text is still hard to read because of the print and colour.
Oh, Dir en grey, you silly little tricksters.

Lucky for me I can read backwards. I wont look as silly as you!

Dix Princesse

Feb 10, 2007, 05:25

Has anyone heard about Deg being banned from ever performing at HoB Orlando again?
Where did you hear that?

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 10, 2007, 05:41

PANTS

Feb 10, 2007, 06:49

Where did you hear that?

My friend told me it's a rumor going around o tofu and lj. Not confirmed, though I wouldn't be surprised. HoB is technically on disney property. And I doubt they liked some of the things Kyo did. *shrug* I dunno.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 10, 2007, 07:23

My friend told me it's a rumor going around o tofu and lj. Not confirmed, though I wouldn't be surprised. HoB is technically on disney property. And I doubt they liked some of the things Kyo did. *shrug* I dunno.

I guess that wouldn't surprise me. I suppose they don't want that at a place where three year olds want to see Mickey Mouse. But if I was a three year old... I'd rather go visit Kyo. :cool: Ahaha.

pinkbuta304

Feb 10, 2007, 07:53

I guess that wouldn't surprise me. I suppose they don't want that at a place where three year olds want to see Mickey Mouse. But if I was a three year old... I'd rather go visit Kyo. :cool: Ahaha.
haha yeah so would i, though many three year olds would probably run away from kyo lol.
Man, i really wanted to take a camera to the concert. :( I need pictures of my gods!!!
oh well

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 10, 2007, 09:18

haha yeah so would i, though many three year olds would probably run away from kyo lol.
Man, i really wanted to take a camera to the concert. :( I need pictures of my gods!!!
oh well

LOL, can't you just imagine a three year old running up to him!? He'd be standing there like O_o? with the little kid hugging his leg XD I can just picture the look on the parent's face :giggle: I'm going to try SUPER hard to get a camera in for you all!! Spread the love!

PANTS

Feb 10, 2007, 11:27

Dix Princesse

Feb 10, 2007, 11:43

I suppose. Well it's still a rumor at this point so we'll see what happens. Although why do I get the feeling that the guys would be amused if they were indeed banned? XD

daki

Feb 10, 2007, 14:14

i just got back from the toronto show. great show, despite the fact that i hated the crowd, moshing was way overly done. i was getting tired before dir en grey stepped on stage trying to hold my ground. these ppl just don't know when to mosh and when not. to be honest i was frustrated by these unnecessary moshing throughout the night.
i got there around 4:20pm but then my fds found their fds who were there earlier so we joined them. i was standing about 8-9 rows away from the fence near the stage, standing in the middle a little bit right of Kyo. so i basicallly got a good view of every member, esp Die whom i wanted to see.
anyways, setlist for the nite:
first 3 songs i've no idea, the song dont sound familiar so i guess its new, plus i was trying to hold my ground with so many ppl moshing. but my fd said they played mr.newsman.
then they played saku.
the rest is not in order: obscure, the final, shokubeni, ryujuku no ame, kodoku ni shi su..., aishisa ha fuhei nitsuki, Jesus Christ RnR, and a few other WTD songs... and i can't recall the rest for now.
ensocre started with C, then the IIID empire, then i forgot what it was, but the last song was clever sleazoid.
Encore was really good as the boys seemed really enjoying it. kaoru and toshiya took turns standing on this plantform right in front of the crowd on the left and ppl were padding them on the shin and stuff. kaoru and toshiya came up to the front and jammed with Die, they also went to the drums to jam with shinya. but too bad encore was short, i hoped it could be longer cuz it was the best part of the night. oh ya, i don't like the sound, kyo's voice is too low and the guitars were abit too loud. for quite a few songs i had to know what it is by listening to the guitars instead of hearing from kyo. setlist wise i'm a little disapointed, was hoping for at least kodou and higeki wa...and kazumi since someone said they played it in previous shows.
i also got my self a tour tshirt, but $40 is WAY more expensive than i expected.

mikichan

Feb 10, 2007, 14:44

that sucks! hopefully u can see them if they ever do a north america tour again?? cameras r not allowed though, not even disposable, or camera phones, they pull u out if they catch u ... though i did see a lot of people using camera phones anyways ...

i just got back from the toronto concert to!! it was awsome! i got there around 1pm, and found some random people and we all stuck together ... it got really cold near the end, thank god for lawblows!! i went in there so many times!!

i moved around during the actual concert, there was a lot of pushing! even way before deg came on, like daki said, it was really annoying ... in the beginning i was in the middle of the crowd, to the right side, but by the end i had been pushed around so much i ended up 3 rows from the front, right in front of kyo ... my head got hit so many times .. im suprised i dont have a huge headache!!! and my arms kill!!

the prices of everything is SO expensive!!! 40$for a tshirt!! its insane!! i got it anyways though, lol .. the one with the tour dates at the back, i think its version A ... i also got the wristband and dogtag ... they were both 15$ each ....

i waited after the show with some people to see them, but they never came out .. the bus just left all of a sudden ... apparently someone said they thought they had seen die with a clothing rack go into the bus before, so they snuck in i gues?? i dont know, by the time i got out of the building it was an hour after it had finnished ...

i loved the wierd faces kyo made, especially when he did the one where he put his hands behind his head and waved his fingers! it made me laugh like crazy!!!

i would try to expand on the set list daki wrote, but im really bad with song names .. the ones i remember he said ... so ya

awsome amazing night i will never forget!! i can die happy now!!

oh! and apparently kyo got hurt again!!! twice hes been to toronto, both times he got hurt!!!!!!!! after the concert, when he was leaving the stage, apparently he was out of it, and fell down the stairs and hit his chin.... i swear, somethings cursed, either him or toronto! though im guessing its toronto, cause almost every concert i go to here, the lead singer gets hurt ..........

pinkbuta304

Feb 10, 2007, 14:57

awesome! i can't wait til i go on the 23d! i hope they play obscure then too :-) and i hope that theres not a lot of pushing (which i doubt) I hate those people, :okashii: they make it hard for you to actually enjoy the show!!!

Metalgear132

Feb 10, 2007, 17:45

I live in Alexandria, Louisiana and I'm going to the Houston show. :)

beau99

Feb 10, 2007, 20:49

I don't think it's a HoB thing, I think it's a Disney thing. Even though HoB is technically seperate, it still is on Disney property. And rap is one thing, but Kyo cutting and fichhooking and wearing a Rape Me bucket is something else completely. It doesn't go with the whole "Have a magical day!" attitude.
GWAR and Mindless Self Indulgence have also played the HOB in Orlando and also the one in Anaheim. What Kyo does is nothing compared to their respective stage shows.
And yet GWAR and MSI are always invited back.
My friend told me it's a rumor going around o tofu and lj. Not confirmed, though I wouldn't be surprised. HoB is technically on disney property. And I doubt they liked some of the things Kyo did. *shrug* I dunno.
I'm dismissing the whole thing as hearsay until official word comes out, which will never happen. Plus even though the HOB is on Disney property, they don't own it so they couldn't do anything about it anyway.

daki

Feb 10, 2007, 22:35

but by the end i had been pushed around so much i ended up 3 rows from the front, right in front of kyo ...
lol, we were quite near each other :wave:

while waiting for encore this stupid girl on my left just couldn't stop screaming and i really wanted to beat her up. she was shorter than me so her mouth is at where my ears are, so i absorbed all her soundwave:okashii: geez u know they'll come back out as the crew was checking the stage and not removing the sets so stop ur damn screaming.

mikichan

Feb 11, 2007, 00:30

lol, i know! some people's screams were so high pitched to! i think they broke my ears more than the music did!!!! hope she didn't break ur eardrums!
a lot of people actually left right before the encore, i dont know if they were just moving back, or actually going to leave, but there were quit a few of them!!

whosthere

Feb 11, 2007, 00:31

Wow, it so great to read all the posts about their concert!!!! I wish I had been there :( Did anyone manage to get any photos? For the people who are still waiting to see them, I hope you have a great time !!!!!

mikichan

Feb 11, 2007, 00:39

cameras arent alowed in. not even camera phones, though they let u keep those, just warn u not to use them or theyl take u out ... i met someone who had a camera, and they took pictures before the concert when they were out of their truck ... ill post those when she sends them to me ...

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 11, 2007, 02:49

that sucks! hopefully u can see them if they ever do a north america tour again?? cameras r not allowed though, not even disposable, or camera phones, they pull u out if they catch u ... though i did see a lot of people using camera phones anyways ...
i just got back from the toronto concert to!! it was awsome! i got there around 1pm, and found some random people and we all stuck together ... it got really cold near the end, thank god for lawblows!! i went in there so many times!!
i moved around during the actual concert, there was a lot of pushing! even way before deg came on, like daki said, it was really annoying ... in the beginning i was in the middle of the crowd, to the right side, but by the end i had been pushed around so much i ended up 3 rows from the front, right in front of kyo ... my head got hit so many times .. im suprised i dont have a huge headache!!! and my arms kill!!
the prices of everything is SO expensive!!! 40$for a tshirt!! its insane!! i got it anyways though, lol .. the one with the tour dates at the back, i think its version A ... i also got the wristband and dogtag ... they were both 15$ each ....
i waited after the show with some people to see them, but they never came out .. the bus just left all of a sudden ... apparently someone said they thought they had seen die with a clothing rack go into the bus before, so they snuck in i gues?? i dont know, by the time i got out of the building it was an hour after it had finnished ...
i loved the wierd faces kyo made, especially when he did the one where he put his hands behind his head and waved his fingers! it made me laugh like crazy!!!
i would try to expand on the set list daki wrote, but im really bad with song names .. the ones i remember he said ... so ya
awsome amazing night i will never forget!! i can die happy now!!
oh! and apparently kyo got hurt again!!! twice hes been to toronto, both times he got hurt!!!!!!!! after the concert, when he was leaving the stage, apparently he was out of it, and fell down the stairs and hit his chin.... i swear, somethings cursed, either him or toronto! though im guessing its toronto, cause almost every concert i go to here, the lead singer gets hurt ..........
What did the shirts look like? Aa, poor Kyo!

lpdirufangirl09

Feb 11, 2007, 11:08

ATTN: ALL GUITAR PLAYERS!!!
i'm trying to teach myself how to play guitar and i decided i'd try out some dir en grey, since it's those i'm most observent [sp?] of. what are some easy songs to play? fyi: i'm as beginner as a beginner can get on guitar. aka...i'm starting with like 1% ability. if you have tabs, non-guitar pro [cause i dont have it], that would be amazing.
thanks,
Kelly:wave:

p.s.: feel free to contact me on aim. think of it as online tutoring. heh. ^^

andie

Feb 11, 2007, 15:40

i love their new album
conceived sorrow is my fave-slow and very dramatic
clever sleazoid- i love the vocals and the pv
grief-nice song,i love it when other diru members sing,
i think this is my fave diru album,all songs are very interesting.

PANTS

Feb 12, 2007, 00:13

Though I don't know that the reason for the rumored baning was the stage performance. Sooooo. Until more info comes out it sounds like it's just some made up gossip, but if Deg did something backstage that warranted banning it could be true.

lpdirufangirl09

Feb 12, 2007, 05:33

okay, i have a super fangirl-ish question, but doesnt Die have red converse?? i recalled seeing a picture of them but i cannot find it anywhere now. anyone got one?

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 12, 2007, 07:30

okay, i have a super fangirl-ish question, but doesnt Die have red converse?? i recalled seeing a picture of them but i cannot find it anywhere now. anyone got one?

LOL I'm sure he does, I'll look around. I can try to teach you guitar if you want!! LOL :wave:

Saishu

Feb 12, 2007, 10:57

So I went to the New York show last night with my friend (IkaruJaki -- she may even post her own thoughts at some point soon). Just like at Family Values, I was so busy taking in what I was seeing that it never really hit me at THAT moment that I was actually watching Dir en grey perform live. I got home a little while ago and all of a sudden I just thought to myself, "Hey... man... you saw a full live set from Diru last night. You never thought that would happen!"

First off, here are the songs they played. Keep in mind that they are NOT in order except for a few: G.D.S., The Fatal Believer, and Agitated Screams were the first three and the encore songs are all in order. Everything else is just me remembering what they played.

G.D.S.
The Fatal Believer
Agitated Screams of Maggots
Merciless Cult
Saku
Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku
Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki
The Final
Dead Tree
Mr. Newsman
Grief
Ryoujoku no Ame
The Deeper Vileness
Audience Killer Loop
Obscure

-- Encore --

Beautiful Dirt
C
The IIID Empire
Clever Sleazoid

So the show was amazing, but here are a few standout moments:

- When Kyo came out he hopped up on his riser, pressed his hands together, and bowed his head as if he were praying and thanking/showing respect for the crowd. When he jumped down he let out a "HEEEEYYY!!!" and the crowd responded with thunderous appplause and screams. That was pretty much the only talking he did.

- During the tribal breakdown in "Grief," Kyo got the audience to clap along, which is surprising cos you don't really see him do that sort of thing. Kaoru seemed to try and get the audience even more worked up later on in the show by holding his arms out and gesturing towards us. People have been saying that the guys don't look like they're having fun on stage, but that's not what it looked like to me last night. Except for one moment...

- ...and that moment was with Die. He seemed rather... angry during "Ryoujoku no Ame" in particular; perhaps he was having some sort of technical difficulties because I saw him kick something to the side. I couldn't tell since I was pretty much dead center in the venue. During the second chorus he was letting loose with some pretty violent up strokes on his guitar... I have no idea what was up. He relaxed as the show went on, though.

- Toshiya tossed his mic stand over his head and the roadie that came out had no idea what to do with it. I think Toshiya actually told him what to do. Speaking of Toshiya's mic, his is up front with everyone else's now instead of being next to Shinya.

- Speaking of Shinya, I kept my eyes glued to the little stone-faced pretty boy during "Agitated Screams of Maggots" and "Clever Sleazoid." He looks so frail but he's a complete madman on the drums, yet he makes it look so easy. He never flinches or changes his expression the entire time. I can't even tell if he sweats!

- There was a break to allow for Kyo to do a vocal solo. He started off with what seemed like his own version of a Gregorian chant, which was surprisingly pretty enough to give me chills. He then did a seamless transition from the chant into this explosive, blood-curdling scream. The crowd went absolutely insane.

- When they showed the uncensored videos for "Agitated Screams of Maggots" and "Obscure" on the screen behind them, I could only wonder what the parents that brought their kids were thinking. When I saw the familiar image of the bloody mouthed geisha on the screen, I could only image what the parents were saying to their kids on the ride home.

It was an incredible night. The Nokia Theatre isn't a huge venue and it wasn't sold out, but I was surprised at how many people were there. Everyone gave the band tons of energy and love and I think they really fed off of it, which made the show that much better. You can tell Diru wants to make an impact in America because, despite the language barrier, they give us no less of a performance that they give their Japanese fans. When the show is over they hang around on stage and interact with the audience for a bit -- squirting water, throwing picks, drumsticks and water bottles -- giving thanks for the support. I know they were and probably still are unsure of just how much success they'll have in the States, but if last night is any indication then I'm sure they'll do just fine. They might not be huge here, but they'll have a loyal underground following.

I wish them all the best of luck. I know I'll always be there when I can.

Bloodlust

Feb 12, 2007, 11:14

beau99

Feb 12, 2007, 12:21

^ Evidentally some people were extremely rude at the New York show as well. Some idiots decided it would be a nice thing to trample people for no reason.

Precious4e

Feb 12, 2007, 12:38

^ hmmm... that happened? I didn't see much moshing going on. Only one small one started at the back but was stopped by security. There was a lot of people being pulled out though and at one point the pushing caused a mini domino effect and I saw some people fall but it wasn't anything big. But i'm sure there were people there who got punched or hit or pushed in the who mess of things.

mizerable_d

Feb 12, 2007, 12:44

It's funny, I've noticed that the only show anyone has mentioned that people were rude at was the Canadian one. We're supposed to be polite! Apparently that doesn't apply to pits at concerts? I'm not rude... just the rest of them! I apologise to everyone for the rudness of my bretheren!:sorry:
i was there at the Toronto show... i guess a bunch of noobs came and started moshing. of course, Dir is against moshing. being the midget that i am, i almost got squeezed to death trying to get closer to Die. but, all my effort paid off, i got Die's guitar pick :-)

pinkbuta304

Feb 12, 2007, 12:53

wow ur lucky! i hope i catch one too somehow!
it sounds like the NY show was pretty cool! I hope the LA show will be awesome too!

mizerable_d

Feb 12, 2007, 13:01

god, LA gets everything im so jealous. you get Dir TWICE. not fair T_T i think more and more artists are going to go to LA, cuz teh yoshiki live there, man.

IkaruJaki

Feb 12, 2007, 14:00

^ Evidentally some people were extremely rude at the New York show as well. Some idiots decided it would be a nice thing to trample people for no reason.
I saw some people getting taken out and one girl who seemed to be in a bit of shock (like she had been hit good for no reason) being taken out with a VERY concerned friend following her. But over all the crowd was really good.
"Hey... man... you saw a full live set from Diru last night. You never thought that would happen!".
I was having those moment on the train into the city (but then it was "you are going to") when we got into the nokia and during a vast majority of the concert. Along with the "Holy poop we are so close this time compared with where we were seated at FVT!!"
So the show was amazing, but here are a few standout moments:
- When Kyo came out he hopped up on his riser, pressed his hands together, and bowed his head as if he were praying and thanking/showing respect for the crowd. When he jumped down he let out a "HEEEEYYY!!!" and the crowd responded with thunderous appplause and screams.
- During the tribal breakdown in "Grief," Kyo got the audience to clap along, which is surprising cos you don't really see him do that sort of thing. Kaoru seemed to try and get the audience even more worked up later on in the show by holding his arms out and gesturing towards us. People have been saying that the guys don't look like they're having fun on stage, but that's not what it looked like to me last night.
OK loved that he was up on his stand cause I'm short and with the crowd infront of me I was on my toes or relying on the monitors to see the stage well. and it really got the audience charged up just waiting for the first sound from them. Also if you've seen the dvds of the previous tours you can see them moving away from the "joking a lot with each other on stage" thing. Even at FVT you could tell that they are moving to a more "westernized" (or american/british) style of performing. They still seem to really enjoy being on stage and looked like they were having a lot of fun. But yes to those out there who are stuck on this: they are not interacting with each other as much.
Except for one moment...
- ...and that moment was with Die. He seemed rather... angry during "Ryoujoku no Ame" During the second chorus he was letting loose with some pretty violent up strokes on his guitar... I have no idea what was up. He relaxed as the show went on, though.
- Toshiya tossed his mic stand over his head and the roadie that came out had no idea what to do with it. I think Toshiya actually told him what to do. Speaking of Toshiya's mic, his is up front with everyone else's now instead of being next to Shinya.
- Speaking of Shinya, I kept my eyes glued to the little stone-faced pretty boy. He looks so frail but he's a complete madman on the drums, yet he makes it look so easy. He never flinches or changes his expression the entire time. I can't even tell if he sweats!
- There was a break to allow for Kyo to do a vocal solo. He started off with what seemed like his own version of a Gregorian chant, which was surprisingly pretty enough to give me chills. He then did a seamless transition from the chant into this explosive, blood-curdling scream. The crowd went absolutely insane.
Everyone gave the band tons of energy and love and I think they really fed off of it, which made the show that much better. You can tell Diru wants to make an impact in America because, despite the language barrier, they give us no less of a performance that they give their Japanese fans. When the show is over they hang around on stage and interact with the audience for a bit -- squirting water, throwing picks, drumsticks and water bottles -- giving thanks for the support. I know they were and probably still are unsure of just how much success they'll have in the States, but if last night is any indication then I'm sure they'll do just fine. They might not be huge here, but they'll have a loyal underground following.
I wish them all the best of luck. I know I'll always be there when I can.
ok as for Die I wouldn't say he was angry, just agitated and am thinking there may have been a monitor or cord problem.
As for Toshiya being up front more it may also have had something to do with the depth of the stage. And Shinya continues to amaze me. I love to watch him play. Little stoic boy that he is onstage.
So yeah Saishu pretty much covered it. I will say that after seeing the at FVT it was a bit easier to REALLY enjoy the show cause while I still wasn't sure if I'd ever get to see them headline a show in the states, it wasn't quite the same shock of seeing them live for the fist time ever and knowing that we'd get to do the meet and greet after there set. and Saishu seemed to be able to respond a bit more as opposed to the deer-in-the-headlights stance he had at FVT. But like I said I was in almost as much shock then too.

And I may post more later but I'm a bit tired so this is it for now.

daki

Feb 12, 2007, 16:01

i was there at the Toronto show... i guess a bunch of noobs came and started moshing. of course, Dir is against moshing. being the midget that i am, i almost got squeezed to death trying to get closer to Die. but, all my effort paid off, i got Die's guitar pick :-)
just out of curiousity, were you the girl who got Die's pick on the ground after the show ended?

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 12, 2007, 23:58

Ugh, reading these makes me so flippin excited! :bluush: I'm worried about what my mum is going to say too!!!! :giggle:

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 13, 2007, 03:58

@ Steph<3j-rock - several people on this forum have gotten to meet them already. :-) Hope I get to. :bluush:

mizerable_d

Feb 13, 2007, 05:56

just out of curiousity, were you the girl who got Die's pick on the ground after the show ended?
yes, the asian one with a pink superlover shirt... i got lucky and found it :D people around my were looking for too, but i was quick :D

Precious4e

Feb 13, 2007, 06:11

@ Saishu: I just read your review. I was at the NYC show too :wave: . The Nokia actually did sell out the day of the show. It was awesome. A big SOLD OUT sign was flashing on the screens with some Diru footage in the back. But the show was awesome. Shinya is a killer on the drums. I don't know how he does it. And they played Audience Killer Loop? I wonder where my mind was at that time because I can't remember the songs they played for the life of me. I just remember that it was great.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 13, 2007, 06:56

i was there at the Toronto show... i guess a bunch of noobs came and started moshing. of course, Dir is against moshing. being the midget that i am, i almost got squeezed to death trying to get closer to Die. but, all my effort paid off, i got Die's guitar pick :-)
Don't feel bad, you're probably taller than me :lol: I live near Minneapolis. Nothing cool comes here! :bawling:

@Precious4E- Shinya drums like crazy!! I don't understand how it is humanly possible sometimes XD

Precious4e

Feb 13, 2007, 13:52

^ Hahaha Diru pits don't sound fun at all. I gave up on trying to get close to the stage and just settled for the front row in the second level (which isn't that far away from the stage). Great views and free from harm. Though I got bruises from rubbing against the railings...but whatever. I was glad I had air to breath.

daki

Feb 13, 2007, 14:06

but during the encore i just got really really high and started pushing everyone in front of me. ya also people genrally smelled like horse crap, which was unpleasant.
encore was the best part!!! too bad it was short :(

daki

Feb 14, 2007, 03:21

^ if you plan on being in the pit bring water.....and be mentally prepared?
they don't let u bring in water.

mizerable_d

Feb 14, 2007, 05:24

they don't let u bring in water.
ya bastards... they just wanna make us buy over-priced water.

Precious4e

Feb 14, 2007, 06:24

^LOL forgot about that....I bought drinks...but they were cheap compared to what i'm used to so I was happy. But the water is ridiculously priced! $3 for a tiny little thing. I'll say hide it if you can lol.

Precious4e

Feb 14, 2007, 07:36

But anyways.....I finally logged onto the Marrow of A Bone page. Anyone else check it out? It's pretty cool. Has some diary entries from the band's freelance journalist and some pics of them eating.

*Satsuki*

Feb 14, 2007, 14:39

Shinya B-day on 24th!! ^-^

andie

Feb 14, 2007, 21:01

happy hearts day to dir en grey and to you guys,enjoy watching diru live,i so envy you guys.have fun

beau99

Feb 14, 2007, 21:39

LMAO!
Did everyone else get this message. Funny how I'm getting it for the LA show, but I didn't get it for the Boston or NYC show. I guess parents have been complaining.
Yeah... people (mostly parents) were seen walking out of the NYC venue, puking in disgust.

Precious4e

Feb 15, 2007, 03:10

Hahaha truthfully Diru shows should not be all ages. There's some pretty heavy stuff going on. But kids grow up so fast these days :okashii: ...and they've probably seen the PVs online. But bringing your parents to the show is just like asking them to ban you for life from listening to JRock (unless they are open minded like nekkyo said)

gravenimage

Feb 15, 2007, 08:14

Heh, hi?
I just made an account to post this- but hey, a new forum wouldn't be bad at all!
I was at the Toronto show, and this is the first I've talked/seen any fans complain that much about the pit. I dunno how things were looking behind me, I was facing forewards/sideways the whole show. lol, when one of you guys mentioned the sweaty guy with it dripping off his hair...I was sad it could have been me.:(
Hopefully I wasn't that bad. I dunno, I went a little nuts. I've been waiting 4 years to see Diru and that was the night. There wasn't so much moshing it seemed as just surges in the crowd to get as close to the sex on stage as possible. I'm used to punk/ska shows, so I guess I'm fairly used to jackasses at shows, but I did find a lot of people disreagrded fallen people. I made a damn good effort to help everyone back up and get a path cleared for those trying get out the front.
I loved the show, easily my favorite (which beats out my old, Big D/Streetlight, for any ska fans...lol) but the rabbidness of us all was sorta crazy. I headbanged a little during the encore, and jumped when Kyo called for it, but really tried to just get closer, rather than mosh into all the people who were like...really shorter than me. :bluush:
lol...I ramble. But yeah, dunno if anyone would remember me- I was wearing a spaceman with a stero hoodie (so freakin' hot in there!)...dead centre, only a few people from the front, accepted chicken from some guy I didn't know in line. Yeah. That woulda beeeeeeeeeeen me. :relief:
Did any of you have the state of mind to remember the set list? I've been trying to remember since the show, but it's blurred by me almost passing out. :(

Riyko

Feb 15, 2007, 15:23

T_T i'm still waiting for my copy of Marrow of A Bone to come in the mail, but my luck by the time it does come they won't have the site up anymore and i will miss everything.

Precious4e

Feb 15, 2007, 15:30

^ haha aW don't worry the american release date isn't even here yet so there's still plenty of time for the site to be up.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 16, 2007, 03:36

Okay guys, here’s my post about my experience at the Minneapolis concert as promised! It started off terrible; I got in line at about 3:30 (the concert starting at 4:30) and was about 40th in line or so. It was about five degrees out, and they decided not to open the doors until 5:30 because the 1st opening band was having troubles with their sound checks. Everyone was pissed and I couldn’t feel my toes. The opening bands sucked really bad; the first band was trying way too hard, and the second band was a bunch of geeks. The singer had like five bald spots. They reminded me of that one band on School of Rock. Ish. Well, I didn’t get to take pics because…. I GOT TO STAND IN THE FRONT ROW!!! I was about five feet away from my idol Kaoru!! That was cool. There wasn’t that many people there, maybe four-hundred or so.
The show was incredible if I dare say orgasmic. They started with G.D.S, then (if I remember right XD) They then played The Fatal Believer, The Final, Agitated Screams of Maggots, Merciless Cult, Saku, Obscure, Ryojuku no Ame, The Deeper Vileness, Beautiful Dirt, The IIID Empire, and Clever Sleazoid (I hope those are in the right order)
They seemed pretty happy to be there, especially Kaoru. He was raising his arms and getting everyone to scream :lol: Kyo’s vocal solo was incredibly beautiful, I couldn’t help but cry. Ryojoku no Ame and The Final got me good too, especially since a lot of people were singing along with it. It was really powerful. :bawling: Toshiya seemed really happy and excited, and was being really goofy. I couldn’t help but laugh a few times!! :lol:
Shinya was absolutely phenomenal on the drums. I swear I don’t understand how it is humanly possible for him to drum like that. I didn’t get to see Die very well as he was about thirty feet away from me, but he seemed pretty happy to be there too, at least as far as I saw. Kyo was amazing, surprisingly he didn’t spit blood on anyone, he kept it to himself :lol: I couldn’t help but smile when he dumped the water bucket that said "RAPE ME" on it on his head and when he did his little sexy dance!! :lol: About twenty people passed out, it was ridiculous. However, as far as I could see there wasn’t any moshing, but I guess it was possible since I wasn’t exactly looking behind me the whole time. The person behind me kept shoving me though, and it was really annoying. :okashii: I was surprised I didn’t lose my voice from screaming so much :lol:
Surprisingly, neither my mum or my aunt thought that it was scary or disgusting. My mom thought that it was ‘different’ and the only comment that my aunt had to say was ‘the lead singer had a nice stomach’ :okashii: But I guess that’s better than them being all freaked out and what not. Though my aunt did ask for the lyrics in English. I think I’m gonna pass on that one. :lol: I didn’t catch anything, or get to meet them :bawling: I worry that I will never get to meet them. BUT! To be optimistic, Toshiya touched my hand when I reached it out as he walked by, so at least I got something!! :bluush: Oh yeah. My neck hurts REALLY bad today. But they had free water at the place I went :lol: We didn’t have to pay $4 or anything. BY FAR the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had :blush: :lol: I hope I didn’t miss anything!

daki

Feb 16, 2007, 08:32

^ 400 ppl only?? wow, must feel so nice without those ridiculous pushing that i had.
ya, the 5 bald hole singer band sucked the crap out of whatever you wanna call it. i think they're Fair to Midland if i remember correctly.

pinkbuta304

Feb 16, 2007, 08:52

aww man! that show sounded awesome! you touched toshiya?:shock: LUCKY!!! omg i wanna touch em! lol who doesnt!
8 days until i go! i'm pretty sure that i'll end up fainting! like...90% sure cuz i get all weak and stuff when i get a little tired! Oh man, i'll try my best not to

pinkbuta304

Feb 16, 2007, 15:40

ahh! Kyo's birthday is tomorrow!:yeahh: 31?

Yumiko_Okahawa

Feb 17, 2007, 04:59

awwww~
Man~ i read you concert experiences and~ Gosh... i'd like to go, too~ man, where are you guys? *sob*
They gave two concerts here in germany last May and I were there~ that was the best concert I ever visited ><" And I want them to come back again, so I hope for this year~ ;_;

Anyway~ thanks for your writing.. ^^

And: Happy Birthday, kaoru-sama! ^^ It's almost Feb 17th over there in japan! ^^

Reita-kun

Feb 17, 2007, 06:13

Happy ALMOST birthday Kaoru!

pinkbuta304

Feb 17, 2007, 06:44

happy birthday to Kyo!! :confetti:

Riyko

Feb 17, 2007, 16:11

^ haha aW don't worry the american release date isn't even here yet so there's still plenty of time for the site to be up.
I got my copy in the mail yesterday and visited the site, they have alot of stuff that is coming soon *_* lets see if they actually get everything up on the site or not. I opened up the cd, but I haven't listened to it at all. It's sitting on my living room floor with a notebook on the top of it (normally I would of listened to it 4-5 times through, but I don't feel like it let alone even want to look at the album). I was asked what's the point of getting a cd if your not going to listen to it and I said what's the point of listening to the cd when you have no one to discuss it with.

daki
You should get your copy of the cd no later then tuesday (i'm assuming)

Saishu

Feb 18, 2007, 00:48

I can't imagine Diru would want to tour with Despairs Ray or Gazette, anyway.

daki

Feb 18, 2007, 01:20

daki
You should get your copy of the cd no later then tuesday (i'm assuming)
i got mine thursday, good album, could be better. Loving Tsuya ka shiki ansoku... at the moment. best song in the album along with conceived sorrow. the unplugged disc is very very well done. the bad part is the clear plastic folder thing that comes with it is dented/cracked abit during shipment.

I can't imagine Diru would want to tour with Despairs Ray or Gazette, anyway.
agreed. don't see them doing so anytime soon. but Fair to midland is just plain bad. gotta find some better bands to support. the crowd was like DEAD in toronto during FTM.

pinkbuta304

Feb 18, 2007, 07:12

that's so wiered! Last night i had a dream that diru was on tour with despairs ray and i went to watch them.
Happy birthday to Kaoru!!! :confetti:

andie

Feb 18, 2007, 14:55

I can't imagine Diru would want to tour with Despairs Ray or Gazette, anyway.

me too,i think it is impossible,more so,gazette is like compared to diru when it comes to the sound and sometimes ruki sounds like kyo,but i love both gazette and diru

Riyko

Feb 19, 2007, 07:41

I'm not saying the bands would gel to much...I'd just rather see them than fair to midland or bleed the dream.
Hell, anyone who sounds good I'm all for. I just hope diru tours again and comes back to T.O. really... I already miss that night. :(

Diru will definately go back to Toronto when they tour north america again (which hopefully will be soon, but not so soon that they don't get a chance to rest.)

xpenginikix

Feb 19, 2007, 10:16

OH! Also- by the time I got back to the apartment after said show it was my birthday, therefore making it the best birthday EVER! ^^

Oh, does anyone else think that their shows here are sortof...mm, screened for an American audience? Watching their shows in Japan vs. going to shows here, I feel like they're not as active. I mean, Kaoru used to bounce around the stage and both times I saw him he barely moved, let alone fanserviced. I know they're not technically VK anymore, but, really? Also, Kyo should talk to the crowds! I know his English isn't great, but if everyone in the crowd is the least bit like me they would swoon to hear him talk in Japanese anyways, even if they only understood snipets. It gives them an air of...arrogance? Since there's little to no audience interaction, save at the end when they throw stuff into the crowd. So it's funny, to me, that they would sortof censure their performance, but also opt not to talk, making them seem more menacing then if they didn't censure themselves. -shrug-

Saishu

Feb 19, 2007, 10:43

My friend (IkaruJaki) and I did the meet and greet at Family Values. We got to meet Die and Kaoru. It was just a quick line up for a hand shake, but it was still pretty cool.

I was at the Feb 10 NYC show and it didn't seem much different than what I saw on the It Withers and Withers DVD. That is -- as it's been said before -- they really don't do much running around and playing with each other anymore. Although, if you noticed, Kaoru did run over to Die's side during "C," Besides, Kyo is more than animated enough; he encouraged a clap along for crying out loud! When has he ever done that?

daki

Feb 19, 2007, 15:18

Diru will definately go back to Toronto when they tour north america again (which hopefully will be soon, but not so soon that they don't get a chance to rest.)
hey, we sold them out and helped them rocked toronto, they definitely gonna come back. don't see a reason why they won't with such fan base.

xpenginikix

Feb 19, 2007, 23:13

True, true. I guess it's relative to their new stuff? But, it's a general want for more crowd interaction, yes? Because as amazing as their shows are now, the energy in the Japanese crowds seems a tad different. Also, they have co-ordinated dances. In the NYC show, they sortof just...stood there. -shrug- And, at Family Values, there was only a small pit area (in Mansfield) and it was mostly full of Korn fans, so Diru really didn't get a great reaction. (we were stuck in the seats...>.<)

IkaruJaki

Feb 20, 2007, 02:26

Diru will definately go back to Toronto when they tour north america again (which hopefully will be soon, but not so soon that they don't get a chance to rest.)

Do they ever really take time to rest? They seem to be going all the time, either touring or in the studio. I think I'd rather wait a year or more to see them again if it ment they got to take a real break.

xpenginikix

Feb 20, 2007, 04:17

Mm, the NYC show was the day after the Toronto show, and their tour was right after the Family Values stint. I was afraid Kyo's voice wouldn't be all that great, but he's been managing. Between the cigarettes and the screaming and the intensive tours...that's pretty darn good. Also, I need the time to save up money to go and see them...the two concerts so close together, both of them requiring lodging and food for at least two days is killer on my wallet. I'd rather see them wait and take time off to cool down and recharge too.

beau99

Feb 20, 2007, 04:20

Do they ever really take time to rest? They seem to be going all the time, either touring or in the studio. I think I'd rather wait a year or more to see them again if it ment they got to take a real break.
Yeah, they rest all the time. Instead of touring for a year or so at a time like a lot of bands do, DeG does their touring in two-month intervals. Tour for a couple months, then rest a month or two.

xpenginikix

Feb 20, 2007, 04:21

Mmm, yush. And, besides, they managed to squeeze out a single and a new album between them, so they can't be that busy, ne?

Precious4e

Feb 20, 2007, 07:54

Besides, Kyo is more than animated enough; he encouraged a clap along for crying out loud! When has he ever done that?
Ah one of the highlights of the night lol. That was kinda unexpected for me actually and I was glad he did that ^^

pinkbuta304

Feb 20, 2007, 12:47

hmm.. how long do their shows last???:?

Forever_Love

Feb 20, 2007, 23:06

Iih, my first message:blush:
Well, i love dir en grey. I listen theyre music all the time:-)
I'm gonna see them in summer, when they come here, finland. I've never been this happy:bluush:
By the way, i'm not good at english... Dont judge me, i'm only 12.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 20, 2007, 23:15

Sorry I haven't been on. My computer crashed :bawling:

@ Daki - Yes, the pushing was so annoying! :okashii:
@ pinkbuta304 - Tee hee, yes I touched Toshiya :bluush: It was awesome.
@ Yumiko_Okahawa - I'm by Minneapolis ^^
@ gravenimage - Lucky. I wish I could have missed them, so sucky!! :lol:
@ Placebo - Dir en Grey and MUCC together would be amazing :bluush:

Happy late birthday to Kaoru and Kyo! :blush:

Reita-kun

Feb 21, 2007, 05:02

Ahh! now all that I can think about is Dir en Grey and MUCC... TOGETHER!!! AWESOMNESS!!!

I hope Kyo and Kaoru had a good birthday... ^^

Bloodlust

Feb 21, 2007, 05:33

I saw Kyo on his b-day and he seemed a bit pissed off(?). The crowd at the Denver show was moshing and some annoying little fan girls wouldn't shut up. I think I actually heard him tell the people to shut up at one point? After the encore he just kind of stormed off the stage. Is that his normal exit?
Regardless, it was the best show I've ever been to in my life. I was right about the energy they produced. I spent the whole time hanging off the balcony and just watching. No screaming or jumping or head banging... I didn't want to miss a moment. The first 2 bands sucked, but Diru made it worth sitting through the emo crap. And all of the hell I went through to get there...
I didn't want it to end.
I heard a rumor that they are tentatively thinking about doing Family Values again... anyone know anything?

*edit* Plus, I got gum on my friggen skirt! Still worth it...

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 21, 2007, 05:37

I know, the screaming fan girls piss me off. I mean yeah, they're good looking. They probably know this. Leave them alone XD He stormed off at the concert I went to as well. I was headbanging to a few songs though. I was so sad when it was over, I was standing there like nooooooo.... :bawling: I wish they would do meet and greets. I have so much I could say. I don't like the whole drawing thing. I never win them. EVER.

Reita-kun

Feb 21, 2007, 05:38

Aaaa... I wish I could give them a present or something! :blush: But they have so much money I wouldn't know what to get XD
I wouldnt know what to get them either... I mean... what do you get them... when they have so much money... @___@ so confusing...
I saw Kyo on his b-day and he seemed a bit pissed off(?). The crowd at the Denver show was moshing and some annoying little fan girls wouldn't shut up. I think I actually heard him tell the people to shut up at one point? After the encore he just kind of stormed off the stage. Is that his normal exit?
Regardless, it was the best show I've ever been to in my life. I was right about the energy they produced. I spent the whole time hanging off the balcony and just watching. No screaming or jumping or head banging... I didn't want to miss a moment. The first 2 bands sucked, but Diru made it worth sitting through the emo crap. And all of the hell I went through to get there...
I didn't want it to end.
That is so great that you went to go see Kyo-sama on his birthday... I dont know if that is his normal exit... but you never know with Kyo-sama yeah? Diru is awesome... they are worth anything... ^________^
I heard a rumor that they are tentatively thinking about doing Family Values again... anyone know anything?
I havent heard of that... them doing Family Values again... that is news to me... I should pay more attention...
I know, the screaming fan girls piss me off. I mean yeah, they're good looking. They probably know this. Leave them alone XD He stormed off at the concert I went to as well. I was headbanging to a few songs though. I was so sad when it was over, I was standing there like nooooooo.... :bawling: I wish they would do meet and greets. I have so much I could say. I don't like the whole drawing thing. I never win them. EVER.
Yeah... screaming fangirls piss me off too... he probably left because of that you know...

Bloodlust

Feb 21, 2007, 05:45

From the way he behaves, Kyo knows he's beautiful. Besides, these men are on the stage, pouring their hearts out performing for the crowd. The least we can do is have respect enough to shut up and listen. Right?
I don't think I'd want to do a meet & greet. If I meet them, I want to be more than some faceless fan they say thanks to and forget 2 seconds later. If I can't pick Kyo's brain, I'd rather just keep to my fantasies (don't get excited, most of them involve simply speaking with him).

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 21, 2007, 05:48

Exactly. If I were up there and just showing how I feel so strongly like that and all that the fans did was scream instead of listen, I'd be really upset as well. Jeez. I want them to do a meet and greet, but I'd want to know ahead of time so I could plan out exactly what I wanted to say. Hopefully it would mean something. I wouldn't just be like 'OMG you're so kawaii' Those people should be smacked :lol:

Precious4e

Feb 21, 2007, 06:35

Haha I had an annoying screaming fangirl in back of me. I was so irritated when she started screaming during Kyo's solos. She didn't have common sense enough to see that the whole room was quiet but her.

But Kyo...I don't know if he usually storms off... for my show he just took the bucket off his head and got off stage....Seems they all enjoyed the show = T

Saishu

Feb 21, 2007, 06:38

As much as I want to see Diru live again, I almost don't want them to do another tour with Family Values. The general crowd that attends that show is full of close-minded goons that shout insults at the band just because they're from another country. I know it would be in Diru's best interest to tour in America as much as they can, but it would be nice if they just did another headlining tour instead. I prefer when they play a full set, and I also prefer the small clubs because you can actually enjoy the lighting and it's a lot more intimate.

If they do join Family Values again, I'll definitely go just to see Diru, it's just really difficult to ignore the idiots in the audience.

Reita-kun

Feb 21, 2007, 06:39

I heard that Korn wanted them to do the FVT again... but as Riyko said... If they are going to do that European tour in august... I dont see how they will do the FVT...

I mean Kyo-sama probably doesnt storm off like that in the shows... but I think in those particular shows he did because of the lack of respect people had when they were screaming when he was singing...

I mean, if I was him.. .I guess I would have dome the same thing...

Saishu

Feb 21, 2007, 10:19

Kyo doesn't really stick around when a show is over anyway, does he? He doesn't hang around with the rest of the band while they throw stuff out into the audience. At the NYC show he stood there for a bit with the bucket on his head, removed it, then walked off.

I don't know if Kyo would be upset about American crowds moshing... I keep reading reports that Japanese fans are just as vicious, if not more so. On one side of the world you've got people getting into small group fights, on the other side you've got people trampling each other to be in front. There isn't much of a difference there.

I doubt he'd be upset over people enjoying him "bleeding." He does it at every show -- it's a part of the performance. And, well... I've already said here before that most of the blood isn't real, but I won't get into that again.

Anyway, maybe I just got lucky and the NYC show just went amazingly well. The band was already pretty much warmed up to us as soon as they played the first song, and they were clearly enjoying themselves up there.

pixy_false

Feb 22, 2007, 02:59

All I can say is that the band was totally into their performance, except for Die, he was just there, lol.

Precious4e

Feb 22, 2007, 03:31

^ Aw it seems that Die is always the one that is just there lol. At the NYC show it took him half the show before he started really getting in to it.

Bloodlust

Feb 22, 2007, 03:37

Die seemed to be having fun in Denver...
I'd be interested in seeing an article about the rock throwing too.
Violence is never the best answer but sometimes it's the most fun... but it should never be the first resort!

Reita-kun

Feb 22, 2007, 05:10

yeah... that would be really bad! NO ONE HURT KYO!!!!!!!

Bloodlust

Feb 22, 2007, 06:05

Apparently people were throwing rocks at them at Family Values... we were just interested in getting more info on it. Someone threw a water bottle and hit the drums in Denver. Just missed Kyo's head. Those people irk me.

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 23, 2007, 00:11

@Reita-kun - I would get so mad if Kaoru or his guitar got hit. If anyone hit ANY of them I would have a fit XD

@Bloodlust - What a bunch of *word I am not allowed to say on here* Why would you throw a rock at them? That's digusting. Eww smelly cab drivers!? :lol:

The place I went to in Minneapolis was in the "hood" so I know what you guys in LA are going through!! :lol:

@pinkbuta304 - Bring a cute umbrella! :bluush:

Bloodlust

Feb 23, 2007, 04:11

Yoko_Kisaragi - I think there were a bunch of bigots there or something. From what I've heard, the people there didn't know who they were and decided to throw rocks at the Japanese guys. I think it was only in one city, though. It still really makes me mad.

Yup, or smelly cabs... Humans are gross. I get peed on by animals all the time (at work, not some twisted hobby) and they never disgust me as much as a public washroom!

You know where I'd love to see DEG go? Ozzfest. I think they'd be better received there, and (on a purely selfish level) the other bands playing might actually interest me! If I ever hit FVT, it would be solely to support DEG. Do they even do Ozzfest anymore?

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 23, 2007, 04:16

Gosh, racist people suck!!!! :auch: My parents won't allow me to go to Ozzfest, so I'd hope they wouldn't do that. I would only go to FVT for Diru too, then probably leave :lol:

Reita-kun

Feb 23, 2007, 06:36

@ Yoko_Kisaragi: I cant go to Ozzfest either... TT_____TT I think I could only go to FVT... *wants to see Kyo-sama*

Bloodlust

Feb 23, 2007, 07:24

I'm a parent and I'd rather have my daughter go to Ozzfest than FVT!!! Yeah, I think that would be a great idea! DEG would friggen' rock Ozzfest! Plus, we metal heads are more polite, I'm sure:-)

Michiko-kitsune

Feb 23, 2007, 08:44

Hi everyone, new to the forum. :3 I've been a Diru fan for something like a year and a half.

I just recently started to really like their "new" stuff (Withering to Death and up) a lot more than I used to, and on top of that I got to see them in Minneapolis on the 14th so I guess my love for them has been rekindled lately. XD

Just thought I'd introduce myself since I'll probably be popping in from time to time. X3

beau99

Feb 24, 2007, 08:07

I think they will do Ozzfest...
I highly doubt it, considering they have European festival dates at that time.

pinkbuta304

Feb 24, 2007, 16:37

OMG! i just got back from the LA show. It was AMAZING!!!! :-)
They seemed very energetic! They were very into it. At one time kauro went to die's side and started pumping up the crowd by waving up his arms then toshiya went to the front and started waving his arms up! ahh it felt like a dream!
Oh and during Grief Kyo began to clap and made everyone clap along. He also giggled a bit, it sounded so cute everyone laughed when he did that. I didn't see as much fish hooking as i thought i would.

IkaruJaki

Feb 24, 2007, 23:09

Sorry I'm a bit behind on posting. anyway...
I'm not sure if you all have seen any of the DVDs of the live shows, but Kyo allmost always walks off right after he's done. So I don't think he's storming off the stage per-say.
And for being mad that people enjoy him bleeding? Highly doubt it since, again from the dvds, he's been doing it for a while now. But it seems from the FVT and this current tour, that he's doing less of the bleeding for effect thing.

Bloodlust

Feb 25, 2007, 01:00

Yeah, I read in an interview somewhere that he does it to see how far he can push himself. Less for the crowd and more for personal reasons. The fake blood was for effect, I'm sure, but I saw no fake blood in Denver. All Kyo. He's a very interesting man... to me anyway. He doesn't seem to see the world as the rest of us do. I've said it before, I would love to just sit and talk with him. He might actually understand me!

Reita-kun

Feb 25, 2007, 05:25

My friend... Kagura (thats her sn for this forum), she went to there concert last night... and she got to see them!!! and she said that Toshiya... or Shinya... i think its Shinya... well they waves at HER!!!!! She is so lucky i tell you!

I highly doubt it, considering they have European festival dates at that time.

Yeah... i just read up on it somewhere...

pinkbuta304

Feb 25, 2007, 05:49

yeah the guys seemed very energetic last night. it was so beautiful i almost cried :( lol jk
Oh, kyo picked up his red box thingy and started throwing it across the stage and toshiya picked up his mic stand and was using it upside down before he threw it behind him.

Bloodlust

Feb 25, 2007, 06:42

Kyo threw the box thingy in Denver too. A roadie came out to pick it up and he turned around and grabbed it again, and the roadie had to run away! It was funny.

pinkbuta304

Feb 25, 2007, 06:58

lol yeah the roadies were running around everywhere. Kyo has a cute giggle. He was singing and then it got all quiet n stuff then he let out a little giggle, it was cute.

Bloodlust

Feb 25, 2007, 08:11

Don't tell him that!!!!

Precious4e

Feb 25, 2007, 13:47

^ you kind of missed out on the tour...their last show is today in San Francisco...:souka:

And there hasn't been any word of any more shows in the US this year.

pinkbuta304

Feb 25, 2007, 14:47

yup, their done this sunday. Then they go to europe this summer

andie

Feb 25, 2007, 15:10

i just hope that their exposure to american bands wont change them,i know some american bands are like too vulgar and i dont want them to corrupt dir en grey,i dont want them to act like some western band,i want dir en grey to be dir en grey.

pinkbuta304

Feb 25, 2007, 15:12

oh yeah, Happy Birthday to Shinya!!!:confetti:
i read in yoshiki's blog that diru went to his place after last night's show to celebrate Shinya's b-day and that they drank all night. I wonder how today's show went for them
andie: i agree with you

Saishu

Feb 26, 2007, 01:22

Well, Dir en grey has pretty much always been... vulgar, although I guess they really didn't do anything over the top lyrics-wise until "Zomboid."

I wouldn't worry about the band changing too much. They've got a new sound (for the better, I believe) compared to ten years ago, but they still sound like Dir en grey. For one, Kyo's voice is pretty much unique unto himself and immediately recognisable. Secondly, even though they play a lot of fast and heavy stuff now, they still compose songs like "Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki," and "Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi," two gorgeous songs that are perfect showcases of their excellent songwriting abilities and willingness to be diverse.

Opening The Marrow of a Bone with "Conceived Sorrow" was a pretty ballsy yet fantastic decision. It's like they wanted to show us that they can still convey powerful emotions without Kyo screaming over loud music. Then they crack us over the head with "Lie Buried with a Vengeance."

Wow... I can't even begin to describe how much I love The Marrow of a Bone. I truly think it's their best album yet.

Precious4e

Feb 26, 2007, 03:03

^I think they meant more along the lines of how american band acts, not sounds? (at least that's what I thought that post meant :relief: ) Like the sex, booze, and "rock and roll" behavior. Seeing clips of Shinya shotgunning a beer is pretty...unexpected..but i'm sure they've always gone out drinking and stuff before.

@pinkbuta: ooh I would like to read that blog entry ^^

Morning Masamune

Feb 26, 2007, 05:00

^I think they meant more along the lines of how american band acts, not sounds? (at least that's what I thought that post meant :relief: ) Like the sex, booze, and "rock and roll" behavior. Seeing clips of Shinya shotgunning a beer is pretty...unexpected..but i'm sure they've always gone out drinking and stuff before.
@pinkbuta: ooh I would like to read that blog entry ^^
Really?
I've always though it was rather adorable.

BlackSoul

Feb 26, 2007, 05:29

Hey everyone :waves:

I'm listening to Diru quite for a long time and I really like their music. Kyo's voice is amazing. He can shout and in the same song he can sing so softly that I nearly start to cry. So far Dead tree is my favourite song. I think they are one of the most amazing bands I ever saw in my live. I really hope that they will come to Germany again this year, because I watched the video from last year when they were performing in Germany and they are really good live.

As I can read all of you, who have been to a concert enjoyed it...that makes me wanna see them live even more.

IxoRose

Feb 26, 2007, 11:33

Missed... it... NYA! *sob* Damn irony and its cunning! Thanks anyways!

I think they should come back, they could really make it in america, I can see them making it. Most people I know love them, and with a voice as different as Kyo's, and a drummer as kick *** as Shinya, and some of the craziest guitar riffs I've ever heard, they could top any of our bands here!

Maybe we should start a petition! Get them to come to the states (and canada *whine*) again! Cuz I was going to fly to the states for them!! So they better be doing the same for me!!! >.< ... *is making myself comfortable in this little forum*

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 27, 2007, 02:58

@Reita-kun – Ha, someone thought I was funny ^_^ Unfortunately, it’s not contagious around where I live :bawling: I wanna get waved at :okashii:
@Bloodlust – Yeah, ditto. I’m sure it’d be relieving for him to have a couple female fans that aren’t like OMG kawaii!! :okashii: LOL I wouldn’t imagine it being scary to be a Diru roadie, but I guess I was mistaken!! :lol: He didn’t pick it up in Minneapolis. I’m guessing because there wasn’t anywhere to throw it :bawling:
@pinkbuta304 – Yeah, they were very energetic. I was so happy :lol: Aw, I wish I could hear him giggle. You guys in LA get all the good stuff!! :bawling:
@andie – Especially the bands they toured with. Complete and utter talentless suckage.
Omedetoo gozaimasu Shinya-san!! :cracker:
@Precious4e- It would suck if they went into the sex/drugs/booze type thing. Ugh. I can’t even imagine.

Sonya

Feb 27, 2007, 03:13

@pinkbuta: ooh I would like to read that blog entry ^^
I just happened to read it so here u go the Diru-part :cool:
Anyway, it was a perfect day off. I went to my studio, and interviewed several candidates for my entertainment organization, and went to dinner with several friends, then went to see the "Dir en grey" show at the Wiltern Theater in LA.
Overall the show was great... full of energy, and... every time I see them perform, it makes me want to rock... I'm doing a lot of different genres of music. from classical to... whatever... but I think I really love rock. I've been playing the drums since I was 10 years old... well, actually playing the piano since age 4 as well.
Anyway... after the show, the entire band came to my house, and celebrated Shinya's (the drummer's) birthday party. Back then. well, when I was producing Dir en grey, we used to hang out pretty much every day... It was so nice to hang out with them again.
Last night we ended up drinking together until the morning,
I hope they're all OK for the show tonight.
On stage they were very charismatic, but off stage they are some of the sweetest people I know. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THEM!!!

beau99

Feb 27, 2007, 03:15

Precious4e

Feb 27, 2007, 03:30

@Sonya: thanks for that excerpt. It sounded like fun. ^^
So lucky people at wiltern could have MAYBE saw Yoshiki too lol.

Hyde_is_my_anti-drug

Feb 27, 2007, 03:40

I think they will always do their own thing, sure, they have many influences but they are always Dir en grey and always will be. Unless they decide to randomly change their name sometime down the road. *smart-aleck*
And too vulgar?? :souka: Deg's pretty vulgar as is.

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 03:44

I dont think Dir en Grey would change their name... I mean... yeah... they have been through alot... experience wise... and they do have many influences... but I dont think they will change the name... they're knwon as Dir en Grey... and if they DO change their name I think many people will be upset... then again this is my opinion...

Hyde_is_my_anti-drug

Feb 27, 2007, 03:46

Er, I wasn't meaning the name change thing to do taken seriously.

Hyde_is_my_anti-drug

Feb 27, 2007, 03:52

That's okay!

I think their name suits them.

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 03:56

Yeah... I really like their name... ITS AWESOME!!!

Have you heard the album... Marrow Of A Bone? I kinda like it... it sounds pretty cool...

BlackSoul

Feb 27, 2007, 03:57

@Sonya
thanks for the entry...that sounded really funny...well I guess drinking and making party with Diru is always funny :p

It seems that I'm the only person here that has NOT been to a diru-concert so far..:bawling:

I think a band has to change in some way to develop themself, like in the style of making music and so on...but I don't think that Diru would change like andie worried (although it's always good to think about such things...that shows that you care about the band and that they are important for you)...I mean look at them...they're an japanese rock-band, having fans all over the world..they toured together with Korn (which is, what I think, most of their biggest successes) and I think they know that they have many fans who will support them everytime and don't need to change ( in a bad way)...but that's only my opinion..don't bite me for that

Hyde_is_my_anti-drug

Feb 27, 2007, 04:02

Yeah... I really like their name... ITS AWESOME!!!
Have you heard the album... Marrow Of A Bone? I kinda like it... it sounds pretty cool...

Aaaah, "The Marrow of a Bone" I think it's tied for my fav Deg album along with "Withering to Death" and "Macabre." Woa, now THAT'S when you know a band rocks, when you have a three-way tie for fav album.

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 04:04

Dont you worry BlackSoul... I wont bite you... everyone has their own opinion... and I agree with you... on everything you said...*supports Dir en Grey*

@Hyde_is_my_anti-drug: I love "Withering to Death" My favourite song from that Album is "Dead Tree"... ^^ I love it... Then there is "Vulgar" which I think is ok... but "Withering to Death" and "Marrow od a Bone" are my two faves... ^^

Precious4e

Feb 27, 2007, 04:13

My fav Diru albums are tied between Kisou, Vulgar, and WtD hehehehe

I can listen to them on repeat all day!

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 04:18

I know what you mean... I like "Kisou" too... and "Vulgar"... "Withering to Death" and "Gauze"... but my all time fave song would have to be "Dead Tree" (which I am listening to right now) ^-^

Bloodlust

Feb 27, 2007, 04:35

Yoko_Kisaragi Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't pass up an opportunity to make him squeal, but... I'd want to get to know him as a person too. :-) The man does take sexy to new extremes, after all.
When he threw it in Denver, it didn't have anywhere to go. I actually thought he was going to take out the drum kit! I almost went to Minneapolis... it was between there and Englewood. Maybe next time.

Hyde_is_my_anti-drug Too true! Change is good. But I think they do it on their own terms. Growing as a band as opposed to changing for others.
I don't have Marrow of a Bone yet :( Managed to find Withering at a local store though! I professed my love to the guy behind the counter... he seemed a bit uncomfortable. And I told him about other albums, and how amazing the band is, and he said they will start ordering more DEG for the shelves!

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 04:55

Then you were lucky Bloodlust... ^^; Sometimes I look at the online shops... Cdjapan... or Yesasia... they usually have what I want...

Yoko_Kisaragi

Feb 27, 2007, 05:25

Yoko_Kisaragi Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't pass up an opportunity to make him squeal, but... I'd want to get to know him as a person too. :-) The man does take sexy to new extremes, after all.
When he threw it in Denver, it didn't have anywhere to go. I actually thought he was going to take out the drum kit! I almost went to Minneapolis... it was between there and Englewood. Maybe next time.
Hyde_is_my_anti-drug Too true! Change is good. But I think they do it on their own terms. Growing as a band as opposed to changing for others.
I don't have Marrow of a Bone yet :( Managed to find Withering at a local store though! I professed my love to the guy behind the counter... he seemed a bit uncomfortable. And I told him about other albums, and how amazing the band is, and he said they will start ordering more DEG for the shelves!

LOL yes yes he does. I think everyone would like to make him squeal, but I'm saying the people who bug me are the ones that only like him because he's 'kawaii' ahaha. :bluush: You should have gone to Minneapolis!!!!!!

IkaruJaki

Feb 27, 2007, 05:49

The only albums that have been released in the states, and can be found at many stores, are Withering and Marrow. Oh and Agitated Screams is at FYE. The rest of their stuff I've gotten online or borrowed from Saishu. Hopefully with the steps their taking to get into the market here we'll see more of their albums soon!

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 05:56

FYE you say? for Agitated Screams? *sqeals* I have to check!!!

pinkbuta304

Feb 27, 2007, 06:32

i got my withering to death and marrow of a bone at best buy. you should try checking there, maybe they'll have something.

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 06:36

Best Buy too? yay! I can buy J-rock!!! but knowing where I live... they probably dont have it... but I will check anyway! lol thanks^^

Precious4e

Feb 27, 2007, 06:40

Yea since WtD and MOAB are both American releases now you can probably get them at any major CD place like Virgin Records, Tower Records, FYE, or whichever. I got my WtD at Virgin Records. And don't forget Hot Topic lol. I'm sure they'll be carrying the Diru releases.

Reita-kun

Feb 27, 2007, 06:51

I love hot topic... your probably right... I have to go to the mall this weekend and SEARCH!!!!!! Thanks for the information...

Bloodlust

Feb 27, 2007, 08:01

Yoko_Kisaragi He is so much more than that! Besides, Kyo IS NOT kawaii! Smoking hot? Yup. Sexy beyond all reason? Definitely! But cute? I've never seen him that way, and I don't understand why so many women do. In fact, the first time I saw a pic of him, I didn't think he was that good looking! I have since changed my tune, but it's the whole package that makes him as appealing as he is. If all you want is a cute, Japanese *ahem* playmate, you can find one of those that is way more accessable than Kyo!

I heard not very many people came to that show. Bad for the band, but I really don't like crowds so it would have been good for me! I survived.

Reita-kun I actually saw something somewhere that Hot Topic was goign to carry DEG. I got my Withering at HMV. And at Warcon Record's website, I think you can find some of the stuff that isn't released here. You already know about CDJapan.... Good luck! I'm still trying to get my hands on Marrow! I live in the sticks so NOBODY ever knows what I'm talking about!