New to J-rock need help

[Reiko alexander]

Hi everyone this is my first post on this forum:hihi:

Basically ive always been a fan of music coming from the states and the uk and i want to broaden my music taste, ive always been a fan of everything japanese and want some advice on some good jrock bands.
I like bands like linkin park, finch, hooberstank etc could u please tell me what jrock bands u'll think i like from this.
p.s ive listened to some of dir en grey songs and think there really good.:wave:
Oh by the way wheres a good place to download jrock songs. Thanks

[RukaNightmare]

I'll recommend gazette! X) I think u could ask for songs there and people will be happy to upload some for u X)

[[~Hitsugi_love~]]

Nightmare, vidoll and heidi.

you can find alot of songs on Livejournal 8DD

[Amaya]

You shoud try 12012, Dolly and Lynch. there are really great.

@Hitsugi: Yeaahhh finally someone how knows the band heidi too.. XDD Man i LOVE that band.

[Kinsao]

I definitely recommend MUCC. :cool:

[GuitarAddict]

You gotta try some oldie's too like the always mentioned Xjapan and Hide, Ayabie and Miyavi, Vidoll and Gazette are the big ones of the present among many others you could look through all the threads to find a bands that suit you.
WELCOME TO jROCK!!!!!!!
I'm sure you'll learn fast

[keroandsuppy]

I recommend Nightmare, and some people from the PS Company, such as Alice Nine, Girugamesh (for singing), Miyavi, Kra and maybe Vidoll. An Cafe is also good, but some of the songs aren't as good as their best ones. GOOD LUCK! J-rock is very addicting :P

Edit: An Cafe has turned into something else, so I recommend their earlier works, since I do not know what its going to turn into, since Bou left. They just added a keyboard person, so its probably going to sound different. Also, Serial Number (シリアル⇔Number) is a nice group :cool:

[pinkbuta304]

you should listen to some kagrra, duel jewel, kageou, alice nine, 12012, pierrot, juliadoll, 176 Biz, d'espairs ray, rentrer en soi, plastic tree

[Saishu]

I definitely recommend MUCC. :cool:

Definitely!

Also: Buck-Tick, Merry, Luna Sea, and La Vie En Rose.

[Precious4e]

my favorite bands are:

Dir en grey (my absolute favorite)
Sadie (they kinda sound like Dir en grey)
D'espairsRay
Girugamesh
Suicide Ali
Gazette
Luna Sea

haha and Heidi.....my friend likes Heidi A LOT...I really like their one song Houmatsu....I think they are an ok band. Not one of my favorites but I like them.

and you can find JRock downloads on a lot of other forums (batsu, Jpopmusic and bww2 to name a few)

[RukaNightmare]

Yea, i agree. Heidi's a pretty good band too X) I wanna add on XD Vidoll and Nightmare, Alice Nine, Ayabie, Girugamesh XDD

Ppl here are so enthusiastic XDD

[dakkii]

Precious4e's list=awsome... i'd add MUCC (already been said), lynch., UnsraW, and... uh... nega? i like the harder stuff ^_^ anything i can send you, just drop me a line (i have everything from Dir en grey, and most if not all of the bands i've talked about in this post... pm me)

also, he's korean, but seo taiji's solo work reminds me of linkin park a lot for some reason... do NOT touch his not-solo stuff (seo taiji and boys *shiver*) because it's poooooo in my opinion, but the solo stuff=teh awsome <3

good luck!! now i remember my n00b days of jrock @_@ oh yea and welcome! this forum's nice... see, we take care of ya here! <3

[Reiko alexander]

Thanks everybody for the suggestions. This forum looks awesome.

[charcoal]

well, i'll recommend alice nine, gazette, miyavi n kra.

they are all of my top favs, actualli there r still mani great bands ard...

so take ur time n explore the world of j-rock !!

[Reiko alexander]

r there any like punkey jrock bands like blink 182 etc

[Sonya]

I recommend MUCC, L'Ark~en~ciel and Nightmare the most. And when you feel like trying something happier, choose LM.C ^^
Just stick to this forum (and youtube is always a friend) and you'll learn everything you need to know ;)

[Nan Desu Ka]

definatly alice nine, miyavi, and nightmare. and depending on how hard you like to rock, add mucc, and gazette =]

[Amita]

I agree with Alice Nine, MUCC, and nightmare! Kaggra is pretty too! and GazettE, Sadie (not La:Sadie....just sadie...I agree w/ Precious4e, they do sound like Dir En Grey), Ayabie, D'espairs Ray, 12012, Moi Dix Mois, Awoi, Girugamesh, and Vidoll. It all depends on your taste in music.

[*~EnvY~*]

for something harder id recommend dir en grey (the last album mostly)
i think hanamuke is quite hard as well.... rentrer en soi kinda sounds like dir en grey but .... at the same time not :relief: sry its confusing i mean you can feel they were influenced by deg ^^
then...maybe moi dix mois?
or deathgaze? if i remember correctly they were pretty hard i dont listen that much to that kinda music but well...uhm...and sadie but it was already said....you can try some kagerou too though it takes some getting used to ^^
and ...yeah that's mainly what i'd recommend and of course all the other bands already said (gazette nightmare kagrra heidi......)
and welcome to the world of jrock feel free to ask questions if you need anything ^^

[advigilo]

Where such helpfull folks XD!

@envy: diru sounds more and more like an american band to me. with kyo screaming and all.

[KowaiDesu]

So many I love have already been mentioned. I'll go grab my Cure magazines to find more:

-Mellow
-Transtic Nerve
-Physcho le Cemu
-Phantasmagoria
-exist trace
-jealkb
-SCREW
-SADS
-Rentrer en Soi
-kannivalism

....there are too many--it's hurting my head. Keep in mind I've heard very few of these except for SADS and Phantasmagoria, like the average Engrish-speaking J-rock fan. Try them out if you like.

[*~EnvY~*]

Where such helpfull folks XD!
@envy: diru sounds more and more like an american band to me. with kyo screaming and all.

yup got to agree that's why i said this album...cos Reiko alexander wanted some heavy stuff...their last album can be considered heavy right?:?
cos i can never tell teh style of a band....>.< so if its not heavy stuff ill take it off the list >.<

[SaKeVi]

Hmm, it's funny to see how most of you just recommend Visual bands...

Remember: japanese rock is not equal to Visual Kei.

[*~EnvY~*]

^
i have to admit i nearly only listen to vk appart from that it's mostly anime soundtracks or french music....so i cant really recommend anything else >.<

[KowaiDesu]

Hmm, it's funny to see how most of you just recommend Visual bands...
Remember: japanese rock is not equal to Visual Kei.

Yeah, I know more than VK, but that's all Cure magazine is.

[kallo-chan]

yup got to agree that's why i said this album...cos Reiko alexander wanted some heavy stuff...their last album can be considered heavy right?:?



if you really want heavy stuff then listen to deathgaze
it'll help if you are in a bad mood :-)

[Twisted_Insanityxxx]

hey welcome to J rock!
I reccomend! deathgaze! and since 1889 and ayabie and kamikaze boyz andan cafe and the ppl up there already named some i was gonna name lol

[Precious4e]

r there any like punkey jrock bands like blink 182 etc

For punk i'd say:

ellegarden
asian kung fu generation (i think they're classified as punk..and I like their songs)

for other non heavy-death-metal rock (kind of like alternative, pop rock) i'd try:

high and mighty color
do as inifinity
ketchup mania
mothercoat
zwei

I mostly listen to the VK bands so I dunno much other bands cept maybe the pop rock ones.

[KowaiDesu]

Another good pop rock band is UVERworld. For punk or post-punk, try SADS.

[Precious4e]

Ah! I just remembered the band that I wanted to list but forgot the name of

Their name is "the out mods"
when I first saw them they seriously remind me of Black Stones from NaNa lol. The lead singer Sana could be a Nana.

Also 9mm Parabellum Bullet. Just heard of them. They're not bad.