my faves in each category are...

Jpop: none really. maybe leah dizon but i ony think she's hot. b!tch cant really sing. utada hikaru is so corny & i just think jpop is too cheesy for me. i prefer tai-pop over jpop anyday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYZ0nhpRbOs

Jrock: misunderstand, polysics (altough they can be classified as retro-pop) i love this vid. the hamburger talks bsck! lolz! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWpfX5jqKxg

Jpunk: omg... ellegarden, fa sho!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS0y13kzI1E

Jrap: oh man. anyone of thse guys id... u know... lolz! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev1FA22IIAc ive been loving rip slyme for awhile now.

ok, your turn.

Jpop: Mostly old stuff, but my current fav is Nami Tamaki, Shiina Ringo and Salyu.

Jrock: Too many to list Kiyoharu and Buck Tick just to name a few.

Jrap: Hal Cali

Jpunk: The Stalin and SADS.

omg... THANK YOU for that!!!! thats sum real @$$ $hit! thats so good. it reminds me of sex pistols! wow thats REAL old school punk! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY5wzpGh4cM

i gotta new one to add to my jpunk list. yay!

^Seriously of all people I didn't expect you to know this stuff lol

Also add Gastunk too.

dude im emo. im a cutter & im candy punk. hey have u heard of dog hair dressers? a friend on myspace turned me on to them.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq1kRLqaVXA...feature=related

girl punk!!!

about gastunk... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ4LfP46V5o. i dunno. the frontman looks like slash from G&R. but they sound... bizarre. they r more death rock sounding. jake cutter & arash might like them as they r the only death rockers i know on af.

^They were only punk for the first album. Good band nonetheless.

Balzac is another good one.

S.D.S. (Societic Death Slaughter) are a full-on thrashy, grindcore, steel girder-twistin' aural assault.
This four-piece from Osaka toured in 98, but I missed out on seeing them live.

I LOVE J RAP!

J-Rock (lol, a lot of this stuff I haven't listened to in a while, but I still like it) -

Alice Nine
Aliene Ma’riage
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Atsushi Sakurai
Aushvitz
Aya
Baroque
Buck-Tick
Chirolyn
Clothoid + Doll
D
Deadman
Deathgaze
Deflina Ma’riage
Dir en grey
FLOW
Gackt
Gazette
Girugamesh
Gullet
Guniw Tools
hide
hide with Spread Beaver
Hyde
Inugami Circus Dan
Janna Da Arc
Kagerou
Kaggra,
Karimero
Kozi
Kra
L’~Arc~en~Ciel
Lucy
Luna Sea
lynch.
Malice Mizer
Merry
Miyavi
MUCC
Nightmare
Onmyoza
Panic CH*
Penicillin
Phantasmagoria
The Pillows
Plastic Tree
Polysics
Psycho le Cemu
Raphael
Rentrer en Soi
Rice
Schwein
Shiina Ringo
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Tokyo Jihen
UnsraW
Vidoll
Vinett
Yoshiki

J-Metal:

Blood Stain Child - Pretty good Melodic Death Metal band that started off sounding similar to Children of Bodom, but lately their sound has gravitated towards In Flames with techno elements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStZyp93LDA

D'espairsRay - Pretty good Industrial Metal band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVAe60ypAk

Galneryus - Pretty awesome Power Metal band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjnNOkjnLVI

Hizaki Grace Project - Neo-Classical Metal band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDjumx-mY-Y

Moi Dix Mois - Gothic Metal, though I thought Mana's work with Malice Mizer was a bit better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBOldHfxb4I

Sex Machineguns - fu-king LOVE these guys. Awesome Speed Metal; much props to these guys for keepin' the genre alive and fresh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXUBEJKJtE

Sigh - Pretty awesome Avant-garde Black Metal band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhQY-Kgwfs

Versailles - Neo-Classical Metal band. Hizaki from Hizaki Grace Project is the guitarist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htUKM1pltlg...feature=related

X-Japan - fu-king awesome how they got back together, though I miss hide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHbHxSEtVQ

zombie ritual [death/thrash]

coffins [death/doom]

intestine baalism [melodeath]

gallhammer [black/doom/crust]

church of misery [stoner/doom]

lol, no way. They're nothing like Death Metal (or do you actually mean Death Rock? Because that's a different genre). They're hardcore punk if anything.

I like J Pop and K Pop the same. J Rap is way too cheesy and corny especially M FLo. J Rock/Punk, meh.

Utada has always been my favorite Japanese singer and still is =].

Funny I was just listening to them in the car, from the bit they did for the Love For Nana anime soundtrack.
Great to have a J-music topic

I have seen Aya, the fostered darling of the Seattle grunge scene; the wild retro-rockin' 5,6,7,8s; playful pop-punksters Shonen Knife; and L'Arc~en~Ciel at the Tokyo Dome in 2005. Hey if anybody has seen any bands lately and digs the live scene, please post here. I made one topic specifically about Asian Live Music.

unholy grave

slight slappers

envy

cleaner

space streakings

cowpers

maniac high sense

carcass grinder

gore beyond necropsy

melt banana

NAHT

crazy fu-ked up daily life

wall

swipe

curtainrail

five kinds squared

nervous light of sunday

kulara

a few other bands to add:



swarrrm

bluebeard

carnival of dark split

the sun

black film dance

nine days wonder




all bands in my posts are assorted japanese hardcore/emo/grind/power electronics

I don't listen to a lot of J-music but I like Makihara Noriyuki. Am I too ojisan-ish?

forget what i said about jpop. i actually like it now.
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v10191611Y6n4EQkg ive been listening to this ong over & over again. i love it when she says "ai$hiteru, your my only home." i think japanese is such a pretty language to learn. or maybe im just bias. lolx!

I like the upsidedown band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi_gmKPazwc

what? thats not jpop. lolz!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BIbPS-plBg

Japanese gangster $hit.


And Suiken and S-Word

hellz yeah. wow that $hit is crazy. i didnt even know they had gangsta rap in japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzVxKUZlpc



best band in japan.

This is better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-7pRaHvxok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7hnf0MojQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwPDGi8Eyo


You like this too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDI7EdwPCTs

Yeah, I was going to mention Balzac. They're kind of like the Misfits. That's pretty much the only Japanese punk band that I know though.

Supercar is AMAZING, if you take the time to listen to one of their songs, it may just change your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vit-BM9zAKw
YUMEGIWA LAST BOY

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...ndID=1000302744
SORATOBI and WHITE SURF are good songs too

Ok, excuse me, I know they're cute and all, but you refer to that as rap?


How about some Home Made Kazoku and Seamo
http://tv.mofile.com/A5EKNVK1/

Galneryus - The Night Craver

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Raz3Xof7pRg


seriously dangerous japanese metal

(I'm not referring to anyone in this thread).
Surprise surprise. A lot of the Koreans like J-pop and have Japanese friends too. But that's not what trolls like Chinilpa want you to think.

Hello I am new to the world of J-Pop, J-Rock, J-Metal, and any thing Japan related. I know and love Malice Mizer, GACKT, L'arc En Ceil, The Pillows and a few other Bands out there. But I would like to know more then them that I listed. Please help!

i cant view the link for some reason. which bands are those? gotta youtube link?

i have a lot of jpop songs. i think they sound nice. like mink, or ikimono gakari or w/e.

I listen to Jpop
And Visual Kei =)

they took down all their links from youtube...

http://www.imeem.com/enigmatich3art/video/..._3_music_video/

Hey guys, can someone please help where can I find this track called My Babe Kimi ga nemuru made by Sharan Q? I've been searchin for it but i couldn't find it..

Thanks in advance.. Cheers

uverworld, leah dizon, mika nashima, yuna ito, ayaka, ai otsuka, dragon ash, thsk, koda kumi, utada hikaru, and whole bunch of others.... ^_^

umm hell no

Versailles ...I dig their music but don't like the singer's voice.

well like they say, "opinions are like a$$holes..."

Hizaki's a pretty good guitarist. Pretty good Neo-Classical Metal band all around.

There needs to be more bands like Sigh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhQY-Kgwfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjQ3Suof3k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5o3JBkakgo

and Sex Machineguns .Its hard to find good Speed Metal bands nowadays. Odd how one of the best in recent times has its roots in Japan. :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=menE5G7z_14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZddIszBhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkfVYCozAL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i213xKVRuls

Also Blood Stain Child:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oi-8xl7uZs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7EkveEZbmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStZyp93LDA

and Serpent. Just found this band right now, really good!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8aoP7zwNUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9JPvT1grb4

Also all-girl band Gallhammer. Not particular a fan of the genre, but hey, its something different from the torrents of J-rock bands out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6balaHGQg38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9d8pYMcNd8

And Vomit Remnants:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4btEa6Hfkk

And Ritual Carnage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md3T2rwpgPc

yup.

Pretty much Ken Hirai EXCLUSIVELY.

If Utada Hikaru puts out a new single, I'll play it until it's over for me.

I also like Namie Amuro but I've never listened to a full CD of hers.

EDIT: LOL the japanese music I listen to is so GAY ahahah

i think mine is gayest---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28-y-aWBZVY

babae ka so hindi na count iyun. lol.

Re: Your MV
i'm trying to find this girl sexy because I know that's what she's going for, but I just don't see it. lahat sila surfboards. yuks. :/






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iumkrVvTyzw
So kawaii~ LOL. bakling hihihihih

wow! ang cute naman... omg. are they hapon? they dont look japanese at all.

1 person lang lol. camera trick.

yah mejo mukhang mistiso pero full hapon siya yata lol. at gay na gay siya haha he makes me laugh i'm listneing to him right now. ang supertaas ang tono nya

Thank goodness for youtube.

These are a bit oldies:

Porno Graffiti

Judy and Mary

Tommy February

Nami Tamaki

Puffy

Morning Musume

Chara

Ayumi Hamasaki

It's good to have certain interests as long as it doesn't harm you.
What do you mean by cutter? What if you cut too deep accidentally?

good stuff:

melt banana.
the boredoms.
boris. (random/doom/noise)
yellow machinegun. (punk/thrash/metal)
soul scream.(hip hop)
lamp eye.(hip hop)

I have a collection of punk/hardcore/oi vinyl.

gauze.
ouka.
cannons.
disclose.
confuse.
cobra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NI0hxfgDQI


sapporo HC


check it out.

I've been listening to a lot of JROCK lately.

D'espairsRay

FAKE?

MO'SOME TONEBENDER

Wonderful live performances, creative sounds, interesting lyrics, &
Zero is sexy.

Check them out.

lol wow. It's been a while since I've listened to D'espairsRay....or any J-Rock, I guess...though I suppose you could consider some of D'espairsRay's stuff as Industrial Metal. Their new stuff is alright, but I like their older stuff better.

Rosso:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rmJAG6i6A...feature=related

The singer from Thee Michelle Gun Elephant is in this band. Good stuff.

Serpent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8aoP7zwNUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9JPvT1grb4...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-P1IE-esog...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOGVNw-IyF8...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfsd917efWk...feature=related

Some awesome Melodeath from Japan. Has a CoB/Kalmah feel to it.

Sigh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhQY-Kgwfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjQ3Suof3k...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ForcCQC3Og...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5o3JBkakgo...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0V-bL-uiz0...feature=related

Japanese Advant-garde Black Metal. Great stuff.

Sex Machineguns:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0gZEn3sUng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZddIszBhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLRmzDNxdrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMusFPynZJ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXUBEJKJtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r7l7v-Ns4g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbkpAR6z-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hev3TsNdjpw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyrh12u7Kc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biB8SMPJNYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZsojH-WT0

lol, the last three are their funniest videos.

Think Judas Priest/Iron Maiden except faster (almost borderline Thrash Metal in some songs) and with a sense of humor. One of the best bands out of Japan.

Here's a compilation of commercials for one of their singles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLARi6Rduz4...feature=related

LOL.