J-rock

Japanese rock, or J-Rock, is a group of distinct styles that draw mainly from rock, and are native to Japan. There are many groups within this broad genre. A few styles include, but are definitely not limited to: heavy metal, indie (not to be confused with Indies, an English term usually meaning independent Visual-Kei or Angura-Kei artists) and punk. Edit this Artist photo: Tommy heavenly6

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Wednesday 7 March 2012
CancelledDir En Grey Wednesday 7 March 2012	Showbox at The Market Seattle, United States 47.608494 -122.339429	1 going Add shout
Sunday 18 March 2012
exist†trace Sunday 18 March 2012	Hiro Ballroom New York NY, United States 40.742157 -74.004074	4 going Add shout
Tuesday 20 March 2012
exist†trace AMERICA TOUR 2012 exist†trace Tuesday 20 March 2012	Starlight Ballroom Philadelphia PA, United States 39.960184 -75.153243	2 going Add shout
CancelledAn Evening With... Dir En Grey Tuesday 20 March 2012	State Theatre St Petersburg, Tampa FL, United States 27.771313 -82.643371	1 going 2 shouts
Saturday 24 March 2012
Tekkoshocon X exist†trace Saturday 24 March 2012	Wyndham Grand Hotel Pittsburgh, PA, United States	1 going Add shout
Sunday 25 March 2012
20th L'Anniversary WORLD TOUR 2012 in New York L'Arc~en~Ciel Sunday 25 March 2012	Madison Square Garden New York NY, United States 40.677885 -73.897424	30 going 17 shouts

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Bloodwerk wrote:
Saturday afternoon

The only rock I still like listening to.

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greeeener wrote:
last month

I decided to check how some Japanese bands are tagged using Wikipedia in Japanese and I lol'd a little at some of them.

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NihilisticRust wrote:
last month

horrible

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kacper92 wrote:
last month

(continues) 3. "Jrock means every kind of rock, the band's don't play the same genre." – Every country’s music scene has bands playing various types of music, but I don't see them conjoined with country, that they come from, because of that. So Jrock term doesn't describe any music at all. Back to the point, would you call Japanese bands like f.e. Maximum the Hormone (crossover), Mad Capsule Markets (digital hardcore) or Sex Machineguns (speed metal), who have nothing to do with that so-called Jrock sound? So again, what the heck does this idiotic term mean? "It stands for any rock music that comes from Japan, they have such a distinctive sound, blablabla"! *brain explodes* Oh yes, now I know: THERE IS NO THING SUCH AS J-ROCK! It's a term invented and used by morons, who can't understand that music has no nationality.

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kacper92 wrote:
last month

Damn, the people trying to defend this tag are really funny. [2] And stupid! Their logic goes like that: 1. "J-Rock" is short for Japanese rock" - then why isn't Brazilian rock called B-rock, French punk as F-punk, Norwegian metal as N-metal or Canadian rap as C-rap? 2. "Jrock bands have very distinctive sound" - Can anyone explain me at least one detail? If yes don't you mean that they sound poppier? It’s called "pop rock"! Also under this stupid tag I usually see pop-rock bands who are mostly known for making opening songs for popular anime like Bleach. Or some visual kei bands, that all sound usually the same. So is that what you mean by saying "Jrock", that most of it tends to sound cheesy? Because I've often seen some idiots saying that with such a way it sounds "more Japanese". WTF? I'd unterstand if it was said about decent rock with Japanese traditional instruments incomposed, but srsly! Also rock music existed in Japan already in the 60s so will u label them as "jrock" too?

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TarantulaEyes wrote:
last month

RayneDemi: I guess you could search under the Japanese tag? Or just Google a list of Japanese musicians and listen to one at random.

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Pretsy wrote:
last month

TO THE OVENS WITH YOU

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Pretsy wrote:
last month

JEW ROCK ÜBER ALLES

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RayneDemi wrote:
last month

jew rock? [2] LOL anywho, Can anyone recommend me some good music from japan? What tags should I search under?

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Mercenarion wrote:
December 2011

This shoutbox is priceless.

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Kyzumi wrote:
December 2011

Fuck you and your lack of basic music knowledge : | You are also a weeaboo.

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Megawarrior345 wrote:
December 2011

Always funny to see people rage over tags. [2] with a bag of popcorn.

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Ickedope wrote:
December 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzjJBu3GvOg&feature=g-all

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GirlFuckYeah wrote:
November 2011

nada melhor do jrock <3

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Prototype_RD04 wrote:
November 2011

Fuck you all who have tagged DIR EN GREY with this [3]

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Anime_Prince wrote:
November 2011

j-rock is great!!!

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Nakkinak wrote:
November 2011

PILLOWS FTW

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FFearFFactory wrote:
November 2011

V: No you're taste is good... come on...

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iwozz wrote:
November 2011

j-rock suxx and is for faggots.

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FFearFFactory wrote:
November 2011

J-rock is the best <3

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