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: ART-SCHOOL

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Dec 11 Friday 11 December 2009
The Phenomenal Handclap Band Javelin	Bowery Ballroom New York NY, United States 40.720274 -73.993456	3 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Dec 12 Saturday 12 December 2009
Javelin w/ the Phenomenal Handclap Band at Rock and Roll Hotel Javelin, The Phenomenal Handclap Band	Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC, United States 38.900058 -76.986575	2 people attending Add shout
Dec 13 Sunday 13 December 2009
Javelin Future Islands	Jesus Camp Baltimore, MD, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Dec 17 Thursday 17 December 2009
The Telephones LIVE! at Sullivan Hall The Telephones, Case Quarter	Sullivan Hall New York, New York, New York, United States 40.729473 -74.000182	2 people attending Add shout
Dec 18 Friday 18 December 2009
Miller Lite Presents Badfish: a Tribute to Sublime at Electric Factory Badfish	Electric Factory Philadelphia PA, United States 39.958933 -75.150274	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Dec 23 Wednesday 23 December 2009
Badfish Scotty Don't	Lupo's Providence RI, United States 41.823453 -71.41419	1 person attending Add shout

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NinetteB wrote:
last week

Why people always get mad just for a tag? anyway, Japanese Popular Music is different from Western Rock or Pop (Yah' is not monotonous ejem...), so is okay.... >_>

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DeviantWaltz wrote:
last week

"Japanese rock has developed its own stylistic features" - please, do elaborate on this. It's an umbrella term, hence it shouldn't be used as a tag. It could be anything from metallic twin-guitar stuff to blatant nu-metal chuggalooga to industrialized hard rock to radio-friendly pop-rock et cetera, et cetera.

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Cloudgauntlet wrote:
12 days ago

I think it's really because J-pop and J-rock are like, the ONLY tags within the Japanese music industry. It's a shame, because apart from the national sound there's too much diversity in 'j-pop/j-rock' music for it to mean much anymore. I do agree with that. >_>

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gnomikomori wrote:
17 days ago

It's abused in a stupid manner though. Everything Japanese is tagged as J-Rock

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Cloudgauntlet wrote:
21 days ago

Any particular reason why? One would thing "Japanese rock" is a pretty reasonable tag, honestly better than 'rock' which can pretty much encompass anything with guitars as a main feature. Japanese rock has developed its own stylistic features; you may as well complain that Japanese food should be called food only.

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RottenCockroach wrote:
22 days ago

J-rock has to be the most stupidest tag i've ever seen. [2]

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mason1729 wrote:
26 days ago

J-rock has to be the most stupidest tag i've ever seen.

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phantompabulum wrote:
last month

I dislike this tag because it's not properly used. People are stupid and will tag everything japanese with J-rock, even electronic bands like Schwarz Stein and Soft Ballet. It's almost like the "visual kei" tag.

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feedback__ wrote:
last month

In a way, this tag kinda makes sense. On the other hand, it sooo totally sucks, is goddamn ridiculous and annoying like shit.

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YoungHate wrote:
last month

I detest anyone who uses this tag.

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Shirashisuka wrote:
last month

@ Alliban: stop talking bullshit, mofo! thanks a lot.

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rella987 wrote:
last month

Despite you having a baseless opinion, tides won't sway because of it. Why? Because distinct sounds come from different regions of the world. A new genre/ sub genre is born.

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Alliban wrote:
last month

Britpop is also a stupid genre, bands should be put into genre on there musical abilities and style of music, not from what country their from. RETARDED.

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pablo774 wrote:
last month

I hate all the [absolutely pointless] drama caused by this fucking tag. No matter how famous they are in Japan, Japanese bands are relatively unknown in the western music scene, so the term 'j-rock' almost makes sense if you are a very imaginative interpreter. What I don't get is why the fuck are you people arguing about this goddamn tag? It's a fucking TAG. [2]

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Tar-Ovat wrote:
last month

LOVE JAMAICAN ROCK

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theHusky wrote:
last month

Yes, because the genre Britpop never existed Alliban.

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SARANCHAN wrote:
last month

That like calling British music B rock, or German music G rock. Sooooooo stupid. [2] And what about Jamaican Rock? Should we call that J-Rock, too?

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Mightymo1990 wrote:
last month

ah.. love ot to see people saying it's gay and stupid and stuff that shows that their music is'nt worth talking about so they wast their time bothering other bands they never even have listened to .. so f.. funny ridicoulus ^__^

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Alliban wrote:
last month

Such a fucking stupid genre! That like calling British music B rock, or German music G rock. Sooooooo stupid.

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AKANIDA wrote:
last month

best tag ever!! j-rock ♥

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