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: ACIDMAN

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Jan 15 Friday 15 January 2010
Cancelled S	The Union Athens OH, United States 39.327642 -82.101742	Add shout
Jan 19 Tuesday 19 January 2010
The Telephones LIVE at The Studio @ Webster Hall The Telephones	The Studio @… New York, New York, United States 53.0833333 -0.15	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 23 Saturday 23 January 2010
a Tribute to Sublime at The NorVa Badfish, Scotty Dont	The NorVa Norfolk, Virginia Beach VA, United States 36.849692 -76.289603	Add shout
Jan 27 Wednesday 27 January 2010
Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime plus special guests Scotty Don't at House of Blues Badfish, Scotty Don't	House of Blues New Orleans, LA, New Orleans, United States 29.953043 -90.066188	Add shout Buy Tickets
Jan 29 Friday 29 January 2010
Polysics at The Roxy Polysics	The Roxy W. Hollywood, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.090644 -118.38818	5 people attending Add shout
Bad Fish, a Tribute to Sublime at House of Blues Badfish	House of Blues Houston, United States 29.75387 -95.363548	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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Agente0 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I detest anyone who uses this tag. [4]

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Nonclique343 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Where the fuck is Melt Banana?

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shirayuki_ wrote:
yesterday morning

stupid tag.

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BroadwayJr wrote:
Thursday evening

Let's put it this way: If people tagged every country's music like they did J-rock, then Amon Amarth and Aqua would be under the same tag.

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BroadwayJr wrote:
Thursday evening

"Japanese rock has developed its own stylistic features" -- Doesn't mean it's justified as a genre tag. "J-rock" could mean anything from early Sigh or Magane (black metal) to AnCafe (sugary pop-rock).

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TalaIce wrote:
10 days ago

yeahr i also think their is more than rock or pop. for example i prefere japanese indie, a friend of my said we should found "j-indie" XD

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NittaShun2 wrote:
14 days ago

Try this song http://www.last.fm/music/Janne+Da+Arc/_/Lady

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maniatheater wrote:
14 days ago

I detest anyone who uses this tag. [3]

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Packiesla wrote:
15 days ago

It's like everything in England & USA being tagged as Indie

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led-zeppelin-f wrote:
16 days ago

Led Zeppelin Ramble On Led Zeppelin No Quarter Led Zeppelin Dancing Days Last.fm Led Zeppelin Kashmir Led Zeppelin Black Dog Led Zeppelin Immigrant Song

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NittaShun2 wrote:
24 days ago

Ka-yu of Janne Da Arc will start a new solo project called "DAMIJAW" First single on 2/17

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KnightsofRound wrote:
24 days ago

I detest anyone who uses this tag. [2]

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Szyviq wrote:
26 days ago

@Cloudgauntlet,yeaaah! you 're right xD

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jimmytheone44 wrote:
30 days ago

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Wonrei wrote:
December 2009

This tag.

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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
November 2009

Personally, I get mad at this tag because if I'm looking at a Japanese band's profile and I want to know what type of music they play, the tags are always "j-rock" and "jrock" and "japanese". That doesn't tell me anything about their music.

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NinetteB wrote:
November 2009

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:
November 2009

"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:
November 2009

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:
November 2009

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

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