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boof":16b7m90m said:Code001":16b7m90m said:
I always liked dead end much more.
Yep. Although, You Adachi is now doing pop music with Ryuichi

boof":16b7m90m said:Code001":16b7m90m said:
I always liked dead end much more.
Dang...unless it can make me play like Akira I don't think I could justify that price.boof":3qx8lf19 said:a quick search on digimart for Killer Prime
¥327,600 to ¥588,000
$ 3306 to $ 5935
visualrocker69":1i9cmusq said:Yep. Although, You Adachi is now doing pop music with RyuichiWaste of talent! DE's bassist is also backing some jpop chick... Actually, their singer is the only one with an interesting solo career, but definately NOT what Dead End used to be...
Code001":2xxdbm23 said:visualrocker69":2xxdbm23 said:Yep. Although, You Adachi is now doing pop music with RyuichiWaste of talent! DE's bassist is also backing some jpop chick... Actually, their singer is the only one with an interesting solo career, but definately NOT what Dead End used to be...
What's the name of the J-Pop singer?
visualrocker69":2ehze8lt said:Code001":2ehze8lt said:visualrocker69":2ehze8lt said:Yep. Although, You Adachi is now doing pop music with RyuichiWaste of talent! DE's bassist is also backing some jpop chick... Actually, their singer is the only one with an interesting solo career, but definately NOT what Dead End used to be...
What's the name of the J-Pop singer?
Umm.. Aiwaka Nansae. And to make it even worse, she's got Pata (X-Japan) on guitar, Marty Friedman on guitar, DIE (hide's Spread Beaver) on keyboards, and Shinya (Luna Sea) on drums. IDK how many of those names you know (except Marty obviously) but that is a goddamn all-star lineup. What she's done to deserve it... i have noooo clue.![]()
Code001":1szbesnr said:Dude, Nanase is pretty damn good. I need to check that out.
visualrocker69":1oebw01g said:Code001":1oebw01g said:Dude, Nanase is pretty damn good. I need to check that out.
Seriously?![]()
I downloaded a dvd with that lineup and wasn't that impressed... But tbh, jpop chicks kinda annoy me, voices too thin... I like Korean female voices more, I think. And male voices, come to think of it. At least for pop. Well, rock doesn't really exist in Korea anway, or at least not in the mainstream, so... ok -endramble-
visualrocker69":3gfvwdph said:Couldn't agree more, those bands you listed are pretty damn horrible (with the exception of DeG's 1999 album).
However, I wouldn't say that j-rock is best represented with THOSE particular bands
X Japan, Luna Sea, hide, L'arc~en~Ciel (mostly early stuff), Siam Shade... now THERE'S a list of good bands. Ring any bells?
As for vibtrato, yeah, that's a common problem that Japanese people sing with mostly straight tone... Dead End's singer being one of the HUGE exceptions! His vibrato is HUUUUGE![]()
Katsu Ohta has a pretty decent vibrato. He plays guitar for Ark Storm. They are power metal, not J-Rock/Pop, but he is about the only Japanese guitarist with a decent vibrato I can think ofCode001":3mnjiezq said:visualrocker69":3mnjiezq said:Code001":3mnjiezq said:Dude, Nanase is pretty damn good. I need to check that out.
Seriously?![]()
I downloaded a dvd with that lineup and wasn't that impressed... But tbh, jpop chicks kinda annoy me, voices too thin... I like Korean female voices more, I think. And male voices, come to think of it. At least for pop. Well, rock doesn't really exist in Korea anway, or at least not in the mainstream, so... ok -endramble-
I'm sorry, but Nana Mizuki's voice is FAR from thin. The biggest issue I find with J-Pop singers is their lack of vibrato, but this can be extended to nearly every Japanese musician. I prefer J-Pop to J-Rock, as most J-Rock is just nu-metal/punk mixed with visual kei. An Cafe, Girugamesh, Dir En Grey, Gazette, etc. are all crap, IMO.
GnR102385":1t09pmvf said:Katsu Ohta has a pretty decent vibrato. He plays guitar for Ark Storm. They are power metal, not J-Rock/Pop, but he is about the only Japanese guitarist with a decent vibrato I can think ofCode001":1t09pmvf said:visualrocker69":1t09pmvf said:Code001":1t09pmvf said:Dude, Nanase is pretty damn good. I need to check that out.
Seriously?![]()
I downloaded a dvd with that lineup and wasn't that impressed... But tbh, jpop chicks kinda annoy me, voices too thin... I like Korean female voices more, I think. And male voices, come to think of it. At least for pop. Well, rock doesn't really exist in Korea anway, or at least not in the mainstream, so... ok -endramble-
I'm sorry, but Nana Mizuki's voice is FAR from thin. The biggest issue I find with J-Pop singers is their lack of vibrato, but this can be extended to nearly every Japanese musician. I prefer J-Pop to J-Rock, as most J-Rock is just nu-metal/punk mixed with visual kei. An Cafe, Girugamesh, Dir En Grey, Gazette, etc. are all crap, IMO.![]()
He is a MAJOR Yngwie fanboy though, so it is like listening to a Japanese Yngwie.
Code001":gejcsvkv said:X Japan I consider to be more along the lines of Loudness, so I don't really consider them J-Rock, but I can understand why you included them with their whole visual kei movement. Siam Shade was/is simply amazing. Can' say I'm a big fan of L'arc~en~Ciel, though (although their [fairly] new Daybreak's Bell single is pretty damn amazing). Luna Sea is alright, I guess. I never paid much attention to them. Wasn't hide with them for awhile? Either way, it's nice to know there are some people on RT who listen to music from the far east.![]()