What`s you fav J-band?

[Pattern]

Mine is Janne Da Arc, Asian Kung Fu Generation, Gackt, Porno Graffitti, Muyi, Daigo Superstar. =D

Got anny other bands?

[Aleks]

I'm kinda into MintJam and Day after Tommorow. They both have some great music. I pretty much love the Final Fantasy OST remixes MintJam does, and Day after Tommorow is just fun to listen to.
Kinda sucks it's so hard to get your hands on J-pop/rock nowadays.

[Sir Kenneth]

I saw Electric Eel Shock live a couple of years ago. They were pretty good.

[Vicious]

X-Japan hands down, greatest japanese rock band ever. Though I also do enjoy Malice Mizer (Before Gackt came into the picture...he sounds like a billy goat -_-), L'arc en Ciel, The Pillows, Psycho le Cemu, some AKFG, some Orange Range, some Dir en Grey, and that's all. The only j-pop I like is DAI (Do As Infinity) and Naomi Tamura, great singers from both musicians.

[Tifa]

Originally Posted by Griffith

Though I also do enjoy Malice Mizer (Before Gackt came into the picture...he sounds like a billy goat -_-)

Hahahahah. FTW!

I mostly listen to JROCK now ... I do like Pierrot (reecntly got a few songs), Kagrra, SiD, and various songs from other bands ... X-Japan, Dir en Grey, a little bit of Hyde (Laruku is a little too poppy for me ... although their Otakon concert was AMAZING), /\ucifer, Buck-tick, Siam Shade, hide ... ahha =P

ORANGE RANGE always struck me as more rap ... haha.

There's also a semi-new band that "recently" started from some members from BLOOD I believe. Called Suicide Ali =o They have some of their MP3s up on their site...

Speaking of JROCK, one of my friends runs a JROCK station, "Tainted Reality" Thursday nights 7-10 PM if anyone's interested in that ... ALL requests are taken and they have a lot of music from bands I haven't even heard of before xD~ and interviews as well ... there's a BLOOD one coming up.

[The Waking Child]

Kagrra and Kagerou are not bad Japanese rock bands, but in terms of what I typically listen to, Sigh is an amazing band.

[Pattern]

If you like FF remixes then get Black Mages http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/
Nobua and his crew have made two cds containing songs from FF 1 to presens FF. It`s remixed with rock. =D It so cool!
Post me a message if you want a link to where you can get the cds. Siam Shade is great, with the Kenshin theme. Im want to travel to Japan and see Janne Da Arc live!

[Aleks]

Black mages **** up songs to be frank. That's why I like MintJam's remixes. They don't do that. have you actually ever hear the Overworld remix the Black mages made?
OMFG, that song is tragic to listen to -.-'

[Vicious]

Rofl, when I had WinMX I found there was a lot of remixes and downloaded an entire CD's worth and every song was AWESOME. Lots of really cool trance and club music.

[postalblowfish7]

Gackt is such pop garbage - you might as well be listening to brittany spears.

The Pillows ****ing rock, but their new stuff isn't as good - i've been trying like hell to find copies of Pigment and Hollywood by The Silver Fins, but they're nowhere to be found! not even amazon.co.jp, cdjapan, or any other place on the web has their cd's available.

[Wrath]

Black Mages
Sigh
MERZBROW
Vomit Remnants
Remember To The Times When You Were Gods And Mourn Your Loss
S.O.B.
The Mad Capsule Markets
And Lilies Grew Where He Had Bled

[Gorath Sodom]

As far as regular Rock is concerned, I go with The Pillows. Their work on the FLCL OST was amazing.

As far as more obscure things are concerned, such as death metal, I go with:

Infected Malignity
Rest in Gore
Vomit Remnants