Japanese Music

[Sandbar]

haha. Are you from Finland AverageShinigami?

[AverageShinigami]

Originally Posted by Sandbar

haha. Are you from Finland AverageShinigami?

Yes, I am.

Just to mention something that hasn't already been, noise rock is apparently something the Japanese are proficient in. I'm not really into it, but it's interesting.

[Niron]

Utada Hikaru - Most known for her openings songs to the kingdom hearts series Sanctuary and Simple and clean. She makes songs in both english and japanese. Her english is perfect.

Abingdon school boys - Jrock/punk
Back-on - Now this is interesting they are like the japanese Linkin Park. They mix alternativ rock with raping kind of.

Orange range- The first opening in Bleach "Asterisk" is a good example of their music style kind. Pop group i would say but i can't really sort them in a genre.

Nirgilis - calm songs, like no stress songs xD

Tommy Heavenly6 - Punkband with a female leadsinger.

High and mighy color - same as above

SPLAY - One of my favorites. He sings really good.

HOME MADE KAZOKU - reminds me of orange range

ASIAN kung-fu generation - Really good especially "After dark"

ACID - alternativ style Jrock

That's my favorites, i hope i gave some kind of help :P

[zoelyn]

I can attest to the awesomeness of High and Mighty Color - I have one of their CDs and I love nearly every song.

I also love Orange Range, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, and a bunch of others that were already mentioned.

Aqua Timez is good too, they did one of the openings for Bleach as well, but I think their other songs are better.

[Garyuu]

Originally Posted by Niron

Tommy Heavenly6 - Punkband with a female leadsinger.

Tommy Heavenly6 (aka Tommy February6) is not a band, but an individual person. She used to be in a band called The Brilliant Green. Anyway, I like Tommy Heavenly6.

[Sandbar]

Originally Posted by AverageShinigami

Just to mention something that hasn't already been, noise rock is apparently something the Japanese are proficient in. I'm not really into it, but it's interesting.

Noise rock? Never even heard of this one!

Thanks so much Niron, zoelyn, and Garyuu for your recommendations.

Sounds like punk is big in Japan!

How is it everyone here knows so much about Japanese music? Is it something you've looked into yourself because of anime? Or were you brought up on it or something?

[lilatta75]

Orange Range! (there sorts like a japanese verson of early linkin park)
Aqua timez (they do the end cridets song to Bleach: memorys of a Nobody along with one of the openings to bleach Alones
Ayaka (don't really know much about her yet I just started listening to her music myself ^^;)

[NemesisFated]

Hmm. Some I know of and enjoy myself are,

Malice Mizer (gothic)~ I believe Kamui Gackt has a solo project as well

The Black Mages (instrumental/rock)~ really good if you like Final Fantasy series like me. Nobuo Uematsu is a wonderful composer known for his works in the numerous Final Fantasy games.

X( aka X Japan) (Jrock)~ kindof 80ish/mid 90's sound, but I really enjoyed them

L'arc en Ceil (Jpop)~ (did I spell that right?) lol relaxing :)

Two-Mix (Jpop)~ (yes I admit it, I like them) known for their works on Gundam, and Case Closed

This next one is a bit off the wall, but I like New Age as well:

Kitaro (New Age)~ Hes a really good composer, and he has some amazing music that uses both modern and acoustic instruments (An Enchanted Evening). Absolutely wonderful if you can hear that one.

Animetal (Jrock/metal)~ Love it, listening to it right now. I'm a old school Mecha fan

All I can think of right now >_<;

私を許しなさい; ;

[Gallarn]

Check out Back-On too,kinda like a japanese linkin park but okish music.

Also worth mentioning;
Nightmare,Yui nad Maximum the Hormone

[tenkenX6]

Originally Posted by Sandbar

How is it everyone here knows so much about Japanese music? Is it something you've looked into yourself because of anime? Or were you brought up on it or something?

A little bit of both for me. I grew up around Japanese music because well....I'm Japanese. Also, I've been a long time anime fan, so I do look up and listen to more music from bands I like for various anime shows.

Here's a short sample of some of my favorite bands and singers:

Nightmare (J-rock)
Luna Sea (J-rock)
L'Arc~en~Ciel (J-rock)
Pierrot (J-rock)
KOTOKO (J-pop)
BUCK-TICK (J-rock)
Judy and Mary (J-pop)
Glay (J-rock)
Fiction Junction Yuuka (J-pop)
Minami Kuribayashi (J-pop)
SIAM SHADE (J-rock)