what exactly is the j-rock trend? It seems like a combination between punk/goth(ok well more goth)/rock clothing. But i just love it! What do you think about it? xD
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you know me, give me an Japanese guy with dyed hair, heavy make-up and tight leather pants and I'm game XD
But seriously, I love J-Rockers, even if as of late they tend to write their songs in english rather then their native tongue, (which I think is a waste)
If I'm not mistaken, one of the bands who set this trend in motion was the legendary band Malice Mizer. Gackt did their vocals between 1995 and 1999
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well I found some information on wikipedia abou j-rock , I'll just copy paste it seeing that I'm to lazy to wrigth it.:
Homegrown Japanese country rock had developed by the late 1960s. Artists like Happy End are considered to have virtually developed the genre. During the 1970s, it grew more popular. The Okinawan band Champloose, along with Carol, RC Succession and Shinji Harada were especially famous and helped define the genre's sound. In the 1980s, the Boøwy, Southern All Stars became the biggest band in Japanese rock's history, and inspired alternative rock bands like Shonen Knife & the Boredoms and Tama & Little Creatures. Most influentially <<< this is more about the muzic not the trend of j-rock.
Gackt and Malice Mizer appered later on after in 1980, Huruoma and Ry Cooder, an American musician, collaborated on a rock album with Shoukichi Kina, driving force behind the aforementioned Okinawan band Champloose. They were followed by Sandii & the Sunsetz, who further mixed Japanese and Okinawan influences. At the same time, singer-songwriters like Gackt and Hyde became extremely popular. And I said I wount wrigth to much. -__-
