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  1. 4 points
    マルコ (marco) new single is expected for release in August 2018! They will also hold their oneman tour as follows: 2018.09.03 仙台SPACE ZERO 2018.09.04 新潟club riverst 2018.09.10 名古屋GLOW 2018.09.11 大阪 心斎橋juza 2018.09.16 高田馬場AREA (tour final)
  2. 3 points
    The Reverend

    UNDEUX: The Drama

    A Dramatic Retelling of the Time the Dude from Undeux Went Missing but then Ordered a Pizza With the Band's Line Account by The Reverend ACT ONE FADE IN: EXT. TOKYO ALLEYWAY, ENTRANCE TO IKEBUKURO BLACK HOLE -- EVENING CUT TO: INT. BACKSTAGE DRESSING ROOM The vanity shelves are filled with various makeup and hair products. Members from various indies VK bands are milling about; applying makeup, styling hair, strumming vacantly on guitars. As we pan to the rear corner the members of Undeux are half in costume chatting while getting dressed. (If writing is visible it is in Japanese. All speech is in English.) AL (GUITAR) Can you believe this asshole? He was supposed to be here like two hours ago? What if he doesn't show? Luchat turns away from the mirror while affixing feathers to his wig. LUCHAT (DRUMS) Can any of you guys sing? AL Riku couldn't sing! Anyone willing to get up there and just kinda shriek occasionally while pointing into the audience and making up some furi? Koji is sitting on the floor applying fake blood to his face. KOJI (BASS) No can do. You guys are already making me play bass; I've got enough to try and remember. AL Damnit. Kai walks through the door in full stage makeup buttoning his bloody white shirt. KAI (GUITAR) Hey has anyone heard from... AL No. KOJI No. LUCHAT Nope. KAI Damnit. AL Alright we can't not go on stage now... Al spots a couple of boxes (formerly containing hairspray bottles) near the corner of the room and raises his eyebrows furtively. AL (CONT'D) I've got an idea! CROSSFADE from Al cutting one of the boxes with a pair of scissors to the band performing on stage with a 3-foot tall cutout of a person taped to a mic stand instead of a vocalist. The cutout has been splattered with fake blood. FADE TO BLACK as the band performs. ACT TWO EXT. A NONDESCRIPT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN EDOGAWA. TWO DAYS LATER. -- NIGHT CUT TO: INT. A SMALL JAPANESE APARTMENT WITH LOTS OF BAND POSTERS ON THE WALL. SOME FLOWERS/CARTOON PLUSHES/PRODUCTS THAT INDICATE IT IS A WOMAN'S ROOM ARE VISIBLE. A 20-SOMETHING GIRL IS LOUNGING ON THE BED MESSING WITH HER CELL PHONE. RIKU is sitting Indian-style on the floor with a laptop on his lap. There is some hard (but not offensively brutal) rock playing on his laptop speakers. RIKU (VOCALS, UNDEUX) You hungry babe? GIRL on the bed does not look up or to check whether or not her response is heard. GIRL Hmm? RIKU Want to go out? GIRL Ehh. RIKU Well *I'm* hungry. Let's go grab some food. GIRL I don't get paid till Friday, I'm kinda broke. RIKU has stood up and is rifling through the small cupboard and refrigerator. RIKU Damn, me too. I'm sick of instant noodles though, I'm gonna order some pizza. Whatchu want on your half? GIRL Where you ordering from? RIKU That Italian place downstairs. You can just hit 'em up on Line to order. GIRL Corn and mayo! RIKU Gross, fine. RIKU grabs his laptop and starts typing. SFX: PAN OUT THROUGH WINDOW TO WIDE SHOT OF APARTMENT BUILDING WITH GATHERING THUNDERSTORM IN THE BACKGROUND. MUSIC: DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL HITS. FADE TO BLACK: ACT THREE EXT. SAME EDOGAWA APARTMENT COMPLEX. TWO HOURS LATER. -- NIGHT INT. SAME APARTMENT. MOSTLY FINISHED PIZZA/BOX SIT ON THE TABLE. GIRL IS STILL MINDLESSLY PLAYING WITH PHONE BUT LAYING WITH HEAD ON FOOT OF BED. RIKU is finishing a slice of pizza as he sits down at his computer again, looking very satisfied. MUSIC: OMINOUS BUT FAINT RIKU is reading intently on computer when his face drops and grows pale. He instinctively covers his mouth with his hand while continuing to scroll. RIKU Oh fuck. GIRL Huh? RIKU Oh fuck oh fuck. GIRL looks up from phone at RIKU. She is still lying on the bed. GIRL What's up? RIKU stands and begins pacing on the small apartment floor. RIKU Oh man this is not good... I was logged into the band's account when I ordered that pizza! GIRL Didn't you quit that band? RIKU I did! But I guess I hadn't logged out and into my own Line on my laptop. Shit! I didn't show up to our last show those guys are gonna be so pissed at me! GIRL sits up. GIRL Why were they expecting you at their show? RIKU Well, I quit the band... but didn't really tell them it would be *immediately*. They've been texting me non-stop. GIRL Oh my god, you idiot. RIKU I was trying to let them down easy! GIRL Just pay them back. RIKU I'm not worried about the money! GIRL Is this really that big a deal? RIKU Oh my god yes, you don't fuck with Rame and get away with it. I need to call my lawyer. GIRL *Your* lawyer? Who do you think you are? You definitely don't have some lawyer on retainer. RIKU I... you know what I mean! Seriously, I could be in some shit. SFX: PAN OUT THROUGH WINDOW TO WIDE SHOT OF APARTMENT WHILE RIKU IS PACING AND DIALING A NUMBER ON HIS CELL PHONE. IT IS RAINING HARD AND A SINGLE CROW IS CAWING ON SOME POWER LINES BELOW THEIR APARTMENT WINDOW. FADE TO BLACK: ACT FOUR EXT. AN UNIDENTIFIED AVERAGE TOKYO STREET. MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN STORES ON THE STREETS -- DAY INT. A LUXURIOUSLY APPOINTED OFFICE. THE FOUR NON-VOCALIST MEMBERS OF UNDEUX SIT ON ONE SIDE OF A LARGE WOODEN DESK. A LARGE BALD BODYGUARD-TYPE MAN STANDS NEAR THE DOOR WEARING A SUIT AND SUNGLASSES. THE BAND, IN CASUAL CLOTHES, ARE FACING THE BACK OF A STATELY LEATHER OFFICE CHAIR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK. The chair slowly spins around to reveal RAME of the record label GLKingdom and former bassist of VK band Vidoll. RAME is wearing a charcoal suit and a black tie. RAME Thank you for meeting me. Let's discuss how we can resolve this unfortunate... 'incident'. KAI Well... The members of Undeux look at each other nervously. AL Well, we want to keep going. We were hoping, you know, that maybe you knew a vocalist who would be interested... RAME laughs softly. AL (CONT'D) ...in joining the band. RAME Yes, yes. That can all be arranged. I was speaking more about what to do with Riku. LUCHAT Wha...? KOJI We still haven't heard from him. AL Well, other than the pizza thing. LUCHAT Yeah, what a dick. RAME pulls a white envelope from a drawer. RAME First, he quits the band and no-shows despite promising me he'd keep performing till the summer. RAME (CONT'D) Then, he hides and doesn't return any of my calls or texts. And finally... RAME opens the letter contained in the envelope. RAME (CONT'D) ...I get a letter from a lawyer claiming that the record deal you all signed was invalid and Riku not showing up was not a breach of contract at all. The members of Undeux are fidgeting in their seats but do not say anything. RAME (CONT'D) Our friend Riku needs a lesson in respect and honor. KOJI What do you...? RAME nods at the large man standing by the door. The bodyguard nods back and exits the room. RAME Let's not worry about Riku any longer. The members of Undeux look slightly afraid but don't move or speak. RAME (CONT'D) Now, about finding you guys a new vocalist... have you heard of the band QEDDESHET? FADE TO BLACK: ACT FIVE EXT. A GRIMEY TOKYO ALLEYWAY. IT IS RAINING LIGHTLY -- EVENING RIKU runs around a corner and places his hands on his knees to try to catch his breath. He is looking from side to side very nervously. RIKU starts walking quickly, while often looking over his shoulder, toward one end of the alley. As RIKU approaches a large man in a dark suit appears at the end of the alley that RIKU is headed toward. RIKU, panicked, turns and begins running in the opposite direction. RIKU is sprinting and splashing through puddles of the alley. As he nears the corner he appeared from originally another man in a suit emerges holding a black handgun. RIKU No! Please... The second suited man emotionlessly aims the gun at RIKU and pulls the trigger. The man wipes the gun with his pocket square and lays the gun down beside Riku's body. The suited men walk away quickly but confidently. OVERHEAD SHOT: Camera slowly pans upward as the blood from RIKU's gunshot mixes with the water his body is lying in. Camera pans upward until it is above the roofline and even the silhouette of RIKU's lifeless body has disappeared from view. CUT TO: INT. UNNAMED TOKYO LIVE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PERFORMANCE. The band Undeux are walking out onstage to a pulsing techno track. A new, unidentified vocalist comes out last to lots of shouting from the crowd. The intro track ends and a drum fill signals the beginning of Undeux's first song. The new vocalist crouches over and unleashes an imperfect but earnest pig-squeal as the guitars kick in. The camera finds RAME at the rear of the club watching dispassionately. The large suited man from his office approaches and whispers something into his ear that is unheard over the band's performance. One corner of RAME's lips fold upward into a wry smile. FADE TO BLACK: TITLE CARD: fin.
  3. 3 points
    SHIN (ex-ViViD) new digital single "GLAMOROUS SKY" will be released at 2018/05/21
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    Rides In ReVellion will distribute two new songs ! The first of which is called "「ANOXIA」BEFORE BEYOND THE HORIZON Ver" and will be distributed on 2018.07.21. The second of which is called "「衝動DIRTY」BEFORE BEYOND THE HORIZON Ver" and will be distributed on 2018.07.28.
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    B'LAIVE new mini-album "ハイブリ!" (Haiburi!) will be released at 2018/08/15 (2 types) Limited edition (2300yen) will include CD (5 songs) and DVD Regular edition (2100yen) will include CD (6 songs) only they will hold their triple 3-man live as follows : 2018/08/20 at Imaike GROW with Leetspeak monsters and ゼログミ (Zerogumi) 2018/08/24 at Sugamo The Lion King with ラッコ (LACK-CO.) and ビバラッシュ (Vivarush) 2018/09/18 at Shinsaibashi JUZA with i.Rias and ゼログミ (Zerogumi)
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    lynch. new Blu-Ray "OFFICIAL BOOTLEG lV「THE JUDGEMENT DAY 」2017.4.18 at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST" will be released at 2018/05/23. It will be fanclub-limited (5556yen)
  7. 2 points
    Mihenno

    Haklo new band have formed

  8. 2 points
    i feel like i've listened to like.. less than 10 albums that actually came out this year
  9. 2 points
    so here for a new version of gekkou drive!! one of my favorite songs of theirs
  10. 2 points
    Zalemu

    5 Things I Love About VK

    1. synchronized spinning at the chorus of a song 2. charmismatic bandmen 3. edgy depressive lyrics and mid-song monologues 4. vocalists that are so bad they're good 5. "wtf were they smoking" genre mashups
  11. 2 points
    I hope one of the phases is a world tour
  12. 2 points
    Just saw some Berkeley music student passing by and blasting Dir en grey's Yokan from his phone 😂
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    Idk where to put this or how to title it... sorry mods! But I came across an old thread (Wtf is Ains), and thought I'd dump a short history of Yukika/Ains. Only it turned out to be way longer than I expected, and had some crossover with non-Ains labels. So... I thought I'd dump it in the general section. Maybe this can turn into a general discussion of vk labels? (Didn't see anything similar extant when I searched.) Anyway, here: Yukika (雪花) is a dude who was vocalist of a band called ETCETERA (エトセトラ). They were on their own label, called ● drop cafe, which I think he owned. Later, they joined a bigger label called ● CLIMAX ENTERPRISE. ------------------------------------------------------------ Yayoi (弥生) is a dude who was in the bands Vice†risk and La'miss fairy, among many others. Back in the day, he owned a label called ● Eternal, which was in turn a sublabel of KISAKI's ● Matina label. Eventually, ● Matina closed, and so did ● Eternal. Later―around the same time that KISAKI opened his new label ● UNDER CODE PRODUCTION―Yayoi opened a new label called ● CLIMAX ENTERPRISE. ------------------------------------------------------------ ETCETERA eventually disbands, and ● CLIMAX ENTERPRISE closes, whatever. Afterward, Yukika forms a band called Fils, but they operate without a label and disband pretty quickly. Yukika then forms the band CLUTCH (クラッチ) under his own record label, ● Culminate Screen. ------------------------------------------------------------ ● Culminate Screen mostly had shitty bands, but there was this one group called CATHELINE (キャサリン)... They got a little popularity, jumped ship to Speed-disk, and became R-18, then R-15, then R Shitei (R指定). ------------------------------------------------------------ CLUTCH disbands, ● Culminate Screen closes, whatever. Yukika keeps at it, forms a new band called Buddy, and starts a new label, ● A heretic sound music.. Here's where it starts getting interesting: Yukika gets lucky, and signs this band called ALSDEAD to his label. Somehow, they get a little popular, and he's probably making money from his label for the first time ever. Meanwhile, this little band called Valluna (ヴァルナ) starts hanging out around label (without actually joining), so that's pretty cool. Cut to late 2009. Remember that Yayoi guy, the president of the label that Yukika's band ETCETERA used to be on? Yeah, that guy suddenly has a new label called ● FIREBALL―which has no artists, btw―and Yukika slides ● A heretic sound music. right in there as a sublabel of ● FIREBALL. That's definitely some tax evasion shit, right? Like 3 minutes later, ALSDEAD mysteriously announces that they're “graduating” from ● A heretic sound music.. The next month, Yukika's like, “Hey guys, ● A heretic sound music. is closing.” (Haq;ch. and Navir, the two unsuccessful bands on the label, are just left to fend for themselves.) But don't worry! Yukika has formed a new label: ● Galaxy, which is also a sublabel of ● FIREBALL. (Yukika even co-sponsors one-day revivals of ● Eternal and ● CLIMAX ENTERPRISE with Yayoi, 'cause they're totes great friends now.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Btw, did you catch that? He transforms his label into a sublabel, then immediately closes it and forms a new sublabel under the same company. He keeps the one band who was somewhat successful, and drops off the other two in some barren desert somewhere. That's definitely some tax wizardry, right? Or maybe just a cute way to end those other bands' contracts? ------------------------------------------------------------ So ● Galaxy is here, and they've got the somewhat successful ALSDEAD band. Then, surprise surprise, Valluna (ヴァルナ) joins ● Galaxy. ------------------------------------------------------------ ALSDEAD was, like, doing pretty good. But right after their first release through ● Galaxy, they jumped ship to their own label, ● CTA Works ('cause they're assholes?). ● Danger Crue scooped them up after, which is a pretty big deal, 'cause, like... ● Danger Crue isn't major, but it's as close as most visual bands will ever get, and it has major distribution through ● SONY. It seems like they really fell off after that, but maybe that's just in the overseas community. ------------------------------------------------------------ That Valluna (ヴァルナ) band is doing well, like really well. Which, in the VK world, means it's time for a disbandment. So, Valluna (ヴァルナ) disbands, and the important members immediately come back as DIAURA. DIAURA is doing super well; so much so that their album is distributed by the major label ● CROWN, which is rare for a tiny label like ● Galaxy. So Yukika and Yayaoi must be dragging home small bags of money every day, which is great. But eventually, Yukika gets smart, and is like “fuck this, I want all the bags of money”; so in early 2012, mentions of something called ● Ains start springing up. ● Galaxy is still publishing releases and sponsoring lives, but this ● Ains thing is being mentioned too. Smash cut to March of 2012, and ● Galaxy has, like, lowkey disappeared, and all of DIAURA's activities are going through ● Ains now. Considering ● FIREBALL seemed to only ever be a shell company for ● Galaxy, I guess it closed too. ------------------------------------------------------------ I wanna talk about Yayoi some more. Way back in 1979 (supposedly), some dude founded an entertainment company called EXCEL. That dude turns out to be Yayoi's father! In the 90s, ● EXCEL RECORDS released some omnibus CDs featuring Yayoi's then-current band, ANGEL DUST. (KISAKI's band, MIRAGE, was also on those CDs, so I guess that's how KISAKI and Yayoi hooked up, which lead to KISAKI giving Yayoi the ● Eternal sublabel of ● Matina.) Anyway, around the time when Yukika closed ● Galaxy and formed ● Ains, EXCEL was reorganized into ● EXCEL ENTERTAINMENT, with Yayoi as the new president. The new ● EXCEL ENTERTAINMENT has had several clients―including KISAKI and some people from bands belonging to ● Eternal/● CLIMAX ENTERPRISE―but the company doesn't actually do anything, as far as I can tell. I guess it acts as a talent agency, but all of its clients are already being managed by record labels, so what's the point? More recently, Yayoi formed the new record label ROCKSTAR RECORDS. (And, of course, all of that label's artists are simultaneously signed with ● EXCEL ENTERTAINMENT.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Ok, ok, it's 2012, ● Ains exists as its own entity, and DIAURA is helping Yukika drag home bags of money, which he gets to keep to himself this time. Now that he's making Trump Checks™, Yukika can afford to sign a new act, so he snipes people from the band RELOAD (リロード) to form Grieva (グリーヴァ). Just for shits and giggles, they're on their own ● Ains sublabel called ● MadWink.. (I truly assumed that ● MadWink. was created just for aesthetic reasons, but maybe it's some weird tax evasion thing too, idk.) Grieva (グリーヴァ) is literally (literally, kids) a Dir en grey cover band (with other influences thrown in there, but it's mostly Deg), but they're like, killin' it. So Yukika tries to strike lightning twice, and creates a GAZETTE (ガゼット) cover band, Gossip (ゴシップ), also under the ● MadWink. sublabel. At the same time, KUROYURI TO KAGE (黒百合と影) forms under a different ● Ains sublabel called ● yamikakumei (闇革命). (Again, I assume the sublabel is for aesthetic purposes.) Soon after, Grieva, Gossip, and KUROYURI TO KAGE release a coupling CD which is published by ● UNIVERSAL MUSIC. (This doesn't mean they're major, or that they left ● Ains. I'd assume it's probably some sort of test for ● UNIVERSAL MUSIC to see if they want to deal with ● Ains more in the future.) Now, here's the most recent weirdness: Some new band MEDIENA (メディーナ) appears, and they give off major “● Ains vibes”―in the sense that their graphic design is clearly done by the ● Ains graphic designer, and their release schedule is put together in a way that's similar to ● Ains bands. They're also always playing at ● Ains lives, but they clearly state that they're on a label called ● V-eyes RECORDS, which has nothing to do with ● Ains. ...Or does it? When their release was put up on iTunes, the publisher was listed as ● Ains; so I guess that explains that, lol. I personally consider ● V-eyes RECORDS to be a “secret sublabel” of ● Ains, though I have no official statement to back that up, and can't give a reason why they'd do that (tax stuff?). There's also a new band called MALISEND, whom some people assumed to belong to ● Ains. I actually think that's wrong, at least when they formed. Early on, MALISEND was clearly not using the ● Ains graphic designer, and their first releases were not announced in the same way that ● Ains releases are (ie. not using the same marketing staff). Also, tbh, their first look was not up to ● Ains quality. And finally, I want to mention that their first releases were completely independent (independent UPC & no label listed). However, their most recent release was through a new label called ● Culminate―and was published by ● Ains, according to Brand X. So, in my opinion, MALISEND did not form under ● Ains (like MEDIENA probably did), but is now signed to another “secret sublabel” of ● Ains. (Might the name ● Culminate be a tribute to Yukika's early label, ● Culminate Screen?) And here we are ------------------------------------------------------------ To recap... Yukika forms drop cafe ↓ Yukika's band joins CLIMAX ENTERPRISE ↓ Yukika forms Culminate Screen ↓ Yukika forms A heretic sound music. ↓ Yukika meets up with Yayoi, the former president of CLIMAX ENTERPRISE ↓ Yayoi forms FIREBALL, and Yukika transforms A heretic sound music. to a sublabel of FIREBALL ↓ Yukika closes A heretic sound music. and makes a new FIREBALL sublabel called Galaxy ↓ Yukika forms a new, standalone label called Ains ↓ Yukika transfers DIAURA to Ains and closes A heretic sound music., and Yayoi goes to EXCEL ENTERTAINMENT ↓ Yukika makes an Ains sublabel, MadWink., for Grieva ↓ Gossip joins the sublabel MadWink. ↓ KUROYURI TO KAGE joins the new Ains sublabel, yamikakumei ↓ Grieva, Gossip, and KUROYURI TO KAGE release a coupling CD which is published/distributed by UNIVERSAL (but they're not major) ↓ MEDIENA forms under an unofficial/secret Ains sublabel, V-eyes RECORDS ↓ MALISEND forms independently, but joins what might be another unofficial/secret Ains sublabel, Culminate ------------------------------------------------------------ Idk, I hope that was enlightening or entertaining to someone! Please let me know if you have any comments or corrections! I've always found the world of VK record labels to be really fascinating. KISAKI's label history is deliciously convoluted, but I think Yukika actually beats him out, lol.
  14. 1 point
    アルルカン (Arlequin) new live DVD "2018.02.04 アルルカン 4th ANNIVERSARY ONEMAN TOUR FINAL [4→5] @TOKYO DOME CITY HALL" will be released at 2018/06/20 (5940yen) it will include scenes of their oneman live "4→5" at 2018/02/04 at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL
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    ex-MARIA'N†ROSA Vo.ユーリ(yuuri) has announced that he has started a new band and has deleted his previous tweets...👀
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    Their first album 「絶唱謳歌」(Zesshô ôka) will be released on 2018.08.08. Limited edition : 3500 yen + taxes (1000 copies, limited jacket) CD : 01.Paradox 02.絶唱謳歌(Zesshô ôka) 03.罵詈雑言(Bari zôgen) 04.懐色花火(Futokoro iro hanabi) 05.君の臓器になりたい(Kimi ni zoki ni naritai) 06.金欠マイレージ(Kinketsu mileage) 07.MELODY(album ver.) 08.アナザーワールド(Another world) 09.RUN 10.ADVENTURE TIME Regular edition : 3000 yen + taxes CD : 01.Paradox 02.絶唱謳歌(Zesshô ôka) 03.罵詈雑言(Bari zôgen) 04.懐色花火(Futokoro iro hanabi) 05.君の臓器になりたい(Kimi ni zoki ni naritai) 06.金欠マイレージ(Kinketsu mileage) 07.MELODY(album ver.) 08.アナザーワールド(Another world) 09.RUN 10.ADVENTURE TIME http://acme-official.com/news/1698/
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    Here you have the booklet "scans" of the 薄紅ノ葬 single! I'm sorry about the quality, the scanner i was using was pretty crappy so instead i decided to take photos with my camera! If anyone likes the lyrics, please translate to romaji/english if you have the proper skills! ❤️ Thank you everyone!
  18. 1 point
    BUCK-TICK new live DVD/Blu-Ray "CLIMAX TOGETHER ON SCREEN 1992-2016 / CLIMAX TOGETHER 3rd" will be released at 2018/06/27 Blu-Ray edition (2 discs) : 12000yen DVD edition (2 discs) : 11000yen Disc 1 will contain the documentary movie "CLIMAX TOGETHER" Disc 2 will contain scenes of their oneman live at 2016/09/11 at Yokohama ARENA [Disc 2 tracklist] SE.Cleave ad Open 01.スピード 02.MACHINE-Remodel- 03.エリーゼのために 04.唄 05.無知の涙 06.羽虫のように 07.ドレス 08.ROMANCE 09.独壇場Beauty -R.I.P.- 10.GIRL 11.メランコリア-ELECTRIA- 12.Jonathan Jet-Coaster 13.極東より愛を込めて 14.Memento mori 15.世界は闇で満ちている 16.JUPITER 17.無題 18.夢魔-The Nightmare 19.New World 20.Alice in Wonder Underground 21.CLIMAX TOGETHER
  19. 1 point
    Zeus

    5 Things I Love About VK

    For better or for worse, visual kei is something that's had an impact on my life. I never thought groups of cross dressing Japanese men playing metal would be something that's stuck with me for so long, but throughout all the surprises, discoveries, disappointments, and developments I've stuck around in some capacity. I may not be as heavy into visual kei or Japanese music as I used to be, but there's a part of me that will always go back to the music I've enjoyed and another part of me that's always looking forward to new bands, activities, and trends. Here are five things I really enjoy about the scene which has kept me coming back again and again since 1999. So those are all the things I like about visual kei. I'm sure I missed some. What do you like about visual kei?
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    Yeah. Weird. He has a Starwave gig comming up. He either bails out or the thing gets relaunched.
  21. 1 point
    what kind of fucking halloween costume thrift store look is this? i was never really into these guys musically, but they managed to pull off at least a couple of cool looks...
  22. 1 point
    WHAT NO FUCK THEM I ALREADY BOOKED MY TRIP!!
  23. 1 point
    Zeus

    Dir en grey

    pls no guys. i love drama as much as the next person but there's something special and toxic about dir en grey drama that makes my lactose intolerant stomach churn. i'd rather not swing the hammer 2day.
  24. 1 point
    really wanted to hear how Shuji sang 空も笑ってる, but i didn't hear it. goddamit :(((
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  26. 1 point
    There are few things I feel better about than rinsing Kuroyume tracks over and over
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    well, we had ELE-MUSIC for a hot minute. i think a new 90s homage kei label might suffer the same fate... let's hope not.
  29. 1 point
    Ozileras10

    the GazettE new album, "NINTH" release

    Phase 01 PHENOMENON!? What if there will be different phases of NINTH, like it was with different movements of Dogma
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  32. 1 point
    I've been contemplating getting a tattoo of Marco's old logo (on my arm) and maaaaybe the butterfly from Megaromania's old logo (on my back).
  33. 1 point
    TomoMAD

    Your last music-related buy!

    DT's CD's
  34. 1 point
    Natsuki sis cum back from retirement we miss u
  35. 1 point
    that's probably the most tragic playlist visual kei will ever come up with for a limited edition ~ b o n u s ~ just like the band itself lbr
  36. 1 point
    I hoped mostly for Natsuki and Aki, but it's OK...
  37. 1 point
    Bad picture because I took when it was just made but I got the AINS logo on my thigh because I'm trash
  38. 1 point
    We should definitely have some sort of MH meet-up pre/post gig.
  39. 1 point
    Ikki

    Your last music-related buy!

    I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it. Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being. This is what I got in the mail today. Some Gastunk vinyl. Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles. Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board. This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994. The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.
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    Tokage

    DALLE new single, "not in love" release

    cant believe he read my post and did it
  41. 1 point
    Was trolling through old auctions, and found this: On 2008-07-01, basokiya1217 sold Lebia 「滅びの序章」 (from the image, it's the same tape we're familiar with). On 2008-08-02, night22com sold Lebia 「滅びの序章」 (same tape, again), and mentions that “at this time, KISAKI called himself AINE.” Just thought it was interesting that, even before KISAKI started selling fake copies of this tape as his own, people were selling this as a KISAKI band (albeit under a different name). In fact, I wonder if night22com bought the tape from basokiya1217, thought it was the KISAKI band, and re-sold it as such; maybe KISAKI buys it the second time, and re-sells copies years later? Of course we should blame KISAKI for putting fake information about “滅序章” in beyond the kingdom, but maybe it's this night22com person's fault that we have this fake demotape floating around lol (Btw, I still can't help but think the person on the left in the Levia cover looks a lot like KISAKI, but I guess it's just coincidence.) Edit: oh, I should point out that neither basokiya1217 nor night22com were KISAKI. He has a certain “style” in posting auctions, and neither of them match it; plus, their periods of activity overlapped with his account, so I'm sure they were all different people.
  42. 1 point
    Getting caught for tax evasion, selling faked "rare" demo tapes of your first bands to sell online for money, and fabricating stories about your hospitalization complete with pictures ripped off of Google are not what I would call "small things". Those are what I would call big things, and I could remember those three things off the top of my head. Kisaki has a knack for drawing lots of attention to himself, mostly negative. I'm pretty sure he's an attention succubus and thrives on it to keep himself going.
  43. 1 point
    【EVIDENCE OF EXISTENCE】 Here's the evidence that I could find of these bands being *real*: - https://twitter.com/KISAKI_OFFICIAL/status/297370748589338624 KISAKI played recorded versions of songs of Levia~LAYBIAL~SHËY≠DË at his 20th anniversary live. It's not really “proof” of anything, but this was a history live, so there should have been someone who was a fan of the bands that were ripped off (VICE∞RISK, 業, Levia[non-KISAKI]), and who would have noticed if KISAKI was playing those songs... - As someone else mentioned, on 2007-11-19 in his HOLIDAY blog, he mentioned meeting ex-Levia member 美憂, who is married and has a child. - https://twitter.com/KISAKI_OFFICIAL/status/154273353094537216 On 2012-01-04, he posted in his Ameba (now deleted) that he met Levia members again. Most of them married with children now. He also posted a pciture of 美憂's child this time (also on Twitter ↑), as well as a picture of that guy's shop. (Google/Tineye didn't return any results when I searched the images). - http://music3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/visual/1066131643/ Earliest web mention of these bands that I can find is on 2ch in 2003. So at least we know his *canon* band history included these bands way before BEYOND THE KINGDOM. - Again, not proof of anything, but the canon lineup of SHËY≠DË features 紫緒, who was in HISKAREA. I automatically doubt that KISAKI would make up a fake band with a known musician in the lineup, if it weren't real... - 松本 博, the owner of Wakayama livehouse OLD TIME at which Levia supposedly performed a lot of oneman lives, actually commented in BEYOND THE KINGDOM about seeing KISAKI's junior-high band Levia as regulars who were popular. So that seems to confirm a lot for me, unless they faked that comment (I already checked―the 松本 博 is real.) --- 【REALLY WEIRD STUFF】 This one is sort of reaching, but bear with me. Check out the cover of the Levia “滅びの序章” demotape again (which was copied from the Levia[non-KISAKI] “滅びの序章”, remember?). Now check out this image by hyura again. The image on the left. I know it's near the LAYBIAL sign, but it's only 3 members (LAYBIAL had 4), and LAYBIAL didn't play a live on 1994-09-21... but Levia had 3 members and did play their first live on 1993-09-21. So could that picture be of KISAKI's Levia? And if so... looking at that supposed Levia[non-KISAKI] scan, couldn't you see KISAKI on the left and the other two guys on the right (compare the eye-makeup, the hair, the chokers, the suit jackets)...? - I can't claim anything from this, but you have to admit that it sort of looks like Levia and Levia[non-KISAKI] are one in the same, at least from comparing those two pictures. That would be the ultimate mind fuck if that were the case, because the Levia[non-KISAKI] demotape has 5 tracks which, as far as I know, aren't stolen from anything... --- 【CONCLUSIONS】 Personally, I think Levia~LAYBIAL~SHËY≠DË were *real*, since they've been mentioned for so long (at least since 2003), way before there was a book about KISAKI or he had some “legacy” of being a 15-year-old genius who was playing oneman shows. Also, I can't imagine KISAKI and FOOL'S MATE would be so bold as to fake a comment from the owner of a livehouse who knew Levia. And finally, I don't think KISAKI was lying when he posted about meeting ex-Levia members... but if he was, then he's been purposefully sprinking those things throughout his blog for 7 years which just seems to be way beyond his level of thinking IMO. So like I said, I think the bands are *real*, but I'm not sure if the demotapes ever were... I see a couple of possible scenarios: 1. The *canon* demotapes were *real* but were also fake/stolen (even at the time of their release). 2. It's been so long that KISAKI has no clue what his early bands released, so he just made it up for BEYOND THE KINGDOM. In that case, there are *real* demotapes, but probably completely different from the *canon* ones. 3. There are *canon* demotapes are also *real*, but KISAKI's been seeding the net and auctions with fake copies, while he maniacally holds on to the only real copies that are left. In that case, the titles are still stolen from other releases... (This would fit in nicely with the crazy theory that Levia is the same as Levia[non-KISAKI]!) - So I guess my posts didn't really give any clear conlusion, but I hope you've gained some more evidence to make your own (or at least see that the situation is even weirder than some simple lying).
  44. 1 point
    【DISPUTING THE MYTH_CEO DEMOTAPES】 Let's start talking shit: - 1. 滅びの序章 (green / black) ● This tape was never in the canon discography. The canon discography does have a “滅序章” (notice only two characters missing), but that one is supposed to have 5 tracks. ● Levia[non-KISAKI] has a demotape called “滅びの序章” which had the exact same cover. Rarez Hut actually sold it: http://www.rarezhut.net/product/levia-%E6%BB%85%E3%81%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%BA%8F%E7%AB%A0 ● Remember, on my copy of the grayscale version, the insert appeared to have been longer originally... well, as posted here, Levia[non-KISAKI]'s tape had an insert that was longer (with member info + tracklisting)... I wonder if KISAKI had this Levia[non-KISAKI] tape and just ripped that part off and used the remaining insert for his fake demotape??? - 3. 「KELOID」 -Not For Sale- ● This wasn't listed in the canon discography (only a version with 2 tracks was), and is clearly modern-made/fake. ● The track used for the demotape is familiar... hold that thought - 4. 「KELOID」 ● Again, clearly faked, as per inkjet printing and such. At least the cover/tracklisting matches up to the canon discography, but as pointed out, the tracks are stolen from a VICE∞RISK demotape. --- 【IT STARTS GETTING WEIRD】 OK, so here's where it gets weird. “「KELOID」 -Not For Sale-”, the *semi-canon*, faked demotape that KISAKI sold me via auction. That 2:40 track which is completely different from the “「KELOID」” version... Champ mentioned that she traded somebody for some SHËY≠DË demotape rips... I traded for the same rips with that same person. ...The Levia “「KELOID」 -Not For Sale-” version of KELOID is the same track as SHËY≠DË's FUNERAL from the “DARK SIDE” rip which I traded for!! ...And as Champ pointed out, FUNERAL by SHËY≠DË is actually FUNERAL by 業! !_! ?_? So just by pure coincidence (...??????), KISAKI sold me a fake Levia demotape which featured a track by 業, and someone traded me for fake SHËY≠DË demotape which featured the same track by 業. Coincidence? Or maybe KISAKI mixed up his fake files? Either way it's interesting... - Also, I'm quite embarassed to admit it, but I thought I'd figured out what Levia - 滅びの序章 (the actual music on the demotapes which KISAKI sold me) was stolen from, but I can't remember now @_@. --- Still more to come...
  45. 1 point
    【EXCLUSIONS】 I posit, but can't prove, that KISAKI (1994 solo project) and De=prive are *real*, bringing the scope of my posts to Levia, LAYBIAL, and SHËY≠DË. KISAKI (1994 solo project) It is *canon* that KISAKI released a solo demotape in 1994 with STELLA MARIA vocalist Ray. The rest of the [disputed] canon discography wasn't known until 2007's BEYOND THE KINGDOM, but this demotape was listed on UNDER CODE PRODUCTION's website since at least 2004. That, and the fact that it features a (relatively) well-known musician (STELLA MARIA's vocalist Ray), I find it unlikely that this release/artist was faked. De=prive This is actually the least-known band in KISAKI's history. In fact, it's *non-canon*―that is, it came from Japanese VK fans rather than KISAKI himself. Since there's no reason for fans to lie about such a small band (with no releases), and because Japanese VK fans are rather trustworthy with information (moreso than overseas fans or KISAKI himself), I'm comfortable asserting that De=prive was *real*. (If KISAKI's *canon* live history is *real*, I would guess that De=prive was the unnamed session band in 1994.) --- 【MYTH_CEO DEMOTAPES】 As pointed out in previous posts, KISAKI has been selling shit (anonymously) via Y!J auctions. In early 2014 he started selling Levia demotapes, and I bought almost all of them. Here are descriptions of those, followed by an update (canon + semi-canon) Levia discography: - 1. 滅びの序章 image ● Green-tinted insert with cover art and spine, but no tracklisting or member information. Contains one track, 2:11, presumably 滅びの序章. ● I believe this is the same one that someone else purchased (although their copy was sold much later, I think). - 2. 滅びの序章 (grayscale) image ● Same cover, but grayscale. Again, no tracklisting or member information, same 2:11 track as before. ● Again, not listed in *canon* discography―according to *semi-cannon* auction description, live distributed. ● However, it does appear to be old (rather than modern-made), as there is some yellow discoloration and wear on the insert. Additionally, the top of the insert appears frayed, as if it was originally longer, but was carefully torn apart. - 3. 「KELOID」 -Not For Sale- image 1 / image 2 ● Insert is clearly modern-made―background is pixellated while text box is sharp and uses a (sort of) modern font. One track, about 2:40, presumably KELOID. ● Not listed in *canon* discography (there is a canon KELOID, but it has two tracks and different cover art). According to *non-canon*, live distributed. - 4. 「KELOID」 image ● Again, modern-made, as the insert was clearly printed with a modern inkjet printer, and creases/wear are printed images rather than physical features. It features two tracks, KELOID (5:30) and PRAY (3:57). ● This is listed in the *canon* discography, and features the correct cover art. ● Note that this tape's version of KELOID is 5:30 while the previous one was 2:40... and they're completely different songs. ● And let me just point out that KISAKI saw the same person buying these two tapes with the same Y!J account within the span of one month... you'd think he would at least use the same song in his faked demotape o-o.) - So here's our updated Levia discography, with *semi-canon* entries in blue: Levia   1993-01-10 - 滅序章     1.滅序章 / 2.PROLOGUE / 3.蒼ノ真相 / 4. Die&DEA / 5. EPILOGUE   ????-??-?? - 滅びの序章 (green)     1.滅びの序章   ????-??-?? - 滅びの序章 (black)     1.滅びの序章   ????-??-?? - 「KELOID」 -Not For Sale-     1.KELOID   1993-12-21 - KELOID     1.KELOID / 2.PRAY   1994-01-23 - My Duel     1.My Duel
  46. 1 point
    I'm busy with real-life stuff lately, so still working through it... but in the mean time: There's a ton of meat to chew through here. So for your benefit and mine, let's define some terms and bounds: --- 【TERMS】 I'll use these terms to differentiate between the “alternate realities” that we're working with: ● “canon” - official; information given by KISAKI and recorded in multiple publications ● “semi-canon” - information from KISAKI but in an unofficial capacity (eg. information in his secret auctions) ● “non-canon” - information from a 3rd party (eg. rips floating on the net) ● “true” - something that actually happened or exists in real life --- 【BAND HISTORY】 So here's our *canon* (but not necessarily *true*) version of KISAKI's band history. Note that I'm only listing the begin dates of these bands―not every single appearance or revival. ● 1992~ SCARE CROW (roadie) ● 1993~ Levia ● 1994~ LAYBIAL ● 1994~ SHËY≠DË, garden (support), KISAKI (solo project) ● 1994~ garden, Ruby (support), SHËY≠DË (one day revival), De=prive (session?) ● 1995~ STELLA MARIA, 廃人黒薔薇族 (session) ● 1996~ La:Sadie's ● 1997~ MIRAGE, アンチフェミニズム ● 2000~ Syndrome ● 2003~ 妃&関西貴族, KISAKI PROJECT ● 2004~ Phantasmagoria ● 2010~ 凛 -the end of corruption world- ● 2014~ 凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD- --- 【DOPPLEGANGERS】 I'll quickly touch on dopplegangers. Many of KISAKI's early (canon) bands were followed by later bands with the same name. I'll designate those with [non-KISAKI]. ● Levia[non-KISAKI] - active around 1993(?); V. 冬樹 / G. 沙霧 / B. AINE / D. HIRO ● LAYBIAL[non-KISAKI] - Matina band active around 1999 ● GARDEN[non-KISAKI] - Matina band active 2000~2002 ● De≠prive[non-KISAKI] - First band of Madeth gray'll vocalist, active possibly around 1995~1996? --- 【WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN】 This thread is questioning two things, as I see it: 1. Are KISAKI's early bands *real*? 2. If so, are those early bands' discographies *real*? KISAKI's time in the following bands is conclusively *real*, based on multiple sources of information, extant releases, photos, videos, etc.: ● SCARE CROW, garden, Ruby, STELLA MARIA, 廃人黒薔薇族, La:Sadie's, MIRAGE, アンチフェミニズム, Syndrome, 妃&関西貴族, KISAKI PROJECT, Phantasmagoria, 凛 The following bands are *canon*, but their *real*-ness is questioned: ● Levia, LAYBIAL, SHËY≠DË, KISAKI (first solo project), De=prive --- 【DISCOGRAPHY】 Here are the *canon* discographies of the bands which we're questioning (anything in green is *non-canon*): Levia   1993-01-10 - 滅序章     1.滅序章 / 2.PROLOGUE / 3.蒼ノ真相 / 4. Die&DEA / 5. EPILOGUE   1993-12-21 - KELOID     1.KELOID / 2.PRAY   1994-01-23 - My Duel     1.My Duel LAYBIAL   1994-05-01 - MISS     1.Dejavu / 2.MISS / 3.virgining Pleasures / 4.Refuse / 5.MOTHER / 6.One More Love   1994-05-30 - カケラ     1.カケラ   1994-06-20 - 混乱     1.混乱 SHËY≠DË   1994-07-01 - 奴隷華     1.DOLL / 2.奴隷華   1994-09-01 - 瑠璃の雫     1.insanity / 2. XXXXX / 3.夢遊病者   1994-10-01 - DARK SIDE     1.CRIME / 2.FUNERAL / 3.苦悩二果テニ (or 1.DARK SIDE ?) KISAKI (solo project)   1994-11-10 - ONCE...     1.ONCE... / 2.届かぬ思い Note: in Levia's canon biography the line “DEMO TAPE発売記念2DAYSワンマン公演開催” indicates that a live was held to celebrate the release of a previous demotape. These lines don't indicate additional demotapes, as some of you were confused about.
  47. 1 point
    To give some ~expert confirmation~ on a few things: - myth_ceo is KISAKI. He sold UCP limited items, his own personal items, and even sold samples which he got from other bands (eg. in his blog he mentions SID giving him a sample of their new single, and then the next day myth_ceo was selling it). I'm also 100% sure that this was KISAKI himself and not a staff member. - KISAKI closed myth_ceo and now has another account on Y!J, something like iyouxi or something (not on PC and can't remember the name). I know it's him for the same reasons listed above (funnily, some people actually complained on that account about him selling samples). - He also has an mbok account which is something like deho_san (again, can't remember), though he doesn't use it often. - His time in STELLA MARIA is 100% confirmed. In addition to tapes, we have flyers and videos confirming. - His time in garden is 100% confirmed. In addition to the real tape being sold on Y!J a ton of times, there is video of garden somewhere. - I'm actually 90% sure the "Once..." tape is real as well, although probably not released as "KISAKI PROJECT" as his official website calls it. The reason I'm sure it's real is that it features the STELLA MARIA vocalist, and it was mentioned on UNDER CODE's website back in 2003 at least. So really what is in question (well, was in question) are the bands Levia, LAYBIAL, and SHEY=DE. As I mentioned before, I bought some tapes from KISAKI, but basically they are fake. However, I want to give some more complete info on them, if you'll just wait for another post. (And sorry for not posting before, but I was still unsure about certain things. Champ's post about the SHEY=DE tracks is what made the difference for me.) I will go ahead and say this, though: although we now know that these demotapes are fake, there is still more to this plot...! Please wait for my next post.
  48. 1 point
    But he was already pretty clear about it. It's not a cover, it's the same recordings he said. Normally I would suspect that some random seller on Yahoo wanted to make some money and just faked the tape. But Kisaki's official site confirms the cover and tracklist and it's pretty weird in itself that the tracklist is 2/3 of the Nude-of-J tape. Which is another thing, the Nude-of-J tape has 3 tracks, so it's not just that the tape somehow ended up in the wrong case, someone must have gone through the trouble to copy over those 2 songs specifically. Aaaaand there's more. I recently got the mp3s for another purported early Kisaki band, SHEY≠DE, via trade. It was later brought to my attention that they were probably fake. Fake files can happen in trades, although my source was usually a very realible one. One of the tapes I got is also on Kisaki's homepage, this one: http://kisaki-official.syncl.jp/?p=shop&id=530032&af= So, I showed my files to another japanese guy I know who's very knowledgable about old vk stuff, he said the tape I got was actually by a band called INSANITY. And here's where it gets interesting. Upon googling a bit I found this old auction where somebody was selling that old INSANITY tape: http://aucview.aucfan.com/yahoo/w80588066/ The tracklist is slightly different, but look at the cover! It's the same as on Kisakis page, except that one is red! For comparison: 瑠璃の雫 by SHEY≠DE 1. insanity 2. XXXXX 3. 夢遊病者 Unnamed tape by INSANITY 1. 恋模様 2. Desert Labyrinth 3. 瑠璃の雫 The first song on the SHEY≠DE tape has been altered with the name of the actual band (!), and the second one has been replaced with xxxxx (!!). The third song of the INSANITY tape was used as title for the SHEY≠DE tape (!!!). Now that's creative! But hey, at least he came up with a COMPLETLY NEW fake name for the 3rd song this time. And he re-colored the cover in Photoshop. That's gotta be worth something, right? The INSANITY tape was sold for 1000 Yen btw. The seller could have asked for a lot more for a SHEY≠DE tape, so there's no reason whatsoever for him to fake a SHEY≠DE tape into an INSANITY tape. At first I thought I was spoofed by a tricky trader. But there seems to be more to it. So after the dubious LAYBIAL and Levia tapes.... make it three.
  49. 1 point
    Here is the lyrics sheet from Nude of J's tape. If you have trouble with Japanese, just pay attention to the English parts. They're the same songs. To make it clear.. I'm not saying they just covered the songs, but those "Levia" songs Naaaaani uploaded are Nude of J - exactly the same recording. And Nude of J were indeed a real band, which was active for about 8 years (they had different lineups and were called Bijou later). There's definitely something very fishy about Kisaki's history...
  50. 1 point
    Wow, I only saw this thread now. : o So I'm a bit late to the party. Kisaki bashing used so be a popular sport so as his fan I feel like a traitor to say this but: Well. Kisaki was also the guy who took random pictures from google and uploaded them to his blog to look like he had a life. So yeah it doesn't seem that unlikely for him to invent those releases or even bands afterwards to make his history more colorful. The 'Beyond the kingdom' book has the same release- and live-history infos that were already posted and no pictures of either bands. It doesn't say much about Laybial in the history part at all either, only that they were a 'positive punk' band and toured other cities as well. KISAKI left them very fast. It has, however, some stuff about Levia: appearently they were extremely popular in wakayama, even referred to as 'super band', that's why they played so many oneman lives (pretty unusual for a young band like that!), they often appeared in the local press and played as OA for major bands. The sound was aggressive. I also looked through my old mags and found some 'Kisaki photo gallery' in a minikomi from '99! No photo/mention of levia, but two pictures of Laybial. One of them is commented with '1994.5.30 Umeda Guild, Even between the photos I have this one is pretty old. Because this band is currently with Matina there's propably lots of people who are like 'what?' now. The details are secret.' ... So the live history of that band seems to be legit I guess. ;D The other photo is dated 1994.9.21... which is technically when he was already in his next band. : o So no idea. I doubt those tapes would disappear just like that. : o 200 and 300 presses is not that few and Kisaki was a famous guy from early on, at least from La'Sadies he made it pretty big in the indies scene, so at least a couple would have made their way to second hand shops and the like. Just like with many other tapes from old nobody bands whose members got famous later on. What does it say on that Levia tape? ;O; I'm curious. edit: there is a blog entry here where kisaki says he visited Levias guitarist in Wakayama who is now married with the woman who was their staff at that time. : o But the photo is some UCP people. XD (at least not stolen from google!)
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