Jrock reccomendation
 

Does anyone have any reccomendations on a good artist/band that signs jrock or jmetal or even K-rock or K-metal? I'm looking for songs that are really upbeat. I've been listening to alot of rock music lately. lol ^_^

I already know...

Tsukiko Amano
Shiina Ringo
The Trax
Do As Infinity
ling tsuite sigure
school food punishment
X-japan
L'arc en ciel

DID SOMEONE SAID JROCK MUSIC ?! :P :P

Here're my fave rock artistes other than the ones that you have listed

- BREAKERZ (well duh hahaha)
- flumpool
- GLAY
- B'z
- UVERworld
- abingdon boys school :heart
- Anna Tsuchiya (her earlier works are more rock based . Now not so much but it's still good for me)
- OLIVIA
- SID
- Fukuyama Masaharu
- Saito Kazuyoshi :heart

if you need further recommendations on what song(s) to listen/check out for the artistes I mentioned , just let me know

Um.....UVERWORLD. :D

hm, also abingdon boys school.

Alice nine, though you might not like his voice, you could still try him out :yes.

Hmm I've listened to Uverworld. I didn't know TM Revolution was part of abingdon boys school. @_@! lol
These groups are nice but I'm looking for something a tad bit more hardcore, without screaming. lol Any jmetal artist? o.o

haha well T.M.Revolution's basically a solo project by the abs's frontman Takanori

the other members you see in abs , they have been helping out with his T.M.Revolution works almost since the beginning so they're not exactly newbies in the industry :)

Good list. I only can add High and Mighty Color :mischief

I like a lot of the older J-Rock bands myself, like Pierrot, BUCK-TICK, Dir en grey (though you might not like them, Kyo is a screamer, haha), Janne Da Arc, alice nine. (as someone else recommended), MUCC, DuelJewel, Merry, girugamesh, hide's solo stuff is awesome. Guniw Tools, Nookicky, cali≠gari, deadman. I also like ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION.

I don't know if Aqua Timez's considered rock because they're known for being pop/rock but some of their stuff have a harder rock edge

just wanted to add them to that list as well^^

Dir en grey :heart

:hi5

yup I recommend flumpool, uverworld and high & mighty color too!!

^ Kanon Wakeshima's considered as rock ? o_O

I suppose it can be counted since hers's gothic classical inspired rock

Kanon Wakeshima isn't rock. Kalafina neither.

Inoue Joe
ELLEGARDEN
Acid Black Cherry
D'espairsRay
the HIATUS
Miz and Stereopony (they're more pop/rock though)
And definitely UVERworld and HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR :yes

Moi dix Mois :yes

i dont really consider hitomi as a rock singer, but she did a lot of pop-rock song

:love

Her musical style is considered to be neoclassical ~ dark ambient. I don't remember any song from her discography that has rock elements.

I was going to recommend "Tokyo Jihen" but then I recalled that their music genre does not fall under 'Rock'.

But I see that the other members have helped you greatly.

I don't know if YUI's considered as rock but after Rolling star onwards , her works began to take on a more harder rock edge

as evident in the B-side of LOVE & TRUTH ie. Jam

I think you should try ONE OK ROCK. They are sooooo amazing. <333 And I don't say that lightly for a band at all. I'm very picky, yet I like all but one or two of their songs. (Compared to most artists, where I can only listen to half or less.) Their album kanjou effect is really good. You could try "koi no aibou kokoro no kupido", that song is really upbeat and awesome. :yes

Gackt, HYDE and Girugamesh are the only ones I know.

I don't know what kind of rock you are talking about... I mostly know of Visual/Oshare Kei bands, through my friends. The ones I like are LM.C, SuG and alice nine. An Cafe are popular, as are The Gazette and Ayabie.

i think nightmare is good too ;-)

Check out Versailles, if you sorta like the visual kei rock stuff. Also DEATHGAZE

I would TOTALLY recommend GACKT. <3

Also:
An-Café
Aqua Timez
Do As Infinity
Miyavi
Dir en grey
Plastic Tree
Miwako Okuda
POLYSICS
The Stalin

Uhm...

Absolutely the GazettE <3

And...Miyavi, Dir en grey, X JAPAN, antique cafe, LM.C, Versailles, HYDE, L'Arc~en~Ciel, VAMPS, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, girugämesh, Alice Nine, SCREW.

Apart from what everybody saied, I would also recommand Maximum the Hormone (if you like metal and screamy vocalists :P)

Try Mika Nakashima - GLAMOROUS SKY and her album in the END. all tracks are very rockish

Yes <3 They're great.


Are you interested in Chinese rock at all? China has some fanstastic bands.

WOOT!! JROCK!? Here I go!!! :D

J-Metal/ Hard rock:
HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR
Onmyouza (Onmyo-za)
miyavi
MALICE MIZER
Moi Dix Moi

J-Rock
GACKT
Anna Tsuchiya
the GazettE
abingdon boys school
BACK-ON
UVERworld
Acid Black Cherry

and if you like L'arc~en~Ciel, you should try their band members' solo stuff. Especially:
tetsu69
HYDE
ken

Oh that's cool! I didn't know L'arc en ciel had solo stuff. o.o
Thanks for the recomendations everyone. ^_^

Until I got to this page I was worried there was no love for GACKT.....GACKT all the way....

Gackt <--- definatly lol
l arc en ciel
glay
b'z