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Watching a Kill Team 2: Electric Boogaloo game and one of the players was using Phobos Marines and kept saying "Sabotage" which reminded me of this song.




Used to play it on Guitar Hero 3 was damned awesome, like the heavy use of instruments with rapping. Too bad my Wiimote seems to be on the fritz so can't play Guitar Hero 3 which is pretty much the whole reason I still have that little console.

Been enjoying a bit more Spizz.

Into the land of AL

A little then and now

Finishing off the comedy section with a little Stephen Lynch

Been trying to find this and listened to it because it's in one of my favorite episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia The Gang Buys a Boat which has my favorite scene the 'because of the implication' scene with Dennis Reynolds my favorite character lol

Woops, meant this song lol

Ezo Sakamoto of Anthem fame did this side project for a number of years called ANIMETAL doing metal covers of classic anime and action hero shows in Japan.



A couple iconic ones-






And incredibly good sounding in metal is this one-

New arrival, new album-HALESTORM (back from the dead)

Continuing with the animetal/anthem related music

SHEJA the guitarist for animetal did a cover album with various guest artists-




As well as some of Ezo Sakamotos stuff with his original band ANTHEM-

Back in the 90s i was really just starting to get into japanese rock and metal bands. at the time i was watching variety shows (bootlegs of course on VHS) like HEY! HEY! HEY! music champ.

One singer that was huge and new at the time that i got hooked on was AIKAWA NANASE and this was the song that did it,




She is still around and still producing music, however i stopped following her after her 7th album as she kind of dropped out of the music scene for a few years to get married and start a family, i was also getting into more heavy metal groups at the time as well.

Still have all those old albums and still enjoy them, i will end this post with this one she used to play as a final song for her live concerts.




This one was a bit emotional for her since it was the final show of her first tour IIRC.

Heard a song somewhat similar in a supermarket a few days back. Forgot about it for years until very recently. Good...funky lol

Well, some people love them, and some hate them, but i added this silly little thing to my Japanese band collection


BABYMETAL

I still think the first album is the best, although there are a few good songs on the other 2


This is one of my favorites

Got into Darling Violetta while playing Vampire: The Masquerade; Bloodlines due to the song 'A Smaller God' being played in one part of the game. I accidentally had Alexa "shuffle" their music instead of just playing 'A Smaller God' and I instantly recognised this from the intro to Angel. Damn, did I like Angel, especially season 5. That was one damned good season of television.

This is another rather newer band for me. they were formed in 2011 -BRIDEAR an all female metal band


I saw this video and i was hooked




They went through a bit of a lineup change with only the original singer and one guitarist staying with the band.

So, this is something newer from the current lineup.




The new album is out now, i am hoping it comes in this week.

A little break from my Japanese bands


-new arrival in the mail-

ALESTORM-seventh rum of the seventh rum.

Switching back to my Japanese band collection.

A melodic rock group i got into back in the late 90s-

THE BRILLIANT GREEN




This one is one of many songs they did in english.-

Continuing on similar lines

Tomoko Kawase the singer from the brilliant green got the gig from auditioning in a local amateur singling competition. then went on to become a huge sensation not only as a rock singer but a model and actress.

The next bit is her solo stuff she did under the name tommy heavenly. the character she created was very Jpop-rock which led her to create an alter ego for the character for her harder and darker music under the moniker tommy February. as you know by now i like the heavier stuff-

My most recent highlight from my collection of Japanese bands is an indie label number i have been a fan of for a while-

FATIMA HILL





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYh2uY5Amuc

This is another band i happened across in the early 2000s

There are some noticeable influences of surf rock and a bit of punk in their style. but there is also something very iconic Japanese to the style.


GO!GO!7188

Two things popped up in my feed.

This Doomer music.
For some reason, and I find it hilarious, this feels like almost the perfect background music for Tim cast videos.




This next one I have no idea what it's all about but it's used by dancing girls on tictok? Some new subculture group I don't know anything about because I'm too old.

However, I kinda feel like this is a soundtrack to the current war and the slow collapse of our moderns society.




My feed has been throwing all manner of strangeness at me for a while. I think it could be related to having change satellite service. While the above is funny, it's much less funny on the FB which is not been serving me anything nearly as fun. Groan.

Just sharing these for a laugh because I found it funny.

Another band i really enjoy-

GALMET, an all female melodic death metal band akin to arch enemy-

I just wish they had more than 2 albums out.

Doggoforce

I do not remember how i found this one, it may have been recommended by a friend.

guilty gear XX sound alive ASH

This was a live concert performance all instramental. blues based rock- good stuff








The entire album is up on YT

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL20AB1DD1E4EEB2AA

A coupe more japanese bands in my collection, one more obscure and one very well known-


HARD GEAR

They have a very clean sound, the singer reminds me alot of ezo sakamoto from anthem.




Then we have HIDE (with spread beaver-yes i am serious) the former late X-japan guitarist.

A bit of pre-Britpop, late 80’s U.K. Indie for your aural appreciation.

Next in line is a legend in Japan

Formerly a member of the Jrock group Boowy

TOMOYASU HOTEI or just HOTEI

Most people have heard of him from his soundtrack participation in the kill bill movie


It is hard to lock in his style since he is a mix of chuck berry, van halen and a bit of spanish guitar thrown in. No matter what though he is an amazing guitarist.

WOW....Nearly 2 1/2 years later and i have come full circle.

I started posting in this topic on page 1 and the first band in rotation was on 4/7/20 (manipulated slaves)

It took that long to rotate through my entire collection in order.......and now i am back where i started in the Japanese band section specifically the M letter of the alphabet. i have nothing else to post until i get some new albums in. even though i am repeating the rotation like i constantly do. with a 2 year+ interval it is all fresh again by the time i get back to it.

It has been a great romp, thanks to the other posters i have discovered some great bands, and hopefully i have helped the rest of you discover some gems in my collection.


I will check back in to lurk in this topic regularly, but unless i have something to add i have nothing to post sadly.

Up the irons!, Hail and kill!, and stay heavy \m/(*_*)\m/

Forgot about this song until recently when I heard the phrase 'where abouts unknown' in a video on Facebook.

Saw Roger Waters in concert, listening to a lot of Pink Floyd now.

And off to the 80’s.

Kawaii before Kawaii.

Emo before Emo.

Scene before Scene.

The one, the only Strawberry Switchblade.




Yes it’s kinda cheesy, but that was the 80’s. The lyrics are actually pretty sweet! And oh my those lassies? There’s a reason I turned out the way I did!