Likes or Dislikes regarding Japanese Music

[HarutoAsou]

Originally Posted by Ledzep1

Mention ELLEGARDEN to any Japanese person under the age of 25 and you'll receive smiles...
The lead singer lived in America for a few years and writes songs in flawless English and Japanese.
Eleven Fire Crackers is their newest album

ELLEGARDEN broke up July 2008 and Hosomi's English is far from flawless, it's actually quite broken.

[shadeofgray]

As far as Japanese music is concerned, I listen to ''Burning Spirits'' style of Japanese hardcore. Bands like Forward, Paintbox and Blowback. It would definitely fall under the category of ''And now for something completely different''.

Here's a little bit of Paintbox from their newest album. I think they're the most digestible of the lot since they experiment with more mundane music styles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtJZHDPNAs (unusual song for them, it sounds like J-pop with a tad of 'normal' Paintbox thrown in the middle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1uvrfmRvL8 (a more typical song with classic rock influence)

[qn3t]

My favourite band since about a year happens to be Japanese: Soil & Pimp Sessions. I saw them live at a festival and in my opinion, they're really awesome. I've shared the albums with a few people, but they usually think that while the music is somewhat cool, it's mostly boring. Their newest Album, 6*, isn't bad, but this is the first time they release a full album without the word "Pimp" in the album title. I feel betrayed.

*One of the tracks features Jamie Cullum. Don't get me wrong, I like him and all, but the song he worked on is probably the most repetetive one.