Leading up to JROCK NEWS' concert “PULSE vol.1 – 10th Anniversary”, we caught up with the key members who handled the event’s heavy lifting.
Details of all our main stories:
https://jrock.news/154040
Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:26 JROCK NEWS' 10th-anniversary event "PULSE vol.1"
07:47 How Seiichi Hoshiko inspired our event, the man who coined "visual kei"
15:57 The best concert venue in Japan
34:06 Crowd surfing at concerts
43:27 Inviting visual kei bands is hard...
47:14 Our experience with the bands: NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST, GUNGIRE, SLOTHREAT, Dimrays, Mellows, MAD JAMIE
55:05 How much does JROCK NEWS get paid?
58:38 Giving back to the Japanese rock community
01:01:44 Looking back at 10 years
01:04:31 Outro
MAN WITH A MISSION marks their incredible 15-year anniversary, celebrating with the recent release of "XV EP Across the Globe", Japan tour, and also a long-awaited upcoming European tour.
From unforgettable live shows in North America last year to reconnecting with fans overseas, JROCK NEWS spoke with guitarist and vocalist Jean-Ken Johnny to reflect on the band’s journey, iconic wolf image, and the passion that keeps their music alive worldwide.
Read the interview: https://jrock.news/152811
Visit https://JROCKNEWS.com
This time around check in on our music choices for listening on loop, so feel free and let us know about yours. We also got some awesome tales from Japan, and some food commentary.
Details of all our main stories: https://jrock.news/152233
Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Why Nexus?
01:28 The algorithm is making you fall out of love
03:34 DIR EN SONGS are long
07:15 Alleged Mode of tour complaints
10:19 Rehashing the last episode with ZIGZAG
12:50 What has NBT been listening to
14:46 the Pillows were mentioned
15:35 NBT drank the idol Kool-Aide with Mazari
17:33 Leda from Deluhi made me an idol otaku. Sujk though?
19:25 Mazo's corner
24:00 Japanese food never misses and cooking!
27:18 NBT is not like other Swedes
30:50 Sad news for Vermilion-D Alice Syndrome fans
32:15 Nvidia hates gamers
33:20 Missing old artists and the weather influencing music choices
38:43 NBT goes deep with STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION
41:20 All my idols are dead, push me to the edge
42:10 Parting words
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JROCK NEWS interviews NANO, a deep conversation with the bilingual rock singer on the digital age of global artists, and Japanese identity.
NANO’s journey is marked by the pain once carried, which has now transformed into strength and growth with the music we hear from NANO today.
Read the interview: https://jrock.news/152069
Visit: https://JROCKNEWS.com
We explore the Japanese underground and visual kei scene: The live house venues, the impact of the pandemic, East vs. West, and more.
Details of all our main stories: https://jrock.news/150704
Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 How NBT's time in Japan has changed
03:55 The MAD JAMIE experience and the idol route
11:10 The venue experience before during and after the pandemic and the crowd makeup
14:30 Metal heads and visual fans unfairly compared
17:41 The anime band stigma
24:11 Visual kei is waning, and it is the golden age of self-production
28:05 Checking in on DEVILOOF and how pillars ruin venues
55:41 Winding down
50:00 Outro
Join us for an exclusive interview with Jean-Ken Johnny from MAN WITH A MISSION as he talks about their hit "Kizuna no Kiseki" from Demon Slayer.
It’s no secret that the world is in quite a sorry state, since we are
recovering from an otherwise unprecedented shutdown. There are a
multitude of global issues here to make things worse. The real question,
though, is how is this impacting your hobbies?
Details of all our main stories:
https://jrocknews.com/?p=147367
Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)
Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:04 How global chaos affects our hobbies 06:05 Do you know how much vegetable cost?! (tangent) 08:46 Jrock tour merch 15:24 Visa fees affecting Japanese band tours 28:04 Kaoru's (DIR EN GREY) hobbies also affected 29:57 Travel cost skyrocketing, and overseas tours 36:33 How we can "solve" this with technology 38:46 Someone throwing a shoe at SiM's concert 40:35 The irony of being a fan in Japan; concerts in Japan 50:30 Summarizing the situation
Anime and music are so closely linked that anime songs are their own category in Japan. It's impossible to ignore anime's staying power.
00:00 Intro
01:22 BanG Dream! - Ave Mujica
12:17 Nodame Cantabile, and everybody loves GACKT?!
20:43 Under Ninja/Bucchigiri?! - Kroi
22:26 Bocchi the Rock in real life!
28:05 K-ON is... meh
32:43 Visual Prison
33:45 Hypnosis Mic
36:42 Detroit Metal City (DMC)
42:26 Fukumenkei Noise (Anonymous Noise)
44:30 Guilty Crown - EGOIST
46:10 Macross
50:17 Catalyst and impact of music anime
56:17 SiM's older anime songs (Shingeki no Bahamut)
57:53 FZMZ and SiM (Shangri-La Frontier)
A lot more female ensembles have been popping up in the world of rock and metal. But why are we seeing this trend?
JROCK NEWS catches up with MAN WITH A MISSION's vocalist and guitarist Jean-Ken Johnny, looking back at their "WOLVES ON PARADE" tour. Full article: https://jrocknews.com/2023/09/interview-man-with-a-missions-jean-ken-johnny-talks-world-tour-wolves-on-parade.html
This time around, we are tackling the topic of how we go about discovering new music. Things have really changed since some of us first got involved with the scene. From friends’ and video recommendations to whatever Spotify throws at you. We all have our ways of finding new bands. Although there are often similarities, there are also some interesting quirks we all have.
This time we want to tackle how people transition from the more widely accepted western music into Japanese rock and more.
This time we are tackling the format wars. For this one, we'll be discussing and highlighting our opinions on digital and physical music media.
When is it that a band hits a point of consistency and finds its identity in the world of music. When does a band reach maturity?
Details of all our main stories: https://jrocknews.com/?p=125298
The world is opening up. We're gonna talk about VIP so you can decide if it will be worth it now that you know everything can be ripped away.
Details of all our main stories: https://jrocknews.com/?p=123828
We were lucky enough to snag an interview with BABYBEARD before the release of the debut single "Nippon Kara Konnichiwa".
Full article: https://jrocknews.com/?p=122499
In conjunction with NANO's self-produced album "ANTHESIS", JROCK NEWS got together with NANO to speak about their past as an utaite, pre-debut, and the mysterious side of NANO.
Full article: https://jrocknews.com/?p=122346
How can you get your friends, who usually aren't much into Japanese music, to become devout followers of Japanese music.
This time around we focused in on the relationship between anime and Jrock. Specifically, we looked at how anime has made you look into more or new Jrock bands.
Bands are putting on livestream performances now more than ever. What are the experiences like though? We each have some experience with them and we even have some experience with post-lockdown-in-person-lives.