Japanese rock bands?

Dir en grey is not metal, they've got various styles for which they cannot be classified as only one... the only tracks you can consider metal-some are the ones from 'Marrow of a Bone'.
I do reccomend it though.
Also, you might like to try
~MUCC
~12012
~girugamesh


~Versailles
~Hizaki Grace Project
^They're like metal with a bit of symphonics.

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As for their music, it is simple, and the melody and the performance are
wonderful.

Just noticed this but it seems no one suggested Siam Shade. Probably the best hard rock band in Japan. Well they disbanded but their music are good. And most of the members are still around. I'm surprised that no one brought them up. Is it because they're not as mainstream?

B'z
Takui
abingdon boys school
penicillin
machine
dope headz
pierrot
angelo
Porno Graffitti
Boom Boom Satellites
Luna Sea
Anti-Feminism
Versailles

okay so i'm just gonna put bands. whether their indie, alternative, hardcore, whatever xD
- Dazzle Vision
- Exist+trace
- Tokyo Jihen
- Fujifabric
- Sadie
- Core the child
- Unsraw
- OZ
- Rentrer en soi
- MUCC
- Dir en grey
- D'espairs Ray
- Delphinium
- Parfait
- Eimy
- Kiyoharu (even though he's solo)
- Apogee
- Aobozu
- Back-on
- Gazette
- Alice Nine
- Kurt
- Nightmare
- 12012
- Soroban
- SID
- School Girl '69
- AKFG
....
and theres tons more of course,
but yeahh. Just to list a few :]

I know quite a-lot of J-Rock bands [:
So here's some:
12012
175R
Abingdon Boys School
Acid Black Cherry
Akeboshi
Alice Nine
Antic Cafe {My fave btw ;D}
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Ayabie
BUZZLIP
Candy Spooky Theater
D'espairsRay
Dir en Grey
Flow
Gackt
GazettE
Girugamesh
hide {hyde, hideto matsumoto}
Janne Da Arc
Kagrra
Kagerou
Ketchup Mania
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Last Alliane
LM.C
Lolita23q
Luna Sea
Malice Mizer
Maximum The Hormone
Miyavi
Moi Dix Mois
MUCC
Penicillin
Pierrot
The Pillows
Psycho Le Cemu
Vidoll
Zilch (& hide)
& loads more. But i've rambled on long enough :D

UVERworld

Asian Kungfu Generation

Sunset Swish

HYDE

I really really like Antic Cafe. They are awesome. I saw them Live at their Nyappy go around the World Tour. I still miss Bou. But even Love An Cafe. I also like Luna Sea and aicle they are all awesome...

(think I going grazy about
J-Rock o(�†ƒÖ�…)o

Bye Nyappy Christin

I like mostly visual kei bands from the 80s and 90s. I'd post my list, but it's lengthy.

a lot of people seem to be fond of visual kei bands, but they arent really popular in japan anymore... here are some big name jrock bands that i liked

Ellegarden
Hawaiian 6
Naifu
Rize
Hi-Standard
janga 69

i saw ezo in 87 and they kikked fu#$%$^^ butt

were can i find information about when bands are playing, dates and times?

thanks

gackt is the best jrock band u could find.Altough he used to be in malice miler

Why hasnt any one mentioned guitar wolf ? They are legends of jrock they also appeared in a movie where they kill zombies with there guitars...legends!

a lot of people seem to be fond of visual kei bands, but they arent really popular in japan anymore.

That's crap. Visual Kei is still extremely popular here. I see it played on the big screen in Shinjuku all the time!!

Also, I have not seen anyone mention girugamesh.
I love them... very cute band.

alicenine

I visited Japan in September of 2001. I bought a CD there at a shop in Shibuya. I can't remember the name of the band except that it was something vaguely institutional and ubiquitous (e.g. The Postal Service). The CD had very few songs on it, 5-6 perhaps, and one standout track entitled something like "the letter" or "the note". The cover to the CD was mostly black. The lyrics were in English, albeit not the best English. I want desperately to remember what this band was called. If anyone can help me I would be most appreciative.

GIRUGAMESH!! and BACK-ON!!! and well u guys have listed so many others that are well known lol BUT HEY abingdon boys school is always good! Olivia (if u like female rock singers)

.... 44Magnum...1 GREAT metal/rock band from '80s is putting out NEW CD this year!! 1ST new release since 2001-02 ! Should be something to check out.
They R also performing in a summer music festival on 15 Aug, in Makuhari Messe.... Chiba, Tokyo...with several other TOP rock musicians/ bands mentioned in this blog... the lead singer's 24 yr old son is now singing with the original members, and is HOT!! :))

Abingdon Boys School. That is a really good rock band, i love the way their guitars sound and the drummer is really good.

The singer is the guy from T.M.Revolution.

Their music is very professional. and they have a modern rock vibe. They even have a D.J.

my favorite songs are strength, howling (inch up) and As One.

They are Japanese, but most (if not all) of the titles of their songs are in english.

they sing a couple of songs in "english", but their english isn't very good.