JROCK ONSEN - by JROCKNEWS.com

We wanted to talk about our own dream lineup. visual kei heavy, idol heavy, or just good old Japanese rock. Find out our dream lineups and drop off yours if you feel so inclined.Details of all our main stories:https://jrock.news/155408Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)Chapters00:00 Intro02:05 The European visual kei festival06:32 Fantasy lineup 114:36 What makes a headliner?19:34 Fantasy lineup 224:45 The revival of visual kei29:54 Fantasy lineup 337:35 Fantasy lineup 444:27 Deviloof is unstoppable47:42 Prospects of 202655:23 Outro

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/154040Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)Chapters:00:00 Intro01:26 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 Japan34:06 Crowd surfing at concerts43:27 Inviting visual kei bands is hard...47:14 Our experience with the bands: NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST, GUNGIRE, SLOTHREAT, Dimrays, Mellows, MAD JAMIE55:05 How much does JROCK NEWS get paid?58:38 Giving back to the Japanese rock community01:01:44 Looking back at 10 years01:04:31 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/152811Visit 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/152233Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)Chapters:00:00 Intro00:41 Why Nexus?01:28 The algorithm is making you fall out of love03:34 DIR EN SONGS are long07:15 Alleged Mode of tour complaints10:19 Rehashing the last episode with ZIGZAG12:50 What has NBT been listening to14:46 the Pillows were mentioned15:35 NBT drank the idol Kool-Aide with Mazari17:33 Leda from Deluhi made me an idol otaku. Sujk though?19:25 Mazo's corner24:00 Japanese food never misses and cooking!27:18 NBT is not like other Swedes30:50 Sad news for Vermilion-D Alice Syndrome fans32:15 Nvidia hates gamers33:20 Missing old artists and the weather influencing music choices38:43 NBT goes deep with STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION41:20 All my idols are dead, push me to the edge42:10 Parting wordsSources:Cursed idol group Mazari performs deadly ritual in “Ushi no koku mairi” music videoInterview: Unraveling DIR EN GREY’s hidden depth, beyond the facadeInterview with STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION: Crafting music without bordersVermilion-D Alice Syndrome’s last song “Tenjo Tenge”, a bittersweet farewell

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/152069Visit: 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/150704Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)Chapters:00:00 Intro00:41 How NBT's time in Japan has changed03:55 The MAD JAMIE experience and the idol route11:10 The venue experience before during and after the pandemic and the crowd makeup14:30 Metal heads and visual fans unfairly compared17:41 The anime band stigma24:11 Visual kei is waning, and it is the golden age of self-production28:05 Checking in on DEVILOOF and how pillars ruin venues55:41 Winding down50:00 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.

Before any event nay, before leaving your domain, you always have to gear up and do some battle preparations. What do you wear to a show? Why do you feel this is necessary?

What kills a band? This isn't disbandment or anything like that, just a loss of interest.

We’re 20 years into the year 2000, we’re 20 episodes in and we are looking at how the scene has changed.

Well, here we are, stuck at home like everyone else. Won't stop us from getting in this sanitized bath though. This week we aim to tackle how to handle a canceled show. Have you had any shows canceled? I mean probably at this point.

We're here to whine about cameras at shows? What are your opinions? Mazo hates them, that's for sure. There are always exceptions though, rare or not.

This week we're gonna tackle the phases or rather, power levels you have in Jrock fandom. From starting out with a favorite band, to loving every band, to reaching enlightenment and worshiping at the foot of Mana's throne. Of course, this is a bit different for everyone, so, as always we all have slightly different input, admittedly we all know Mazo has the most important input.

Let's look at why it is a good or a bad idea to meet your Jrock idols with our own experiences.

I'm sure you have some unanswered questions about visual kei, hopefully, our interview with Kenbo will answer some of them!

Whether it is a show in the west or out in the east, we never really know what to expect.

While rock has a long history, we want to see if Japanese rock has its own. Are there Classic Japanese bands?

We want to look at a future where some of the most iconic Japanese bands finally retire.

We'll be looking at the current state of the Japanese rock scene, including visual kei and making our own predictions of where it may go.

This month we will look at some of our favorites through the year 2018 of JROCK NEWS. A little discussion here and there. It's a pretty laid back and tame one.

Normie, riaruju, whatever you call 'em, as soon as they find out your passion for non-local music they assume it's a phase and you'll grow out of it. My Chemical Romance, DIR EN GREY, same thing. It's kid stuff and you'll grow out of it. Screw that, we're here today, years after our first discovery.

Look forward to a discussion on why Mazo thinks that visual kei is a turn off when a band makes the journey west. Also, listen to the opinions of some visual kei fans we have on our staff who think Mazo is a "dumb dumb" for saying so.

I'm almost certain the words "cute' and "boys" got you all hot and bothered for this month's Onsen. Get in the bath and find some cuties.

This month, fearless leader-sama Mazo and apprentice Nexus take a deep dive into Dir en Grey and Gackt. Two sides of the sexy coin.

This time we got some funky fresh DADAROMA news with some Yoshiki and Morrigan. Expect to hear all about DADAROMA and everything that has happened with them in the month of July. We also touch on the topic “the curse of European tours”—why bands disband right after finishing a Europe tour.

This month we got a ton of stuff on Mana-sama. He's doing a lot and we're all over it. Don't fret, there are other stories in the news that we will ruin for you. We have a little bit of HYDE and a side of the GazettE. Don't forget the smaller stories, we didn't.

This month includes DIR EN GREY's tour news, some KAMIJO X Mana fun, awesome back tattoos, and a little bit of an update from the GazettE.

We look back at stories like X Japan at Coachella, Hyde cosplayer, GazettE's top songs. and talk about the future of concert live streams.

The JROCK ONSEN is open for business again! Get ready for the March top stories! One of them being the GazettE's song "Falling".

Join us in JROCK NEWS' first official Japanese rock (Jrock) music podcast where we discuss the latest news in Jrock, Jpop, and visual kei.

Have a listen to our first (experimental) podcast where we'll dig into stories revolving MIYAVI, DEVILOOF, Kogami, Kamijo, Seiichi Hoshiko.