Versailles announced on their official website that their bassist Jasmine You has passed away today, August 9th. The bassist had previously announced that he would take some time off the band to take care of his health, and furthermore the group would continuing recording their upcoming album without him.
The band states that further details about Jasmine You's death will be revealed to fans as soon as they receive permission from his family. With the members still trying to absorb the news, the group has also said that all their upcoming activities will be postponed indefinitely.
May he rest in peace.
Rest in peace Jasmine You, you'll always be remembered and you'll always have a place in all our hearts <3
here's the video where Reita is promoting the wristband. This is a must watch for Reita fans since he's promoting the wristband ALONE. Take a look at yourself here:
-Rock Festival is an event where there are lots of bands performing in the event. This event will be held from October 24 to October 25 in Makuhari Messe. If you want to know more about this event, you can have a look at yourself here.
Here is the list of the performing bands for this event:
1. ALI PROJECT 2. BREAKERZ 3. D'espairs Ray 4. Duel Jewel 5. Doremi Dan 6. Gazette 7. heidi. 8. Irokui 9. Kagrra 10. LOVEX 11. Marilyn Manson 12. Merry 13. Moi Dix Mois 14. NEGATIVE 15. PENICILLIN 16. SADIE 17. SuG 18. SOHODOLLS 19. Versailles 20. Vidoll 21. Vivid
and more.......
OMG! I realy want to go here!!! I mean all of these bands are so great! I realy want to go.
Are there someone here going to this festival? If so share with me^^ hehe
(i know the title is a little bit wierd, so i might update that aswell.) Okay. so i've started this fanfic kinda thing. I have no idea how to write one, so this is my try. Hope you all like it! I'm not going to make one journal for each chapter. I'm going to have all the chapters in this journal. If you want to, i can send you a message/note when this journal is updated with new chapters. I know it's maybe a little slow in the beginning, but i wanted it to be a real story. Hope you like it! please comment and tell me what you think, both good and bad. Names (if you not already is a fan of the gazette) Ruki (vocal) - Takanori Kai (drums) - Yutaka Aoi (guitar) - Yuu Uruha (guitar) - Koyou Reita (bass) - Akira
ENJOY
Chapter 1 -the first time we met
It was a hot summer day in Kyoto. It was my first time in Japan and I couldn't believe it. It was awesome! I loved the culture, language and the people. Everyone was so nice. I just couldn't believe that my dream had finally come true; visiting Japan. For a month I've been going to a school to learn Japanese. I already knew some before I got here, so that made it really easy. In just this month I'd learned everything I needed to know of Japan and its language and I loved it.
A month had passed since I first entered this wonderful country before I finally saw him. I was on my way out of a bookstore with my hands full when he ran into me. His body bumped into mine, and I fell over. He caught me just before I hit the street. His hair was dark, long and beautiful. His eyes were hidden under his sunglasses and his mouth was serious. "Are you okay?" he said. "Oh, erhm yeah, just a little tumbled, that's all." He looked at me and helped me up. We stood staring at each other for hours it seemed before he continued. "That's good." He said in an awful sexy tone. "I'm in a real hurry, but maybe we'll bump into each other some other time." He smiled and turned, I stood watching as he went further and further away.
That was the first time I ever saw him. I didn't know why but I felt like I knew him, or at least seen him before. I knew I loved him. Every time I came to think about him my head started to boil and my face became red.
Only one week after I bumped into him, I saw him again. He was with his friend now it seemed. They sat at the coffee shop right outside my apartment. They laughed and chatted. His friend was much like him in many ways; he was also tall and had long hair, only his was brighter. Even though his friend was very attractive I couldn't stop looking at HIM. He was so adorable when he laughed and smiled. He shook his head and his hair blew like soft wind. I had to go down there, but couldn't. I had to, so I decided to take a walk, just to see him a little closer.
"Hi." I turned around. There he was, he had left his friend to come see me. "Aren't you the girl I bumped into last week?" "Well, yeah..." I tried to sound happy... "I just wanted to say I'm really sorry. I was in such a hurry I didn't look out for things to bump into," he said, he smiled and looked at me. "Oh, it's perfectly okay." Why couldn't I come up with something to say. I looked up at him. For the first time I saw into his eyes. It was him, how could that be. Oh my god, it was really him, it had to be! "Well maybe you want a cup of coffee or something, it's on me," he continued and smiled brighter than ever. His eyes were sparkling.
We sat and talked for almost an hour. And I hadn't even said my name yet. I was just so happy and exiting, and at the same time shy, that I totally forgot about the name-thing. "It was really nice of you to invite me to this cup of coffee Takashima-sama, I'm glad you did." He looked as if he had been frozen. His eyes were confusing and his lips moved as if he were about to say something. "How did you know my name?" He finally said. I told him it was obvious. "I can see it in your eyes. You have the same eyes as him; no makeup in the whole world can change that." He looked confused again, but then smiled. "Nobody has ever said that to me. And rarely there is anyone who notices. If they do they come screaming!" He laughed and so did I. What a wonderful feeling.
Yes, I've been a GazettE fan for a long time, and of course I recognize the guys when I see them. And Uruha was more than I would've known he was. He was gentle, kind and really beautiful, inside and out. I can't believe we're going to see each other again next Saturday. It's like a date. Oh my god. I'm so excited.
Chapter 2 - meeting the band
We had been dating for two weeks or so now and met nearly every day, though some days he couldn't stay too long. He had band practice. Even though we never really talked about the band, he knew I had been a fan for a long time. But frankly he didn't care. He knew everything about me already, my childhood and problems I had. I knew everything about him as well. It was odd to get to know someone like that so fast.
In the third week of dating he finally kissed me. It was so romantic. He had taken me out for dinner and then we took a walk in the sunset. It couldn't be any more romantic, it was more than I'd ever expected. The kiss was unexpected and I'd be longing for it. It was soft and he smelled so good. One more second and I would've fainted. He stopped and looked into my eyes. He touched my face and kissed me again, this time I kissed him back.
I can't believe we've been together for a month. I hadn't met any of the band members except Akira. Akira was really kind! And the three of us often had movie night together. It was a night when we sat down with candy and pizza and watched movies all night. I loved those days.
The days I could spend with Koyou without him going away were even better. I loved it! We used to go out to dinner and talk (a lot) and it was so special. No word in the world could ever describe that feeling. I loved him more than anything in the whole world, and I wouldn't give up this life for nothing.
"Are you ready to meet them now?" Koyou said and looked at me while taking a slice of bread. We sat by the kitchen table having breakfast and Koyou was going to see the band. "I'm not sure, what if they don't like me?" "Come on babe. You know you have to meet them sooner or later," he said. "It's better to get to know them a little before going on tour with us." "I know." I knew it too; it was just a little bit frightening. If they didn't like me, I couldn't possible come with Koyou on their tour. "Okay, so I'll come with you. But..." "No buts around here honey. It's going to be great. Besides you already know Akira." He smiled at me, and I smiled back. When he talked about it, it felt like this could be no problem. Why was I so anxious?
We arrived at the Yokohama Arena 30 minutes later. I had seen it on the outside before and knew it was huge, but when I went in I was shocked. It was really huge! We went backstage and there we met Akira. "Hi Mina. So you've decided to meet us at last," he said smiling and hugged me. "The others have been waiting for this, they've been hearing so much about you.... Oh no worries. They are all really excited to meet you. I think they're going to like you a lot!" We went in the other room and Koyou looked at me with a "told you so"-look.
We entered the makeup and dressing room. This was a smaller room, or maybe it just looked like that because there were so many things in here. I saw Ruki and Kai, they were so cute! They were having this "fight" over where Kai had lost his sock. They stopped and looked up at us when we came closer in. "What's going on?" Koyou asked and had a weird facial expression. "Well you see, Yutaka here has lost his sock!" Ruki almost shouted, but the face started smiling and soon they were all laughing. "You must be Mina-san," Yutaka said and walked over to me. "Please, just call me Mina. I don't feel like the san-thing is necessary. It makes me feel more worth than I really am." I laughed a little nervous laugh, and he smiled. "Okay then. Well since we're practically friends you can call me Yutaka. Okay?" I nodded and smiled. He smiled back. Ruki was standing beside him and smiled as well. "And you can call me Takanori," he said stretching his arms and yawning. I nodded again and I felt really welcome. They all talked and laughed and wanted to know all kinds of stuff.
The door opened after around 30 minutes and Aoi walked in. "And here is Yuu," Takanori said. "Yuu, this is Mina!" Yuu nodded, smiled and waved at me. He walked over to us and sat down. "Shouldn't we be practicing?" He asked. "Well yes, but since Mina is here we all wanted to get to know her better and..." Akira started but was interrupted by Yutaka's howl. "I found it, I found it" He shouted. He came up from under the coach and held one blue sock in front of us. We all started laughing.
Chapter 3 - taste of tour-life
After awhile they had all changed into their live outfits and they had sound check before the show. It was awesome to be there. There were so many things going on, and at the same time I could see all the people that had gathered outside to see them. It must've been thousands, there were so many! They had all dressed up for the evening as well.
I thought back at my time when I first saw them, the gazette. I waited for days to get in, and all just to have the best spot. I was all in the front and could see everything. That was my best experience and live show ever. The guys really knew how to entertain!
As I saw them practice I thought about this. They practiced some new stuff and some old, and it was great. I knew the crowd was going to love it! "Mina!" Koyou shouted. I looked up at him. He waved me over, and I came. "What?" I asked and looked at him. "You're not paying attention, are you?" he said smiling at me and took my hand. "We're going to go put on the make-up now. Want to come? Or do you want to be here?" He laughed. "Oh, sorry, sure I'll come," I answered and we started walking after the others. "I just started thinking about the crowd and my first gig with you guys. I think they're going to love this show!" He smiled and held me closer.
Only minutes later the crowd started coming in to the arena. We heard it well, because they were all talking and made a lot of noise. "Wow there must be many today," Takanori said. "Yeah, or they just a few making a hell lot of noise," Yuu said smiling. He looked so silly. His hair wasn't done yet, and he only had make-up on one eye. Takanori laughed though he didn't look better himself. "Guys.... " Yutaka said carefully. "Sorry, but...erhm..... I think I've lost my belt again...." "OH MY GOD! Is it possible!?" Akira said in a sarcastic tone. "Jesus, you're wearing your god-damn belt!" "Oh, right.... Sorry." Yutaka smiled and had a shaky laugh. It was clearly he used to lose stuff like that right before the show. "I can't help it, you know. And don't worry about Akira, he's not really angry. He's just pretending. Isn't it funny?" Yutaka said to me. We started laughing. It was true, Akira was trying so hard to sound angry that he nearly sounded like he was about to cry. Really, it was hilarious.
After Koyou had finished a glass of sake they went on stage with all their pride. They started playing and the crowd went crazy. It was weird seeing them from the side like this, but I had to get used to it now, when I was going to be on their tour. I still can't believe they said yes to that. The show lasted for one and a half hour.
Koyou walked up to me and kissed me. "Come on! You're all sweaty..." I started. But he hugged me anyway. The crowd was shouting more than ever: "Encore, encore!" Over and over again they shouted. Every time they said "Encore" it was more people shouting. It sounded like the whole world was in that room. "Well what do you say guys?" Takanori said. "Shall we give them one more song?" "what do you think Mina?" Akira asked. "Are they worth it?" He looked at me and smiled. "Of course they are!" And with that they all went out again with the crowd going wild!
Chapter 4 - movie-night
It's been a week after the show in Yokohama arena. I and Koyou are packing for the tour. I can't belive how many things he has, and he has to have everything with him. He is packing rings, clothes, shoes, belts, accessories and all kind of stuff. I finished packing days ago. I have my Gothic-Lolita clothes, a couple of shoes and some accessories, but not at all as much as he's packing. It's kind of cute though, don't you think. He is too sweet!
While he was packing I went to the store to buy pizza, candy and some alcohol. It was time for our weekly movie-night with Akira. Akira was always so excited about those nights; it was probably because we always saw his favorite movies. It was cool though, because I loved those movies. Basically I love all movies, so that's not a shocker.
As I entered the house I heard voices talking. They were laughing. It was Akira and Koyou, of course. I started taking of my shoes and my jacket when I hear Koyou ask: "So why are you looking at her like that?" "No reason..." Akira answered, but with doubt in his voice. "Oh come on. I can see you like her. I've known you since kindergarten, I know you to well for you to hide stuff like that from me," Koyou said. "Well.... Okay, I like her. As a matter of fact I love her... I know, I know, she's your girlfriend. And I'm okay with that." "Are you sure? Because I don't want you to go..." "No way! I'm totally cool with it. You and Mina are my best friends and..." "And you're her best friend as well you know." Koyou made a statement and Akira knew it. " I know, and that's why I'm happy. I don't want to ruin our friendship. Because I'm really happy the way it is now. So no worries?" Akira responded faithfully.
I felt like I had been standing there for too long already, so I started walking to the living room. Did he really like me? Well no worries, he wasn't going to hit on me or anything and we were still best friends. So I decided to forget I ever heard that conversation.
"Hi Mina!" Akira shouted when I got in the room. He was smiling bigger than ever and held a big box full of movies in his hands. It was time for the movie night
Chapther 5 - bathroom WARNING: Indication of self-injuring
I and Koyou had been together for months now, and we had been travelling for a week to reach the tour destination. After our trip we decided to go out to a nightclub on the other side of the street.
They all got wasted. I drank as well, but not as much though. Koyou was kind of cute when he was drinking, he was really cozy and got a little bit tempered when other guys looked at me. He is so sweet. Don't you think.
"Honey, I'm just going to go over there to that guy okay?" he said to me, and pulled me of his lap. "Okay, but be back soon." "I'll be back before you know it." He walked away and I started talking to Akira. He was more of a show-off when he was drunk and it was really quite funny, because he was so clumsy as well. I laughed so hard I forgot the time. It had been 30 minutes since Koyou left. Where could he have gone.
"I'll be right back," I said t Akira. Then I went looking for him. I found him in a room next to the bar. Oh my god! He was with a girl and they were kissing! How could he? I knew he was drunk, but is no excuse. I couldn't watch more than a second. I ran to the closest restroom and locked the door. I screamed with anger and sadness. The hurt in my heart wouldn't go away. He had broken it, it was forever broken. A forever broken heart. I smashed my hand in the mirror, it broke. I picked up the broken glasses. I cut my wrist. It was bleeding so much it felt nice. I couldn't believe he just kissed that girl. That girl! That bitch! How could he even like her? Someone knocked on the door. "Mina, are you okay?" I heard Koyou say on the other side. "No! Just go away!" "Mina! Open the door!" He shouted. Damn, I should never have told him about me being suicidal. That was one thing I shouldn't have told him. Now he knew something was up. Damn. "Mina! Open the god damn door!" "No! Go away! I don't want to see you!" I cut my wrist one more time. It was bleeding like hell. It felt so good. "What have I done?" Koyou said. He didn't sound calmer, but he sounded worried and it didn't sound like he knew what he had done. "I thought you loved me," I said back. I found the sleeping pills I had in my jacket and drank all of them at once. I had them with me all the time, it was a bad habit from when I was alone. Before. "I do..." "No! No, you don't. How could you do something like that?" I said and started crying. "It broke my heart Koyou! How could you kiss her?" "Kiss her? Who!" He said. It was a bit of a pause and then he continued, "Oh, her.... Look I didn't kiss her. She kissed me, but I pulled her away immediately." What? No, that couldn't be.... "But I saw..." "Well you couldn't have stood watching for long. I swear to God, I pulled her away!" he was crying just like me, I could hear it in his voice. And he was telling the truth too, that was the worst part. I hadn't stood there for long, just a second and then I couldn't watch anymore. Could it really be true.. "Mina, please open the door," he said. He was calm but still crying. "I love you more than anything in the whole world. I could never do something like cheating on you. You're everything to me." My wrist was bleeding more than ever. My hand started shaking and the pills started working. I crawled to the door and unlocked it. "Oh my God! Mina!" Koyou almost ran over to me, and sat down with me. He pushed me onto his lap. "Mina, why do you do this? I'm calling the ambulance okay?" he grabbed his phone and started dialing. "No, please don't," I said. "This is what I want now. I want to die here right in your arms." "No Mina, please...." Koyou couldn't say no more. He was crying so hard. I heard he was texting on his cell phone, but I could no longer speak. I cried calmly while Koyou pushed me closer to him and held me like never before. I started shaking a little and the next thing I knew everything was dark.
As you can see here, the latest issue of Zy.[zi:] featuring Gazette will be on sale on July 1. Here's the cover of the mag if you can't wait for the mag release.
In case you're wondering what other bands are featured in this magazine, there are J, Plastic Tree, Yomi (Nightmare), Sid, An Cafe, Kra, Alice Nine, Vidoll, and Mix Speaker's Inc.
Well, the photoshoot looks kinda gloomy but it fits them somehow. They must have look hilarious if the photoshoot is as bright as An Cafe. I have a feeling that you may not be able to see them clearly because the lighting tends to alter whatever look they have. I can't say anything much until I see the mag itself. So, let's just wait for the release and we'll see how it looks like.
Yesterday, it was the long preview of their song from latest album, DIM and today you'll get to hear the full version of this song. So here's the full version of this song.
Too bad it's not the full pv. but i love this song!!! Not a favorite, but i deffenetly love it!
In case you haven't checked their MySpace page, the longer version of their latest pv, The Invisible Wall is available on their MySpace page. But if you're lazy to check the video there, here's a present for you.
please tell me what you think!
I can't belive how good this is! And i can't belive i'm soon gonna have my hands on their album DIM <3
Here are the Gazette's pics for the premiere of the horror movie called Hard Revenge, Milly - Bloody which was on June 20. In case you've been missing out, the song Without a Trace (which is a bside track from their latest single, distress and coma) is used as the theme song for the movie.
Uniklubi is a finnish band founded in 1999 by Jussi and Pasi.
Members of the band Jussi Selo - Vocals Janne Selo - Guitars Pasi Viitala - Electronic Guitar Teemu Rajamäki - Bass guitar Antti Matikainen - Drums
The name "Uniklubi" didn't exist at the time; they went by the name Pincenez (type of glasses without spectacles; it's a French word). The first songs they played were covers of their favorite bands, in English. However, as they began writing their own songs, Jussi felt more confident with his mother tongue, Finnish. They eventually changed the name to Uniklubi ("dream club"), which has no significance for them, really.
While recording the first album "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa" (Love and Barbed-Wire) the drummer left the band. Antti Matikainen replaced him and is a part and parcel of Uniklubi ever since.
The first single was "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa". It was voted by YleX as the most popular song of the year. The album got into the charts (Top 4) and Uniklubi got their first important award: They won an Emma Award (Newcomer of the year). "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa" reached platinum in Finland (They sold more than 30,000 copies of the album). Other releases of "Rakkautta Ja Piikkilankaa": Kylmää, Näiden Tähtien Alla and Totuus.
The second album, "Kehä" (Circle) was released on November 2 and the album entered the charts at number one. It stayed in the charts for more than 20 weeks in the Top20 and even the first release of the album "Kaikki Mitä Mä Annoin" (All that I gave) entered the charts at number one. The second release was "Kiertää Kehää" and entered the charts at number ten.
During summer 2006, the singer was diagnosed with a bump on his vocal cords, after losing his voice repeatedly during concerts. The band had to cancel a tour in Germany - which would have been their first outside Scandinavia - for Jussi to undergo throat surgery. Everything went fine, and the few gigs performed during the Christmas holidays were marked by a beautiful, new clear voice.
The band entered studios again at the beginning of 2007, and have already released their first single, "Vnus", in May, along with the track "Aurinkoni" (My Sun) as a b-side. The new album, titled "Luotisade" (Bullet Rain) was released in August of 2007.
On March 4th, 2009 the band released a new album titled "Syvään valoon." The first single off of the album was "Polje". They later released "Kukka" as the new single.
this band is realy worth looking into. Even though you can't speak finnish you'll find translations on the internet. I love their music style and lyrics. They sing from the heart!!
Hello everyone! I'm about to tell you something about Kumi Koda. I don't realy like jpop, but this girl is amazing! Just wait til i tell you her story. You'll find that she doesn't ony have good music but also a realy good personality.
Early life Koda was born into a family of musicians. Her grandfather was a shakuhachi master and her mother was a Koto teacher. From a young age, Koda decided she wanted to become a singer after watching her mother perform in karaoke bars. During her second year of high school Koda auditioned in Avex's "Dream Audition", where she came in second out of 120,000 participants. She is also the older sister of Misono, current solo artist and former lead singer of Day Atfer Tomorrow.
Career Koda debuted on December 6, 2000, with the single "Take Back"; it was followed by "Trust your love", "Colos of Soull" (both 2001), and "So into you" (2002). "Trust Your Love" and "Color of Soul" were both Top 30 singles; the former reached #18 on the chart and became Koda's first Top Twenty single. In March 2002, Koda released her debut album Affection under Rhythm Zone; it peaked at #12 on the Oricon album chart. She released her second album,Grow into one in March 2003. It debuted at #11 on the charts,and peaked at #8 in the fourth week of its run.
From then on, Koda continued a string of Top Twenty singles with "Come with me", "Gentle Words" (both 2003) and "Crazy 4 U" (2004). She then released her third album Feel My Mind (February 2004), which debuted at #7. Koda also covered the theme song of the anime series Cutie Honey originally by Yoko Maekawa. At the end of the year Koda released two more singles, "Chase" and "Kiseki". Though Koda had always been known for her changing fashions in her music videos, the video of "Kiseki" marked the beginning of her incorporation of her sexy image into her music videos.
Koda started 2005 two releases her fourth album, Secret. Secret debuted at #3 and became her first album to debut in the Top Five. The album was certified two time platinum by RIAJ for selling 521,000 copies total. After the release of Secret, Koda released her fifteenth single, "Hot Stuff", from the album
"4 Hot Wave" is Koda's nineteenth consecutive single to debut in the Top Ten since "Kiseki". Koda's next single, "Yume no Uta/Futari de..." (2006), was a musical first for Koda, as she took full creative control over the production of the single and music video; she wrote the lyrics, chose the outfits, and produced the concepts for the videos of both songs.
Her fifth album Black Cherry became the first female studio album to stay atop the charts for four weeks since Ayumi Hamasaki's album Duty.
Koda released her thirty-ninth single "Anytime" on January 23, 2008; it was followed by her sixth studio album Kingdom, which was released with a little over 420,000 copies sold.
Koda's seventh studio album, Trick, was another number-one album for the singer, selling 253,000 in its first week.
On January 31 2008, Koda hosted Allnight Nippon; discussing her manager's recent marriage and plans on having children, Koda remarked that "When women turn 35, their amniotic fluid goes rotten, so I'd like them to have a child by 35". Because of the controversy instigated by the comment, Avex released an apology stating that as a consolation, all promotion of Kingdom would cease.Additionally, several of Koda's commercial endorsements were placed on hiatus. Koda herself made a public apology on Fuji TV. Despite the controversy, Kingdom remained on top for a second consecutive week. Two months after her controversial statement, Koda released Live Tour 2007: Black Cherry Tour Special Final in Tokyo Dome, her fourth live DVD. Her fourth nationwide tour Koda Kumi Live Tour 2008: Kingdom commenced on April 12, 2008.
Koda Kumi has a good personality and she doesn't care what other says about her, she speak what's on her mind. With the January 31 3008 incident i don't think it was wrong of her to say it. she just sppoke her opinion and told them she didn't want to have a child at an old age.
Koda said in a interview: "I'm the type of person who thinks that [in a relationship] it doesn't matter what sex the other person is. No matter who they are, it doesn't change the 'I love this person' feeling, does it?"
Koda has also been referred to as "the shame of Kyoto because of her sexy image.
This might be a good news to people who really want to have different version of DIM. As you can see in the picture below, Gazette has collaborated with Modern Pirates (silver accessories brand) to make a special package deal for the release of DIM.
This special package comes with Gazette collaborated phone strap where the strap is designed by Gazette itself. Unfortunately, you can only get this so-called lovely version in Tsutaya Records and the preorder for this item is very limited.
If you couldn't care less about this bonus edition, you can always get yourself the limited edition version (minus the phone strap of course) by going here:
Well if you take a look at my site you'll see that i've made some changes and updated all of my pictures. I would LOVE if you took the time to look at them (at least a few) and tell me what you think.
I also want to give the reason for every band/pe rson i have pictures of. I want you to understand and tell me your opinion if you know of them aswell.
The Gazette well, they are my favorite band ever! I love their styke, their music and of course their lyrics. Ruki is the best artist ever, and Uruha is the greatest guitarist ever! well at least that's my opinion. I love their song D.L.N becuase the lyric and mood is perfect! I also love all of their songs and music. My biggest wish is to actually be able to see them once, live!
Nightmare well, simple as it is i love them! Their music is so cool! and their lyrics too! Hitsugi, the guitarist is abseloutly adorable. He may look dark and scary but on the inside he's just a sweet little man! Like the Gazette they are one of my favorite bands!
D unfortenetly i don't have so many pictures of them, but i still love them! Their music is awasome and they are all adorable. it's hard to explain, i guess you have to see and hear them to understnad!
Gackt i love his music, though i havn't heard of of his songs... Beisdes, he is so damn hot! Haha xD My favorite song is redemtion, which is totaly awasome.
Koda Kumi Her music style isn't one of my favorites, but she is pretty good. realy! I love her songs! It's amezing, i amezed myself when i liked it. Her lyrics are both beautiful and they have lots of meaning to them. Also her music videoes are great. actually, i think the reason i like her music so much is because she has a realy great personality. well at least i think so! She doesn't care what others think of her, she is ust being herself and i hate people that have to be like everyone else and pretend they're something they're not. But she's pure honesty!!! I Love her, besides she's hot hah xD
Akanashi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya and Tanaka Koki well they are all in the band KAT-TUN, which i don't realy like.... But Jin and Kazuya is actors aswell and that's how i found them, i don't realy like them as much anymore. But they are still kinda hot. the reason i put their pictures here on buzznet is because someone once asked me to put their pictures on here (i hope you'll comment them then^^). I found Tanaka Koki through Jin and Kazuya...
Matsumoto Jun, Yamashita Tomohisa and Oguri Shun They are all actors and that how i found them. I think they are all kinda cute. so that's realy the main reason i put their pictures here. Besides the dramas i've seen them in are really good! you should deffenetly check them out. Jun and Tomohisa are in the music caree aswell, but i don't realy like their music as much...
I hope this wasn't to boring for you all! I just hope you'd like to check out their pictures and leave me some of your thoughts^^ I havn't been on buzznet for a while and recently, but i'll start again from now on! I love buzznet, and i've talked to the most amazing people here, i wish we all can still keep in touch!
I'vew baught the new magazine of Hammer. Guess what i found!? I found an "artickle" of girugamesh^^ Can you belive it!? That was realy cool. But that's not what i'll tell you today, this is their latest interview, from JAME
Interview with girugamesh at Sakura-Con
JaME met up with the band in Seattle during the convention to catch up on what's new.
Having been nearly two years since they last performed in the US, tension was at its highest during girugamesh's Friday night concert. Before their Q&A session the following day, JaME caught up with the band to see what they've been doing since we last talked to them.
Thank you for meeting with us!
ShuU: Us too, thank you for meeting with us!
Could you please introduce yourselves and tell us something others might find unusual about you?
girugamesh: (all laugh) Hmm...like a secret?
Sure!
Satoshi: I'm Satoshi I'll start! A secret... ShuU: (in English) "I am gay." (Everyone bursts out laughing) Satoshi: If that was true...wow! That would be amazing! (Everyone laughs again) Satoshi: Last night, I had steak for dinner. And then this morning, I had steak for breakfast, too. I love eating steak. (laughs) Яyo: Ryo here. A secret... hmm... Nii: (whispers) Tell them about the toilet! (all burst out laughing) Satoshi: And how you left eight dollars! ShuU: Yeah, that! (all laugh) Яyo: About the toilet...my toilet got backed up in the hotel room. You can imagine how that happened. (ShuU, Satoshi and Nii cover their mouths, trying to hold in their laughter) Яyo: So I wrote a letter saying "please fix the toilet" and left a big eight dollar tip for the hotel staff so that they would fix the toilet. (Everyone bursts out laughing) ShuU: I'm Shuu, the bassist. First of all, let me start off with: I have one hundred children. (Everyone laughs) ShuU: (pauses and thinks for a moment, everyone laughs again) I promise that I'll tie that into something! (laughs) I went to Okinawa on a trip and a Chinese person came up to me thinking I was Chinese and asked me directions, so I tried very hard with my limited English to help. (in English) "Straight, right," and I was feeling good about helping when all of a sudden an American came up! (in English) "May I help you?" and helped way better and kind of shut me out! (laughs) I felt embarrassed even though I was doing a good thing.
And the one hundred children?
ShuU: ...it's a joke! (laughs) Nii: I'm the guitarist, Nii. In Europe, I drank about three liters of beer and I got really drunk and I was in the toilet for about an hour. I don't remember any of it but someone took a video of that and put the footage on an Easter egg on a DVD. (laughs)
How was yesterday in comparison to Jrock Revolution?
ShuU: Jrock Revolution was my first time overseas ever doing a live, so I was really nervous. But this time around, even though I was nervous, I was able to enjoy it. Satoshi: At Jrock Revolution most people didn't know who we were, so that was different, but at this event people were singing the songs as we were watching, that was the biggest difference. Яyo: The same thing for me that ShuU said, I was really able to 100% enjoy myself this time, and the other thing is that there is a lot of cosplay and that brings up the tension a lot, and I really want to do cosplay myself. (laughs)
What would you cosplay as?
Яyo: Naruto from "Naruto!" (laughs) Nii: The same thing with me. I was so nervous the very first time we had gone abroad and after that, we did Europe and I got used to dealing with foreign people, and so it's been a lot more enjoyable this time around.
Since we're at an anime convention, if you were to be an anime character, who would you be?
ShuU: I can only think of "Doraemon" right now for anime... (everyone laughs)
Or video games!
ShuU: Ahh, video games. Яyo: (whispers) Just say "Dragon Ball!" ShuU: I want to be a slime! (everyone laughs) Satoshi:You're so weak! (everyone laughs again) Satoshi: Hmm... I want to be someone strong... (thinks) Goku from "Dragon Ball!" Яyo: Naruto from "Naruto!" I want to use Rasengan! (imitates Naruto) Nii: From "Naruto," the character Uchiha Itatchi!
You just finished your tour CRAZY TOUR 08-09 that included 47 shows. What hardships did you encounter on such an intense schedule?
Яyo: Laundry! (laughs) Satoshi: Getting sick. Яyo: Money. Satoshi: Muscle spasms! girugamesh: (all laugh) It's a lot of managing our bodies. ShuU: We ended the tour and went right into recording, and now we're in America. Really, the crazy tour hasn't ended.
You sold out 13 dates on this tour including your tour final at Shibuya AX. Looking back on small venues you've played like Shimokitazawa ERA, how does it feel to have become such an accomplished band in the scene?
ShuU: All of us have a lot of competition between each other, between the members, so we're always striving to be better, but in the end, for us, if everyone accomplishes their dreams, we'll be happy. Part of that is going to more and more bigger venues for our shows and have more and more people listening to our music. Satoshi: We did the 47 prefectures and we did a lot of lives. We try harder and harder every live, so for me, it's really a sense of accomplishment that we were able to do it. Яyo: I need to say something strange here. (laughs) I want to become bigger with this, I don't want it to end here. It's just a point on the road. Nii: To me, it feels natural. We want girugamesh to be bigger, and if we're making good music, if we're doing good live shows, it just seems like a natural progression that we're getting bigger. It doesn't seem unnatural in any way.
Having performed in many different places, one can imagine you've received unusual or incredible gifts. What's the most memorable for each of you?
ShuU: I get a lot of bath products and a lot of people draw my photo. That's really interesting for me to look at, to see what people perceive me as. Like, I look like an alien in some of these drawings sometimes! (Everyone laughs) Satoshi: I really like movies, so I love getting DVDs as presents since on tour I have so much free time and I need something to watch, so I love getting DVDs. Яyo: I've gotten things like a PS3 and a Wii as presents! And cigarettes. I really like getting cigarettes. During the tour, I always know I'm going to have enough cigarettes because people give them to me, but when we're not on tour, I have to buy my own. I'm really happy to get cigarettes. (laughs) Nii: I also get a lot of bath stuff, but I like beer a lot, so when I get beer, I'm happy.
You've mentioned before that your families helped influence your career in music. Have they always been supportive of your decisions?
Яyo: I have a lot of support from my family, and right now I have a very good relationship with my parents. Satoshi: My mother, since I was a kid, would show me X JAPAN videos, and that was my education, so she's always been very supportive of my goal. (laughs) ShuU: I am the oldest brother and I have a younger brother. Normally in Japan, the oldest son takes over the responsibility of the house, but since I am like this... (everyone laughs) and in rock and roll, my younger brother said, "Don't worry about it! I'll take care of it, you go do your music." Nii: I've really been a burden on my family, but they have been supportive and girugamesh is getting bigger now, and I would really like to continue to have a really strong relationship with my family.
For the past several years, you've worn black suits, but recently have been wearing hoodies. What prompted this change?
ShuU: I kind of got bored with it. We can go back to the suits, but I really just got bored with it. There's really no reason, we could go back to it, Яyo:MUSIC came out and it was time for a change. You guys are bored with the suits, aren't you? (laughs)
We like the hoodies! (laughs) With regards to one of your earliest songs, Mouja no Koushin, the inserted speech during the instrumentals was Stalin, correct?
ShuU: Yes, that's correct.
With the darker lyrics of this song, which talk about corruption and politics, why did you choose this specific speech insert? Was there a specific meaning behind this song?
(Яyo and Satoshi start laughing) ShuU: I think we made everyone have high expectations that there would be a great reason why we did that but...we just thought it sounded cool. girugamesh: (all nod and laugh) Satoshi: (in English) Sorry! (laughs)
The instrumentals for 13's Reborn were all recorded simultaneously, like it was a live performance. Why did you decide to record like this?
Яyo: That was the first time we had a producer and he said we should, but as a result, it turned out really well!
Would you consider doing it again?
ShuU: The single that comes out in June in Japan, Alive, will be that way.
With each of your albums, it's clear as a band you and your music have evolved, but the emotional aspects you seem to cover remain consistent, such as pain, depression and anger. With the new electronic aspects added into the music, were they to help express a new emotion you couldn't before?
Satoshi: Great question! Up until now, the whole anger in the lyrics was more of a self-satisfaction type thing, but we went around on this tour with such appreciation for the fans... ShuU: We were helped so much by the fans that it's sort of... Satoshi: For them, we changed the lyrics.
Why did you decide to name your latest album MUSIC?
ShuU:The album was pretty much a simultaneous release in America and Europe, and it was really the first big push for girugamesh in the international scene. We really just wanted to display that this is who we are, and that's why we went with a simple name, MUSIC.
You recently announced a series of singles set to debut this summer. Can you tell us what we can expect from these releases?
Яyo: What to say... ShuU: There's a lot of influence from the tour, you know, we'd be in the middle of the tour and Яyo would go "Oh! I've got a good song!" and then he would just hole himself up in the hotel room and write it. (Яyo demonstrates and laughs.) In the end, there's a lot of influence from the tour in them.
Lastly, please give a message to your fans.
ShuU: We just did every prefecture in Japan and next, we would like to do all the countries in Europe and all the states in the US, so please support us so that we can! Satoshi: Up till now, we've only done lives in America and Europe outside of Japan, but if there's other countries that people want us to go to, call us! We'll do our best to go, we want to go to other countries! Яyo: I'll make it really simple, we'll do our best! (laughs) Nii:girugamesh is going to continue making good music and doing good live shows, so please support us!
My friend and I went to see LM.C in Sweden on February 7th. We were in the front row, and could almost touch them! It was totally awasome, no, no, it was much more than that. Its beyond explaining. Maya and Aiji were greater than ever, and they sure are some hot guys! The concert lasted for over two hours, where they played almost all of their songs. They also got someone that could translate for them when they were talking to us, it was great! And they are so funny! You should have been there!
unfortenetly we didnt get allowed to take any pictures, Maya and Aiji didnt want that, and i respect it.
If there are any questions, just ask!
They look so young, ne? Maya (left) is 29 and Aiji (right) is 34!!!!
LM.C will embark on a full-length tour of Europe in the Spring of 2009. LM.C are to perform in the following countries:
28.01.09 - Milan, Italy - ROLLING STONE 30.01.09 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra Sala 1 31.01.09 - Montpelier, France - Rockstore 01.02.09 - Paris, France - La Locomotive 03.02.09 - London, UK - Islington Carling Academy 04.02.09 - Cologne, Germany - The Werkstatt 05.02.09 - Munich, Germany - Backstage 07.02.09 - Stockholm, Sweden - Tyrol 08.02.09 - Helsinki, Finland - GLORIA
I'm actually going to attend the concert in Sweden if my friend can go too. I'm overweited! It's going to be really cool to see them live! So now i hope that nightmare, the gazette, d ect can come to Sweden too, maybe i get to see them aswell^^ the show starts at 7:30 PM, and they are going to perform over two hours! it's just going to be way over cool! So i really hope my friend can go as well!
Please tell me if your going to any of these concerts or any other in recent date?
As you probably know, i've been celebrating christmas up in the mountain this year. We (my family) rented a cabin up there, and went skiing all week. It was lots and lots of fun! So i'm sorry i havn't been able to stay in touch for a while, but we didn't have any internet connection up there.
I got some pretty nice present, among them a macro lense, wich i've been looking at for ages! I can't wait to take some pictures^^
I hope all of you had an awasome christmas just like I.
For New Years we're going over to my aunt and uncle, and cousins. It's going to be really cool! Hopefully we can get some pretty awasome firework, despite the new rule here (not allowed to buy as much fireworks any more, because so many people get hurt every year- wtf!?) Anyway, i bet we'll have a great time^^ Hope you will too! and be ure to tell me everything about it ne?
PS:this christmas i've read twilight and new moon by stephenie meyer. They are so cool! I totally love them, they are deffenetly the best books i've ever read. I'll soon buy eclipse and breaking dawn too. =D CAN'T WAIT! And i've posted the twilight movie trailer, please check it out.
I though i should write you all a merry christmas card, but that would take forever, so I hope it's okay with this journal. And i want to say to all of you that i'm terrible sorry that i havn't been online for a while, I'm very busy with school and stuff, but I always think about you! Don't ever doubt that, I love you all!
So for this christmas my famly and Iare going up in the moutins, where we've rentedet a little house for the holiday. We're going skiing and other fun stuff, maybe some snowboarding. I'm really exited! I'll try to take loads of pictures *blinks* In this house we're not realy allowed to have dogs, but I'm going to bring my dog anyway, no way that I'm going to make him stay behind for the whole christmas!!
We havn't decided what we're going to do on new years eve, but I hope we're going to be with my uncle, aunt and cusins. As always. It is so much fun! We always have loads of fireworks (Which i totaly LOVE), so this year i hope to get some good pictures of them!
Please tell me about your holiday! Miss you all! And hope you'll have the biggest time of your life this year and the next! Without stress or loneliness!
Take Care, Minna! Sayonara! XOXO
PS: These picture are random favorites of mine. Hope you like it too! (if you do check my other favorites at www.91-inachan.deviantart.com)
It’s been way too long since I’ve talked to you guys. Gomenne!
Well I’m still at school and the internet connection here is down at the moment, which really sucks! I’m not able to talk to anyone of you guys, not on MSN, Skype or here at buzznet *crying*
Anyways, I hope I’ll be able to upload some more pictures here on buzznet, I haven’t been able to take so many now because I’ve been really busy with a school project. We’re making a movie over here, which is going to be really amazing!The students from the drama/theatre class is going to be our actors and we in the media class we’re making the movie. I‘m not filming or recording the sounds, I’m the director. It’s frightening sort of, but a lot of fun too! And we’ve had another project too.We’ve made the school newspaper. It turned out more like a magazine, and it’s really nice. I liked the result of it. I think this kind of stuff is really fun. So I hope I’ll get a good grade.
But I’ve been able to edit a few pictures, and the teacher really liked the flower, so I’m going to print it out and add it to my portfolio. It’s really nice to get comments like that *happy face*
Please send me a message about how your life isat the moment, I miss you guys so much and hope you haven’t forgotten about me yet.
I know I didn’t write so much this time, but I think you got a little bored reading all of the things I wrote last time.
Xoxo Inachan Mata ne! (See you later) Ki Wo tsukete! (Take care) Oyasuminasai! Yoi yume o! (Good night. Sweet dreams.)
PS: Please teach me more Japanese people! *laughing, but serious* PSS: I’m going to add these flower pictures in my gallery, please take the time to look at it and comment^^ I would love your opinion too!
It’s been such a long time… at least it really feels like that. I’m living at my school at the moment. And I’m going to do that for at least a year.
I’ve been here a few weeks now, and made a new friend. Well we have to be friends because we’re sharing the room, we’re room-mates. She is really nice and we like the same things and stuff. I think it’ll be fun. But she has loads of other friends too, so she’s with them most of the time.
As for other friends I haven’t made anyone yet, really. And I blame myself, kind of. I’m really shy and that’s why I don’t dare to go over to people and start talking to them. I wish I dare to do that because then I would probably get friends immediately. Well no, friends are a strong word to say, because I’ve talked to the people in my class and they are really nice. But we’re not together in the spare time, after school. So can’t say we’re really friends yet…They are all really nice, but since I’m new and they’ve known each other a long time, I feel kind of left out. Maybe it’ll be better in time. I hope so.
The classes are really a lot of fun, the teachers are great and include everyone, plus they have a fun way to teach us stuff.
And this is a “creative” school, so we draw a lot. And I can’t draw, so I’ll just do my best. Everyone else is really good at it, but I guess I’ll get better in that too since we are drawing nearly all the time. And I love to draw, as long as no one needs to see it.
Unfortunately we don’t have internet at our rooms, so we need to sit in the hallway/corridors. There are only 7-8 computers there, which totally suck because they are almost always taken. And there isn’t really much time to sit with them here either. We have a lot of homework so when I use the computer in the corridors I usually do the home works… I’ll try being on buzznet as often as I can though. Cause I miss you all so much!!!
Right now I’m at home for this weekend, with my lovely internet. So I hope you all read this! If someone doesn’t, could all of you who read it tell the others? That would be great! I just arrived; I’ve taken two trains today and plane. I love traveling with planes, I don’t know why…. Anyway it’s 10pm here…. So I arrived late, and I’ll be here tomorrow and till Sunday at 5pm.
I get little time to practice my Japanese, and that’s not good! So I hope that I’ll be able to take a class to learn Japanese in the capital, Oslo. I just need to find the right course. Anyways, what I’ve already learned I haven’t forgotten! So that’s a good thing^^
Oh and if anyone know Japanese it would be really cool if you wrote some pages about it and send it to me. That way I can learn it, if you know what I mean.
I’m sorry that I bothered you all with this long journal about my boring life. But miss you all so much and I want you all to understand why I don’t leave notes and comments so often. And I want you to know that I miss you all so much! It’s very important for me to know that you know that. So please, don’t forget me, and forgive me for being away for far too long!
I’ve taken some pictures over here too, but unfortunately I never get the time to post them. But please if you want to see my pictures, please add me as a favorite. Then you’ll know when I post: P
I always appreciate comments, and I’ll check them as often as I can, when I do my homework, though I may not have time to reply. I’m so sorry about that. And leave me notes and messages too, I love those!
I posted a few pictures that I’ve taken in my gallery. Please take a look at them. They’re taken nearby where my school is. About the bridge, I’m not sure if you’ll like it. But I loved that bridge it was so cool! I’ve never seen a bridge like that before.
PLEASE JOIN THE FORUM THAT I AND SORAXHIROKO MADE. HERE IS THE LINK.
www.jrockxcrew.forumandco.com
IT ROCKS! SO IF YOU LIKE JAPANESE GIRLS/MEN, JAPANESE FASHION, JAPANESE MUSIC, MOVIES, ANIME, MANGA, BOOKS ECT. PLEASE JOIN.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT METAL, ROCK, AND EMOTIONAL MUSIC FROM ALL COUNTRIES!
AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT!!!
ARIGATU! KI WO TSUKETE (Take care).
Please send me loads of messages, because I’ll definitely check them out occasionally and reply as fast as ii can. I love getting notes too, but it’s not sure I’ll answer so quickly on those. Sorry guys, that’s life.>.<
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Please tell me if you want “updates” like this, and if you actually read it. Because if you don’t read it I don’t see the point typing it down, if you know what I mean.
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