J-pop/rock/metal

[PaulMacC]

Anyone like japanese music ^_^
I find j-pop x100 better than the stuff on todays mainstream charts.

[Coheed&Cambria]

Dir en Grey

[PaulMacC]

Some I listen to are;;
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Maximum The Horomone
Girugamesh
Monobright
tommy heavenly6
redballoon
DOES

Most of mine are from anime openings/endings.

[Kyle!]

GIIRRUGGGAAMESH!(sarc)

[camera]

u and my friend Fika shd be best mates. j-anything is annoying. ive only heard one indie group, Loovee or something like that. went to see em and theyre alright.

[Laurensh1]

Don't like anything japanese except for sushi.

[Kotu]

I'm not really a fan, what I've heard is too chaotic for me lol.

I have been listening to Utada and BoA's recent English albums lately, I think they're Korean artists but popular in Japan? I don't think their English work is representative of J-Pop at all but I like them a lot.

[RedStratocas]

i cant really think of any japanese bands i like other than boredoms and boris. i find the majority of music popular from there pretty horrible tbh.

[Neversoft]

I mainly listen to Ayumi Hamasaki, DOES, Kokia, Maximum The Hormone, MONORAL, Orange Range, The Rodeo Carburettor, Sato Naoki, SCANDAL, Shocking Lemon, Supercar, Tommy Heavenly6, Yoko Kanno and Yui but I'm open to most Japanese music. Although I don't really like their super hardcore metal. Gotta love songs by voice actors though, mainly Hirano Aya and Horie Yui.

Japan have some absolutely phenomenal composers and orchestral musicians as well. Ryuichi Sakamoto is a godsend. I'm going to see him in London in November.