Hello, you're being disrespectful

Well, this is an age-old issue, but I just feel like blogging about it.

Once upon a time, I liked a Japanese band named PIERROT. They were great, they were massive in Japan and they were loved for more than 10 years (not 10 years of my life, my God, when they first started, I was fresh out of nappies. But they were around for more than 10 years). Then they disbanded, and the break-up wasn't exactly well received by all band members.

So vocalist, bassist and drummer went to form another band called ANGELO. Or Angelo without the capital letters, whatever. While the two guitarists went to work on their individual projects (bless their souls), Angelo (ANGELO?) went to wallow in the sadness of PIERROT's disbandment and continue on like they're still in PIERROT. Their songs are similar, their image is similar, so yes, that means they go around dressing like they're 10 years younger than they really should.

Yes, I get that the break-up was intense. I cried for days when PIERROT broke up, I shit no one about that. But Angelo/ANGELO should really just get over themselves. I just found out that they still go around and perform PIERROT's songs at their concerts and get the crowd to reminisce the past with them. I just don't think it's doing anyone any favours if they do that. They continue being depressed about a love lost, the two guitarists that left probably think they're idiots (and I don't blame them if they do) and fans like me also think they're idiots too.

So what does that make Angelo? Depressed idiots. Not a good title if you want to continue in the showbiz. And I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but I just expected something better from the Angelo members who love PIERROT to death. What bigger respect is there than leaving PIERROT's songs alone and not sing them under a different name?

(Image courtesy of Kashifus)

12012

Just started digging up 12012's stuff again. I'm not really fond of their 2009 release, but I'm loving this song released in August 2008, "太陽" ("Taiyou"). Since it means "the sun", I feel like it's the perfect song for this summer and I just think the melody is so old-school; it's the kind of music that's been done before but it's catchy, anyway.



I love the drummer. Hehehe...

LM.C

I've been listening to LM.C's stuff again, after not having done so for a while. They're a duo from Japan who specialise in electro pop-rock or as they'd like to call it, "new century electro-rock". Their guitarist is Aiji from the now-deceased popular rock band PIERROT and the vocalist Maya has done some work in the past with popular solo artist Miyavi.

In the span of time that I haven't followed their activity, their website has been translated into 4 languages; they're set to play Taiwan, Korea, Brazil, Chile and Europe next year; they've been featured in foreign publications, both online and print; and they've allowed their international fans to pre-order tickets for their Japanese dates. Not bad at all for a band who has just become active a mere 2 years ago.

I recommend:

"little Fat Man boy"


"OH MY JULIET"


"Haunted House make a Secret"


"John"


"88"

(Image courtesy of formoz.com)

"Tonight...I'm a rock 'n' roll star!"

Here's a confession: I love rockstars.

I know it's something so cliche, and anybody who knows me knows that I'm a sucker for band boys. But there's something magical about the idea of rockstars. I don't just mean being dressed in leather jackets, skinny jeans and having the eternal bed hair. There's so much more about being rockstars - it's probably the romanticism of having so many followers screaming your name; of having blogs that aren't just gonna be read, but drooled over by fans; and the classic one, to have your pictures taken everywhere you go. Celebrities have that too, but when you're a rockstar, you have this automatic 'cool' status given to you, even when you're caught picking your nose publicly.

And no matter what you wear, the 'cool' stamp is still there. If you wear a Christmas snowflake jumper but everyone knows you play guitar/drums/bass guitar/tambourine in some band, people will still wanna get down on their knees and kiss your rockstar boots.

It's just such a fascinating concept. I would say The Beatles started this whole rock 'n' roll euphoria, but then again, Zeus from the Greek mythology was loved by a lot of women, so maybe he could have invented the rockstar status. So where did this all begin?

Hell, yeah!

Blur is back!

They will be reuniting for a big show in the UK next summer. There's no official press conference yet, but Damon spoke in an interview that a reunion is in their plan for the year ahead.

I literally jumped around when I saw the news on TV this morning. I knew something like this would happen soon; I just had the feeling!

(Image courtesy of guardian.co.uk)