From old day,interesting things generate appear in Japanese culture.
Ukiyo-e
Samurai hair(called Chonmage)
Nintendo
Aibo
In the music culture,interesting genre get applier in 80's.
It is Visual-Kei.It was new music movement.
The founder isn't clear.But it is clear,X-Japan(below pic) is biggest act impact to Japanese music scene.
Anyway,Visual-Kei's "Kei" means the group or the general term which similar thing/person get together. Music style is based on Heavy Metal,Hardcore,Industrial.Hard Rock.
Visual-Kei has 3 definitions.
1. Make-up
2. Unique fashion
3. Lyric
Totally,Men play making up,wear unique fashion,looking unisex.
1,make up
No.1 poplar make-up musician is KISS.Their make-up concept is circus.Gram rock star's make-up means distance or gorgeousness.In the case of Visual-Kei,make-up means cool.In Japan,attractive man's looking is slim and beauty, (if you have bread and chest hair,you should shave it soon). it is like Prince in Japanese cartoon for girls.so,most of Visual-Kei bands fan is a girl.
2,Unique fashion
Probably you know the word "Harajuku-Girl" who likes the unique fashion of Gothic and Lolita effective.Most of Harajuku-girl loves Visual-Kei Music.
If you want to be Visual-Kei band member,you should nake your jeans and T-Shirt and buy unique cloth.
The idea of this cloth gave some affect to over sea's band like Murderdolls,Deathstar,Marilin Manson,My chemical romance.
If you want to be Visual-Kei band member,you should nake your jeans and T-Shirt and buy unique cloth.
The idea of this cloth gave some affect to over sea's band like Murderdolls,Deathstar,Marilin Manson,My chemical romance.
3,lyric
Their lyric is sometimes deep emotive,aestheticism and very poetic.No party song,No one night sex song,No usual life song. Their lyric has many theme of Death,Fantasy,Dream,Vampire,Suicide,Alice in wonderland,,,, the list goes on.This world graves teenage girls mind.
Of coures,like other music genre,it is very difficult to explain music genre by some words.And there are genres of genre, ex. Thrash Metal of Heavy Metal,Death Metal of Heavy Metal.Visual-Kei is very important position in Heavy Music in Japan,and oversea's,so we need to explain it.
This is our idea,if you don't agree us, please comment your opinion.
next post is Musician,over the typical Visual-Kei.
Of coures,like other music genre,it is very difficult to explain music genre by some words.And there are genres of genre, ex. Thrash Metal of Heavy Metal,Death Metal of Heavy Metal.Visual-Kei is very important position in Heavy Music in Japan,and oversea's,so we need to explain it.
This is our idea,if you don't agree us, please comment your opinion.
next post is Musician,over the typical Visual-Kei.
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