Nan Desu Ka I'm not personally offended by your words cause you explained that you didn't mean to offend anyone, but I admit that they made me sad.
If you're SO MUCH FED UP with alice nine, then just don't listen to them anymore I propose. As revaanu said, many bands change their style while time passes by, that's nothing new, at least not to me. Personally I like their new style more and not just because of the brighter and more romantic music but because they're not having TONS of make up on them anymore like most "good old vk bands" and you can recognize more of their personality at least.
Call me a softy or whatever you want, but I also like bands as Gazette or D'espairs Ray, in the end it's all MUSIC, different types, but it's made to arouse feelings in people, sad or happy, and for me alice nine makes music that cheers me up and doesn't make me disturbed or something.
And if it is their personality to be this way or to make bubblegum pop music, as you call it, then just let them and don't blame shou for it. Do you say that shou pushed through his own will and that the others didn't even have the chance to say NO? Wouldn't the "real rockers" saga or tora have left alice nine if their ideas became that much different from each other?
Okay, I already spent more time on this than I wanted.
It just made me sad for alice nine that the thing they most long for, to reach their fans, whom they truly love, didn't work for you and others. But it's your opinion and I don't say you have to revide it or sth.
As you say it hurts you to say all this, it hurts me to hear it because I don't really get why you have to say it in such a MEAN way. RukaNightmare and Hitsugi_love managed to say what they think in a better way I reckon.
Just don't swear and be offensive to a9 because they are lovely people and didn't deserve it, after all. You're done with them then you can turn your back on them without "suck, disgusting, bullshit, and your loads of ********************s". Honestly.