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Dir en grey

OMG! i just got back from the LA show. It was AMAZING!!!!
They seemed very energetic! They were very into it. At one time kauro went to die's side and started pumping up the crowd by waving up his arms then toshiya went to the front and started waving his arms up! ahh it felt like a dream!
Oh and during Grief Kyo began to clap and made everyone clap along. He also giggled a bit, it sounded so cute everyone laughed when he did that. I didn't see as much fish hooking as i thought i would.
 
Sorry I'm a bit behind on posting. anyway...
I'm not sure if you all have seen any of the DVDs of the live shows, but Kyo allmost always walks off right after he's done. So I don't think he's storming off the stage per-say.
And for being mad that people enjoy him bleeding? Highly doubt it since, again from the dvds, he's been doing it for a while now. But it seems from the FVT and this current tour, that he's doing less of the bleeding for effect thing.
 
Yeah, I read in an interview somewhere that he does it to see how far he can push himself. Less for the crowd and more for personal reasons. The fake blood was for effect, I'm sure, but I saw no fake blood in Denver. All Kyo. He's a very interesting man... to me anyway. He doesn't seem to see the world as the rest of us do. I've said it before, I would love to just sit and talk with him. He might actually understand me!
 
My friend... Kagura (thats her sn for this forum), she went to there concert last night... and she got to see them!!! and she said that Toshiya... or Shinya... i think its Shinya... well they waves at HER!!!!! She is so lucky i tell you!

beau99 said:
I highly doubt it, considering they have European festival dates at that time.
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Yeah... i just read up on it somewhere...
 
yeah the guys seemed very energetic last night. it was so beautiful i almost cried lol jk
Oh, kyo picked up his red box thingy and started throwing it across the stage and toshiya picked up his mic stand and was using it upside down before he threw it behind him.
 
Kyo threw the box thingy in Denver too. A roadie came out to pick it up and he turned around and grabbed it again, and the roadie had to run away! It was funny.
 
lol yeah the roadies were running around everywhere. Kyo has a cute giggle. He was singing and then it got all quiet n stuff then he let out a little giggle, it was cute.
 
^ you kind of missed out on the tour...their last show is today in San Francisco...☝

And there hasn't been any word of any more shows in the US this year.
 
i just hope that their exposure to american bands wont change them,i know some american bands are like too vulgar and i dont want them to corrupt dir en grey,i dont want them to act like some western band,i want dir en grey to be dir en grey.
 
oh yeah, Happy Birthday to Shinya!!!
i read in yoshiki's blog that diru went to his place after last night's show to celebrate Shinya's b-day and that they drank all night. I wonder how today's show went for them
andie: i agree with you
 
Well, Dir en grey has pretty much always been... vulgar, although I guess they really didn't do anything over the top lyrics-wise until "Zomboid."

I wouldn't worry about the band changing too much. They've got a new sound (for the better, I believe) compared to ten years ago, but they still sound like Dir en grey. For one, Kyo's voice is pretty much unique unto himself and immediately recognisable. Secondly, even though they play a lot of fast and heavy stuff now, they still compose songs like "Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki," and "Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi," two gorgeous songs that are perfect showcases of their excellent songwriting abilities and willingness to be diverse.

Opening The Marrow of a Bone with "Conceived Sorrow" was a pretty ballsy yet fantastic decision. It's like they wanted to show us that they can still convey powerful emotions without Kyo screaming over loud music. Then they crack us over the head with "Lie Buried with a Vengeance."

Wow... I can't even begin to describe how much I love The Marrow of a Bone. I truly think it's their best album yet.
 
^I think they meant more along the lines of how american band acts, not sounds? (at least that's what I thought that post meant ) Like the sex, booze, and "rock and roll" behavior. Seeing clips of Shinya shotgunning a beer is pretty...unexpected..but i'm sure they've always gone out drinking and stuff before.

@pinkbuta: ooh I would like to read that blog entry ^^
 
Really?
I've always though it was rather adorable.
 
Hey everyone :waves:

I'm listening to Diru quite for a long time and I really like their music. Kyo's voice is amazing. He can shout and in the same song he can sing so softly that I nearly start to cry. So far Dead tree is my favourite song. I think they are one of the most amazing bands I ever saw in my live. I really hope that they will come to Germany again this year, because I watched the video from last year when they were performing in Germany and they are really good live.

As I can read all of you, who have been to a concert enjoyed it...that makes me wanna see them live even more.
 
Missed... it... NYA! *sob* Damn irony and its cunning! Thanks anyways!

I think they should come back, they could really make it in america, I can see them making it. Most people I know love them, and with a voice as different as Kyo's, and a drummer as kick *** as Shinya, and some of the craziest guitar riffs I've ever heard, they could top any of our bands here!

Maybe we should start a petition! Get them to come to the states (and canada *whine*) again! Cuz I was going to fly to the states for them!! So they better be doing the same for me!!! >.< ... *is making myself comfortable in this little forum*
 
@Reita-kun – Ha, someone thought I was funny ^_^ Unfortunately, it's not contagious around where I live I wanna get waved at
@Bloodlust – Yeah, ditto. I'm sure it'd be relieving for him to have a couple female fans that aren't like OMG kawaii!! LOL I wouldn't imagine it being scary to be a Diru roadie, but I guess I was mistaken!! He didn't pick it up in Minneapolis. I'm guessing because there wasn't anywhere to throw it
@pinkbuta304 – Yeah, they were very energetic. I was so happy Aw, I wish I could hear him giggle. You guys in LA get all the good stuff!!
@andie – Especially the bands they toured with. Complete and utter talentless suckage.
Omedetoo gozaimasu Shinya-san!! :cracker:
@Precious4e- It would suck if they went into the sex/drugs/booze type thing. Ugh. I can't even imagine.
 
Precious4e said:
@pinkbuta: ooh I would like to read that blog entry ^^
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I just happened to read it so here u go the Diru-part
Anyway, it was a perfect day off. I went to my studio, and interviewed several candidates for my entertainment organization, and went to dinner with several friends, then went to see the "Dir en grey" show at the Wiltern Theater in LA.
Overall the show was great... full of energy, and... every time I see them perform, it makes me want to rock... I'm doing a lot of different genres of music. from classical to... whatever... but I think I really love rock. I've been playing the drums since I was 10 years old... well, actually playing the piano since age 4 as well.
Anyway... after the show, the entire band came to my house, and celebrated Shinya's (the drummer's) birthday party. Back then. well, when I was producing Dir en grey, we used to hang out pretty much every day... It was so nice to hang out with them again.
Last night we ended up drinking together until the morning,
I hope they're all OK for the show tonight.
On stage they were very charismatic, but off stage they are some of the sweetest people I know. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THEM!!!
 
andie said:
i just hope that their exposure to american bands wont change them,i know some american bands are like too vulgar and i dont want them to corrupt dir en grey,i dont want them to act like some western band,i want dir en grey to be dir en grey.
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I wouldn't worry, Kyo said (very recently, I may add) that they could never change like that.
 
@Sonya: thanks for that excerpt. It sounded like fun. ^^
So lucky people at wiltern could have MAYBE saw Yoshiki too lol.
 
I think they will always do their own thing, sure, they have many influences but they are always Dir en grey and always will be. Unless they decide to randomly change their name sometime down the road. *smart-aleck*
And too vulgar?? ☝ Deg's pretty vulgar as is.
 
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I dont think Dir en Grey would change their name... I mean... yeah... they have been through alot... experience wise... and they do have many influences... but I dont think they will change the name... they're knwon as Dir en Grey... and if they DO change their name I think many people will be upset... then again this is my opinion...
 
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