Dir en grey

@charismatiDeath: naw...we dont get much magazines here that are like musically inclined. like i know of one but i dont even know the name and it only touches base on american rock/metal bands. i dont even know where to get it outside of hot topic.
 
I'm pretty sure you have more J-rock than us none the less.

How about CD's and stuff... IN regular shops pretty much the only band you can buy is Diru. Resurrection Records in Camden is good though... they have quite a wide selection of J-rock./.. but Camdens a bit special... any one whos been there will understand!! I love the place!
 
Hmm...Camden is just to the West of King's Cross, isn't it?
I'm going down to London for the Gazette gig in October so I might check it out :).
 
Camden is the sh*t! I should check out Resurrection Records. Where is it?
Yeah it is FrostPixie. I might be going to that gig if the tickets aren't sold out yet that is :p
 
"Maybe it's not a case of the world needing Dir En Grey, but the world choosing Dir En Greyツ…ツ"

I Love That Line Too Its a gd point

I Wish i could have Got a Autograph Allthough Kyo Touched My Jeans *never being Washed again* lmao
 
in 9 hours i'm going to Diru concert !!! :D Waaahh, i'm nervous :P
 
I'm going to Metal Hammer Festival in Poland. They will play there for the first time and they gave them 65 minutes ! :D Thats a lot for a Festival where they are simply not known :D

hehe, i'm nervous 'cause I don't know how the non-fans will react to them :P
 
They'll be playing right before Tool xD I really don't know ^^; But i have hope .....yes i have .....
 
Of course I'll tell you ;) Now i'm going back to packing ... see you on Monday :D
 
@Kodo: 65 min? lucky....haha.
only hot topic sells like dir en grey and thats all the j-rock i can find there. i get all the others from like taiwan. but those are just as expensive.
 
haha have fun kodo!!!
man, some of you guys have been touched by diru?! i'm jealous!
the hot topic i live near doesn't have any diru stuff, but i do know of another one that does, but its too far! Luckiliy for me there's a Little Tokyo down town. Thats where i find my jrock stuff. :-)

semi~sweet- i love your ava lmao
 
Ah the avatar! So cool 👍
jealous of you guys that can get their stuff easily. Damn my country and it's un-jrock-ness.
Hitsugimad woohoo! Will it actually be an article?
 
FrostPixie Yays me tooo! Camden is one tube stop away from Islington... which is where we're seeing Gazette.

RevengeBabyYeah Resurrection Records is a ***** to find... I'm not sure I could give you very good directions... it's kinda down the side and underneath another shop on the main street... you don't have to go off into the confusing market area. My friend showed me where it was... I would have probably spent all day looking if she hadn't!

HitsugiMad4eva More Diru in Kerrang? I didn't like the poster they did last time... not enough to buy the magazine any ways... I don't like Kerrang! They should go for other ones like Metal Hammer... or posssibly something more underground. But then again thats not goin to get them as much publicity over here.

I shall shut up before I rant about the number of people I forsee jumping on the J-rock band waggon in this counrty!
 
@CharismaticDeath Hmm, I might have to check it out before I go back home. But I'd probably have to lump my luggage around with me. Ah heck, all I need is a change of clothes, I could fit that in a backpack. But I guess I'd have to find the place first, lol.

I might check Kerrang! out. I hate Kerrang! but it might be worth it for Diru.

It's strange when you like a band before they become well known in your country because it's just so damn funny when you read about them. I mean, the ignorance that magazines show yet they still act like they know everything about the band. I mean the Rock Sound interview was at least better than the Kerrang! interview but still... I would have been offended if I was the one being interviewed. Kaoru expresses his disgust at the 'cute' bands (I know he was talking about VK, but still...) then Kerrang! compare him to an overgrown pixie from Fall Out Boy, one of the 'cutest' bands in the Western world. I won't say anything about the MCR comparison because that just speaks volumes.
The least these magazines could do is do a little research into the bands they are interviewing, and I'm not talking about how much outrage they caused in their native country or how many top ten hits they have had. Then again, Kerrang! tends to play to the masses now (ie. preteens) so they compare everything to acts people already like, regardless of whether or not they have anything in common.
Metal Hammer should do a feature. They seem to remain neutral and they seem to do their research and don't seem to care about appealing to the masses (at least they didn't when I used to read it).
 
ah thanks i didn't make it thought i got it from my friend that is reading my Dir en grey fanfic....i thought it was sooo funny.. i saw it when i was at school...and it was all quiet and i blurted out laughing and everyone looked at me like i was crazy lol...

i found this asian shop in the next town over but they don't sell any diru stuff...so sad....i havn't gone to hot topic...danm mall is sooooooo far away...i wish i live in a bigger town...awww i miss my home town now
 
CD- Thanks. So now I vaguely know where it is, woohoo!

And you guys, don't even get me started on Kerrang.... I have the mother of all grudges against those dumbasses:p
IK- i know! but I think I already commented on it so I'll shut up :p
 
The Dir en grey concert over here was awesomeness. There were so many people there, it was crazy. I got to stand in the front though and see Kyo from close. My friends and I just had to push our way through people;p I almost jumped up on the stage just to rub his nipples^^
 
O . M . F . G . .... that was just incredible .... guys, they were AMAZING, Kyo didin't make even ONE false note ... The higher parts wer pure perfection :D Some say that this performance was even better than the one in Drezden ! The fans were amazing, After their reactions I can say that DEG didn't even think they had such powerfull fanbase here. they were at first a little surprised an then all smiles :D They had SO much energy it was hard to breathe xD I was on Kaoru's side, in the first row, very near to the speakers (I always end up in that place for some reason O_o). Oh, and Kyo didn't cut himself or spit out blood. On how they were recieved - better than i imagined O.o Some Tool fans even clapped after Concieved Sorrow O_o But majority of their opinions is that - they were not what I was expecting ( i don't know in what way -_-), not my taste, and they had some issues with them being posers who does everything so the fans will like them. Of course there was some pretty bad opinions .. but well, Tool an DEG aren't really close musically so it is understable ... On the back were some booers, but they were drowned out by us xDD haha :D Tool fans kind of ignored them xD Oh well ... we were great, the band liked us and that is all that matters :D

THE HIGHLIGHTS (geez, the whole performance was one big highlight xD) :
- When G.D.S. ended Kyo sprayed us with water :) I was like - so soon ? O_o
- Kaoru, Toshiya and Die changed places at some points ( i didn't see that on other Festivals, but who knows ..)
- Kaoru showed us MANY versions of 'teh manly stances', and as always he headbanged :D
- Toshiya constantly flirted with the audience
- Kyo showed us the finger during ASoM :D We returned the gesture :D
- Kaoru nearly every 5 minutes banged himself on the chest (heart to be specific), I guess he was really glad of our reaction :)
- During Concieved Sorrow, Kyo climbed up to his box (XD), turned to the side, kneeled down and veeery slowly lied down on his back singing xD That caused many nosebleeds i suppose ^^;
- Kyo of course took off his T-shirt and ... he singed ( or should I say trashed all around the place and screamed) with the T-shirt on his head xD He looked like some executioner x) The sound and view was quite interesting :D
- At the end Toshiya climbed up to Kyo's box (XD) and bowed to us with his hands put together to thank us :) We were really touched ;)
- Before the concert i looked to the speaker next to me and began wondering ... what if Kaoru would stand on it ? It was kind of below the stage and looked solid so ... but 'meh' i said 'impossible' ... and what a surprise when he actually did just that xD We rocked out to him, he rocked out to us and looked at the speaker .. then to us ... then to the speaker again .. then to his feet (xD) and walked over to stand on it to be closer to us :D And he spitted on some people xD They were in heaven xD
- They all feeled up the crowd more (as if that was even neccesary xD). Kyo showed us to clap our hands, some 'standard' gestures (The Final - hand in the air for example) and he danced a lot O_o . Kaoru, Toshiya and Die showed us with their hands to jump more and more, and then placed their hands to their ears so we should scream more x) Our throats and limbs are non-existent at the moment xD
- The look on their faces where we all started to sing ... priceless .. at one piont in The Final on a short while we even drowned out Kyo for a bit xD
- They throwed lots of pics, Shinya throwed 4 drumstics, and then .. we had a shower xD They decided to 'cover us in water' litterally xD Everyone throwed bottles at us - theirs (half finished) and not touched ones as well :) That was kind, we needed water badly T_T Everyone shared the water between them, there was no possesive fangirlism over bottles O_o ... another surprise ..
- The look on Toshiya's and Die's faces when they gazed at each other and smiled :)
- The proud look Kaoru gave us :)
- Shinya's little glances behind the drum set xD
- Kyo's emotions through the show and then ... calm gaze :)
All in all they acted like it was their concert and not a Festival xD Audience did a really good job :) I was very surprised, in a good way :)

Set-list :

- G.D.S.
- Repetition of Hatred
- Grief
(the rest is in no particular order)
- Agitated Screams of Maggots
- Obscure
- Saku
- Concieved Sorrow (+ intro with some kind of spiritual-oriental-mantra thing - AMAZNING *o*)
- The Fatal Believer
- Ryoujoku no Ame
- Disabled Complexes
(and again in the particular order xD)
- The Final
- Dead Tree (yes, + the 'whale sounds' xD)
- Merciless Cult
- The Deeper Vileness
- The IIID Empire

Backstage highlights :

- Some fans went on a walk around Spodek (the place when the Festival was held) and spotted some DEG members on the parking ^^ . They saw Kyo who was running with a towel on his head and wearing tracksuit xDDD So they walked over to the crate. But Kyo hid himself already xD But .. Shinya came out, he was at first atempting to ignore them, but finally gave in and looked at them xD Then Die came out and waved at them, they waved back, and Die gave some autographs ^^
- When Diru's concert ended - some fans went running to the back entrance to have some autographs and such :P about 15 - 20 people made it :D I didn't though T_T . But i buyed 'WTD' so i'm happy :)
 
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