hey dudes! J-punk? yeah, i've been listening to them for quite a year now~ it's cool to know that finally there's someone who has an interest to J-punk, they're no difference from english punk (U.S. based) except the fact that their lyrics is in japanese, but they also do english songs but their english is pretty bad, funny and weird also! umn.. these are my favorite japanese punk bands.. do check 'em out:
MONGOL 800
ROAD OF MAJOR
HI-STANDARD
JAPANESE POP PUNK
and if you also like ska punk there's also:
POT SHOT
KEMURI
there's many more but i forgot them, pop punk genre is growing more and more in japan now these days like a trend.. i really hope NU METAL bands would also grow in japan...Dir en Grey's music in vulgar isn't hard and noisy enough.. ~_~;