Your first Japanese band?

suzu

後輩

7 Dec 2003

448

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• 9 Apr 2004

• #26

hmmm....the first jpop I listened to was......wow I can't really remember,it was such a long time ago. I thinkit was The Oh My Goddess Family Club (animeOST) So I guess it doesn't really count. Next was............either aiko or kokia. Then gackt, hide, malice mizer and dir en grey in that order.

 

Toshiya

後輩

12 Jan 2004

42

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• 9 Apr 2004

• #27

The first band I listenned to was Glay... I didn't really like it... It was my boyfriend's favorite band...

But the first band I really likes was Dir en Grey and they are still my favorite japanese band!!!!!

Vive Dir en Grey!!!!!!!!

 

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evergreen

hydeist

13 Mar 2004

1

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• 11 Apr 2004

• #28

Luna Sea - I For You
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Pray

後輩

5 Apr 2004

9

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• 14 Apr 2004

• #29

I think it was Kimura Yuki with "Fall in You" ..
But my first real J-pop band was "Every Little Thing" with "Pray".

 

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Shannen85

後輩

30 Nov 2003

15

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• 21 Apr 2004

• #30

It was Glay's Global Communication and I still love them!!!!

 

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XS1001

先輩

1 Mar 2004

20

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• 21 Apr 2004

• #31

The very first song I heard in japanese was the Shima Uta song, I think its from a band called The Boom or a guy name Alfredo Casero or something, I'm not sure there since I had to find that song in kazaa...

 

goggles

Banyai! Banyai!

21 Apr 2004

142

3

• 21 Apr 2004

• #32

The first band for me was L'Arc~en~Ciel and I love them so much. I have all their albums too ^^.

 

RockLee

Hullu

22 Apr 2004

3,806

133

• 22 Apr 2004

• #33

Ayu....

My first Japanese band(actually one person) was Ayumi Hamasaki...And she made me become an addic of J-pop ....

 

Nerdy

Owned by Miki

23 Apr 2004

14

0

• 24 Apr 2004

• #34

For me, it was X Japan first, then Dir en Grey, then Malice Mizer, and Gackt was last. I think that Seikima II was somewhere in there, too.

 

Flashjeff

Pink Lady's Number #1 Fan

28 Dec 2003

2,585

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• 26 Apr 2004

• #35

A penpal turned me onto Shonen Knife about five years ago and I've been a fan ever since. What a great band!

 

Ruri-Ruri

先輩

1 Mar 2004

28

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• 26 Apr 2004

• #36

Amuro Namie, 181920 cos my cousin leant it to me. I don't like her new stuff though. I still haven't figured out what "body feels exit" is supposed to mean...

 

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AyaWinner

Registered

24 Apr 2004

3

0

• 26 Apr 2004

• #37

definately Gackt. I just downloaded mp3s from kazaa... maybe it was Vanilla... or U+K... (that time I did not know that this song is dedicated to Kami!) I downloaded some Ayumi Hamasaki songs, too but... well, she's not my style.

 

Shidenkai

Nihon no yoru to kiri

24 Aug 2003

143

1

• 27 Apr 2004

• #38

My fisrt song is "Driver's High" by L'arc~en~ciel! In Italy there was GTO Anime whith this song for opening transmission; then the passion of j-rock was a normal event...

 

konnichi wa sayonara

I know nothing.

29 Apr 2004

3

0

• 29 Apr 2004

• #39

dot hack//Liminality - EDGE
that's the song that got me into Japanese

I guess Do As Infinity was my first Japanese band though...first male band was GLAY...

 

jieshi

Japaustralian

5 May 2004

554

18

• 6 May 2004

• #40

the first stuff i ever heard was an anime theme song cant remeber which one. but the first artist i really listened 2 was mikuni shimokawa cause i really liked her songs from Full Metal Panic. then a friend gave me a cd by super euro beat, and now im listening to do as infinity and looking for other artists to listen too.

 

Hideko

後輩

24 Mar 2004

17

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• 10 May 2004

• #41

Dreams Come True, when I saw the swan princess when I was little ; (I'm not a pop person though)

and then next came X Japan, then GLAY, then Zilch, then Spread Beaver, then Dir en grey, then Luna Sea

 

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sora

先輩

12 May 2004

20

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• 12 May 2004

• #42

..hmm..i think it was GLAY..^^

 

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okaeri_man

Tadaima!

6 Sep 2003

452

9

• 14 May 2004

• #43

Shingo Mama was the first single i bought and therefore first i listened to. he's the coolest cross dressing kids idol i've ever heard.

 

serewen

後輩

5 Sep 2003

162

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• 15 May 2004

• #44

Smap.1st listen to them. So impressive. Keep going, smap—ganbatte ne.

 

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Buddha Smoker

Finally Enlighted One

8 Dec 2003

901

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• 18 May 2004

• #45

I remember the first two CDs (actually singles) that I bought were.... one was by SPEED when they were first starting and the other was "Can you Celebrate?" by Amuro Namie. I was nervous to buy and waited a long time....I forgot why now..but that was back in 96/97 I think???? I bought them from Tower Records in Shibuya.

 

Budderfly

後輩

14 May 2004

85

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• 19 May 2004

• #46

After watching Battle Royale and hearing the song at the end credits I became an immediate fan of Dragon Ash. I also listened to some Shonen Knife around the same time too. Since then, my playlist has expanded with Japanese bands.

 

Golgo_13

先輩

27 Nov 2003

2,001

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• 19 May 2004

• #47

The Tigers with Kenji ("Julie") Sawada as the lead singer. 1966.

The "group sounds" era.

 

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visualdoll

visualdoll

17 May 2004

2

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• 19 May 2004

• #48

hm, probably dir en grey

 

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MHtrStevie

後輩

13 Jul 2002

291

3

• 19 May 2004

• #49

Golgo_13 said:

The Tigers with Kenji ("Julie") Sawada as the lead singer. 1966.

The "group sounds" era.

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Nice! Glad to hear someone mention the GS era here... I definitely like The Tigers, and here are some others I like as well:

The Spiders ("Etenraku-a-Go-Go")
The Golden Cups ("This Bad Girl")
The Mops ("Asamade matenai")

Can't claim any of them as my first J-group, as I picked them up much later... but definitely worth checking out!

 

marsfyre

Cheese Pizza

6 Oct 2003

36

1

• 24 May 2004

• #50

first thing I hear doutside of games and anime was namie amuro.. and the first thing i bought was ayumi hamasaki's second album .... but now i listen to alot of jrock.. so its wierd lookin back at where I started <__<;;;