Your first Japanese band?

[suzu]

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]

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!!!!!!!!

 

[evergreen]

Luna Sea - I For You
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[Pray]

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

 

[Shannen85]

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

 

[XS1001]

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]

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

 

[RockLee]

Ayu....

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

 

[Nerdy]

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]

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]

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...

 

[AyaWinner]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[sora]

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

 

[okaeri_man]

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]

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

 

[Buddha Smoker]

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]

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]

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

The "group sounds" era.

 

[visualdoll]

hm, probably dir en grey

 

[MHtrStevie]

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

The "group sounds" era.

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]

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 <__<;;;