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Japanese Alternative/Punk/Hardcore

#1
Hi,
I'm looking for some Japanese music to listen to but all I can find is Jpop and girl bands. ACK! Any good punk/alt bands out there? NOFX, MXPX, the Ataris, Dance Hall Crashers, etc. Even Japanese Ska bands would be great.

Thanks,
JCJC
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#2
Not sure if this is what you're looking for, as I dunno if not being a girl band was a requisite.

Exist Trace








Stereopony





Edit:

Do as Infinity





Edited: 2012-06-09, 9:24 am
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#3
Hmmm. How about SHAKALABBITS?



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#4
Don't know anything about the bands listed here:

http://www.hellodamage.com/top/gekiteki-rock/

At a casusual glance however, and I am not an expert in this matter, none of them appear to be J-pop. : )

If you find a band you like please enlighten us.

Me, I'm off to the opera this afternoon: The local cinema is screening a documentary about the Götterdämmerung, this being the culturati''s equivalent of death-metal.
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you're welcome。

there's lots of awesome japanese bands. you should find a couple that you like then look for other similar bands via last.fm or youtube.
Edited: 2012-06-09, 2:38 pm
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#6
明和電気!

Not punk. Definitely alt, but not quite the alt perhaps the OP was looking for.

I like their engineer shtick and also the fact they build robots to play their songs for them. Conceptually interesting. A whole concert however would probably be pure torture.


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#7
Hmm, I'll add a few:

Ellegarden (Most of their songs are in English, but there are a few in Japanese):



Aural Vampire:



ONE OK ROCK:





Oh, and I second using Last.fm to find new bands similar to the ones you like.
It's introduced me to a lot of groups I love, which I never would have heard of otherwise.
They even have a Japanese version (lastfm.jp). ^-^
Edited: 2012-06-09, 3:48 pm
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#8
Aural Vampire - Isn't that a girl band : )
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#9
Absolutely unrelated to the topic, but since we are talking about music: does anyone know bands/groups making music like ChouChou/OrcaOrca? I discovered them recently and I'm just blown away o_o This is an example: http://youtu.be/UfrMELcvi8k
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#10
Not sure if these are along the lines you're looking for, but worth giving it a shot.

0.8秒と衝撃 is great. They're weird, noisy, and a lot of fun.



犬神サーカス団



Dir en Grey



The Pillows



Hopefully there's something in there you might like.
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#11
quark Wrote:犬神サーカス団

Wow, thank you for introducing 犬神サーカス団. They are great Smile
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#12
ストロベリーソングオーケストラ








夢中夢





Limited Express (has gone?)





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#13
Since people are suggesting Japanese bands, does anyone have any good recommendations for heavy metal? What about something like power metal or melodic death metal?
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#14
lostage (Alt Rock)

SURRENDER



こどもたち




ミドリ (Punk-Jazz)

ゆきこさん
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm13887310

あんたは誰や
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1184967
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