Since you're all here, I'm assuming you guys like GO!GO!7188. Who else do you like? Japanese and English. -ui-

I'll jsut copy and paste mine from facebook.

ai otsuka
ayumi hamasaki
Emyli
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
GO!GO!7188
GReeeeN
Hora
Kaela Kimura
Kaya
Koda Kumi
Közi
lecca
LISA
m-flo
MEGARYU
Metis
mink
Namie Amuro
No Doubt
Olivia Lufkin
ORANGE RANGE
Utada Hikaru
YUKI
Yuu

Lately I've been obsessing over J-urban music, reggae in particular.

omgosh u like koda :x

Do As Infinity
Amano Tsukiko
GO!GO!7188
Shiina Ringo
Tokyo Jihen
A Lunch
Chirinuruwowaka
Missile Innovation
Tomiko Van
Yuu
Hamada Akiko

i dun like english music -hm-

Actually, not really [like Kuu].

I just had her included in the list because a few songs I like, and when I wrote out all those people a long time ago I was going through a phase where I liked her. I only like a couple songs now.

I like old school rap. anything in the last 7-8 years is awful, but before that was when rap was good.
A Tribe Called Quest
The Jungle Brothers
De La Soul
Mos Def
N.W.A.
RUN D.M.C.
The D.O.C.
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
etc.

I like a few English Language bands
Primus
Helmet
Ben Harper
Bob Marley


I like lots of electronic music
Orbital
The Chemical Brothers
The Thievery Corporation
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Nightmares on Wax
The Orb

Various DJ's
DJ Shadow
Donald Glaude
Carl Cox
Cut Chemist
Dimitri from Paris

Indian Music
Falguni Pathak
Sheila Chandra

Other Japanese
Tokyo Jihen
Shiina Ringo
HALCALI
Various Hello! Project
Ayumi Hamasaki
Bonnie Pink
m-flo
Ai Otsuka
Utada Hikaru
Namie Amuro
YUI
Yuki
Ayumi Hamasaki
Nomiya Maki
Crazy Ken Band
Asami
Hiromi
Emi Hinouchi
Koda Kumi
Eri Nobuchika
Tommy February/Heavenly
Puffy
Paradise GO!! GO!!
Mika Nakashima
Bennie K
BON BON Blanco
Chatmonchy

Oh, i like GOGO..... surprised? XD

And....
Gorillaz
Gackt
Noteingang (a little german punk band from school)
The Fratellis
AYA
Dir en Grey
Tomb Raider I OST
some Final Fantasy OST
and the Ringu OST (it's house or techno or whatever, i know, but it's ringu XD)
Oh, and the magic flute from mozart XD

yeah.... that's it....

I like a few japanese bands/singers/composers other than GO!GO!:
JUDY AND MARY
The 5.6.7.8's
Mariko Hamada (an 'amateur' jazz singer)
Akira Yamaoka (composer of the Silent Hill soundtracks)
Nobuo Uematsu
Salyu / Lily Chou-Chou
Yoko Kanno

but I'm not as obsessed with japanese music as I used to be.
In general, I like indie pop and rock, folk and classical tunes.
My favourite non-japanese band is Arcade Fire.

By the way, do you guys use last.fm too? My nick is 'beru' :)

Go!go!7188 (of course =D), Elt,Brilliant Green, Tommy(heavenly and February 6), Dat (rest in peace =/), The Scanty,Onyanko CLub,Ryoko Hirosue, Abingdon School Boys, Ikimonogakari, cool joke and morning musume :x, and american hard rock, bon jovi, skid row, poison, scorpions (german... but hard rock), etc

recently I hear new bands for me, like Baseball Bears, 9mm parabellum bullet, sparta locals, pink panda and art school, it's all good bands

and, I meet a band named Onyancore CLub, a underground independent band in japan, without singles or albuns, it's a band cover of j-pop 80's, very good

9mm parabellum bullet = TEH SEX

Too many.

Lets see, off the top of my head from the west:
Primus
Buckethead (Get it?)
Frank Zappa
Deerhoof
Daft Punk
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Lots of classic rock/metal... and like ssasami, I hate the recent rap, but Run DMC is good stuff.

From the east:
X Japan
B'z
Bazra
Tomoyasu Hotei
The Alfee
Ging Nang Boyz
LOW IQ 01
Sugizo
Tokyo Paradise Ska Orchestra
Sambomaster
Porno Graffitti
the brilliant green
YUI (Yumi is obviously a better guitarist than her though ;-))
And obviously, GO!GO!7188

well, I'll post what comes in my mind...ok? only japaneasy artists! ok?!
because unlike yahiko i like songs in english! hehe
check out my last.fm!! > My LAST.FM !!

> Do as Infinity
> Tokyo Jihen
> Shiina Ringo
> Go!Go! (of course)
> Amano Tsukiko
> fra-foa
> Mikami Chisako
> JUDY AND MARY
> YUKI
> BONNIE PINK
> hitomi
> Core of Soul
> Younha
> Maaya Sakamoto
> Jun Shibata
> The Brilliant Green
> YUI
> Cocco
> Some Porno Graffitti
> Some GLAY
> some Larc en Ciel

it's not in order of preference ok! it's all mixed up!

I should update my list of favorite musicians

GO!GO!7188
ミドリ
YMCK
POLYSICS


That's all........ i'm listen to nothing but them :huh:

My favorites:

Tokyo Jihen
Shiina Ringo
GO!GO!7188 (+ their solo projects)
ミドリ
POLYSICS
YMCK
Slagsmålsklubben
Chatmonchy
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Blasterhead
Ore Ska Band
Meiko Kaji (she is also one of my favorite actresses)

Meiko Kaji is awesome <3

My favorites (Japanese):

- Shiina Ringo
- Tokyo Jihen
- GO!GO!7188
- HALCALI
- Ikimonogakari
- Ajico
- UA
- Yamaguchi Momoe
- YUI
- Amuro Namie (her recent stuff)
- Tommy february6 (and a little heavenly6)
- Morning Musume and various Hello!Project artists
- Kojima Mayumi
- Heartsdales
Also I recently got into 2 other bands, Nirgilis and Ketchup Mania.
I like discovering showa songs <3

Other:
- Malajube
- M.I.A.
- CSS
- Radiohead
- Beastie Boys
- Tori Amos
- Regina Spektor

Meiko Kaji had a song on the Kill Bill soundtrack, right?

I'm pretty sure I have her song from that... I'm not big on enka, but I like that song.

ohh the ending theme? Can anyone share?

@zarya: CSS hurts! :rolleyes:

Here it is:
http://rapidshare.com/files/85635407/03_Fl...arnage.mp3.html

And here's a few of my favorites from her Zenkyoku Shu album:
http://rapidshare.com/files/85638551/meiko.zip.html
(#01 is used in Kill Bill: Vol 2)

Note that the file names and tags are translated to English, haven't had the time yet to rename them to their "proper" names.

Urami Bushi, right?

I love that song.

Yes it is. Great song :)

Kill Bill is what made me interested in her music.
And since Kill Bill was inspired by Lady Snowblood (and I like Japanese movies) I just had to see it, which then led to me seeing the "Female Prisoner 701" movies.

thank you very maxuxaa *-*

I've only watched the first Prisoner 701 movie... very entertaining.

Yahiko: why does CSS hurts??

http://www.csshurts.com/ o.O they say so

I just got into POLYSICS.

Amazing.

Those are my lastfm top 15:

1 ミドリ
2 Zebrahead
3 GO!GO!7188
4 Linkin Park
5 Rammstein
6 Mika
7 Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST)
8 Tanzwut
9 AYA
10 Phil Collins (Tarzan Musical)
11 Wise Guys
12 Saltatio Mortis
13 Schandmaul
14 Gackt
15 ガゼット

much German stuff^^ but I think I listen to almost everything^^

I'm really into Jaurim at the moment, finally got a bunch of their albums which I have been searching for ever since I heard Kim Yuna sing in 'President's Last Bang'.

She sang a really great enka-ish song in that movie. Highly recommended.

I have ashes to ashes from Jaurim. I like it a lot.

My friend is a big fan of Drunken Tiger, so he showed me the version of Loving Memory they collaborated on and I loved it. I found out that the original was on ashes to ashes and downloaded the whole album.

sometimes it doesn't hurt to check the Artist Hype List on last.fm...
Fleet Foxes is an amazing band.

j-music

go!go!7188 obviously
detroit7
seagull screaming kiss her kiss her
love psychedelico
the pillows
noodles
bleach 03
yellow machinegun
ketchup mania
gito gito hustler
maximum the hormone
pine AM
super junky monkey


jamband music
the disco biscuits
moe
the breakfast
grateful dead

metal
black sabbath
motorhead
pantera
alice in chains
ministry
rammstein
white zombie
biohazard
marilyn manson
metallica (up to the black album)
monster magnet
nine inch nails
faith no more

it's only rock and roll:
the rolling stones
the who
aerosmith
the doors
led zeppelin
nirvana (yes, i have seen them 2x)
janes addiction
alice cooper
kiss


art rock:
emerson lake and palmer
yes
king crimson

punk:
sex pistols
johnny thunders and the heartbreakers
the ramones
dead kennedys

favorite guitarist
jeff beck

and probably many many more

Yeah! Motörhead and Rammstein!
Good german bands! XD

Ooh. Jambands!

Have you ever heard of Raq?

They're from my hometown and are slowly making a splash on the jam scene. My dad repaired and modded the guitarists amp. They kick ass.

last i checked motorhead were a british band but they certainly kick butt!!!

i do also like einsturzende neubauten the industrial band. and they are certainly german.

have seen raq but am not a fan.

Ah that's too bad.

My friend and I saw them play up here a while back, and were blown away.

They did one of the greatest covers of Have A Cigar I have ever heard.

oh yes! you are right!
I thought they are german because of the ö and one of my friends listens to their music :P

I used to think they were Swedish for the same reasons :D

Sodopp! I like the singer voice and the music

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...ndid=1000520907

Yeah i like Sodopp too, the vocalist has a very special voice, kindof ugly but still nice in some strange way i cant explain B)


Some of the bands/artists i listen tpp

Japanese:

Aikawa Nanase
Budo Grape
The 50 Kaitenz
Tsu Shi Ma Mire (its a great band, kindof like go!go! on experimental drugs hehe)
http://audio.sxsw.com/2006/mp3/Tsu_Shi_Ma_...hara_Shinji.mp3
http://www.myspace.com/tsushimamire
Chatmonchy
Strawberry Jam
Sodopp
The Blue Hearts (ah i love this song , Linda linda. linda linda linda linda)
The Cro Magnons
Animetal / Animetal Lady (she also did a cover of Cutie Honey and Attack No. 1 and Mahoutsukai Sally, u can download it here http://rapidshare.com/files/65673749/Anime..._Marathon_I.rar )


Not Japanese:
Type O Negative
Ozzy
The Ramones
The 69 Eyes
Jokke & Valentinerne
Megadeth
Marty Friedman (what got me into japanese music, he is Megadeth's old guitarist, and he moved to japan and started playing solo, and having projects with Aikawa Nanase and Animetal Lady)
Guns N Roses
Turbonegro (is a norwegian punkrock band)
Backstreet Girls
2 Unlimited (yes, its the old Dutch Eurotrance band :lol: )
Rednex (Swedish westerntechnopop, oldpopinanoak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OgMVNQ5hG0 :lol: )

Sorry for joining in late

My fav are

Go!Go!7188
Tokyo Jihen
Shiina Ringo
Pe'Z
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Soil & "Pimp" Sessions (I'm obsessed with Tabu Zombie XD)
Losalios (I have fetish for Tokie)
Supercar (Exploring)
Polysics (Exploring)

The Cardigans
Metric
Blur


And out of nowhere: Rip Slyme

That's it for now. The rest, I can't recall

tokie is killer in unkie also

wow...THanks for the valueable info. I did not know this. Wow. The band is cool.

Although for now I'm still biased towards Losalios because of tatsuya nakamura's crazy rumming.

Yet, I need to get my hand on their "The price of fame" asap

*crazily googling*

unkie has a myspace page which has some videos and songs.

if you are bit torrent inclined then reply here with an email address and i will send you a link.

does this board allow posting of torrent links??

I love Jaurim! I love a lot of Korean indie rock too.

My favorites:

Japanese(other than go!go!):
Shiina Ringo/Tokyo Jihen
Yuu
Judy and Mary/Yuki
UA/Ajico
Blankey Jet City
Zazen Boys
Chara
Cocco
Utada Hikaru (but only her first few albums)

I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them now.

English:
Tori Amos
Amanda Palmer/The Dresden Dolls
Fiona Apple
Regina Spektor
Kate Bush
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Animal Collective
Portishead
Erykah Badu

the list goes on and on...

Oh, and I listen to a lot of French music too.