SakuraFox512

American Wal-marts are like a whole different universe

that shit is so intrusive

Honestly fuck Brian

there is literally no difference between plastic tree and smashing pumpkins (both have singers who are bald)

This is what I ended up with:
 

 
Flesh tone is still nagging at me, and there's some detail I couldn't get back in the hair from the scan. That's probably as close as I can get for now. Hope you don't mind that I took some liberties clearing up some dust + stains.

request suzerain

Play something louder to assert your dominance,
but in a different tempo and key to throw him off

Dug a bit more into the comments. It's theorized that...
 
-  After オトイロハ (otoiroha) disbanded (which was really just a brief hiatus before their ジグザグ reformation), 長戸大幸 (Mr. Daiko Nagato), founder of the Being Group which produced ZARD & WANDS, scouted him for his "indies-era" voice. So he was familiar w/ his visual kei bands.
 
-  He went under the pen name 上原大史 (Daishi Uehara) and did some composition/arrangement work for a ZARD tribute album and other works (w/ Being Group.)
 
-  He performed in 琳派ROCK (Rimpa Rock) (shown at 5:16.) This alludes to the fact that he was already involved w/ the Being Group.
 
- Became the 3rd vocalist of WANDS. The band suddenly active after 20 years (which makes this all the more special.)
 
 
* This is an important resource:
https://curious-rabble.net/wands-5th-vocal-uehara-profile/
 
Completely overlooked the intense fan-research that goes into j-idol blogs & wikis. I should know considering I've done the same for some Johnny's -related v-artists. Going to comb over this to fix some details.
 
** Bonus Fact:
https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCI1qirrg7LmHVgOwncIopyQ
 
It seems like ジグザグ's channel views grew fivefold with the 真っ赤なLip MV release. Also explains why CD prices have shot up too (something I actually observed a week-or-so ago.)

You can still access it through the Wayback Machine.

You also might be able to contact the editor to see if she would e-mail some articles, since things have been backed up. But honestly, so far, I can say I've run into no roadblocks loading whatever pages I've clicked on through Wayback, so I'm not sure you need to go that far to save the interviews you'd like to keep.

@Komorebi
@platy

It should still be here in the request thread, assuming Mediafire hasn't taken it down by now:
 
 

Nope, you didn't hallucinate it; came out earlier this year. Back in January or February, I think?

I would just moan and make sex noises really loud when my neighbors were arguing. Their arguments tended to end real fast after.

definitely wanna see this happening, the instrumentals done by plastic tree were so good, and plus it would be an interesting mix. if this were to happen i'm thinking the visual aspects of art-kei would be most fitting for the music.

yeah thats the impression I got, that they feel like theyre missing out 
they posted on the dir en grey subreddit too and I think its just immature

Well, basically they warn people that Maria is making girls drink, even underage ones, trying to get their line etc. And it's illegal and band behaviour. Apparently Maria also approched their fans, so they issued a warning to be careful around him.  Even if the girls ordered non-alcoholic drinks, Maria put alcohol inside. Fortunately they taste it and throw it away.

thank you ‪⸜(*ˊᵕˋ* )⸝‬

also puppet show is top 10 best vk albums ever and whoever reads this status should go listen to it asap, you're welcome

Ugh homophobes. Alabama is a shithole. First they pass the dumbest abortion law ever and they get offended by gay people.

circus is amazing and pura is visual kei, no question about it. they basically only play with other vk bands outside of their own tours.

*tips fedora*

AvelCain, R-shitei, Amai Bouroku, Savage, Depain, Meary, Zigzag, Gossip (both old and new, to an extent), 0.1g Gosan, Mathilda (kinda), Yumeleep, SHELLMY (probably), and probably 3-dozen other bands would fall somewhere onto that spectrum. It seems to be less of a subgenre, rather than an aesthetic, although bands that fall under it tend to sound like R-shitei or Savage.
 
I know it's been used within the scene itself, so I don't think it's solely a web-generated term (Meary had an album named "Menheler-ism", and there was a history of vkei video the lead singer of Golden Bomber was in where they discussed how today's vkei uses "mental illness as a subject" or something to that extent). Mental illness and self-harm are definitely not new subjects in vkei, or music in general. The concept has just been more stylized and #branded than it has been in the past. Had time been rearranged, groups like Mucc or Earl Grey probably would have been considered part of that scene just based on lyrical content.

Right? But people can't seem to be straightforward about stuff.

Holy shit, this is too edgy

I always use headphones when I'm outside, so people sometimes think I'm just being rude when I don't respond to them until they notice. Nowadays, everyone just waves their hand in front of my face if they want my attention X)
 
This meme is basically me:

A lot of vocalists in VK hold their voice "fake deep"  in their throat when they sing. It's like a character voice, just a popular way of singing for a band in this scene.
 
I'd sooner switch the cause and effect, -and say that it's more likely his vocal style would cause injury to his voice over time- than for past injury to have caused him to sound like that in the first place.