(From left to right Die, Toshiya, Kyo [front], Kaoru, and Shinya)

Yosh!! Whats going on minna?? Hahahaha this is Piyoko, and I’m back with more visual kei fun!!!

Todays band that I’m going to be talking about is the hardcore, awesome band…. Dir en grey!!!

Now I’m sure all of you know who Dir en grey is…. right?? if you don’t shame on you!!! hahah just kidding!!! Well lets get to know this great band!!

Dir en grey started in 1997. Yep yep thats a long time ago. They’ve been a band for 11 years, wow right!!! Anyway, they are currently signed with Firewall Div./SMEJ, Gan-Shin, and Warcon/Fontana. This band consists of Kyo (vocalist), Kaoru (guitarist), Die (guitarist), Toshiya (bassist), and Shinya (drummer). What’s also great to know is that these band members, stayed together for all 11 years!!! Sugoi ne??

For more information you can check out wikipedia. You can also go to their official website http://www.direngrey.co.jp/ or their official myspace page http://www.myspace.com/direngrey

Well if your really into head banging and really heavy and dark music, Dir en grey is the band for you!!! Even if you’re not, please give them a try!!!

Now for some song suggestions, these are some of the songs I like from them. They are audrey, Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi, Lie Buried with a Vengeance, yurameki, karasu, and dozing green.

Their PV’s are also very exciting… some are kinda disturbing like the Obscure PV but hey that never stopped me from watching it!!! or any of their other PV’s.

So go on youtube, or imeem and check out their PV’s and music.

Hahaha I also have some good news as well!!! If you like Dir en grey and live in North America, you can go see them!!! They are having a tour in November so get your tickets fast!!! Yep yep before they get sold out so go and buy those tickets so you can see this band!! Just go on their official myspace for more details on tickets and the tour!!

I hope you are able to go and see them, their lives are great by the way!!!

Hahah so this is the end of my blog entry. I hope you become a Diru fan and help us support them!!! Hahaha they actually sell their albums in the US, I bought The Marrow of a Bone in Best Buy so yea go buy their albums… or order them at least!!!

Please feel free to leave a comment, or a question. You can email too if you would prefer that.

Arigatou mina-san!! Thank you for reading. Until next time, this is Piyoko!!

Bye bye!!! (・θ・)

Hey minna!! This is Piyoko!! I’ve been busy lately so its been hard to update on this blog…

but don’t worry, there are more visual kei goodies to come!!! So yea please wait patiently for my next update!!!

Arigatou-gozaimasu!!! I’ll try to update soon!!!

Bye Bye!!!

(From left to right kanon, yuki, miku, takuya, and teruki)

Yahoo!!! Yosh!!! Yo minna!!! Piyoko-desu!! How is everyone?? I hope everyone is doing well!!! (・◇・)

Well todays topic is going to be about a very popular, and amazing Japanese oshare kei band…. An Cafe!!!!

And if you haven’t heard of this band, *gasp* hahaha just kidding!!! Well then let me help you find out more!!!

As usual I’ll be giving some background information about them!!! An Cafe started in 2003, signed under the labels Loop Ash/MusicRay’n and Gan-Shin. Originally, this band was started with Miku (vocalist), Kanon (guitarist), Teruki (drummer), and Bou (guitarist). But in 2007, Bou left the band. Soon following the new guitarist, Takuya and keyboardist, Yuki.

 For more information you can check out Wikipedia. Or you can go to their official website http://www.ancafe-web.com/ or their official myspace page http://www.myspace.com/ancafe

An Cafe is fun band and you will love their music as well!!!

Now as usual, here are some song suggestions to listen to!! Some you might like are, cherry saku yuuki, ryuusei rocket, the hero without a name, merrymaking, bonds~kizuna~, and Wagamama Kōshinkyoku.

Their PV’s are funny and nice to watch as well!!! Some of my favorites are merrymaking, Wagamama Kōshinkyoku, TEKESUTA kousen, snow scene, and maplegunman.

So go on youtube or imeem or whatever and listen and/or watch their PV’s!!!

Let’s continue to support An Cafe, alright minna!!! Lets all be great Cafecco’s and give An Cafe our all!!!

Well thats the end of this blog entry!!! Hope you enjoyed reading it, and hopefully you will like An Cafe too!!!

Please feel free to leave a comment. If you have any questions you can email me too!!!

Arigatou gozaimuas mina-san!!! Thanks for reading my blog!!! ’til next time, this is Piyoko!! Bye bye!!! (・θ・)

yo everyone….. piyoko-chan here….

its 2:16 am… i’m having a sugar crash from all the caffeine i drank….

yep yep next time i’ll just drink one bottle of soda…

i feel depressed after drinking all that…. i’m not tired either because i had a nap earlier today… hm…

but maybe its better to get some sleep…. i think i’ll do that….

well good night everyone… or good morning or whatever….

~piyoko

Whats up minna?? This is Piyoko-chan and I hope everyone is doing well!!!        (・◇・)

Well today we are going to have a recap on all the bands I’ve talked about so far!! I will also provide links to previous blog entries on each band!!!

Ayabie (彩冷える)

alice nine. (アリス九號.)

the GazettE (ガゼット)

Miyavi (雅)

SuG

Versailles

So far thats all the bands I have talked about!!! Please feel free to check out each one of these bands!! If you have any suggestions or questions you can leave a comment or email me!!!

Well thats all!!! Thank you for reading my blog!! Be prepared for more visual kei bands and stuff!!! Please look forward to my future blog entries on 12012, Antic Cafe, Vidoll, LM.C, and many more!!!

‘Til next time, this is Piyoko!!! Bye bye mina-san!!! (・θ・)

(From left to right TERU, Jasmine You, KAMIJO, YUKI, and HIZAKI)

Yo minna!! Piyoko desu!!! I’m back from camping and I’m here to give you more visual kei!! (・◇・)

Today I’m going to be talking about the beautiful and melodious…. Versailles!!

Now if you haven’t heard of Versailles… wow… But don’t worry I will help you on that!! As usual I will give you some background info!!

Versailles started in 2007, currently signed with Sherow Artist Society and CLJ Records. This band was first formed by KAMIJO (vocalist), HIZAKI (guitarist), and Jasmine You (bassist). Then later joined by TERU (guitarist) and YUKI (drummer).

For more information you can go to wikipedia, or search on google. Or you can visit their official website http://versailles.syncl.jp/ or their official myspace http://www.myspace.com/versaillesjp

In their music, there are a lot of orchestra sounding melodies and classical influence. If you don’t like classical music thats okay because Versailles isn’t just about classical music.

Their whole idea is about “the absolute youshikibi (beauty of form) sound and extreme aestheticism” (pursuit of beauty).

Versailles is such an amazing band. Especially HIZAKI and his guitar!! If you don’t know what I’m talking about please go listen to them!

Now for some song suggestions!!! Some songs you might like are the Revenant choir, shouts and bites, the love from a dead orchestra, and windress.

Their PV’s are nice too. You can go on youtube and check them out. I really the PV to the revenant choir. 

You can buy their music on iTunes as well so yay!! You can click on the iTunes picture on their official website. So lets support Versailles!!!

This is the end of my blog entry for today, I hope you all enjoyed. So please give Versailles a chance and listen to them. I’m positive that you will like this band.

Please feel free to leave a comment. If you have any questions you can email me too!!!

Arigatou gozaimasu minna!! Thank you for reading my blog!! This is Piyoko-chan!! bye bye!! (・θ・)

Yo minna-san!! This is Piyoko-chan!!! I hope everyone is doing well!! (・◇・)

Well I’m going to be taking another short break!!!

I’m going camping this weekend with a bunch of my family and family friends.

So don’t expect a post until like sunday night or maybe monday.

But don’t worry I will be back soon!!! Thanks to everyone who reads my blog!!! Also to those who comment as well!!!

Bye bye!!! (・θ・)

(From left to right MITSURU, Chiyu, Masato, Yuji, and Takeru)

hehe whats up minna!!?? This is Piyoko-chan, and I’m finally back with the visual kei bands!!! (・◇・)

I’m sure you guys have been anticipating this!! Well I have chosen today’s band because one of my best friends have become obsessed with this band recently.

They are the ones who play heavy positive rock…. SuG!!!

Now I’m sure some of you are wondering, who is SuG?? and I bet those who already listen to them are excited over this blog entry!!! Well don’t fret, because I’ll give you some info on them!!

SuG is an oshare kei band that started in October 2006. They are currently signed under PS Company and Indie PSC. The band first started with Takeru (vocalist), Masato (guitarist), Yuji (guitarist), and Shouta (bassist). Later on that year, Mitsuru (drummer) joined the band. Later on, Shouta left the band and Chiyu there new bassist joined.

For more information on SuG you can to wikipedia or there official website http://www.indie-psc.com/sug/ or there official myspace page http://www.myspace.com/saguofficial

SuG has a heavy sound, heavier than antic cafe. But like I said before, its heavy postive rock.

Well I’ve just started listening to the band, but so far, I like them. And I’m sure you will too!!!

As usual I will be suggesting some songs that you might like. Some are scheat, cherish, gentou, b.r.k, and 四季彩.

And their PV’s are good too!!! In my opinion, I like LOVE SCREAM PARTY, Vi-Vi-Vi, and アゥタナAlterna.

So go on youtube, or imeem and watch/listen to SuG!!! You might think of antic cafe when you see them, but both bands are good!!!

Well, this is a short entry, but I tried my best!! S0 please give SuG a try, and if you already are a fan, please continue to give them your support!!!

Arigatou mina-san!!! Thank you for reading!!! If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment or send me a mail!!

Well this is the end of this blog entry!!! If you have any visual kei band you want me to do, please leave a comment!!! Hm… I might do antic cafe next… who knows!!!

’til my next blog entry, this is Piyoko!!! Bye bye minna!!! (・θ・)

yosh!!! Hello minna!!! This is Piyoko-chan!!!

and guess what today is!! Its my birthday!!! yep yep another year that God has blessed me with!!!

So…. I just want to thank all of those people who read my blogs, if there is any!!!

Arigatou- gozaimasu minna!!! (・θ・)

Yo minna!! Piyoko desu!!! haha how is everyone today??

I’m at one of my best friends houses… yea I’m in NY and I’m staying there for a week!!!!

Haha well today I did the laundry again and then I left to go to the mall!!!

Yea we watched Kung Fu Panda, it was a really funny movie… haha but I kinda expected more, but its ok!! I liked the movie.

Yep yep, so after the movies we went shopping!! Since my birthday is July 22, my best friend bought me the ALPHA CD. Just in case you didn’t know, its one of alice nine.’s albums!!! haha I was so happy!!

Then I bought three earings!! Hahaha their really cute so I’ll post pictures of them later cause I’m using my friends computer!!!

Hahaha and then in the car we were listening to the newest Journey CD. You know the one with Arnel Pineda!!! Hahaha Filipinos representing!!! Yea haha fun times in the car!!

haha and then we had Pizza Hut for dinner!! yummy pineapple pizza!!! hehehe and then tomorrow we’re going to Six Flags!! haha its going to be a lot of fun!!

Darn I keep on putting off the visual kei posts!! I’m really sorry to those who are waiting but don’t worry I will post one soon!!! So please be patient with me!!!

Arigatou mina-san!!! This is Piyoko-chan!! Bye minna!!! (・θ・)