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BABYMETAL
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He's not really doing anything wrong, in fairness.
You'll have to get yourself a Babymetal buddy on here, Devil.
There's quite a few folks on boards who like Babymetal, myself (begrudgingly) included, but are either put off by the OP's obsessive posting style, or some of the aggressive nay-saying on the other thread. Some folks just want to listen to the music they like and maybe have a chat about it without having to justify whether it's 'metal' enough, or come across borderline obsessive/creepy comments, it's a double-whammy of offputting, so they might look at a thread and go "...eeeh! I'm leaving this one alone!"
Thing is, the OP ain't wrong about the musicians behind Babymetal, they are staggeringly talented.
Hell, wanna talk about obsessed? I absolutely ****ing love the guitarist Leda, he's hands down probably my biggest inspiration for playing guitar these days, I've got nearly everything he's done or been involved with, I've got both his guitar DVDs and if I was rich, I'd get his iconic signature guitar in a heartbeat. First knew of him when he played bass in Galneryus and went by the name of Yu-to, and then I heard something about his new band Deluhi (that's the band's name, not his surname like the OP thought) and I was just floored by them, I was an insta-fan and they've remained one of my favourite bands ever since. After Deluhi broke up, Leda went on to do his solo project Undivide with former Deluhi drummer Sujk, and then on Sujk's solo albums where he's supposedly just played on track 7, but you can totally tell he did all the guitars for that album.
Sorry for the gushing fangirl display. 
But anyway, the musicians behind Babymetal are indeed an incredibly talented bunch, and I'd even say that they're better than Babymetal. I'm partly sore that Leda doesn't do something else new, because his creativity doesn't quite come through in Babymetal, it's a bit generic. But I don't think he's really got much creative input into the group anywho.
I also recently took a trip to London to see Girugamesh live when they played in the O2 Academy, it was an incredible show, loved every minute of it. So yeah, I get obsessive. It's understandable, having passion for music is awesome. But you can be obsessive and stuff and still engage in a discussion, instead of acting like a spammer, constantly pimping your favourite band, you know? But yeah, I don't think the OP is doing anything wrong either, he's just going about it weird.
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That Leda lad is unreal. Admittedly I didn't know about him prior to Babymetal or indeed any of the guys. But thanks to Babymetal I have since looked back on allot of their individual work. I was ridiculously close to him on Monday, He fcking shreds that guitar.
Its hard to point out anyone in this group for individual brilliance but I would go with the Bassist BOH! He violates that 6 string bass.
My praise for Suzuka, Yui and Moa is well known. I think they are awesome
But I also have found mad respect for the quality of everyone involved
I should also point out that the "Skeleton band" is a thing of the past. They were used in Japan at a time when Babymetal had not yet tasted international success.
Since they have blown up with the release of their album and videos went viral online. There was a decision made to upgrade Babymetal and take on the world. Since the ground-breaking 20,000 sell out show at Budokan. Babymetal have been on another level.0 -
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Is it just me or does nearly every pop culture movement that comes from Japan involve underage looking Lolita type girls?Something a bit creepy about it all.
Not really the case, it's selection bias. If you want to see what's actually popular in Japan, the biggest selling album of all time in Japan is Utada Hikaru's First Love. She's one of the biggest selling artists.
However, the biggest selling artist of all time in Japan is B'z:
Pretty boring, eh? Inoffensive, radio-friendly pop rock. Not exactly the sort of craziness people seem to expect from Japan, is it? But stuff like that is popular.
Or we can look at a band that's absolutely huge outside of Japan, who do massive tours world wide, I'd even guess you've probably heard of them, L'Arc En Ciel:
You might look at something like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and think that's the kind of crazy thing that everyone in Japan listens to, but it's not, her latest album really didn't sell all that well. She's mainly well known overseas, and simply because the above video went viral and got millions of hits, it's the kind of 'crazy weirdness' that people associate with Japan though.
That's not to say the likes of idol groups aren't popular too, they are, but they're far from 'every' pop culture movement from Japan. Japan is pretty damn normal tbh
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More on the incident following the LA show. Apparently it was MoaMetal
Moa Kikuchi (15) who was rushed to a local hospital by LAFD after the show on Sunday night.
Reports say she was not unconscious but feeling very tired and dizzy after the show. Apparently the AC gave out on stage during the performance and they were all exhausted after the show but Moa was the worst affected. The other band members didn't go with her in the ambulance but left by a different exit and followed in a band van.0 -
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I'm glad the thread is still running.
Only fell in love with them this past week I find myself headbanging down the road with my headphones on
Am very disappointed that I can't find their album on sale in Ireland, especially in HMV, who I thought sold every variety of music. Also, that I had missed their London concert by two weeks because I only found out about them recently
They are easing me into listening to Metal music, actually. 0 -
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