It reminds me of 80's glam metal, a la Poison and Whitesnake. Are there people who like this stuff for the actual music and not the image? Seems to me like a gimick.

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I thought it came from 80s glam? Or atleast influenced by it...

They'd be the same band and same sound without the VK.

And I guess frankly speaking the only thing that makes them VK is dressing androgynously.


Anyway...I like to randomly show photos of visal kei bands to a friend who's kinda scared of them. (Not that you needed to know but...)

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I like most visual kei bands =0
as long as they don't suck ass >_>
I really really dislike Alice Nine and Nightmare because they just really suck at everything >_>

I honestly have not heard any Visual Kei bands, but I have heard 80's glam rock/metal, and 90% of it was manufactured as a sole means to make money after Motley Crue, Cheap Trick, and Quiet Riot made it popular (as well as NWOBHM bands). I don't like music that is more concerned with an image than substance.

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uuhh.....I know Glam Rock, but what's visual kei. You guys say they're similar, so is it where the members look like dilapidated DBZ characters?

There's this one song by a j-band called Glay that my ex used to play a lot, which I kinda like. I dunno if it's visual kei, but it sounds alright.

I don't listen to much Jap music though, except for electronic/progressive/trance and Nujabes, Shing02 and Yukihiro Fukutomi.

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-163786/Japanese-Musici ans.html

Thats the jist of Visual Kei.

I hate their music. The vocalist always have this like slight lisp/change to their voice. Also what guy wants to watch other guys dress up like women.

I like most visual kei bands, especially bands like Versailles and an cafe. Anyway visual kei is just a style. Basically it's like, dudes who dress up as girls is gothic lolita clothing, and wear make-up. And since they're asian they can really pull it off.

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Sorry to burst your bubble, little child, but I do if it's done well...

There are some bands that I like and have a Visual Kei style... Mostly though when I look over the japanese bands I like, many of them used to have a much more visual style than they do today. So it's not a solid thing you can just label a band with and throw it away, things change with time and I've been hearing since years back that Visual Kei has been dying or even died already... But I don't really know since I don't keep up with anything other than cd releases from the bands, yeah they're pleasant to look at but idolizing has never been my thing.