Visual Kei, Do you like them???

Visual Kei (ヴィジュアル系, vijuaru kei?) refers to a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of J-rock (a term referring to Japanese rock in general), with its own particular sound, related to glam-rock, punk and metal. However most insider sources state that Visual Kei's unique clothing and make-up fashions, and participation in the related sub-culture, is equally as important as the sound of the music itself in the use of the term as while similarities can be drawn between some bands; most are from widely different genres including but not limited to Pop, power metal, classical, rap, electronic, and death metal.






List of Visual Kei artists

Q: do you like them & their custom???

This post has been edited by 1nnylmh on Jul 20 2008, 05:33 PM

waah haha No way i live for visual kei XDDD :clap :suki (Posted Image) i love their music/style/fashion/makeup almost everything but people that never heard of it might think they are girls or transexual/gay but they are not the music style can be scary to some people but VK fans find it AWESOME :good
Visual Kei all the way (Posted Image)

VK = Pawnage

I lyk their hairstyle, their music, their clothes, their make up, their guitars, their everything.

They rock and rock on.

NAAAH.
just dig VK bands for their music.
THAT'S ALL.

i post this cause i have read article about visual kei in one magazine underground Malaysia(ROTTW). this make me interest about them & want to know about this 'visual kei'

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This post has been edited by 1nnylmh on Aug 9 2008, 03:49 PM

Lol miyavi's pic there is the biggest. PAWNAGE XD

i think VK is okay just that i only like certain songs and not
all. the make up thing is okay i dun mind it..but i think there music is not the best although some of there songs i really do like

HECK YES... VK FTW!!!!

their music, their style, their everything is OMG PAWNAGE(j.k gave me a new word LULZ)
well BO and j.k have already said evrything.. what else do i need to add here?

I JUST RLY HEART VK
and who cares abt their strange-ness THEIR MUSIC IS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
and VK fashion IS HOT(well most of it anyway haha)

hm...not sure actually, its sorta the same feeling as heavy metal, luv sum and hate sum soo yea, basically not a fan but hey luv sum of it! :P

i totally agree with this, its not like i always watch them when i hear their music XD, but i mean, i would never dress myself like that :sry
besides, i haven't listened to a lot of vk bands, but the ones i've heard have great songs, like Nightmare or Pierrot

I think the only reason why VK stands out from any other JROCK band is because of the 'costumes' the band members wear everytime they go on stage and perform. If you listen carefully, they are somewhat similar. Naitomea has been producing rock ballads and pop-ish themed songs, not like the good old VK-style days.

that being said, i do not say that I hate VK. Their music is really great, especially the lead singers whose vocals are superb. Yomi from Naitomea is a mentionable, while that guy (forgot his name) from Gazette is good as well.

My favourite visual kei artists are X JAPAN and miyavi, so far. I don't really bother about their image (miyavi dresses up like girls sometimes - kind of freaky at first etc.) but all that matters to me is their music. They produce a lot of good music - Miyavi has a different approach in music where his styles are unique; making him stand out from the crowd, and X JAPAN is one of the most influential Japanese band of all times.

I really :suki miyavi...

X JAPAN my all time favourite! and hide matsumoto!

@hao-hao waah haha you like them :suki sugoii nee i do too :suki one of the best bands and artist in the music industry XDDD so hide is :suki (Posted Image)

for now..
i'm digging VK's costume because their looks really reminded me of fantasy RPG characters or something!

VISUAL KEI??

the GazettE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alice Nine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miyavi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's my favourite!!

hahahhaha

crazy? lol

I really dislike visual kei. It's just a trick to sell a lot of records and become popular among teenage girls, pretty much like boybands.

There are only twon visual kei bands I like, X Japan and Dir en grey. On the other hand, X Japan is/was just a hair-metal band and Dir en grey quit visual kei and hate it nowadays...

Ugh. I thought you were talking about Kei who made Brand New Map. Man I hecka love that song now.

A trick to become popular among teenage girls?
i lyk visual kei, does it make me a teenage gurl @@??

Not necisarrily, I used to like visual kei ass well and I'm not a teenage girl either. Most visual kei fans are though.

i think VK fans really dig the looks and make-up, heck, that's what VK is about in the first place..visual, but nonetheless, i don't really care too much about that, and that's not big of an issue.

well, VK really is a fusion of fashion and music, so it really appeals on teenage girls, but that's not bad either.

i love Dir en grey and as we all know they have turned their backs in Visual Kei.

teenage girl desu

and im a die hard ViKei lover *_*\m/

but for me its more abt the music than the fashion rly...
...i love the music ... the fashion is just a bonus ^__^

i agree. :D

waah haha teenage girls XDDD also teenage boys hehe :la@

thE GazettE really has lots of catchy songs..and Burial Applicant sounds Linkin Park-ish..lol

i agree. :D

yay! someone agrees! *HUSG* love u bo-kun!

haha @ keiko- YOSH! my bro's not teenage and he likes ViKei too XP

@cloudscream- *nods* yeah it kinda does actually

all thanks to VK's weird sense of fashion, my imagination runs wild!
i got crazy art ideas everytime i saw VK dudes! HOYEAAHH!! :good :good

The PV of "The Invisible Wall" by thE GazettE is BEAUTIFUL.

my friend cloudscream introduce me to this... although at first i thought it was "visual gay" lol! it's unique and the style would really catch some attention to the people!

but in the end of course it was all about the music that i love

i respect visual kie bands, but dont get me wrong...some of them have changed to modern times...i feel bad saying this... :ouch

I LOVE VK and people need to stop judging just by their looks until they hear their music :rolleye
@wing i agree a lot of famout vk bands dropped their vk looks :cry

I agree. Their looks complement the emotion they are trying to convey in their music, especially the dark themes and painful experiences.

And it's really hard to separate the looks of the artist from his/her music. YUI and Shiina Ringo are two of the prettiest girls on Earth and it doesn't make me like their music less. From boybands, to hardcore metal bands, to popstars. to hiphop artists, all of them have distinctive looks that they are trying to sell in some way, along with their music. In VK's case, they just take it to the next level. They use striking costumes (popularized in the US by Marilyn Manson) and androgynous aesthetics (much like how it was used by David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Prince).

Of course, as part of the mainstream, some VK bands should sound like mainstream music. They write poppy tunes and ballads, but they make it a point to experiment on music through metal, electronica and some hip hop. If you really listen to their music closely, I think you'll realize that their music is "different" and not really intended for teenage girls.

yupp i totally agree with you cloudscream :good you made a point there