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  • Interview with Kaya

    In 2002, Kaya made his vocal debut in the Mana produced two-man unit, Schwarz Stein. In 2004, Schwarz Stein disbanded, and departing from the label the band was signed to, Kaya became a free singer. Using “aesthetics” as his main theme, Kaya conducts his activities with the goals of “the revolution of the aesthetic senses” and the “liberation of sexuality” in mind, and manages his own lyrics, CD jacket designs, make-up and costume designs as well as the organization... Read→

  • Cure on your iphone!

    You can now catch up on the latest news, styles and interviews all in the palms of your hands AND … in English! Cure is proud to present a totally new way to read and review Cure Magazine. A free issue of Cure Visual-Kei, “Vol. 0”, is now available. Get your hands on 31 complete pages of visual-kei information! “Vol. 0” features… Special article – Versailles-Philharmonic Quintet : “Born of Death, a new story begins here” Special article 2 – Matenrou Opera: Towards... Read→

  • Interview with born

    born is a five member band that began together under RENNY AMY, which was active from August 2005, until December 31st, 2006. Shortly after, the same five members created D&L, and eventually changed their name to ‘born’ on April 9th, 2008 with the sponsored event at Takadanobaba AREA called “born presents 「bug scremo vol.01」”. About a week later, they released their first demonstration single, entitled 「Dust pain」, which was followed by the tour, 「Abnormal skin’s」. Since... Read→

  • Interview with Satsuki

    砂月-Satsuki- began his solo career on February 14th, 2009, after spending seven years as the vocalist for RENTRER EN SOI. His first solo release, 「AWAKE」 came out via his online shop on May 9th, and that month he also started his 「AWAKENING TO MOONLIGHT」 tour, which even made a stop in Los Angeles, California. His next release, 「CRYSTAL」 was out on August 21st, which was followed by his 「PEER INTO YOUR CRYSTAL HEART」 tour, where he preformed in both Tokyo and Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read→

  • Q & A with a:Vout

    The staff at Shattered-Tranquility.net is proud to bring you another new interview, this time with the young visual band α:Vout! α:Vout is a Tokyo-based indies band signed to the Speed Disk record label that started activity in March of 2009 as a 5 piece band, with the lineup of Joy on vocals, MIROKU and Sou on guitars, yu-ma on bass, and Sin on drums. Their first live was in late April, just before they released their first maxi single, 「BLACK OUT」, on May 20th. They wasted no time in putting... Read→

  • Q & A with Misaruka

    The staff at Shattered-Tranquility.net is very proud to bring everyone a brand new interview with the up and coming band, ミサルカ [Misaruka]! Misaruka is a relatively new visual indies band based out of Tokyo. They started as a session band, and flourished into a full fledged band on June 12th, 2008. Just a little less than two months later, they released their first single 「-amakusa-」 on August 2nd, 2008. Their music and aesthetics have made them fairly popular witin the visual scene in... Read→

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Posted on March 9, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that You of The Sound Bee HD updates the myspace blog in english? The latest post is introducing cats!

Hi!!
Which liquor do you like best???

I love ZUBROWKA(Vodka of Poland)
and BOMBAY SAPPHIRE(Gin of LONDON)!

So nice taste and they can make me so happy!!!

By the way…..I’m living with 4 cats now.
Today, I will show you one of my lovery cats!!!

His name is CHAMO!
He is so sweet!!!

So far 2 out of the 4 cats have been introduced. 4 cats?!!? That is so intense and cool, how many pets do you guys have?

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Posted on February 15, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that Japan Billboard Music awards took place at the beginning of the month? Early February many winners were announced. Can you guess who took the award for Rising International Artist 2009?

VAMPS did!

Do you agree or are you shocked?

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Posted on February 12, 2010 in Random Fact

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When asked about their goals for the future as a major band, new member/drummer Shinpei replied with this answer!

“I would like us to play at Nippon Budokan”

Interesting, what do think SuG will accomplish as newly major artists?

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Posted on February 11, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that Kamijo has his own mobile homepage? Even though he has had it up for awhile, he recently revamped it with a brand new look. You can view the site here.

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Posted on February 10, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that on August 2, 2008, at D’s major debut concert, the sex pot designer Nobu showed up to watch the show? How cool!

What industry members have you run into at concerts?

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Posted on February 9, 2010 in Random Fact

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Yay! I think Big Ern has got a new hobby – seeing what other people dislike and like! Isn’t this amusing sometimes? This time I took a look at dizSolid’s members:

Yuri – likes and hates songs
Yuuya – likes: noodles, black Oolong tea, eating as much as you would like to and Aroma; hates: strong alcohol
yas – likes: BVLGARI and hates: “It is not”… any clue what that might mean, haha?
Kouya – likes: sushi; hates: cheese and butter
Aki – likes: sweets and ZOCALO; hates: sour things and plant bulbs

Okay, now please explain to Ernie – how can you hate cheese?! Anyway, that was fun, will spam you with some more random facts tomorrow!

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Posted on February 8, 2010 in Random Fact

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I bet that you’ve been always wondering whom do the visual kei bandmen respect, am I right? Well, Big Ern has found the answer to that question concerning Valgana members:

Ayame – Kōshi Inaba (B’z vocalist)
Shun – Kazuki (Raphael’s guitarist)
Trash. – Taka Kato (AV actor)
Ruu – hide, Ni〜ya
Haku – Ikuzo Yoshi (famous enka singer)

Big Ern respects Yanni, that is obvious, isn’t it… But whom do you respect? Tell me!

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Posted on February 7, 2010 in Random Fact

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Let’s talk about charm today, right? Few XI members have shared theirs with the fans:

Haku – his mood
Rulu – lips and… upper arms!
yuki – eyes and lips
syun – his pink bangs
mutsuki – eyes

Share your charm points with Big Ern, I’m very curious!

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Posted on February 6, 2010 in Random Fact

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Let’s talk about strange things which can happen to you when you do not expect it at all, okay? It seems that Sally, the Vambie.’s vocalist accidentally broke his contact lense some time ago:

Has anything like that happened to you too though?

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Posted on February 5, 2010 in Random Fact

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I don’t know how about you guys, but there is a lot of snow in some parts of the world! It seems that Hasune of Egoist enjoys it so much that he has decided to make a snowman! This is his result:

It even got a name! Meet Cindy!

I wish he had named it Ern though… Anyone willing to make an Ernie snowman?

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Posted on February 4, 2010 in Random Fact

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Let’s talk about inspiration today. When in one of the interviews Sono, the vocalist of Matenrou Opera, was asked what inspires him, he said that anime and Naruto in particular. He even claims that he has Sharingan eyes! Do you agree?


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Posted on February 3, 2010 in Random Fact

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Well, Yoshi from Un=(XAG) dislikes many intriguing things: crowds, haunted houses, black insects and…. older men!

I wonder what has caused such particular phobias, any ideas?

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Posted on February 2, 2010 in Random Fact

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Bands tend to put really interesting facts in their profiles, but this is what has surprised even me and believe me – it’s not that easy to surprise Ern! Anyway, members of Anzel☆Stripper【AKR】 have shared one of the biggest secrets of the whole universe… You wonder what that might be? Their favorite shampoos!

Aiki: PANTENE
Kazuki: SALA
Rick: LUX

Hmm.. I bet my secret Ern shampoo beats all of them anyway!

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Posted on February 1, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that Music Japan has a section called Dr. HAKUEI? Readers can email the site and ask for advice from HAKUEI! One question was asked about wanting a tattoo. His advice?

A: Hmmm…. so tattoos.

It hurts. It really hurts. They hurt and they’re permanent, tattoos.
But the place that hurt least was around here, the outside of the upper arm. It doesn’t hurt as much here, and whatever you want to do (I don’t do this but) around here you can always hide it. Even in short sleeves like this.
Hmm… you’re a girl, so something like a skull or some scary tattoo wouldn’t really look good right? I don’t think so. So something like a butterfly or a cherry blossom (that’d be good right?). A tattoo I like is goldfish. I don’t have any myself, but I think they’re nice. I think if I saw a girl with a goldfish right aound here, I’d think, “Isn’t that cute?” So two goldfish, a red one and a black one with big eyes, swimming around here, like this, with some spraying water. I think something like that would be cute, but…
It’s permanent! It’s permanent and it hurts! You have it for the rest of your life, until you die. When you become an old woman, you’ll still have these two goldfish here. But if you can imagine yourself an old woman with the goldfish there, and you like that image of yourself…

Personally I like tattoos, so I think it’s cool.
But it really does hurt. Right here, this stuff here, takes like three hours. It hurt the whole three hours! It even bled once. It really hurts, it’s like a box cutter here, like “Argh..!” and “Owwww!” Could you handle that?
If you’re ready for all that, then I think you’ll be okay– but if you feel any hesitation don’t do it!
That’s it.


ドクトルHAKUEIの生命の地平線 International‐Horizon of Life

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If you could email HAKUEI, what would you ask him?

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Posted on January 29, 2010 in Random Fact

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Yuuri from Irokui. has quite the extensive list of likes and dislikes.

This is what he’s written on his profile on their OHP…

Likes
Everyone, music, game, books, KMK, ZOOL, WeGo, HANJIRO, GGD, MONOMANIA, VANS, MAD, Converse, fashion, passion, discussion, speculating, observing, wealth, honor, fame, weirdness, unique, avant-garde, docile, golden color, downward glances, drawing, freedom, the sky, flowers, rain, stars, cats, watches, towers, the important people who give the motivation to sing

Dislikes
Green peas, soybean flour, red bean paste, mushrooms, beef, coffee, asparagus, liver, crab, shellfish, celery, spicy things, bland things, abbreviations, bugs, balloons, heights, upturned eyes, disappointment, the ordinary, free time, quick tempers

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Posted on January 28, 2010 in Random Fact

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Ah, the childhood years.

Shin of ViViD said that when he was in kingergarten, he was a big show-off. He also knew a lot about bugs, so he was called the bug expert!

What were you like in your early years?

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Posted on January 27, 2010 in Random Fact

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Do you ever wish you had a time machine?

When Yuh from vistlip was asked where he’d go if he had a time machine, he said to an era where there was a lot of nudity…

Really, can’t blame him on that one. Count me in!

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Posted on January 26, 2010 in Random Fact

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Oh yes. It’s time for the random fact of the day!

Here’s a fact I found rather… interesting. When the member’s chariots were asked to reveal one secret, they had these answers.

Riku: I wonder if it’s okay to tell one…
Akito: Honestly, I am left handed.
Tomo: The truth is, I have a small butt
Loki: I have an outie.
Reiya: I’m a girl.

I’d let everyone in on a secret, but I have an image to keep…

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Posted on January 25, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know Malice Mizer had a session drummer after the death of Kami? Shue never officially joined the band but did play drums for the group.

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Posted on January 24, 2010 in Random Fact

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Lets talk manga! Nao of Alice Nine likes his manga, one of his favorite series is 3X3 EYES!

What is your favorite manga?

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