• Interview with L~Lotus~

    L~Lotus~ is a five-piece band comprising of three ex. as milk members – 蓮華 (Renka) on vocals, saki and Takayuki on guitars, masato on bass, and YUJI on drums. They officially began their activities on March 6th and have released three digital singles to date: 「worry」 on May 19th, 「snow」 on May 26th, and 「tree」 on June 2nd. The members of L~Lotus~ sat down with us to answer a couple of questions, so give it a read to get to know them better! We’d like to thank JapanFiles... Read→

  • Interview with -LEON-

    -LEON- is a five-piece band from Gunma comprising of Yuji on vocals, Shin and Koya on guitars, Yamato on bass, and Masashi on drums. Mixing Asian cultural influences with visual rock, -LEON- has a heavy, modern sound with a distinct, ethereal flavor. On December 13th, the band released their first three track mini-album, 「REGULUS」 along with a PV for their song, 「Kokou ni Tou Tsuioku no Kagen no Tsuki」. The members of -LEON- took time to answer a few of our questions, so take a read through... Read→

  • Interview with GLACIER

    GLACIER is a five-member group from Okinawa, comprising of Makoto on vocals, Nao on lead guitar, Koujirou on rhythm guitar, Aki on bass, and Yuuki on drums. The band formed in July 2007 and made their major debut a year later on July 23rd. They have released a full album and six singles to date with their seventh single, 「愛の降る街」 (Ai no Furu Machi) which is the third installment of a 7-month digital release project, coming out on June 30th through JapanFiles and on iTunes. The members... Read→

  • Interview with O-PARTS

    O-PARTS is a two-man unit that started in June of 2009, formed by vocalist sho-ka (ex. Vogus Image) and bassist Jun (GaGaaalinG, ex. WAIVE). On August 20th, they released their first maxi-single entitled 「向日葵」 (Himawari) which included four tracks, all of which made it into the top ten of the Oricon Indies ranking. On May 26th, their second maxi-single, 「煌[kou]」 was released and will be available through JapanFiles from June 6th. Both sho-ka and Jun took time out of their busy schedules... Read→

  • 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→

  • 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→

Posted on August 21, 2010 in Random Fact

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Dada of Velvet Eden posted this video in his blog. Can you imagine why? Hint: look at the 40 second mark.

5 Ernie points to those who can catch it!!!

Posted on August 10, 2010 in Random Fact

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Big Ern here and today we will discuss Kyotaro (ex-Volark, √eight, Black:List, and the new word CULTURE [Session band]). What has this man been up to lately? Well….Kyotaro is a host at club ALL STAR. He lists this information on his new blog.

Big Ern says “I am Mija’s personal host.”

Posted on July 27, 2010 in Random Fact

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Hello everyone~! Big Ern here again with the random fact of the day.

Today’s random fact comes from Takeru of DEPAIN.

Takeru says is favourite dish is…..


THIS! Cherries~!
He considers himself to be a “fruit psycho” even!

I admit, cherries are delicious.. but they are not nearly as good as my beloved carrots! If he’s a fruit psycho..then I’m a carrot psycho! Is anyone else overzealous about their favourite foods?

Posted on July 26, 2010 in Hahaha, Random Fact

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Hello, long time everyone! I’m sorry, I went off temporarily to save the universe from certain doom! So I didn’t write random fact for some days… But, I’m back now with today’s random fact!

Today’s random fact is about Show from LOST ASH ………and shampoo.

In his blog he wrote that he’s recently changed to using pantene shampoo and conditioner and he’s pretty smitten with the results, as he believes it’s improved his hair a bit since he’s started.
Show then went on to tell a story of when he once mistook body soap for shampoo and it made his hair VERY squeaky ( ̄□ ̄;)!!

I hate when one makes such mistakes! Has anyone else done that? I can’t say I’ve done it with shampoo..but I’ve certainly mistaken things for other things before!

Posted on July 1, 2010 in Random Fact

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Today let’s talk about something sexy – muscles! Kenji from GOLDEN BOMBER likes to show off with his:

If only I had the oppportunity to show you my Big Ern biceps, you’d be amazed!

Posted on June 30, 2010 in Random Fact

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This is cute, when Masa of Dolly filled out his sheet for the 50 questions on Expect Rush he was asked the following question.

If you had three wishes, what would you wish for:
① To grow 1cm
② To grow 1cm more
③ One more time!!

I’m a small bunny but a few more inches to my height would be awesome!!

Posted on June 29, 2010 in Random Fact

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We were lucky enough to interview α:Vout twice! You can catch both interviews here. On the second go around we asked the guys a few random questions! Including this one about magical powers!

If you had a magical power, what would it be?

Sou: Creating fire
MIROKU: The ability to stop time
Kohsuke: Teleportation
yu-ma: Psychokinesis would be cool
Sin: Flying

Super powers would be great, if you guys could pick any sort of power….what would it be?? Me? I don’t know….perhaps flying? Or having x-ray vision XD

Posted on June 28, 2010 in Random Fact

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Sana who is now in Seven did a cute interview with CURE while he was acting as a solo artist. Two questions and answers I really loved were these:

Q. When do you think, “Ahh, I’m so cute!”?

When I make stray a cat run away

Q. When do you think, ”Ugh, I’m an idiot!”?

When I make a stray cat run away

Sana…is random. As long as he doesn’t try to scare bunnies off we can be friends.

Posted on June 27, 2010 in Random Fact

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Jui is going through some hard times at the moment, I went to our interview page and read the Question page we translated a while back. I really liked how he answered a few questions including this one:

Q: Please tell us the composition of your siblings.

Jui: Dad, Mom, in heaven – my little sister & 2 dogs as well

I almost forgot that he lost his sister a while back ;-; give positive energy to Jui you guys!

Posted on June 26, 2010 in Random Fact

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Traveling is a popular topic among bands and their fans. Bands want to meet so many international fans and a few of you lucky fans do tend to travel to Japan to see bands perform! Lets see what Lolita 23q’s Ryousuke had to say about traveling.

Ryousuke: I like it. My parents also like travelling, and so they often took me on trips. I think I’ve been to something like 10 or so countries. Out of all the places I’ve been, I like Asia, so the next place I want to go to most is Cambodia. By nature, I’m interested in historic ruins, and when I saw this movie about Angkor Wat, I was really impressed. So, of course in my life I want to go to see Angkor Wat!

Posted on June 25, 2010 in Random Fact

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We translated the 50 Questions with Satoshi over here. One funny question – which I totally agree with – is posted below:

Q: If you had three wishes, what would you wish for:

A:
① Money
② Money
③ Money

What are you three wishes?

Posted on June 24, 2010 in Random Fact

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Well well well, it’s time for today’s random fact!

Today we’re going to be talking about favorite books.

akiya who is now in the new band, AUBE, states that his favorite type of book to read is Greek mythology!

That’s pretty cool. I personally like to read do-it-yourself books. Nothing makes you feel more accomplished than knowing that in theory you can build your very own deck!

What do all of our readers like to read?

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Posted on June 23, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that Plastic Tree members have modeled for Black Peace Now? Actually so far two members have modeled, Kenken and Tadashi have both graced the brand with their Hello Kitty! prints and designs.

Which print do you like more? Hello Kitty is one saucy minx – everyone seems to love her! I hope one day people will love me as much as her!!!!

Posted on June 22, 2010 in Random Fact

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Have you ever wondered if ex. members keep in touch with a band they have left? Well, it seems that Karen is still a very good friend with Matenrou Opera guys! She has posted few pics with them, as she attended their 3rd anniversary live on the 6th of May:


It’s so cool to see that they’re still hanging out together, right?

Posted on June 21, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that Közi makes his own merchandise including pins and buttons? In one of his new blog entries, he claims he is making new buttons for Deep Sanctuary Ⅱ!

Virtuoso in so many different talents and hobbies! If only I could make such cool things, would anyone ever like to have an Ernie pin?

Posted on June 17, 2010 in Random Fact

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Did you know that Megaromania’s release Transparent Shine’s first track (with the same name as the title) was actually composed by Kisaki? Even though the music was composed by Kisaki – Sui still wrote the lyrics. Its great to see a producer being so involved.

GO team work!!

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Random Fact

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What do you usually do to feel happy? SHINTARO from Black Cat says that when he jogs he feels that life is just pure happiness.

Do you have such moments too? What makes you feel happy? Big Ern is in heaven when he eats juicy carrots, oh yes…

Posted on June 15, 2010 in Random Fact

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Lets play a game. A guessing game actually. Have you guys been keeping up with world news…especially in sports? Can you guess where Wataru is at the moment?

Some hints…

OR

Do you know where he is at? Come on! 5 special Ernie points for those who know! BTW Ernie points—collect 10 and I’ll allow you to pet me!

Posted on June 14, 2010 in Random Fact

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Lets talk about height, how tall is everyone around here?

Ryo of Kannivalism is about 162cm but he claims his ideal height would be 173cm! That is almost 10cm of growth!! Don’t worry Ryo, maybe you will grow, I am still a growing bunny and want to be taller too!!

Posted on June 13, 2010 in Random Fact

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Today we’re going to talk about time travel!

Before, we talked about where yuh of vistlip would travel if he had a time machine…

However, when asked the same question, his band mate Tomo said, “No way, it’s better if you don’t go. Because it seems like you could die from complications [with the machine]“.

That’s a safe way of looking at it…

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