Name:Gene Country:United States State:California Metro:San Diego Birthday:12/4/1900 Gender:Male
Interests:Music:
Dir En Grey, Static-X, Orgy, B'z, Road Of Major, The Birthday Massacre, Do As Infinity, Oasis.
TV:
Smallville, Alias, Wildfire. Expertise:Nothing? Occupation:Student Industry:Other
I didn't go to Day 1, didn't really have interest. But i kinda wish i
went because i heard it was amazing.
A lot of
things happened on day 1; first of all, the bands were great, from what
i heard. The bands that played were; DuelJewel, Kagrra, alice
nine, miyavi, Vidoll. Yoshiki from X-Japan showed up as well,
it was also announced that this summer 2007, Miyavi+Gackt+Yoshiki will
be playing together somewhere(apparently at
animecon)
Random notes: -Yoshiki gave hot
chocolate to ppl out in the cold waiting in line for day
2. -Yoshiki is nice guy.
Day 2: I
went with my friend Edwin. We drove up to riverside the night before to
stay with my good friend Matt. We didn't leave for L.A until about 11
or something. On the ride there, i kinda freaked out(a lot) because i
thought i left my tix at home. but they magically(YES MAGICALLY)
appeared in the back seat.. .. . .. . . wtf. We get there
around 1 or something, the line was pretty long already. There was no
way we were getting in the pit. I met up with a friend i met through
myspace, Judy who drove to L.A from arizona o_o.... thats .. a lot of
driving.
We hung out for a couple hours with her
friends. During this time i felt really shitty and sick. I donno what
was wrong with me, probably the previous late night and waking up hella
early. There was a lot of interesting people that i saw when we walked
up and down the line. A lot of mixes, some where really gross. .. . .
some were pretty cool. We split up a bit later and went somewhere to
chill. Came back at like 5, and then ate. Stayed in line again. The
line moved suprisingly fast compared to the last time i was at the
Wiltern(when i saw Dir En Grey). The security at the wiltern is so
shitty, i couldve probably brought in a knife in if i wanted to. They
don't even check you(this time). at this point only Edwin and I were
together, i donno what happened to judy o_o. I got pretty good placing
in the pit, since im kinda tall i can see past people, I dont think
edwin could see, i felt pretty bad. Waiting for the show to start was
exhausting, they had X-Japan "The Last Live" DVD playing on a big
screen in front of a curtain while we waited. The show finally
started.
Merry: Merry was a
great opening band, they looked really stylish. The spokesperson for
this band was the drummer, nero. They put on a really good show, the
vocalist was really creepy. Kept drooling on himself. and humping the
mic. O_o.
Girugamesh: This band put on a great show as
well. I actually enjoyed this show a lot. They really got the crowd
worked up. Tom(arlieth) was right behidn me o_o. i was really suprised
to see him even though he said he would be there. He apparently showed
up last minute, when i had to wait 5 hours for my spot -_-. I really
liked Giru's last song "Volcano" that's a really catchy
song
Random Note: - There was this big ass
girl in front of me with long gross hair that smelt terrible. You can
imagine how shitty the show got when she started headbanging, ugh
gross. Thank god she didnt headbang during
MUCC.
DespairsRay: alright,
this sounds harsh but, despairs ray was boring. I wasnt really
interested. I kinda came to see them, but yeah, not that good. The
guitarist played almost exactly like Die from dir en grey. The way he
puts his leg up on the speaker and headbangs, vocalist evn had a fur
coat and finger gloves like Kyo...... wtf. They played for a really
long time, their last song was like 18 minutes long czu they kept
repeating the chorus 100 times. But they did good, im not hating on
them at all.
Intermission with Yoshiki: yoshiki showed up
along with a spinning disco ball. The fans were really disrespectful
here. Yoshiki was trying to speak, and i couldnt hear what he was
saying because everyone screaming I LOVE YOU YOSHIKI!!!!! Well,
whatever he said, it was along the lines of "thanks for coming" and "i
love you too"
MUKKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
The moment of
truth! the reason why i came to Jrock Revolution at all. IS because of
this amazing band. MUCC!! It started out by playing their PV and MUCC
666 DVD on the big screen. then everything went pitch black. The
curtains rised, it was a blue scenery. And then Gokusai Instrumental
played, and Satochi walked up, followed by Yukke, then Miya. then
finally Tatsurou. the MUCC symbol displayed and GOKUSAI started to
play. I went nuts! They played and played. And occasionally stopped to
speak to the fans in English. Tatsurou's english is pretty damn good.
Sadly, MUCC only played about 8 songs or something. It was well worth
it. They didnt seem too energetic as they usually would be in their
other lives. The whole band usualyl spends time by speaking to us 1 on
1, but i dont think they did, because we are not japanese. All in all,
it was such a great show, and i hope to see them once again soon.
<3 MUKKU!
Setlist (as best as i can
remember): 1. Intro 2. Gokusai 3. Rojiura
Boku To Kimi E 4. Saishuu Ressha 5.
Deioji 6. 25toki no Yuutsu 7. Kuukyo na
Heya 8. Ryuusei
I feel like i left out a
song...Anyone who went, let me know if im right!
PS: even though, i am not a fan of X Japan(I've
never tried them out, i know, i know, I really ought to. And I will.)
Reading up on X Japan, going through Yoshiki's blogs... I feel so sad.
I feel his pain about the loss of X Japan and the loss of Hide. Yoshiki
is the most down to earth person i have ever seen... I actually have a
hero now. And that is Yoshiki. I read an interview on Yoshi, and X
japans lives seem so dramatic. Almost unreal. It has given me a new
perspective on life. I also watched a video on the report of Hide's
death. And it saddened me so much. I have not felt this sad in so long.
It has been done with, and i know it's over but... we can not forget
hide, no one ever will. I have so much more respect for X Japan and
their members. I hope they live on well. I hope they are all doing
well.
I went to see Dir en grey at Los Angeles at The Wiltern with my friend
Justin. So yeah the plan was to leave early and get there 2 hours or
something early. But traffic, and getting lost, fucked us up. L.A
traffic is fucking terribbleee, but yeah we got there at 6 pm(when
doors open, apparently). The line was soo god damn long, it stretched
about 3 blocks away, and took us 1.5 hours to get in. While in line,
there were a lot of people that really pissed me off. For instance,
this fuckin wanna-be bad ass throwing shit at passing cars, including
rocks and full soda cans.
I was also suprised to
find that only like 20 people had REAL jrock haircuts instead of those
fake-ass hot topic dyes and shitty hair. Bleh.
Opening Bands:
Bleed The Dream: Heard like 1/2 of
their last song, frankly didnt really care about
them.
Fair to
Midland: This band was suprsingly good. They
sounded like Tool, but with a little emo-ness to them. Not saying i
like emo, but the way he rocked out was funny. He does that emo dance
shit. Oh yeah nigga ripped his hair out too, it was crazy, hence why he
had a bald spot on his right side of his head. I liked their songs, i
want to download some. theyre good overall.
The wait
for dir en grey was so stressful. People were getting really
agitated. They went fuckin nuts when the jp people came out
for sound test. it was pretty dumb. but i guess thats how it is when
youre really pumped to see diru.
Finally!!!DIR EN GREY G.D.S starts to
pump and people are insane now, everyone is pushing. but yeah i didnt
let anyone pass me. they're all weak wimps. haha. Dir en grey comes
out, and this is when the shit starts......:(btw i dont remember the
order of the set list, but i remember all the songs they
played)
They played The Fatal Believer first and i
was going insane. I think everyone was. I was pretty close to the
band(15 ft or so? Which is incredible since everyone was way behind us
and on the 2nd floor!), i was in the middleish, more to the right.. So
i got a perfect view of Die and Kyo, Karou and Toshiya kinda far. But i
got to see my 2 favorites haha. Die is fuckin tight. I like his hair
O_o. Im glad they played this song, its one of my favorites
off the new album. The song that people went crazy for the
most were: The final, Shokubeni(atleast i was), Fatal Believer, Clever
Sleazoid, Obscure, and probably the new songs off the
album. Oh yeah, the first 15 minutes i went a little
overboard,and i almost passed out. I was jumping up, literally,trying
to gasp for air. It was pretty bad, but after a few songs i settled
dowsn a bit and got crazy again. It was such a great show. Diru looks
really good live, they look a lot better in videos and shit. Kyo's
voice doesnt suck as much either, on recordings his voice is kinda
shitty but live, its amazing.
if you have any
questions ill be glad to answer them here
;]
SET
LIST(in random-ish order, trying to remember best as i
can)
1. G.D.S Intro 2. Fatal
Believer 3. Ryoujoku no Ame 4. Merciless
Cult 5. Agitated Screams of Maggots 6.
Saku 7. Mr.Newsman 8. IIID Empire 9.
Grief 10. The Final 11. Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni
Kodoku 12. Itoshisha wa Fuhai Nitsuki 13.
Kodou 14. Shokubeni 15. C 16. Dead
Tree 17. Obscure 18. Beautiful Dirt 19.
Encore Clever Sleazoid
Crazy ass show! i loved it,
cant wait to see them again. This was un-fucking-believable. My throat
is out. It hurts like a bitch. My neck is fucked up. My back too, and
my legs are aching, but its all worth it. I had a great time, and would
do anything to see them again. I was so close to getting toshiyas bass
pick and shinyas drum stick damn it. oh well.. =[. I bought
some merchandise, they had some pretty cool shit. They had a t-shirt
for Inward Scream 07, its of a boy screaming, it looked like a girl
though. Theme from "Agitated" video. The other was of a Bull, but it
looks like a frog, and it says DIR EN GREY on it, and its got tour
dates on teh back. They had a wrist band, a dog chain, a poster(1 in 4
are signed), and CDs for sale.
I bought the Bull
tshirt, A poster, and a dog chain(all paid for when i got 2nd place at
cal poly hoho). The dog chain is pretty tight, ima start wearing this
shit, did anyone else get this? What the hell is the circle rubber for?
Does that go around the tag?
O_o...
