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June 25th @ Shinjuku Loft Bands in order: Gevil, Lolita no. 18, QP Crazy, Metronome, Shine Shine Dan Loft is pretty tiny, but not super uncomfortable or anything. There is room to breathe which is a plus. We were called in by ticket number and I am so bad with numbers. I was number 90 but didn't go up till the 120's were being called out. A little while of sitting around and wasting time, a video was played that was some sick porn home video from the first band. Not really a porn, but the vocalist Jado with his snake, and then putting on Mucc like make-up, then taking his pants off, then posing VERY naughtily on a bed, (which had a good majority of the room in fits of laughter by the way) and then a final view of what looks like an attic with retarded action figures, and of all things: a Chucky doll. Damn that doll scares me. Immediately after the showing of random things, the video cuts off and the curtains lower to the first band which was Gevil. I had never heard of these guys before, but they were super interesting. Take the concept Kagrra has make it 10x as cool and not as faggy and you have something pretty awesome. The vocalist was sexy as HELL. Sexy in this cute face and damn good looking body sort of way. The entire band was actually really funny. The guitarist, bassist, and drummer had come out first with traffic batons waving them around like idiots. Well not exactly like idiots since it looked like they had planned it out well and were synchronized, but idiotic looking in the way any band would look with traffic batons. Their music was DAMN good too! At the very end they all did this corny dance to 'Hey Mickey' while exiting the stage. That's right they exited to that crazy cheerleading song from the 80's. I love these guys already! I couldn't really get up too close to see Gevil, but that's ok cause I got close up enough to see one of the most terrible bands in the world! Lolita no. 18. Now I've heard of them before and didn't think they were bad, but when you are within spitting range of the vocalist you will NOT remember ever liking what you've heard of them. Thankfully I was able to move back real quick before getting hit. (She gave fair warning so you could TELL she was going to spit up in your general area) Most of the fans were crazy guys old enough to be my parents which was ok and not so bad, but they're a lot tougher than the sissy lolita mosh I'm used to. The band themselves are old fogies aside from the vocalist who is a helium sucking chick that's about 4 feet tall. The highlight of their performance was that they played 'What would Brian Botano do' from the South Park movie. They were fun, that's for sure, but damn they're not a band I like. After what seemed like 30 minutes of hell, Lolita no. 18 finally exited. I got closer to the stage hoping Metronome would come up soon, but OH here is the irony...the next band is the worst band in the world, QP Crazy. Now if I can't convince you just by saying these guys are losers-- during Metronome AND Lolita no. 18's performance, they were in the back in full make-up trying to pick up chicks. Even if I were the biggest fangirl in the world I wouldn't touch the vocalist, Crazy-Skb, if I was paid to. He reminds me of a mix between a deranged wrestler and an ugly clown. Obviously that means he's unattractive and looks like shit. Of course I get up right in time for the most intense mosh ever. It was actually pretty fun. I almost fell down twice and got stomped to death, but that's ok! I can only describe QP Crazy as ugly...but that's alright... You have one member who is dressed in a cow suit...yep a COW SUIT and then you have the vocalist Crazy-Skb who is the only one I found mildly interesting in a morbidly fascinating kind of way. He was wearing all white with a lab coat splattered in blood with knee socks that look like something a soccer team would wear. His hair...well you can describe him as a human spike. It's dyed a blinding shade of HOT PINK and all spiked up in this sea urchin type hairdo with all white make-up. Even if I hate the band and think the vocalist is ugly at the same time he is VERY fun to watch. The others are nothing particular to look at though, your typical shirts and horrible raver pants, but I must say I prefer their image to a visual pretty pretty band like DeviL Kitty. Midway through the performance Crazy-Skb comes out with fireworks and starts shooting them into the audience. Most people are smart enough to run away by this time, but me and this other girl are thinking 'ooooh fire!' and get full blast of the fireworks. Well of course it burned a bit, but not like we caught on fire or anything so all was gravy. They still get points off for aiming fireworks at the audience. Oh and mostly the music was NOISE. Loud annoying NOISE. I recommend anybody if QP Crazy is playing with your favorite band do NOT go and see it. The fact that a band like this is playing will ruin it for you. I hate this band with a passion, which is very ironic because after buying a specific omnibus mainly for Dokutero I became OBSESSED with the QP Crazy song on it. It's the best song by the worst band in the world. After FINALLY getting rid of QP Crazy next could only have been Metronome so I rush up as close to the stage as I can, but only end up in the second row. jfdhdjhja BITCH! How the HELL did these brats manage to survive through QP Crazy and get their way up here?! Half of them were 4 foot little girls beaten pretty bad and they STILL are able to rush up to the front. Of course I wasn't hurt badly and at all or anything, but I think because of that I'd have an advantage in getting to the front or something....but anyway. Metronome was absolutely WONDERFUL! It's really great to see not only a band you like, but a band you KNOW the songs to which makes keeping up with the para para and not looking like a retard a breeze. Have I mentioned yet that they were awesome? To make it better all the songs played are songs I love and know by heart. Which made it especially super enjoyable. The problem is there is about 0 space and I'm so close to the girl in front of me I might as well be dry humping her. Thankfully she was tiny so it was more like being in the front since I could see a foot over her head. During the MC Sharaku introduced themselves and we were given 3 seconds to squeal names and what not and when Sharaku reached 3 we had to shuttup until he moved on to the next member. Sharaku is too cute. I don't know if it's his voice, his insane penguin dance, or just him in general, but it's cute. Fukusuke was awesome too he licked the microphone in this 'oh I'm sexy' way which was just too funny for words seeing as Fukusuke is just a weirdo with an unusual eyebrow. They also announced the new DVD and single they will release in September. I'm looking forward to being able to get it eventually! Oh and did I mention they were great again? They played SO many songs I thought it would never end and I didn't want it to. This MORE than made up for shitty QP Crazy. Ah, but of course it had to end eventually. I was seriously about to die after Metronome left the set so I quickly made my way in the back to get a drink. I was tempted to get melon ice, but went along with regular coke. The next band up is the most oldest band in existence...Shine Shine Dan. Well, they're not THAT old, but they're pretty damn old. I didn't really want to make my way to the front to watch seeing as I didn't care so I just stayed in the back and watched them on the tv. All I can say is Shine Shine Dan is GOOD. Good can't even begin to describe it. They were AWESOME! Around this time the first band Gevil came out and was hanging around the back. I notice the really hot vocalist Jado who walks by fanning himself and waves at me and I think 'Holy FUXX! He's so SCRAWNY!' He looked damn sexy and muscular on stage, but offstage he looked my size. I don't know what to say about that, but he sure is cute. The other members decided to start breakdancing to Shine Shine Dan. It was HILARIOUS. They were like monkeys doing these insane dances. Me and this other girl were laughing so hard and started rolling the drummer around on the floor. (he was breakdance spinning and suddenly stopped so we spun him) So because of Gevil acting silly and keeping my attention from Shine Shine Dan I have NO idea what they were doing, but their music was VERY good and apparently VERY dancable. Before leaving I decide to buy something from Gevil. I end up getting a VHS since damn I love videos and it would probably be fun to watch. (which it was) I stop by Shine Shine Dan's table thinking how I'd get something from them since their music was awesome and I couldn't see them, but all they had were these 2 omnibus albums to choose from. I noticed one had Dokusatsu Terrorist on it so I ended up getting it. (Shine Shine Dan sucks on the CD, but because of it I have this new love/hate for QP Crazy which may or may not be a good thing) I was thinking of getting a few things from Metronome, but figured if I spent much more I'd be broke... so as I'm leaving I'm stopped by the guitarist and bassist of Gevil who hold me back for about 4 minutes trying to think of something to say to me in English. Eventually they end up saying 'Gebiru numbah one!' which does fine for me. They kept me back some more until I agreed that Gevil was number one where they finally let me go and said bye causing a set chain reaction of random girls taking up space on the stairway to tell me bye. Oh how creepy. I must say overall the live had it's good points and bad points. Sucky bands and really good ones. The worst part aside from QP Crazy would have to be the most horrible 70's drama that was played in between the breaks. Damn Japan comes up with some of the most CRAZIEST videos. I don't even want to try and recount what the movie was like...it was PAINFULLY boring and only seemed to catch the attention of the Lolita no 18 fans who were probably in their teens when this movie was made. The best bands of the night were Metronome, Gevil, and Shine Shine Dan..worst was everything else. After this live I definitely had a newfound obsession for Gevil. |