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➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ Wed Apr 30 06:49:59 2008 No.537432 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any American Bands/Groups that are popular or well known in Japan?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:50:02 2008 No.537433 DRAGONFORCE

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:51:08 2008 No.537434 Yes.

>>	➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ ➈ Wed Apr 30 06:52:18 2008 No.537439 >>537433 Dragonforce is European dipshit >>537434 You don't say, which ones?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:53:58 2008 No.537448 Michael Jackson is well known.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:53:59 2008 No.537453 File: 30 KB, 420x420, 1209538439495.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>537439

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:54:21 2008 No.537454 >>537432 >>537439 Go play Guilty Gear

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:54:22 2008 No.537455 http://www.last.fm/place/Japan Looks like Japan's really into "[unknown]".

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:56:37 2008 No.537467 >>537432 MICHAEL JACKSON OF THE JACKSON FIVE

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:57:54 2008 No.537473 I thought Bon Jovi is quite popular there as well.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:58:42 2008 No.537479 >>537453 In fact, just about any power metal in general. The gayer it looks, the more popular it is in japan.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:59:21 2008 No.537483 >>537479 Even KISS? Is that where Detroit Metal City came from?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:01:06 2008 No.537498 >>537493 KISS is whatever KISS is. Shock rock without Alice Cooper's talent.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:01:21 2008 No.537493 >>537483 KISS is power metal these days? But according to wikipedia, KISS outsold the beetles in japan. So yeah.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:04:56 2008 No.537502 Turn on your radio to your local pop rock station. Those are the bands popular in Japan as well.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:20:48 2008 No.537540 Kamelot is well known, the band is from florida only the singer is euro.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:26:55 2008 No.537548 Just read Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:30:49 2008 No.537553 >>537540 Actually they have a keyboardist now too, he's German. so 3 Floridians, one Norwegian, and one German.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:46:08 2008 No.537584 Everything american is popular in Japan. Fucking reverse weeaboos.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:48:42 2008 No.537591 >>537502 Gonna call BS on this

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:56:15 2008 No.537605 >>537591 If you follow the Giko raids at all, you'd have noticed that what constitutes as American music for Japanese high-schoolers is Avril Lavigne and Linkin Park.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:58:32 2008 No.537608 Parts of the norther provinces are atill under the control of Cheap trick and are at war with those who are loyal with Deep Purple and Lynryd Skynyrd.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 07:59:41 2008 No.537611 >>537605 I don't raid because I'm not a faggot

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:00:57 2008 No.537616 >>537473 Every one loves Bon Jovi.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:03:19 2008 No.537622 >>537611 Your loss, more loli for us.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:10:57 2008 No.537643 File: 689 KB, 2400x1800, 1209543057015.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Nine Inch Nails is fairly popular.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:22:44 2008 No.537664 This is actually an awesome premise for an anime. Japan is divided into territories by gangs. These gangs each adopt the power and persona of the favorite band of that territory. GUITAR FUCKING NINJAS!!!

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:25:47 2008 No.537678 >>537608 >norther provinces >Lynryd Skynyrd so the hicks in japan are from the north?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:36:32 2008 No.537715 I think Japan digs metal more than emo and pop But I knew Japs who listens to My chemical romance

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:47:06 2008 No.537751 oh wow linkin park obviously /thread

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:52:08 2008 No.537764 File: 157 KB, 666x656, 1209545528761.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] american bands suck. sage for rubbish.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 08:57:45 2008 No.537780 >>537764 All bands suck.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:01:39 2008 No.537796 File: 922 KB, 956x1000, 1209546099258.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:14:35 2008 No.537812 File: 36 KB, 320x320, 1209546875120.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:21:57 2008 No.537819 >>537764 LEAVE IRON MAIDEN ALONE, YOU -RAPISTS! fuck it, too late. <sigh> /r/ rule 34 on eddie.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:26:07 2008 No.537824 File: 23 KB, 400x400, 1209547567195.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:27:59 2008 No.537828 File: 36 KB, 640x480, 1209547679414.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not american, but whatever.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:29:21 2008 No.537832 It seems like fucktons of obscure bands seem to get publishing deals with obscure ass Japanese labels all the time. Just how big is the scene for indie hipster shit in Japan?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 09:29:24 2008 No.537833 >>537812 >>537796 >>537764 More like these, I just shat myself

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