What is so special about J-rock anyway?!


Question: I always here people say J-Rock is awesome and yesterday one of my friends played some J-rock bands, and I thought it was awful.

What exactly is the appeal anyway?


Answers: I always here people say J-Rock is awesome and yesterday one of my friends played some J-rock bands, and I thought it was awful.

What exactly is the appeal anyway?

i used to like it, but now that i look back, i think the singing kinda sucks..

the image, maybe?

Well we all have opinions. I happen to love Japanese rock. You apparently haven't acquired the like for it. That is all.

I don't pay attention to slang and labels, but if it's Japanese rock you're referring to, you probably haven't yet heard Boredoms, Cornelius, Guitar Wolf, etc. It's about time to check this stuff out: there are mediocre examples, just as with most current US rock, but the Japanese counterparts are more often exciting and novel and worthwhile.

Japan has a handful of musical styles that are unique to that country, but "J-rock" as people tend to use it simply refers to rock from Japan, which makes very little sense to me. If a band like Boris makes metal, they're a metal band, not a "J-rock" band. No one refers to A-rock or UK-rock (Krautrock's a little different, but most of it can be filed under experimental anyway). Point: Rock music from one country is, for the most part, not substantially different than rock music from another country.

It's not like everybody has to love Japanese Rock. I mean I like Japanese Rock, but I know my friends probabaly won't. You probably won't like any of the rock bands, or you're listening to the wrong band. I mean you if you're curious, you can try other bands. Your friend might be listening to a band that he likes, and you might like some other band. To me it's a just different language and maybe a different way of dressing, but it's still rock in a different country. So you might not like J-Rock at all, or you might like that band.



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