Miku Kobato, rhythm/lyricist/vocals and Saiki Atsumi, main vocalist, sing together about 85% of the time. But their voices mesh and harmonize so well that a lot of times you think it’s one voice. Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley of Alice In Chains also did this VERY well.💪🏻🤘🏻

That's funny, it sounded like "Shut up!" to me at first as well. "Play. Play. Shout out! Oh raise your voice. Shake your body!" A lot of English in this song, including "Be more existent". Which I guess is good advice. : )

Saiki is the main lead vocals, sometimes Miku (rythmn guitar and vocals) is the lead vocals and frequently Saiki and Miku double up. Kanami (lead guitarist) is the 3rd voice in this song. Saiki and Kanami have done a pure acoustic version of Anenome and Puzzle with Kanami on acoustic guitar and doing backing vocals. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7WZq81pvaucdas.html

Band-Maid - Moratorium - Live, you can't go wrong with that one. As a matter of fact, you can't go wrong with any Band-Maid song ☝️

Guitarist, bassist and drummer have been playing the piano since 3 or 4 years old and received formal classic music education. Bassist and Drummer studied at the same music school. Lead vocal started vocal lesson at the age of 15. And now they’re hard rockers. D

Band Maid-Dice and Moratorium are my favorites and real bangers. For other Japanese bands cannot go wrong with Maximum the Hormone-Alien (watch it cold no wiki 1st) and Ningen Isu-Heartless Scat. Trust me both are out of this world.

Miku (MEE-koo); rhythm guitar, vocals, band leader. Saiki (SY-kee); vocals. MISA (MEE-sa); bass. Kanami (kah-NAH-mee); lead guitar. Akane (ah-ka-NEE); drums. These are Miku's pronunciations as heard on stage.

Here You Go[With The Japanese]: Play Band-Maid Feeling Desire Heartbeat 準備出来たら Let's be playing like a game 始めよう starting 踊らされるくらいなら 全て To fire 壊して 本能に 逆らうな Try now！ Play me 動き出した感情 Mine 止められない誰も I know I can do it きっと I know I can do it もっと Play shout out Oh raise your voice！！(shake body！) Say Yeah yeah yeah yeah lalalalalalala Wow wow wow wow lalalalala (Be more existent！) 狙い定め let's go higher Happiness (there is no way out) Anger (It's gonna be all right) Sadness (let go of your mind) 全部飲み込め Take off (there is no way out) Get on (It's gonna be all right) With life (let go of your mind) Play me 飛び越えてく暗礁 Mine 怖がることなどない I know I can do it きっと I know I can do it もっと Play shout out Oh raise your voice！！(shake body！) Say Yeah yeah yeah yeah lalalalalalala Wow wow wow wow lalalalala (Be more… You're Welcome, R

Hi Brian and Stan! I love your reactions! I'm a great fan of BAND-MAID, thanks a lot for doing a shout-out for them. You have a veritable treasure of material from them to react to :-) BAND-MAID has some 80 songs by now, and all of them are perfect and nice. Not all of them have a video version, of course, but even those with video will be enough for a lifetime :-) You asked for some "underground" Japanese music to react to. There is a band, called "88 pilgrimages." Or, "88 places for pilgrimage," something like this. When I want to blow my head off late at night, after a long and tiring day, that's what I listen to. They are actually great live as well, but that's my favourite MV from them: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ep9gdLKZ1NCvY4E.html You know, some people go to a bar after work, some people smoke pot, and I listen to this song. It's no less effective than drugs in kicking your consciousness away from the mundane world... The song is called "Aggressive national music," by the way :-)

Moratorium (live) IS A MUST NEXT.

Japanese band called Maximum The Hormone..Check Song..Lets talk about menkata cottelee. It's their latest single. But it gives you a perfect example of what the whole band is about. Just go in blind don't do research. Just KZfaq. It's a music video. It has an intro but main song starts around 1:30 on video. Please check it.

Yeah dudes,...this video! When an algorithm first told me to look up Band-Maid,...I did,...and was like “whatever, they seem kind of gimmicky,...who cares?!” I completely dismissed them. But then months later I decided to try them out again,...and watched this video! Holy shit! It made me realize there is something more here. I looked more of their stuff up,...and realized they are an incredible fucking rock band!! An old school sound with a modern, interesting twist. If you two want to vlog the gramercy show in New York,...I have two meet and greet tickets for you.

Hey guys. Great reaction, this is one of the best band on the planet these days. I highly recomend headphones when listening to this band. You must now do more BAND MAID. Videos DICE THRILL THE NON FICTION DAYS ALONE DAYDREAMING DONT LET ME DOWN And live they are even better live, do the live from zepp Tokyo in 2018. TAKE ME HIGHER CHOOSE ME MORATAORIUM AWKWARD FREEDOM (Saiki falling of the stage :-) ONSET

バンドメイドにハマってますねえ(*^^*) the non fiction days and choose me please！！

Great reaction thanks!

MISA MISA MISA is a goddess

New tune The Dragon Cries produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie and many, many others) is out on Spotify right now. From the upcoming album Conqueror out on December 11th. The song is entirely in English and somewhat of a departure in that it is slow and plodding. And yes it kicks ass.

Boom! Welcome to the the Badass Maidens of Rock!

Do 'Take Me Higher' next.

Alone, Choose me, Dice

Some of my favorite Japanese Hip Hop groups: Rip Slyme Home Made Kazoku Heartsdales M-Flo Soul'd Out Now, most of these groups aren't around anymore, but you can still find a ton of stuff on youtube.

Great all-around band but Misa is in her own league (the bass player).

If you are unsure about this one, try it for 20 seconds. I 100% guarantee that you won't shut it off. Same talent level as BAND-MAID. My jaw dropped just as hard as when hearing BAND-MAID for the first time. Wait until you see what they are wearing. All female. VoB (Voice of Baceprot) - School Revolution kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aseKi5B0na6vepc.html

One of Babymetal's guitarist is Takayoshi Ohmura. His solo music is also exceptional. Try a live version of Never Surrender or Wanna get a good love. Aldious is another all female band try Dominator or Re: Fire

Yo you guys are dope 😎! Props good reaction!

that bassist is off the charts, holy crap!

you asked for japanese hip hop / rap? Those girls are Jpop but they are very good at doing hip hop too ;) * Sudannayuzuyully - look a me (hip hop): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9eUltCUpt2qYaM.html * Chanmina - doctor (hip hop): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtKIa6irt8qxnGw.html * E-Girls - Showtime (hip hop / urban / dance): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibuTg8t_tJzGqXk.html

Have you seen Baby Metal papaya that's got a rapper called F Hero and he's from Thailand and he's pretty good. They did it at Glastonbury festival so you can use it anything live is safe anything not live especially when it's Baby Metal is not safe.

I think they changed their chorus parts into english since theyre promoting the band internationally. so its basically a mix of japanese verses and english chorus.

Your ears are not fooling you, there is quite a bit of English thrown in. It's been quite common in Japanese music for a while now to have a smattering of English in song lyrics. Why? Because Japanese think English sounds cool. Band-Maid lyrics are typically about 20% English, although you might have to listen close to pick it up. If you like some bass-guitar back and forth, check out: "Take Me Higher" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKypjMyBqcDelKs.html "Don't You Tell Me" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNWheNWTqt2UZaM.html

Gentlemen! You wanted more from Japan, maybe with a bit of underground flavor? Try _Maximum the Hormone_ . The drummer of Band-Maid, Akane, was inspired to pursue it professionally by the example of the MtH drummer, but that's not why I'm recommending them. They are wild and memorable. A common starting point is A.L.I.E.N. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isqnh5h70a6cl4E.html

Great, you guys are on a roll today, always room for more Band-Maid-Maid - Misa, Misa, Misa (bass). BTW, not sure how good your speakers are, but I've listened to them over my stereo and then headphones and I can hear a real difference in the headphones. For the singers, they all can sing, but It depends on the song. Miku (rhythm guitar) and Saiki are the main singers, but the others chip in when needed. Heavier (more metal-like) try some of these: Maximum the Hormone: Alien - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isqnh5h70a6cl4E.html - the "Stop Winnie Uploads" is a reference to a song sharing program in Japan - bands hated it Dir en Grey - Saku (Arche live) HQ - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ac-DnsuHq6yrlXk.html Crossfaith - The Perfect Nightmare [Official Live] - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8ClfpB6vtqqqHk.html Coldrain - Inside Of Me - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5plopuDv8esk5s.html Deathgaze Ring - Sorrow - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdinmZWVrrfFk6M.html Ningen Isu - Heartless Scat - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ech5apyWms--e6c.html Unlucky Morpheus - CADAVER REVADAC - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nd5-Zq9jz9jWdX0.html - be sure to watch the whole 9 minutes - the first part is the main song, the second part is the first part played in reverse (scored note for note backwards)

Next song: Moratorium live or domination mv/live!!

🤘🤘❤️🤘🤘 Face melting!!! 🤘🤘

Well, not underground as such, but definitely outside the box, try _Zetsubou Billy_ or _alien_ by *Maximum the Hormone* They have funky videos and mix it up real good! Also, not Japanese, but definitely worth checking out... *12 Foot Ninja* from Australia, _One Hand Killing_ is a pretty good start... Kitsune up, Po!

You must react Band-Maid - Onset!

Korean rapper Yezi would be a good reaction video. Her song Cider. Band-maid is so good; never disappoint. Miku the rhythm guitar and backing vocalist; wished me a happy new year on her ig story.

MISA MISA MISA

How can you two old guy listen to this dont even move

Cool.Babymetal,band maid,lovebites keep it coming.Also please checkout/Gachanic spin/lock on/track.Thanks.

Nice! Please react to Dir En Grey "Uroko" or "Different Senses"

Coma live Chicago 92 Civil war live paris 92

Kanpai 🍻

I dunno if you've reacted to ONE OK ROCK, but they are an awesome Japanese rock band, especially in live performances. Here's a sample, and if you can react to it, that would be great too ^_^ ONE OK ROCK - Cry Out (AMBITIONS Japan Dome Tour live) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJOKjdVh2cDKk40.html

React estranged live in tokyo 92' please

You need to check out Lovebites Shadowmaker, its another all female band.

React to “brown sugar” by The Rolling Stones