Sad to hear about GFM, if true. I got to see them twice this past summer. They opened for LILIAC twice, and the second show was at The Machine Shop in Flint, MI, an awesome venue with an audience that was pumped and really into the music. I hope all will work out in the end for the ladies...I'll keep the signed BEAUTYCORE baseball shirt.

Actually, I think Guns and Roses had the Warning and Band-Maid open for them. There are pictures of them together in Japan. Band-Maid also wrapped up their US Tour in October, so there's lots of live concert footage to pick from. As Maidiacs, we generally prefer the live videos to the music videos, but, you have a nice, fat catalog of material to pick from.

@@bryanhallman8183 The Warning opened for G'n'R in Monterrey, Mexico on October 23 at Estadio Mobil Super and BAND-MAID opened for G'n'R in Saitama, Japan on November 6th at Saitama Super Arena (SSA).

Where did you hear that GFM broke up? I can't find any evidence of that.

@@PaleHorseShabuShabu Ok, then where did The Warning and Band-Maid cross paths, because, that was definitely Saiki standing next to them in the picture that I saw?

Six. On the recent U.S. tour their tech Mu-Chan has unofficially become the 6th maid. (The other Misa)

My second favorite Miku. After Hatsune Miku but I love them both. Miku Kobato brings kokoro to Band-Maid. Being great at music isn't enough. You need spirit.

She also writes the lyrics!!!

@@outwest1014 That too.

Po!

@@outwest1014 her lyrics are great. So subtle but spicy. Yabai but still seiso.

2m in, the simplest song they play, 'these girls are craaaaazy talented.' Gary, brother, this biz makes my brain hurt sometimes.

@@crabuki1273 That's a good thing GG, that's why you have 2 brains to cope with all the B-M awesomeness.😁

Before Yesterday he was in his own Bubble, but now it's Time to turn the Page and Unleash the Wonderland of Band-Maid!

Gary’s up to his old puns again.😉

@@Parker-- Hey Parker that's a slur upon my na....🤔 Oh hang on, no you're right.🤦‍♂️

And 3 is refer to steps 1 & 2 :)

@@GaryHolloway-810 --and 4 is to multiply1,2, and 3 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I'm Band Maiko: I protest!

yes!---like DaVinci was "not bad" !!...or Bach, ...or Van Gogh.....

Yes, she is outstanding. But - to be fair. The drum solo in Freedom is not spectacular. It is fun, but Akane do much more advanced stuff in other songs. I am a little surprised that Freedom is recommended for the drum solo. But anyhow, reactors like it :) BTW - there are the three musicians in this band I do find "not bad". * the drummer * the basist * the lead guitarist They are definitely not bad :)

@@rolandkarlsson7072 That´s what I´ve always said. The drum solo in "Freedom" is a nice show of her skills, but to really see what Akane is capable of, listen to songs Like "Warning!", "Black hole", "Screaming" and hell, "From now on" now. But one correction, you forgot two more "not bad" musicians in your list. The lead singer and the rhythm guitarist/2nd vocalist. And all together they are even better then the sum of its parts.

I don't want the Maid theme to go away but I would like to see them all change to black. They are so wicked playing it would fit, in my opinion.

The maid costumes are fun. Why do people hate fun? This is why we can't have nice things.

Their uniforms aka battle armour as band maid refers to the uniforms changes every year or so

She usually also has 1 song per album that she takes the lead singer role on.

Sorry, but he didn't say she's a reincarnation of Bonham. At least neither he nor Akane have confirmed it. The fact that he thinks she's a damn good drummer is cool enough.

@@jagjag3236actually he did in fact state that the gorilla was like a reincarnation of John Bonham

@@bretcrooks4207 Well, one of us is misinformed. Appreciate if you give me a link to where it is clearly proven. Page or Akane's own twitter page or similar strong source. If so, I will humbly apologize and then happily spread the word.

Sorry, but he didn't say she's a reincarnation of Bonham. At least neither he nor Akane have confirmed it. The fact that he thinks she's a damn good drummer is cool enough. Rumors are inherently dubious. Just take the reputation in my hometown that I'm great in bed. Can it be trusted? Doubtful as I'm the one who first spread it. ;)

@@jagjag3236 Rule 1 - Never let the Truth get in the way of a Good Story!

@@Studio-Coast_Kid Tried it, the court was not particularly impressed. :-) Have a good weekend.

Proceed Sir!

@@Studio-Coast_Kid Thankee Sir, Now for what I term the Band-Maid Info-Dump; -start file- Band Maid was started in 2013 by Miku Kobato. At the time she had just left the Idol Group, Lil Cumin and she didn't like the type of music she had been performing. She approached her management agency with the idea of making an actual band playing rock music but dressed as maids. She had worked in a Maid Cafe and thought the image of maids playing rockin music would create what she called "The Gap" between what you see and what you hear. The Management company was like Ok, go ahead. Miku then looked around and found Kanami a singer/songwriter who was posting her own videos on the internet. Miku had her agency contact her and Kanami thought the idea was cool and agreed to join. Miku then asked if Kanami knew a drummer who might be interested. Kanami had worked with Akane in the past and there is 2 versions of this, the first is, Kanami literally walked over to Akane's apartment and asked her, the second is Kanami called Akane and asked her. (Akane has said in 2 different interviews that 1: Kanami called her and asked if she could come over and 2: in a second interview Kanami just came over) Akane was actually hesitant as she had worked in an "All Girl Group" before and didn't enjoy it as it wasn't the type of music she wanted to play. After hearing a Demo, Akane was like ok, but was still slightly hesitant because of the "Maid Outfits", but she agreed to give it a try. Akane was asked if she knew a bass player and she had gone to Tokyo School of Music with MISA and had worked a couple of jobs with her. So Misa was contacted and after she heard a demo she was like I like the music, but she also was hesitant about the "Maid Outfits", but she relented and joined in as she really wanted to play the kind of music she heard in the demo. The 3 of them then "Auditioned" for the record company and passed the audition. Now we have the "Core" members. The 4 members worked out some songs provided for them by the record company, and a setlist and they had performed 3 times with just Miku on main vocals. Miku after those performances felt that her voice wasn't powerful enough to really perform the songs she wanted. So she approached her management company again and asked if they had any singers who weren't in other projects. They then auditioned several singers. Miku heard Saiki rehearsing in a room across the hall and asked if she could be auditioned, the record company then had Saiki audition. Saiki was signed to the same management company and had done some work as a backup singer and dancer and was asked if she would be interested in auditioning for this new group which currently had 4 members and she would be the fifth. She had been a member of a group with 8 other people as a backup singer and dancer, and HATED it. So she listened to the demo and thought "Cool" because she liked the music. Now we come to the tricky part. Miku KNEW that if Saiki was told about the "Maid Outfits" she would say NO WAY!, so they didn't tell her. They told her they would have "Cool/cute Clothes"(I've read it translated either way), and she never met Miku until a few days before they had a contracted performance. She wasn't told about the "Maid Outfits" until the day before the performance, and she had considered backing out, but she had signed the contract. (Saiki also had NEVER met Miku until then as well) So the Ladies, went and did the performance and Saiki really, REALLY liked the crowds reaction and the music they were performing. She DIDN'T like the apron she wore so it got ditched after the first performance. And you now have the beginnings of the BEST LIVE HARD ROCK BAND in the WORLD! ALL HAIL BAND MAID!!!!! Now that we have the Full band, it was felt that there needed to be a second guitar. Saiki was like, "Not Me, No Way." So Miku said, "I'll do it.", at first that was literally all she did, was hold the guitar and mime playing it, until Akane said, if you are going to hold it, you NEED to learn to play it. And Miku said, "Ok.", and Kanami started to teach Miku how to play. The Ladies released their first album in 2014 "Maid in Japan" which failed to chart, but later after "Thrill" it was reissued and charted to #26 in Japan. Then in 2015 they released "New Beginning" On New Beginning was the song that changed Band Maid's entire existence. "Thrill"... The band was getting ready to release their first music video and the choice was between "Love, Passion, Matador" and "Thrill" and the ladies chose Thrill. (Little known fact, Miku helped with the lyrics on Thrill but did not get credited) This became the seminal moment of Band Maid. Because their second album charted at #64, the record company was seriously considering disbanding the Ladies and switching them to other projects. (In fact they had Kanami and Akane work with Mochi to Cheese thinking that when Band Maid cratered they could use them in another band. MISA had also just started working with Mochi to Cheese as well). However about 6 months after the video's release, a Facebook page "JRock Radio" posted the video to their timeline. And the video went viral. Having over a million views in just a few short weeks. The Ladies Twitter page got so many hits they thought their page had been hacked. Their KZfaq channel also started getting more and more subscribers and views to Thrill. Now the ladies knew where their fans wanted them to go. Harder Rock, less pop. And history was Maid. -end file- If there is any other information you may wish to know, please feel free to ask. I may not know the answer, but within the Band-Maid Maidiac Community, someone is bound to know.

@@greylocke100 THANK YOU !---great to hear all this.

@@wave8359 Not at all. I'm always glad to help people enjoy my favorite band.

You have to react to the live official videos for Domination, Onset (a killer instrumental), Play (another killer instrumental, but Saiki asked for lyrics and Miku wrote them), Choose Me, Real Existence, Thrill, Don't You Tell Me, Warning and a host of others.

-to add to the above statement, i really don’t like to bring up this time in my life anymore but when i was at my lowest, every time WITHOUT FAIL, that i had a suicidal thought, their song Carry On Living would play, not once or twice, but over a dozen times. Spot-on everytime. Like clockwork. Uo until one night i had a knife to my neck for almost an hour out of indecisiveness and was begging for a sign that this was a coincidence when Carry On Living played again, like it had been, but i wasnt convinced yet. About to slide the knife at the end of that song. I heard something i recognized. Carry On Living had managed to play Two times in a row. (On Spotify, this is already basically impossible. But even more so considering the song is only listed on the entire website catalog ONE TIME. Literally not possible.) It was a miracle. I thank Band-Maid and God every day that im no longer in that pit and my life has gone nowhere but up ever since. I can only hope they know how much they mean to me and many others.

This Freedom live performance makes me cry every time at the drum solo, that big stupid grin she has melts my heart every time.

carry on, forever

@@JoaoBosco-yd3ln for band maid.

Pigeon Hole Po! If you end up Reading this Strong Dad, it Will make sense eventually!

I would tack on Glim Spanky, Asterism, Gacharic Spin, Iron Bunny, Bride Bear and Skandal! But if you can only choose one, as a vocalist - Glim Spanky!

@@Studio-Coast_Kid then there’s Fate Gear, Ghacharic Spin etc. etc. etc. lol