The Most Crucial Years! What do you remember about the first 5 years of Band-Maid?

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8 ай бұрын

Those years were a crucial part of their history.
And it's always good to rewatch some of these moments.
So today, let's talk about some of these moments that are in the history of Band-Maid!
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@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

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@otobokegaijin6218 8 ай бұрын

I saw them at least a dozen times in their first 5 years, including their 5th anniversary show at Shibuya Eggman. Eggman was very good to B-M, booking them again and again and again-B-M played there more often than any other club. Eggman's booking manager Mr. Kubota did more than B-M's own management agency to keep the band going in the early years.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

A big Band-Maid fan👏👏thank you for supporting Band-Maid 🤘

@otobokegaijin6218 8 ай бұрын

@@venusgaijin You're welcome VG. I have been thanked by B-M themselves, but always good to hear it from other fans. You're a big B-M fan too.🤘 You might be interested to know that the show beginning at 1:40 was 2 Feb. 2014 at Club mismatch in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo. One of the guys in the front is Takkun, a well-known Japanese B-M fan of those days. Always good for overseas B-M fans to remember than there was a Japanese fanbase well before B-M became popular outside of Japan. As for B-M's acoustic performances, they did several all-acoustic shows in the summer of 2014, and I saw two of those shows. They played songs from the "Maid in Japan" album and "Ai to Jonetsu no Matador" single, including "Thrill". Miku barely played the guitar (and didn't "po" all the time). Akane had a very simple kit: snare and hi-hat, and on a few songs played a cajon. It was very much like on the Engadget Fes vdo, which was from later that year, in November.

@brunobryant4846 8 ай бұрын

Yes please to a part 2, thanks for your time and effort, I can never get enough of all things BAND -MAID 😁👍🍻

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Bruno😁🫡👊

@_JimS 8 ай бұрын

Always enjoy watching some classic videos/pictures and information on Band-Maid through these years since I didn't find them until January 2020. Thanks VG, greatly appreciated.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Jim😁🤘

@LawrenceCox-bv9zt 8 ай бұрын

Yes, Venus Gaijin, please do a PART 2. Your videos are much appreciated.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it 😁👊🤘

@gungaddin 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Band Maid always bring me joy!

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked it 🫡🤘

@Kissthetoad321 8 ай бұрын

2016 is a major step for world domination with concerts in the West and their first composition Alone. Freezer and Shake That for me. Beauty and the Beast is crazy good too. A part 2 yes and 3 too. We can never get enough of Band Maid. Thanks VG.

@danielwong7417 8 ай бұрын

"Don't Let Me Down" was a song I discovered BAND-MAID.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

👏😮

@wave8359 8 ай бұрын

Agreed totally, that the red-and-white costume was the best ! In all the discussion of why things all began to truly take off with the famous Thrill performance/and Mexico etc------they all seem to miss the fact that it was the fabulus red costume ,plus the abstract and visually engrossing all-white background! Graphically superb ! Whoever did costumes and staging for that was responsible ,in large part, for their sudden success ! Would love to see the same costumes AND setting for a future song or two !!

@surfingasongwave 8 ай бұрын

Totally arbitrary but I would make the first era 2013-2016 (progressing from local to international shows, moving from indie to major label, playing provided songs to writing their own songs) that ended with Brand New Maid; the second era 2017-2020 (three full albums, more international traveling, excellent concert recordings and videos); and the third era 2021-present (the problems of pandemic, but gaining audiences through youtube and online streaming, Unseen World and Unleash, and resuming touring in 2022 and 2023). Excellent and yes, part II is needed!

@TheRootbeerfreak 8 ай бұрын

The Zepp Tokyo concert is awesome, I watch it a couple times a week and it never gets old .

@JuanSan66 8 ай бұрын

It´s a long way to the top if you wanna rock & roll...🤘

@DAVID-io9nj 8 ай бұрын

Rarely mentioned is their pre-release concert for Just Bring It, in early 2017. JBI is my favorite, and what I consider 'classic" Band Maid. Never found out why just a handful of songs got released, and not the whole concert. There was an intensity to their performance. I have read that concert was their first solo, big audience sold out show. Also I imagine the first live performance for all the new songs from JBI.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info about the pre-release concert👏😁 ( and Just Bring It🔥🔥)

@greylocke100 8 ай бұрын

@@venusgaijin Yes Akasaka Blitz. They released a 30 minutes version of that concert with one of the Singles if I am remembering correctly.

@waynebenedict5785 8 ай бұрын

"Freezer" and "Shake that" are favorites from New Beginning.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

👏👏 Freezer

@polskabob359 8 ай бұрын

Love the video of knocking on ur heart

@ferykeboet5576 8 ай бұрын

World domination is best era and outfit for me 🤘

@MultiYouT123 8 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, good stuff. Hopefully we see part 2 also.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thanks 👊😁🤘

@jameswelsh598 8 ай бұрын

I'm an old guy so time means nothing to me, all Band Maid songs are new

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

😎👊

@mjhsieh 8 ай бұрын

Yes for part2

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

😁🤘

@RA57727 8 ай бұрын

Gaijin, thank you for the recap of Band-Maid’s beginning. Very few of us, except Vladimir Chupin, realized how aMaidzing these ladies are and would become. I look forward to their future and our (Maidiacs) new musical experiences brought by BAND-MAID. Thanks again

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Great comment 👏 And thank you, I'm glad you liked the video👊🫡

@otobokegaijin6218 8 ай бұрын

When you say "us" I assume you mean overseas fans. There were quite a few Japanese fans, and myself among non-Japanese fans living in Japan, who did realize how amazing B-M were and would become.

@uffdad8211 8 ай бұрын

Nicely done! Always great to see a review of the history of this great band and your pictures and videos were spot on to help describe their story. Cheers!

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment🤩😁🤘👊🍻🍻

@aeelistratov 8 ай бұрын

Конечно ждём второй части!

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

🫡😁🤘

@st.g422 8 ай бұрын

Great compilation, please keep it up. And please normalize the audio track: some parts are extremely loud, some are too low.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

I know😭 The problem is the headphones I use. When I notice that the audio is too loud or too low, the videos are already posted🫠

@K.H.D710 8 ай бұрын

Excellent!!👏👏👏👏👏 My favorite songs from New Beginning are Freezer and Arcadia Girl. Beauty and The Beast is my #1 fav Miku-led song, PO!🕊💕

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thanks 😁👊 FREEZER🤩 My fav Miku-led song is Rock in Me 😅👊

@IAMisLove 8 ай бұрын

👍👍 🖖❤

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

❤🤘👊

@c.7610 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting video! The earliest B-M songs sound a lot like the Go-Go’s to me; do we know if the Go-Go’s were an influence on the ladies or their songwriters?

@philcalvino884 8 ай бұрын

I think those post-Thrill tours were crucial, especially the overseas ones. In the US, the big "serving" that year was Saturday eve at 2016 Sakura-con in WA. Once upon a time there were a few close-to-pro shots from that show on YT, but sadly they have disappeared. All that's left are a few limited and shaky captures. I also look back fondly on Studio Coast and Zepp as reminders that, yes, Band-Maid recordings can be mixed and engineered well.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

👏👏 And yes, there are many Band-Maid videos that have disappeared from KZfaq😪

@kevinhardy8997 8 ай бұрын

I miss the short skirts. Not that it matters, but it’s rock and roll, just go for it I say

@BillHallisey 8 ай бұрын

Venus Gaijin, Awesome job on that 5 year recap of Band Maid's history.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

😁😁 Thank you, Bill🍻🤘

@kevinrampersad9202 8 ай бұрын

Loved this trip down memory lane! YES, YES, please do a Part 2!!

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thanks😁🤘 🫡

@kevinrampersad9202 8 ай бұрын

👍

@MusicMike747 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this, great research and effort! 🙏 My favorite from ‘New Beginning?’ Probably the underdog “Freezer.” No official video, never gets any setlist time, but what a riff! Plus Akane does her disco beat like she does in “Freedom.” (Part 2 you ask? Of course!)

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

Thanks man😁🤘🫡 I love Freezer👊😎

@russellpotter7294 8 ай бұрын

Bought and have been replaying the earlier CDs and they really are worth revisiting.

@paul_laws 8 ай бұрын

The first era was the best era. Visconti's involvement was a poor decision. Their music never appealed to me after that. I'd also like to know who suggested recording Don't Let Me Down! Bring back tiny hat. I may re-join the fandom.

@venusgaijin 8 ай бұрын

😂I disagree, no tiny hat🙅‍♂️🫣 Thanks for the comment🤘