The unbelievably good MISA - naked truth! It's both heart-warming and sad to hear nearly every professional exposed to our favorite japanese bands being so surprised they never heard of 'em. Sad because it demonstrate once again how the western medias are deaf and blind to everything coming from Japan, so much so that even professionals aren't exposed to greatness.

Yokohama "HATE?" has become my fave B-M official live vid. And this was one showpiece moment from a 3½hr+ concert that was full of them :)

Thomas has a discerning ear for sure, but boy does he keep his excitement under wraps until the end. That's some focused listening. Thanks Joel for continuing to show your guests all these great Japanese female rock/metal bands.

Well done Master Joel. You've created another fan of Japanese Rock/Metal bands. Welcome on board Master Thomas. Band-Maid's catalog is deep and diverse. Enjoy the ride down the Pigeon-hole. PO! 🕊 WORLD DOMINATION!!!🤘😆🤘

Revenge Budokan, Po! As you may know, Asami, Midori and Harupi was at this show. Would be incredible if they had a collab, as Kanami tweeted to Midori's congrats tweet after the show, "I'm very late, but thank you for working with me until late the other day 😭✨I would be happy if we could have another chance to talk at length ☺💕 Please let us come to your live show next time 🙏 Midori's response, "Wow!!! Thank you KANAMI for your reply!! ❤I'd be happy to talk to you again 💓 Please come to our live show! 🔥🤘🏾We can only hope, Po! 🦍🍌

Thomas had a fair reaction. It's how I feel. My love for Lovebites and Band-Maid is equal and I love both bands for different reasons. Lovebites is professional, prim, proper dressed for the formal ball. As one KZfaq reactor related his 10 year old daughter saying, "Lovebites proves even Princesses can play Heavy Metal." Insane talent. Then there is Band-Maid. A bunch of hooligans lead by the chief hooligan herself, The Pigeon. This is said with all affection and admiration for the band. Again, insane talent. Band-Maid is a combination of prog, punk-pop, J-pop, jazz, funk, alternative rock, indie rock, classic rock and metal. Throw in a pinch of rap at times, too. Swirl it all together and you get one of the best bands in the world. That concert was their 10Th Anniversary show at Yokohama Arena. Got the Blu Ray and saw it had something like 33 song. When I popped it in I saw it was around 3 hours 15 minutes. Watching Kanami squatting down looking at Misa play we can see the admiration she has for Misa and she has that admiration for all of her band mates.

It's always interesting to hear another Bass player react to MISA-dono for the first time. Hopefully, he'll listen to more and with subtitles on so he can follow the lyrics, not just the English parts.

Thomas doesn't have to go to Japan to see them. They'll come to him. Follow their channel for community posts on upcoming tours.

Kanami!! 🎸🔥🤘

It's amazing how Band-Maid has rewritten the laws of nature: Hate brings Love! 😖--->🎀--->😍 📢 RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 📢 -- The Warning, a world-famous band from Mexico, and BAND-MAID will perform a dream two-band show! After meeting on our US tour in 2022, "The Warning" will be making their memorable first visit to Japan with BAND-MAID! Venue: EX THEATER RIPPONGI Date: Jun 12, 2024. -- Incubus and Band-Maid at Tokyo Garden May 1… and, BAND-MAID released a new song, "Bestie," co-written with Mike Einziger of INCUBUS! MV dropped May 1. -- BAND-MAID HALL TOUR 2024 -- June 28, 2024 (Fri) Nagoya City Public Hall, Aichi, Japan -- July 5, 2024 (Fri) Osaka, Fenice Sakai Main Hall, -- July 14, 2024 (Sun) Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa, just to name a few dates… (But you might already know all this.) Thx, Thomas & Joel!

Excellent Joel. Keep the "Hate?" coming! He kept such a serious face that I was wondering if he was enjoying it, but you could see his face break just a little during the duel. 😁

Nice job Joel

MISA MISA MISA!!!!!

🤘🤘 The greatest Maids of all times

Hope you showed him East of Eden, too.

BAND‐MAID concert at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan on November 26, 2023 Setlist 01) DOMINATION 02) glory 03) alone 04) Play 05) Unleash!!!!! 06) Thrill 07) Shambles 08) Don't you tell ME 09) After Life 10) Sense 11) influencer (New intro with Miku guitar solo) 12) from now on 13) Daydreaming (New intro) 14) Memorable 15) about Us 16) Mirage 17) Bubble 18) Rock in me 19) Different (Acoustic - Saiki and Kanami only) 20) anemone (Acoustic - Saiki and Kanami only) 21) Choose me (Saiki solo on piano) 22) onset 23) Brightest Star 24) FREEDOM (New intro) 25) BLACK HOLE (New intro with Akane drum solo) 26) DICE (New intro with Misa bass solo) 27) HATE? 28) NO GOD (New intro) 29) Magie 30) Manners 31) Choose me (Normal version) 32) FORWARD (New arrangement) 33) endless Story

Lovebites and Band-Maid, don{t get much better than that!

_"Where are all these crazy great girl bands from Japan coming from?"_ ...How do we tell him? 😜 Just teasing of course. Happy to see more people enjoy my favorite band.

Them ladies can play a bit

MISA !!! MISA !!! MISA !!! the Barefoot Bass Assassin .

MISA MISA MISA.....

Joel, You should follow Nemophila with Unlucky Morpheus, for your friend.

These ladies are awesome but I can't help think how much more awesome they would be if the drummer was wearing a tiny hat RIP Tiny Hat

I feel like the trifecta at the moment is Babymetal, bandmaid and Hanabie. Lovebites and nemophila are great but I don't think they can touch these 3 at the moment at least internationally.