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Important / Re: Yoshiki's official facebook account!

« on: August 21, 2010, 12:49:15 AM »

The only thing real about that is Yoshiki listing himself as his favourite musician

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Offtopic / Re: Help me find a Japanese music video!

« on: August 19, 2010, 12:45:13 PM »

Is it this? I know this because the singer is a former Mixed Martial Artist. It matches your description well

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The Concerts / Re: Has anyone ever met any X Japan members?

« on: August 19, 2010, 03:11:07 AM »

Quote from: DemonIced on August 19, 2010, 02:45:03 AM

Concerning meeting bandmembers, does anyone has any idea when does X shows finish usually, and if anyone ever got the chance to meet them outside the venue, how much time it takes until they get out of there?

I'll explain the situation, I got tickets for the Toronto show today (my heart is still racing as I'm typing this) and I'm coming from Montréal, Québec, a 6-7h hours bus drive from Toronto. So I have to take a bus to come back, there's one at 00:30 and the next is at 7:30 the next morning. I would like to take the 00:30 one to avoir sleeping there, but I absolutely don't want to miss them after the show, especially since it's not an enormous venue. There would be a good chance that I would meet them...

What would you think?

If this was Asia then I would I think for a band of X's stature that it would be very unlikely to meet them and they would be ushered into their coaches/cars in a hurry. However, seeing as they're fairly low-key in America there is a chance that you might catch some of them at the back exit after the show, I mean, they have to exit the venue one way or another! right?.
When I met all five members of the band 'Pavement' they all came out separately in 20 minute intervals, but they're really down to earth guys so they stopped and chatted to us. They had no security at all but X fans are totally different.

It also depends on how quickly Yoshiki sorts out stuff with the venue. I would guess Pata and Heath would be out earliest and they would be most likely to stop for a quick chat or a cigarette.

However, my biggest qualm about meeting a band like X is the types of fans they might attract. From my limited experiences I know that musicians generally don't like being worshipped but prefer a more down to earth relationship with their fans (not sure if this applies to Yoshiki

) That being said, there may be a high influx of crazy fans who would do stupid things to see their idols and in the interest of safety, this may result in the band making a quick exit.

Overall, it really does depend on the artist. Some may simply ignore the fans and head home, while others will stay for a chat and take photos. Also, you have every right to wait for them unless you're violating some sort of law or putting people in danger.

Best of luck.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 19, 2010, 02:22:43 AM »

Quote from: Flippinklein on August 17, 2010, 12:53:46 AM

god lolla was amazing <3

i gotta upload my pics

Glad you have a good time. Aside from X, who else did you go see?

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 18, 2010, 10:44:28 PM »

Someone stole Toshi's chair!

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Forum Games / Re: The last movie you saw

« on: August 18, 2010, 03:06:02 AM »

Quote from: Brandon on August 18, 2010, 01:29:29 AM

I saw The Expendables the other day...that movie...has so many explosions and unlimited amounts of ammo...like, I can only think what the director was thinking: "Well, if we're going to shoot him, we might as well stab him and set him on fire as well."

It was very entertaining though.

Exactly what I had hoped for

It's out here in the UK on Friday, can't wait!

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Forum Games / Re: What Do You Do???

« on: August 16, 2010, 04:50:54 PM »

Quote from: Yu~Kun on August 16, 2010, 11:11:12 AM

I'm also a full-time university student ( but currently on vacation, until September 9th ). My major ( that tires me off BIG time ) is Communication studies/ Journalism and my minor is Visual Arts.

I am sure we've had a similar thread before as I recall someone from here studying "Communication and Journalism". I studied that for my undergraduate

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan US Tour

« on: August 16, 2010, 04:45:21 PM »

Congratulations to all the American and Canadian fans, have a good time and don't get carried away with merchandise like I did or you'll end up poor

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Forum Games / Re: What Do You Do???

« on: August 15, 2010, 04:27:15 PM »

I'm a post-grad student doing a MA in 'Culture and Difference'

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X Japan related / Re: Selling whole X JAPAN discography on CD (albums + singles)

« on: August 12, 2010, 02:25:31 PM »

Are you looking to sell as a whole or individually?

ps. - nice username!

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 10, 2010, 03:26:01 PM »

Looks like Yeasayer had sound problems which affected their overall performance, many people were disappointed in their set. Also, the casuals who opted to see X seemed to be genuinely entertained for good and bad reasons

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Forum Games / Re: The last movie you saw

« on: August 10, 2010, 02:54:53 AM »

Toy Story 3 - excellent
Inception - excellent

Next up..The Expendables.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 09, 2010, 07:49:50 PM »

I think any experience of X is worth it. I was reading that some people were casually watching from the beer tents too.

By the way valkyrie, what other bands did you check out during the weekend?

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 09, 2010, 07:39:41 PM »

Quote from: valkyrie on August 09, 2010, 07:14:53 PM

I was there. For the person who was saying the crowd looked small, I saw crowd footage on the screens and it looked like THOUSANDS. Far more than when they first started the set.

It was a goddamn good show, playback or not. BTW, did anyone notice Sugizo flinging his guitar down at a roadie - think it was during I.V. ? he looked pissed off.

Nice, do you know how far the crowd went back? it looked pretty sparse at the sides, but there is no footage/photos to indicate how far the crowd went back. It's a shame that the casual fans decided to see Yeasayer (who seemed pretty ordinary on the webcast) instead of X.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollapaloozafest/4874581094/

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Other Bands / Re: David Bowie

« on: August 09, 2010, 05:49:25 PM »

It is well known that Lady Gaga is a big fan of Bowie's and this collaboration (if legit) is pretty much expected.

Maybe he is gearing up for a comeback in 2011, fingers crossed.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 09, 2010, 12:09:50 AM »

My highlight of the day: Wolfmother getting scared by Kurenai.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 08, 2010, 11:17:03 PM »

Donate the money for the album to charity

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: THE Lollapalooza Thread!

« on: August 08, 2010, 11:06:05 PM »

To be fair to X, 50 minutes is a very limited amount of time for a band of their stature. With most songs being fairly long, it was always going to be difficult to accommodate a lot within such a small amount of time.

I'm more interested to see what the major music publications will have to say about their performance. I hope they had a good time playing Lollapalooza and I hope that the fans did too.

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