JROCK ONSEN

This time around, we are tackling the topic of how we go about discovering new music. Things have really changed since some of us first got involved with the scene. From friends' and video recommendations to whatever Spotify throws at you. We all have our ways of finding new bands. Although there are often similarities, there are also some interesting quirks we all have.

This time we want to tackle how people transition from the more widely accepted western music into Japanese rock and more.

This time we are tackling the format wars. For this one, we'll be discussing and highlighting our opinions on digital and physical music media.

When is it that a band hits a point of consistency and finds its identity in the world of music. When does a band reach maturity? Details of all our main stories: https://jrocknews.com/?p=125298

The world is opening up. We're gonna talk about VIP so you can decide if it will be worth it now that you know everything can be ripped away. Details of all our main stories: https://jrocknews.com/?p=123828

We were lucky enough to snag an interview with BABYBEARD before the release of the debut single "Nippon Kara Konnichiwa". Full article: https://jrocknews.com/?p=122499

In conjunction with NANO's self-produced album "ANTHESIS", JROCK NEWS got together with NANO to speak about their past as an utaite, pre-debut, and the mysterious side of NANO. Full article: https://jrocknews.com/?p=122346

How can you get your friends, who usually aren't much into Japanese music, to become devout followers of Japanese music.

This time around we focused in on the relationship between anime and Jrock. Specifically, we looked at how anime has made you look into more or new Jrock bands.

Bands are putting on livestream performances now more than ever. What are the experiences like though? We each have some experience with them and we even have some experience with post-lockdown-in-person-lives.

Before any event nay, before leaving your domain, you always have to gear up and do some battle preparations. What do you wear to a show? Why do you feel this is necessary?

What kills a band? This isn't disbandment or anything like that, just a loss of interest.

We’re 20 years into the year 2000, we’re 20 episodes in and we are looking at how the scene has changed.

Well, here we are, stuck at home like everyone else. Won't stop us from getting in this sanitized bath though. This week we aim to tackle how to handle a canceled show. Have you had any shows canceled? I mean probably at this point.

We're here to whine about cameras at shows? What are your opinions? Mazo hates them, that's for sure. There are always exceptions though, rare or not.

This week we're gonna tackle the phases or rather, power levels you have in Jrock fandom. From starting out with a favorite band, to loving every band, to reaching enlightenment and worshiping at the foot of Mana's throne. Of course, this is a bit different for everyone, so, as always we all have slightly different input, admittedly we all know Mazo has the most important input.

Let's look at why it is a good or a bad idea to meet your Jrock idols with our own experiences.

I'm sure you have some unanswered questions about visual kei, hopefully, our interview with Kenbo will answer some of them!

Whether it is a show in the west or out in the east, we never really know what to expect.

While rock has a long history, we want to see if Japanese rock has its own. Are there Classic Japanese bands?

We want to look at a future where some of the most iconic Japanese bands finally retire.

We'll be looking at the current state of the Japanese rock scene, including visual kei and making our own predictions of where it may go.

This month we will look at some of our favorites through the year 2018 of JROCK NEWS. A little discussion here and there. It's a pretty laid back and tame one.

Normie, riaruju, whatever you call 'em, as soon as they find out your passion for non-local music they assume it's a phase and you'll grow out of it. My Chemical Romance, DIR EN GREY, same thing. It's kid stuff and you'll grow out of it. Screw that, we're here today, years after our first discovery.

Look forward to a discussion on why Mazo thinks that visual kei is a turn off when a band makes the journey west. Also, listen to the opinions of some visual kei fans we have on our staff who think Mazo is a "dumb dumb" for saying so.

I'm almost certain the words "cute' and "boys" got you all hot and bothered for this month's Onsen. Get in the bath and find some cuties.

This month, fearless leader-sama Mazo and apprentice Nexus take a deep dive into Dir en Grey and Gackt. Two sides of the sexy coin.

This time we got some funky fresh DADAROMA news with some Yoshiki and Morrigan. Expect to hear all about DADAROMA and everything that has happened with them in the month of July. We also touch on the topic “the curse of European tours”—why bands disband right after finishing a Europe tour.

This month we got a ton of stuff on Mana-sama. He's doing a lot and we're all over it. Don't fret, there are other stories in the news that we will ruin for you. We have a little bit of HYDE and a side of the GazettE. Don't forget the smaller stories, we didn't.

This month includes DIR EN GREY's tour news, some KAMIJO X Mana fun, awesome back tattoos, and a little bit of an update from the GazettE.

We look back at stories like X Japan at Coachella, Hyde cosplayer, GazettE's top songs. and talk about the future of concert live streams.

The JROCK ONSEN is open for business again! Get ready for the March top stories! One of them being the GazettE's song "Falling".

Join us in JROCK NEWS' first official Japanese rock (Jrock) music podcast where we discuss the latest news in Jrock, Jpop, and visual kei.

Have a listen to our first (experimental) podcast where we'll dig into stories revolving MIYAVI, DEVILOOF, Kogami, Kamijo, Seiichi Hoshiko.