Top 10 Longest JRock Release Names?
Here at the JRockNews.com HQ, the writers were talking about "what could be the longest J-rock release name there ever was. We came up with a couple, including: "Boku no Kotoba Dewa Nai Kore wa Bokutachi no Kot...
How much money did Golden Bomber’s vocalist make from “Memeshikute”?
Memeshikute, a silly song followed by a silly dance, composed by the visual kei air band Golden Bomber has been taking Japan by storm for years! Even today, six years after the release, it is still a heavy infl...
cinema staff’s New Single “Waypoint E.P.” to Feature in Upcoming Drama
cinema staff unleashes a new single including YOUR SONG, the main theme song for upcoming TV series Gattan Gattan Soredemo Go (ガッタン ガッタン それでもゴー). This drama follows city worker Kana on a trip to her home town d...
YUI Now a Proud Mother of Two
After checking the progress of YUI from a FLOWER FLOWER status I made on Facebook, I wondered how she was doing and came across some wonderful news on a fansite of hers.
I was able to deliver healthy babies. I...
Our JRock Fashion wishlist
So with the new promotion with CDJapan, I began to look out for some JRock fashion clothing lines they have on offer for my own wishlist! There is so much on there I would like for myself and thought I'd show y...
Special Bonus 300 Points for CD Japan Orders With JRockNews.com!
Hello new and old friends of JrockNews.com!
This is Edohsama here to tell you about a very special promotion we have been working on with CD Japan for our Grand Opening! I'm very excited to announce that fro...
BOOM BOOM SATELLITES’ Vocalist Diagnosed with Brain Tumor, Band Halts All Activities
Michiyuki Kawashima, vocalist of BOOM BOOM SATELLITES, has been diagnosed for the fourth time with a brain tumor. In light of this, the band will suspend all activities after their live on November 7.
Obviou...
ESP Taiwan Exhibition – Behind the Scenes 2015
I was casually browsing the internet when I came across a post depicting some shots behind the scenes of kick-ass ESP guitars. These were showcased at an exhibition in Taiwan earlier this year. The collection i...
SuG’s Equipment Van Stolen
Japan has always been one of the safest countries around, but even they can't escape their share of criminal activity. Unfortunately, SuG's equipment van was stolen yesterday, July 30th, during the morning. On ...
Yoshiki Would Like to Collaborate with BABYMETAL at Some Point in the Future
X- Japan's co-founder, Yoshiki, has expressed his interest and desire to collaborate with BABYMETAL someday.
During an interview with Metal Hammer magazine, Yoshiki revealed that many fans send him BABYMET...
DIR EN GREY’s Toshiya Launches New Fashion Line “DIRT 100% Natural Dirty”
DIR EN GREY's Toshiya is traveling the same path of his bandmates by branching out with solo works of his own. The bassist of the group recently (July 27) launched a clothing line named, "DIRT 100% Natural Dirt...
SR Readers Shows Off Their J-Rock goodies
This weekend we asked our fellow readers to show us their J-Rock goodies, from signed CDs, plectrums to VIP passes, Facebook readers told us stories and snaped photos of their amazing collections.
The casett...
Learn Tokyo Jihen’s Bass with Seiji Kameda
I'm a big fan of Tokyo Jihen and came across these videos of Mr Seiji Kameda teaching the bass for some of the songs, any bass players there? He includes 'Nodoteki Sanpunkan' which was the first song I heard fr...
Flashback 37: 4 Years Without Vidoll
Exactly 4 years ago at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST, the iconic visual kei band Vidoll held their last live. Today, we are here to remember this wonderful band with some music and some facts of their history.
Vidol...