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JROCK NEWS 5th anniversary: Special message from HAKUEI (PENICILLIN)

1 September 2020

Our first guest to celebrate JROCK NEWS' 5th anniversary is HAKUEI, the vocalist of the legendary band, PENICILLIN. With over 25 years of experience in music, he joined club Zy. as the honorary editor-in-chief,...

Happy 5th anniversary JROCK NEWS!

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1 September 2020

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Hint: There's a surprise at the end. As one of our writers said, "we're old enough to tie our own shoelaces now!"Five years ago in the summer of 2015, a couple of oddballs looking for their place in the wo...

“STAY AT HOME TOUR 2020” merch now online

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13 August 2020

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The JROCK NEWS STAY AT HOME TOUR 2020 merch range is now live.We miss concerts and gigs a great deal, so we took a trip to imagination land and planned a fake world tour—including the merch. Read up on the ...

“Stay At Home Tour” merch dropping soon

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9 August 2020

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It's been a while since we've released any new merch for JROCK NEWS, so it's about time we give your wardrobe a little refresher with some new prints.Between it being a bitter tribute to the tours we should...

JROCK NEWS featured in visual kei magazine “Vijuttoke”, following partnership expansion

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11 May 2020

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Together with the leading visual kei magazine "club Zy.", JROCK NEWS has expanded its alliance and partnered up with the magazine Vijuttoke. The triple collaboration was made official on Vijuttoke's 98th volume...

Contest: Announcing the JROCK NEWS mascot design winner

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4 February 2020

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Thank you for your patience! We had many wonderfully creative, well-drawn and beautiful entries for the design of our new mascot and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who took the time to enter. Plea...

Art Contest: Draw a mascot for JROCK NEWS

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2 November 2019

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JROCK NEWS will hold its first-ever worldwide art contest, and we're inviting all artists to be a part of our history by designing a mascot for us. The winner will be rewarded with a T-shirt, tote bag and phone...

Winners: the GazettE accessories by J-Rock Chibis

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4 June 2019

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Your response for the GazettE Chibi giveaway avalanched our notifications and it was difficult to pick winners from the mountain, however, our strong and reliable partner J-Rock Chibis has taken up the challeng...

JROCK NEWS looks back at 2018

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31 December 2018

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Another year has been and gone, so it's time for us to reflect back to celebrate the good stuff the team has accomplished. It was the year of wonderful experiences—appearing on TV, meeting legends, and spending...

club Zy. and JROCK NEWS announce partnership

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27 November 2018

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In order to better promote visual kei to a global audience, visual kei website "club Zy.", managed by top-class Japanese project management corporation JVK (Head office: Tokyo, Japan; Representative: Kobayashi ...

JRN APPAREL 20% off autumn sale

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24 September 2018

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Summer was officially over a few weeks ago and we can't say that we'll miss it as we're wearing black 24/7. That stuff absorbs the heat like nobody's business, so we quite like the cooler, breezy—albeit slightl...

Giveaway: Win a copy of “Quit Your Band!” by Ian Martin

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14 August 2018

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After the in-depth conversation with Ian Martin on his thoughts on running a music label in Japan and the music culture there, his publisher Awai Books has kindly offered us a copy of his book for one lucky rea...

JROCK NEWS debuts own magazine “JROCK MAG”!

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1 April 2018

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A few months ago, we had the privilege of interviewing the legend who coined the term "visual kei", Seiichi Hoshiko, and after this interview, our minds were so boggled by his experiences! We began thinking abo...

JROCK NEWS now on Instagram and Reddit!

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30 March 2018

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Did you know as well as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, you can now get JROCK NEWS updates on two other places now?Redditors will be happy to hear about our official subreddit, /r/JROCKNEWS so come on over an...