Anyone heard of a music subgenre called Visual Kei?

[PastyPrincess]

So there's this music subgenre/culture, I'm not too sure, but it's essentially J-rock as to where each member dresses flamboyantly, and in some cases is straight up crossdressing, and perform their music in a way as to provide a "shock" as it was described when it originated in the 1980's.

Examples:

Heartless - "Masquerade"
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spiv states - "FLAVOR"
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LM.C - "Punky ❤ Heart"
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Personally I really like what artists like these are doing when it comes to music and the media. I feel it brings a "You can do whatever you want, jump for it!" sense to people especially the easily impressionable such as a person like me, and it's really cool to see stuff like this happen.

[Jill F]

Sure!  Dir En Grey started out as Visual Kei before they morphed into more or less standard issue metal and achieved international success.

[Edge]

Yeah it's a pretty famous genre.

[Mark3]

OMGosh...
I know those videos.. lol.
Yeah, they're cool..
I like The Gazzette too...  😀

[Ally_B]

Yeah, I like quite a few bands in that style, although most of them are a bit older, have changed with time or just aren't around anymore. Some faves include - X-Japan, Malice Mizer, Dir en Grey, Luna Sea, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Kuroyume, Versailles.... Reminds me that I need to catch up on that particular scene. 🙂