Miku, rhythm guitarist/vocals/lyricist founded Band Maid after working at a maid cafe for about 3 yrs, singing songs to people’s food! She thought the difference between cute maid clothes and cool rock music would be an enjoyable shock to audiences. Then she began learning how to play guitar from her own guitarist that SHE’D recruited! She’s learned how to play onstage in front of the world.💪🏻🤘🏻

The toughest thing to do is admit BAND-MAID is real and that these GIRLS ROCK HARD!

It is a never ending well of talent in Japan. BandMaid drew me In A year ago. I’m still running across Japanese bands that blow me away. And most of them are all girl bands. I’d totally move to Japan if I wasn’t an old man, married and had so many responsibilities.

I am going to retire to Japan as well, what a great rock scene going on over there. Love these ladies and great reaction guys, thanks!

Band Maid and LOVEBITES are my fovorite....

The one and only band maid ,pure ear candy.

"Take Me Higher" was the first song I heard from them this summer. I liked them so much that I got tickets to their concert in NYC this past Friday at Mercury Lounge. It was awesome! Was close to stage on right side (Kanami's side) my right ear took two days to recover from how loud it was. Well worth it. I even got a high five from MISA and Kanami when they came off the stage at end of show.

@sacluvsBM

4 жыл бұрын

They were loud in LA as well.

@factsonly2013

4 жыл бұрын

How to exchange my hand with yours..

@scottpollack1007

4 жыл бұрын

Alex N You are VERY LUCKY my friend! I have yet to see them live! To have been able to greet them PHYSICALLY is a dream come true! They are now MY FAVORITE BAND BY A LONGSHOT! They are INCREDIBLE!!!

@RA57727

3 жыл бұрын

I'm envious - no fair! (Smile) I'm waiting for my turn. Thanks

I've listened to every Band-Maid album and single many times now.. This is my first time seeing this performance.. I'm still getting blown away by this band!!!! 🤘

They're playing in LA right now, and they don't need anything lazers shooting flames or other crap, you only need the girls themselves, they're the complete show

@stimproid

4 жыл бұрын

Can confirm!

@Glynthepin

4 жыл бұрын

Quite right about lasers, pyro etc. Fine for stadiums, but smaller venues in the case of Band Maid, they do not require it in my opinion.

🤘🤘❤️🤘🤘 MISA! MISA! MISA!! 🤘🤘

MISA MISA MISA! Just saw them Live in LA (Flew from Australia to do it), they were even better than you can imagine.

@borntraitor289

4 жыл бұрын

and always better than you remember too

@stevesheardown

4 жыл бұрын

That is true dedication - good on you!!!

@cmcknight

4 жыл бұрын

Miku, Miku, Miku, Po!!! Glad you enjoyed it , safe Journey back

@sacluvsBM

4 жыл бұрын

And l am here to co-sign what Dave said. I was only there Monday night but l can confirm this: they are a band that has to be seen live to fully appreciate them. They feed off audience response and interaction and play very well to it. The audience Monday night at the Echoplex was aces in that respect. They are constantly reworking and tweaking intros and other aspects of established Band-Maid tunes. This means they are never satisfied and also why live is the way to go. One exception, IMO, is Screaming because the studio release triple tracks Akane's double pump bass. I have said it before and l will say it again. Band-Maid is the very best hard rock band on the planet today. There ain't no one else close.

@DavidMISAMISAMISACook

4 жыл бұрын

@@sacluvsBM Sacramento may love Band-Maid but so does Australia

got their full Dallas concert on my channel, they changed up intros and had a really cute conversation with the audience.

Thanks HMS. Band-Maid!

Misa reminds me of a Bond Girl, Beautiful but deadly in the best way ever

4 жыл бұрын

Deadly 'little' MISA… (and that's not a Bond reference :D)

@thedocofrock1890

4 жыл бұрын

never thought of that before but you nailed it!

I saw them Thursday night. One of the best shows i've ever been to.

@shoestring413

4 жыл бұрын

Where did you see them at? I really wished they came closer to us here in the states.

@xerodelacroix5552

4 жыл бұрын

@@shoestring413 The Gramercy in NYC, was a three hour train ride for me. Totally worth it. Based on the fancams, I wish I had bought tickets to the Mercury lounge show, too.

@danharris4512

4 жыл бұрын

@@shoestring413 I saw them in Dallas Saturday night. As everyone says, one of the best shows ever. They are a killer live act. Great fun. Met the band before the show, I don't speak a word of Japanese but were so friendly and gracious. Even more attractive than they appear in video or photos. Best $70 I ever spent.

@Pebble3007

4 жыл бұрын

@@shoestring413 Met Japanese fans who had flown to London in June. When I was in Japan last year, I saw bands at smaller venues. Incredible!

@shoestring413

4 жыл бұрын

Wow you all are seriously making me jealous! Hop and I would love to see them sometime hopefully in the near future. I wouldn't expect anything less of perfect from Band Maid. It's always a wonderful thing to hear about how awesome the hard rock and metal community is to one another.

There are no opening acts. Several folks were hitting all five shows, coast to coast. I only attended the Dallas show but Band-Maid fans are the nicest folks you could hope to meet at a concert.

@sacluvsBM

4 жыл бұрын

@Dan Harris My experience in LA as well. I was in line all day from 8:40 am and met so many great people. People were really cool and very mello.

@Pattoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopsmetalshow3413 Their British following is awesome, when I saw them in London their crowd was friendly and welcoming. Also saw them in Japan and their following is super friendly in Japan. I was gifted a limited edition Band Maid wrist band from one of their fans at the front of the crowd because he was happy to see a western face at one of their Japanese shows. Thank you Taka-san! ありがとうございます！

5 shows, 2 in New York, 1 here in Dallas and 2 in L.A. The last show is tonight. But they didn't play the Big Hall at House Of Blues. They were in the Cambridge Room, which was a mixed blessing, in that it's nice for the hardcore fans to have them in an intimate club setting. However, you don't get all the stuff that comes with a big show. But the more fame they get the less chance of them playing the smaller venues. And they are gaining popularity. One guy I talked to at the show had seen them in London and was going to fly to L.A. for the second show. You're right about Akane "The Beast". She kept the energy level up for two solid hours, only surpassed by me, old geezer that I'm getting to be, standing, flat footed, in the same spot for three solid hours after the Meet & Greet.

@borntraitor289

4 жыл бұрын

5 shows in 6 days with flights and sightseeing thrown in there.. and by my estimation, they took each show up a notch

@sacluvsBM

4 жыл бұрын

@@borntraitor289 fact. And we learned from Miku that Akane is only one half human and one half gorilla. Her proof. Akane really likes bananas. Actually her nick name was Gorilla due to how she beats the snot out of her drums.

They are not popular like J-pop groups that media want to promote. As you know, most Japanese just listen to music that the media advertise. However, core rock fans in Japan know BAND-MAID is one of real rock band despite of their outfits and kawaii characters.

Discography Band-Maid discography Studio albums 6 Music videos 23 EPs 1 Singles 6 Released: January 8, 2014 #1 all girl band in Japan

They've released 5 albums and announced a new one to be released in December. They also have an EP as Band-Maiko.

@overtheedge4711

4 жыл бұрын

The new album is called Conqueror and will be released 12-11. It was just announced on their website along with the tracklisting.

Thanks for the review, these girls really rock. They have two sold out shows tonight and tomorrow in LA. They never disappoint. There's a bunch of fancams from around the US for most of their shows in the last week.

@livefancams

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopsmetalshow3413 I got the full Dallas show from the front row up on my channel

Another great reaction video!

They were fantastic on Friday. Talking to a barman in a bar across the street the next day, he said he'd never seen a queue like that for the Mercury Lounge. BTW, I don't know if you've listened to any of their songs without reacting, but don't worry about having to pace yourself with reactions. They are not one of those bands that have half a dozen big songs and they recent are just "good". They have another 20-25 songs like this. They play a full two hour set, all great songs - some of which aren't even on albums - and it's not until long after it's finished that you realise that there are several songs you'd regard as bigger songs that didn't even make the setlist.

Welcome, new Band Maidiacs!

The Japanese bands do much fancier shows in Japan simply because of logistics. Band-Maid brought their instruments and pedal boards to the US but rented the amps here. None of these bands you've listened to fill stadiums in Japan (except for Babymetal). Zepp Tokyo, which I think this video is from, holds 5000. Band-Maid's US venues on this trip are small, even tiny, the biggest by far is the Echoplex in LA which holds 780.

@cmcknight

4 жыл бұрын

Zepp Toyko hold about 2700, still there biggest solo show but they are playing bigger venues this tour in Japan than before

@rakjr6

4 жыл бұрын

@@cmcknight I found my number online but I thought at the time it was too high, your number agrees with some other sources. But as you say, it still has been their biggest venue to date.

Death by bass, courtesy of MISA, The Barefoot Assassin! I like that you guys are bringing in friends that have never heard of Band-Maid. Spreading the love!

Awesome as always

True Story: I'm retiring in 2 years, and while I'm not going to retire to Japan, I am going to retire to Thailand and will be making that my base for travel around Asia to catch all the great bands and entertainers there (It's not only Japan that' excels in skill and creativity, but the Philipines, Korea, China, Thailand, Kazakistan, Indonesia, Mongolia, Vietnam, etc are all hotbeds of great new fresh talent.) Thailand just happens to be a lot cheaper, easier to retire to, and I have some family connections to the country and its people.) As you dig your way further down the 'rabbit hole' I'm sure you'll discover the awesomeness of these other pools of entertainment joy ... you still have a long way to go even for Band-Maid (I've been following the Asian music scene since Feb 2014 when I first stumbled onto Babymetal, and the learning experience has not stopped. Seems every day I find a new gem!!)

@shoestring413

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an awesome retirement plan. What are some of your top bands from some of those other countries? we are always excited to find out about new to us bands.

@RetiredInThailand

4 жыл бұрын

@@shoestring413 My bucket list is: Band-Maid Babymetal (Had a chance when they came to Toronto but missed it, but I'd rather see them in one of their Japanese concerts) One Ok Rock (Same as Babynetal, had chances to see them in North America but decided I wanted to see them with a Japanese audience) Hello Sleepwalkers Dimash X - KZ Tandingan (got to see her a few weeks ago at a local church community center of all places, it was awesome and special) Kalafina (was on the list but they've disbanded :-( ) --- Here's a little playlist of some great Asian talent, including the ones mentioned here, and more: (not necessarily hard rock .. a little bit of everything really.) kzread.info/head/PLFctE_wAjrOMCGWK4rT7VcJ10ErWNOVN3

@dexteraguirre2814

4 жыл бұрын

It's cheaper and easier here in the Philippines to retire. A lot of foreigners live here. Although our music industry is not as good as Japan

@RetiredInThailand

4 жыл бұрын

@@dexteraguirre2814 Philippines had a pretty good music scene, but the good thing about Thailand is that Thai live music had a lot of Filipino bands playing ... But the Philippines is one of the places I plan on visiting in the area to catch some of the great acts there.

The scary thing is they came close to breaking up, but one day checking KZread they discovered the that their MV Thrill had 3 million views. They checked to see if if it had been hacked, it wasn't. They realized they had an audience and now they sell out on tour here in the US and Europe. Jimmy Page saw them in concert and went back stage to meet Akane telling her she is the best drummer he had heard since John Bonham and insisted on a selfie with her! Seach out the videos of them "fooling" around during breaks; Kanami soloing, them taking turns on the drums, and Miku's Time.

@somejoshthing

4 жыл бұрын

You have a source for that first bit, the breaking up? I've never heard that story...

@outwest1014

4 жыл бұрын

@@somejoshthing It was a video interview of Miku and Saiki. They were talking about finding their MV with 3Million views and that being the push to keep going.

@5:24 Mike checks to see if his jaw literally did hit the floor.

Before they were on Spotify I bought several of their albums on iTunes.

Click click click lol......Love it

Band Maid are better known outside Japan than they are at home. All the USA shows are fairly small venues. I think 750 is the largest venue they will play there. I probably have recommended Wagakki Band before. Traditional Japanese instruments with rock guitars, bass etc. Here is a link to a video but as with Band Maid and BabyMetal the live shows are better than the music videos. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZOstsetYJm5hdI.html

Hats down on the left guy subaru for life 2013 wrx sti

@shoestring413

4 жыл бұрын

Champ Shurado thanks 2016 Legacy here and would love to have a WRX but family first and toys second lol. #SubieLove. Thanks for watching and hanging out with us!

Just keep moving thru the 'Live At Zepp' Tokyo live show. Plenty, plenty, plenty of material just from that one show.

They are on Spotify pandora

70年代のビデオみたい！感動

They're not huge in Japan, and if you ask Japanese people if they're familiar with Band-Maid, most of them will tell you they aren't. However, that's not really so different from here. Ask the average person on the street if they're familiar with Halestorm, and they'll likely say no. Reason being, the stuff that's really big these days is a lot of canned beats and autotuned voices, that sort of urban rap/hip-hop/rnb boy band and pop girl stuff. Drake and Justin and the Britneys and Ashleys and all that, and Japan's pretty much the same for the most part. Idol groups are big, singers like Utada Hikaru who's in the same vein as Christina Aguilera and that sort of thing. You know, great singers, but it's not "rock" by any stretch. Band-Maid are up and coming and they do chart and they sell out their shows in Japan, but they're not selling out stadiums like 80s rock bands did, they're selling out clubs. For now.

Five shows (2 in NYC, 1 in Dallas, 2 in LA). All sold out. All one man shows. Yes, this is not even the best representation of their thing. Try "Puzzle" live for that.

Not very popular with commenters but if you like head banging sound try l can't live without you.

I really do enjoy the discussion y'all have... It great brining on someone that has no clue to get that fresh take... :) Thanks! Update - went and watched your Bridear reaction...cool! But it hit me ... I think you are mixing up Band Maid MISA the bassist, with Misa the guitarist... You can see guitarist Misa on the left in thisnlice video (mv) by Bridear - Thread of the Light from their first album I think... kzread.info/dash/bejne/epib0rx6gcSpmbg.html If I remember Misa (left) and Mitsuru (right) were the two "original" guitarists. (Quotes because I think Mitsuru was the last to join the band after it had formed a tear earlier). Misa was there like 5 years and left over "artistic" differences. And at the end of 2018 (?) Mitsuru announced she was leaving for the same reasons. I think most were hoping tgey would reunite in a new band but it hasn't happened... and I don't think they announced Mitsuru's replacement yet. Apparently the first two albums were heavily riff driven as you can see in the video, but I guess they've been drifting away from that which led to the artistic friction...something like that. . Greets from FL

Loving this roll you guys are on! Talking about more Japanese bands. I listen to so much Japanese music and I totally agree, the Japanese music scene is on fire! You should check out: Mutant Monster - "Abnormal" kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJhq28-GgpeWfrg.html They are a 3 piece punk-rock band. (girls again) I've seen this band twice, once in Manchester (UK) and once in Osaka (JP) and they have so much energy and punch! I've had the opportunity to talk to them on multiple occasions too adn they are all very friendly, kind and playful people.There are many other songs which are fantastic but that is probably the best representation of them that is available as a video on youtube!

Lead guitarist has the Ace Frehely stance. Love it

It's not a rat hole, it's a pigeon hole!! Get it right!!😜

Whenever I introduce anyone to Band-Maid, this is my 'go-to' song. I've been a B-M fan for ages. Cheers from Australia Hop & Co. You should check out veteran Japanese metal outfit Ningen Isu. Super cool guys, they've been around for 30+ years. Here's a link kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZZ9mZueZczAe9Y.html

the one in the middle wake him up lol

Check it out Band Maid music video Order...

You guys should check out Coldrain, Another Japanese band but the songs are all in English. Great band.

@shoestring413

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel L I just heard about them and have only heard a snippet of a song so far but definitely want to explore more of them. Thanks for the suggestion!

ばんど-めいど !!

So how far out is the Versailles reaction ( should also be experienced live just like band maid )? Would be really interesting to see what you think about them, also you would probably also be surprised about there genre.

Would you like to react to "Symphonic Black Metal"? Try this band: Blackthorn and the song is: Graven on a deathless sin. The video was recently released. Blackthorn is very similar to Dimmu Borgir. Let me warn you first the band is weird or creepy haha but not to the point of Satanism. These ladies are really talented composers though. It's a combinations of growls/screams and soprano vocals.

Band Maid is the real deal - period, dot. The closest in genre you will find are "Doll$box" and "Scandal". And in my opinion - they are not even in the same league. Check them out - make your own choice ;)

@davidchambliss5909

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopsmetalshow3413 - And that should tell you all you need to know. Like your reaction format, really like the whole "guest" reaction thing too, makes a lot of sense when you're doing multiple sessions on a same artist - thanks for responding.

They are not as big as should be in Japan. I only got to know them from KZread recommendation. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I'd love to see you react to Broken By The Scream which one of my favourite bands atm. It's a japanese metal screaming/Idol band and i think they are absolutely amazing and unique 3> kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2ylsapmlpnKn7A.html

I am an Japanese old 65 man. As you commented, Band-maid is a rarely talented girls Rock band. They are not popular in Japan. They are well known all world people other than Japan as to speak. In Japan, main girls music stream is a copy of Korean Pops and as to say, Japanese Idol Song Music culture.

can you guys do react to xjapan and DOLL$BOX

@fastskipper777

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopsmetalshow3413 Doll$Box singer is FUKI who is also the singer for Unlucky Morpheus. I think U-M is an awesome band, much better than Doll$box. Do them before Doll$Box, although, Doll$Box is all females.

Like the song but cant help that the intro sounds like Nickleback's song Animal. Just a thought

誰か日本語通訳してくれ‥

Metallica is not fit to lick Band Maid's feet. I don't think even the great Iron Maiden can keep up.

These guys are boring