About 4 years ago, my friend intro'd me to Thrill video, and told me he digs the band -- I had never heard of it. He and I don't share the same musical taste. So, I expected the worse. I figured in and out of that video in under 10 seconds and say thanks, and move on. But, I was shockingly drawn in, and by the 10 second mark, I was like wow, this is actually decent. I was stunned that one of his bands didn't give me an ear ache. The next thing you know, I'm all over the Internet binging on everything I can find from that band. About 3 hours after watching Thrill, I had already watched MISA and Kanami square off in Don't You Tell Me, fancam of Kanami solo in a tiny club, been blown away by pirotechnics on stage during live Play and on the beach during Non-fiction days, and I already had a favorite song, Moratorium live. That remained my favorite until Domination live dropped. What's crazy is that when I put together my first bandmaid playlist, Thrill was not in it. It was merely the gateway drug.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

😆That's amazing!! And thanks to your friend😝🤘

@Rabbi_Rabbs

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin Thanks! Yeah, I owe him big time. Haha. Btw, you're right about how videos recommend other Japan bands, and that's how from bandmaid I too got sucked into a huge J-rock rabbit hole. In my case, since I don't do heavy metal, my bands consist of Rick Rack, Shoko Nakagawa, Gordon, Suspended 4th, each of which I now listen to a ton.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

@@Rabbi_Rabbs I don't know any of these bands😅🥲🫠

I found Band-Maid after WD was released. I'd been listening to Baby Metal, more out of curiosity, when I got a recommendation for the Domination MV. That was it. I bought all their CDs and all other listening ceased for a solid month.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

👏👏 Your first song was Domination

I run a smaller but growing production company in the greater Tokyo (23 ward) prefecture,and also in my home city just outside ,in Kanagawa Prefecture,Kawasaki city, and have been expanding more since 2010..Anyways ,I was introduced too the lovely maids in 2016, through another band who recommended I see them, and that first one was Alone..It’s one of my many favorite songs from our lovely ladies!

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Cool!!👏👏 Have you ever been to a Band-Maid concert?

@nuclearchef-san8304

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin Many, while inside of Japan! Myself and crew have filmed many ,ran sound, and light systems,for them here.. Outside of Japan ,I was part of 2016-2017,2018-2019 crew,inside Japan and outside ,mostly the USA tours,2019-2020,in Japan and USA , and crew for USA tour 2022 -2023, first half of year, However,I will not be with them since May, I have other contract work here in Japan., However I, will follow them, all ,Instagram, etc… I am taking some personal time off as well ,surgery to left shoulder/ arm, and right leg/knee.. I will not return too Maids until, Jan 2024 at earliest.. Providing they will still contract us, and I’m sure they will!🥰 I am off ,but my business runs without me being personally there,thru my amazing crew-san..My production company is not exclusive too, them, we have many contracts, but the Maids our at the top of list! Also I had a ,umm, work accident in February this year, and some emergency surgery on left face and eye, I was blind in my left eye for almost a month, but my crew, kept on without the captain at the helm, and also due too my Neurosurgeon wife,who runs Tokyo School of Medicine, and my crew in my absence, true samurai-wife-San, she’s more ruthless,and more Sho-gun, than me! True Shogun of all Japan, under Emporer , she is indeed!

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

That's really amazing!😮 thanks for sharing a little bit of your story with Band-Maid🙏👏

I found the ladies three years ago from a reaction video. I had never heard anything from Japan before - I had never even heard of Babymetal back then. But what you are saying about YT recomendations is so true. After finding and falling in love with the Maids music I dived headfirst into the Japanese music rabbit hole and never emerged. Every single day now I get numerous KZread recomendations for up to date but obscure Japanese bands of all genres and it's amazing. This week alone I found three great bands 'Sentimental Puberty', 'Big and Round' and 'GReeD' (R spelt backwards). My favourite bands from Japan apart from Band-Maid are Velka 362 The Peggies Drops (RIP) Brats Gacharic Spin (I'm not into metal so much - sorry) But Band-Maid are the best all round band I have ever come across in my 56 years.

@GaryHolloway-810

Жыл бұрын

Hey if it wasn't for BAND-MAID i wouldn't have been calling you Kawaii Davey would i.😮

@frankandre4385

Жыл бұрын

​@@GaryHolloway-810I discovered Gary Holloway through Band Maid... It's too late to be vaccinated . 😝

@GaryHolloway-810

Жыл бұрын

​@@frankandre4385Lol. There aren't any vaccinations, just booster shots :)

@Davey-Boyd

Жыл бұрын

@@GaryHolloway-810 Now that's true!

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

@@Davey-Boyd Cool👏👏 I miss The Peggies 🥲 they went on hiatus last year

It was 2016, I had just lost my wife and was working on our house deciding to keep or sell it. I was turned onto a "mix" of Band Maids first 3 mini c.d.'s and was blown away! I thought it had to be a female singer with a backing male band, I was shocked to discover it was actually all female musicians. I was hooked from then on, I decided to keep the house and stay with Band Maid, they changed my life for the better, love this group.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing it👏👏 Band-Maid always changing lives😅😁🤘

@_JimS

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss Doug, Glad Band-Maid provided some needed light during that dark time.

Exactly, I was watching Baby Metal and KZread recommended Band-Maid back in 2017, I've been following their journey ever since.

im that typical guy. i wanted to see what all this talk was about babymetal in early 2017. saw the thumbnail for thrill. knew i had found something special. just from the first riff. saikis voice made my ear drums scream . there style , look and sound won me over. then you get hit with the bass solo. the guitar solo. and you just know, that they will be part of your life.i binged right into dice and anything i could find. ive seen the gurls plenty of times. i even ran into them in ny in 2019 . thank god i had learned some japanese by being a fan. because there english wasnt that great at the time.and yas = PO. in any language sounds the same :P

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

😁🤘cool po!

@TheEllonyme

Жыл бұрын

Any chance that you ran into them at NY Central Park? Because you might be that lucky guy in they US tour behind the scene video :D

@jimkenpig

Жыл бұрын

@@TheEllonyme no no i ran into them in 2019 when they did the 2 ny shows. i knew they would go out site seeing. even tho they didnt have much time. i seen. them walking into a soup shop. and waited for them outside. i wasnt going to get in the way of akane eatting. they were very nice. no shocker. the guy in the video is from 2022.

@TheEllonyme

Жыл бұрын

@@jimkenpig Wow you are so lucky, very rare moment indeed.

I was looking for other bands that didn't talk about suicide, homicides, depression, I wanted songs that were uplifting, and on this adventure I found babymetal in 2015, I watched Karate, I found it interesting, and youtube recommended BAND MAID, I watched Trill, I immediately subscribed to the channel and even now I'm here enjoying every moment, and of course I also like Lovebites, Nemophila, Ningen Isu, etc.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

thank you Band-Maid for not talking about these things in your songs😅😁🤘

@DarkLordMisa

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment. I absolutely love how Band Maid has beautiful, powerful, positive, and uplifting songs

I discovered them last August 2022. Certainly wasn't because of BabyMetal don't care about them all. If my memory is correct I saw the real smiles of a few reactors that had reacted to Freedom. I decided to give a shot and as soon as Saiki and Miku are getting the crowd pumped up and the joy on their faces as well as the reactor's smile. I know I was smiling. Freedom is one of the catchiest songs ever made. I spent the rest of that day going from reactor to reactor and song to song. Almost 1 year later I have all the CDs including all the special editions, both Maid in Japan limited original cd and remastered versions and to celebrate my 1 year journey with Band-Maid the 2 Best of volumes coming in August. Band-Maid is seeking World Domination and for me personally they have already achieved their goal because my world has been dominated by their amazing music for the past year and I wouldn't want it any other way 🎸🎸🎸🎤🥁☮️❤️🕊️🇨🇦

I first discovered them a few years ago when 'Thrill' got its big social media bump. Liked the song, but (I'm ashamed to say) it didn't really stick with me and I thought them a little gimmicky. Then over the past couple of months I've been watching more and more reaction videos of mainly Australian pub rock bands (old fart attempting to get back to my 80s party days roots). One of those reactors did Babymetal 'Headbanger'. Which was great, but struck me as even more gimmicky than B-M's 'Thrill' had done years before. However, as the video noted, watching that one Babymetal video led the EweChube algorithm to suggest a Band-Maid reaction video just a few short weeks ago. Pretty sure it was 'Domination' (and if not, it was 'Freedom') live. That was it...I was gone...the addiction had begun. I'm hooked. I have no desire to give it up or rehab... For someone who was pretty much listening exclusively to classical music and learning to play viola (very badly), it's switched me to listening/watching Band-Maid almost non-stop, AND has me digging out my guitars and trying to play again. I call that a good result.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

My first Band-Maid song was Thrill, I didn't like it that much. But KZread kept suggesting to me the song Real Existence 😁🤘 thanks KZread Choose Me was the last song I played on guitar🥲

I found this band more than 4 years ago. As a drummer the first thing I focused in on was the drums. When I clicked the video I had assumed this was just another Pop-Idol group where the girls just sing and dance and I was planning to click away pretty quick. But from the first ("Start Over") the Drummer was clearly playing. It went from this kind of light guitar pop to slowly built up piece that had me clicking on the next one on the list: "Thrill." A total throwback to 80s Hard Rock nearly Metal. The drummer is sprinkling in double pedals and just keeping it rock solid. At this point I'm impressed enough to keep going. "Real Existence" is what put me over the edge. Akane (I had read the comments to find out her name at this point) goes completely Keith Moon wild on the drums while never losing control. Each verse, each chorus and the guitar solo all have multiple sub sections on the drums, and it is simply amazing. Simple, but ever moving, changing and perfectly locked into the rest of the music. So, after watching every last official video on their channel multiple times, made my first iTunes purchase EVER (and first money spent on new music in DECADES) I called up a friend of mine who had played guitar professionally in Japan back in the 90s. "Dude, I just found THE MOST AMAZING Japanese band! and they're all girls! and all dressed up li...." "Oh, you found Band-Maid, here, let me send you a link" ONSET. I think I cried.

@wave8359

Жыл бұрын

haha- !---that's just great---how word gets around !

Hmm, has tiny pigeon, Po-san, cast enough magic/love spell too claim your soul for her and her friends,yet?!🥰❤️😂!

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

😆❤️🥰

@wave8359

Жыл бұрын

haha !----well said !---yes, Miku's spells are stronger than myself. She wins !!!!

Stumbled onto Band Maid while watching some reaction video back in late summer 2019 Watched every video on their channel that 1st day. Been a fan ever since! ♥

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

❤❤😁🤘

I think many of them, me included, discovered B-M by YT algorithm recommendation while watching several times BM (Babymetal). Probably 90% of us.😉👍🙏

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

And it's always Thrill😅

@Jordan-Ramses

Жыл бұрын

Because of Babymetal. I found Babymetal because of Metallica. I was watching a Metallica reaction video in 2019 and the same person reacted to Babymetal. It looked interesting. So I watched it. I found Metallica in 1989 when I heard a bit of Harvester of Sorrow at highschool.

@ricardo__jr

Жыл бұрын

My First song was Domination

I discovered Baby Maid while I was scrolling on you tube. I came across their video of Thrill, thought what kind of band wears maid outfits. I clicked on the video and been hooked ever since. Love them fantastic rock band. ❤❤❤

I learned about the Beatles in junior high school, and John Lennon passed away in the winter of the year I got a job. That might have been the end of my rock-centric life. After U2, I lost even interest in rock music. In February 2020, while living at home due to the pandemic, I was looking for old rock on KZread, and the Thrill of BAND-MAID appeared on the recommendation. With BABY-METAL's success, I knew there was a maid band, but I didn't feel like listening to their songs because they were a cute gimmicky band. The Thrill I heard without expecting it was exactly the rock I had been looking for. And a week later, I was listening to all of their music videos. And a month later, I joined the fan club for the first time.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

👏👏 great And Thrill really brings out an old rock feel.

I was looking at cover videos. One lead me to Nemophila doing Kiss DRC, watched some of their videos, covers and originals. A Lovebites video was recommend at the end, then eventually, Band Maid popped up. Been listening to all 3 bands now ever since. I've seen Band Maid live 3 times now. Dallas, Houston and Austin. In Austin, Saiki actually recognized me, I was center stage maybe 2 or 3 rows back. She said you seen us before right, ( I was shocked ) I said yes 3 times in Japanese, all 5 seemed shocked I knew some Japanese. I lived in Japan for 6 years in my Navy days. I told them they were my favorite band. Told them they were each my favorite on their instruments. Kanami blushed some giggled covered her face and waved at me. Misa Held up her beer in like a cheers thing..and smiled..lol Akane just smiled acted silly doing some kind of gorilla pose..lol Miku had a huge smile said thank you, up close Miku is super gorgeous. I think she is one of if not the most naturally gorgeous ladies I've ever seen. Her smile is electric. So is Saiki's, she was so nice she really knows how to lead and play with the audience. I got picks and a pair of drumsticks after the show, My Tee shirt signed and a photo with them. Akane is super silly. She kept jumping trying to be same height as me. She also has a beautiful natural smile. Defiently made a huge impression on me. Misa was so nice. She gets bashful so easy when not playing..lol. They really made it a night to remember. Cost me a small fortune getting that autographed tee, picks, sticks and photo all set in one big frame. Every chance I get I will go see them. Do not pass up a chance to go see them. You will regret it. Ask Mr Rock N Roll. They recognized him when he went to a second show. I don't know how she does it, but if you are close to the stage at more than one show. Good chance you may be called out and talked to. I've heard others say same thing.

They were a recommendation on YT. It was "Thrill". I hated it. They came off as a overly gimmicky band that didn't have an appealing song. I avoided them for several years after that. Then Tank the Tech looked at Dice. I loved that. It fell in place after that. I adore their music and skill. I appreciate Thrill now, especially the official live, but I wonder if any potential fans could have been put off by a first impression if they didn't like the song?

@c.7610

Жыл бұрын

Not me. “Thrill” was my first B-M experience, via a YT recommendation. It started playing and I almost fell out of my chair. I was in love with this group by the end of the first chorus.

@mjelks4227

Жыл бұрын

@@c.7610 fair enough. I think that's their only song in their catalog that would have done that for me. Believe me, the regret is mine. I could have been in my rock and roll rebirth for years had I not reacted how I did.

@c.7610

Жыл бұрын

@@mjelks4227Well, you found your way to “Dice,” so all’s well that ends well! 😊

@neilcam

Жыл бұрын

I liked 'Thrill' a lot. However, I did think they were a bit too gimmicky and it didn't stick with me. It's only been much more recently that I stumbled on a reaction for 'Domination' live (or 'Freedom', can't quite remember which) that's caused me to become a totally addicted maidiac.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

the first Band-Maid song I heard was also Thrill. I didn't like it that much. I fell in love when I gave it another chance, this time with "Real existence "

I was a DJ in Second Life. One of my fans, a lady from Tokyo, demanded one afternoon that I listen to a song that had just hit youtube called "Thrill" by a band called Band-Maid. I said "who?" She said just listen to it!!!!! So I did. Before the song was half over, I was hooked. And have been ever since. And that one demand has opened me up to so many awesome bands from Japan that I never would have known about. I am very thankful that the song took off like it did because the band had said it was going to be their last chance. If it didn't do well, they were going to quit.

I discovered them on YT. When Thrill had just come to YT. Been a Maidiac ever since.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

I discovered them via a reaction video circa 2018. The song was "Real Existence". I was intrigued so I lost the next couple of hours doing a YT search for all their available material.

My odyssey started with someone posted a video of Wagakki Band's song "Kishikaisei" on Facebook. WGB begat Baby Metal, which begat SCANDAL, which begat Aldious, which begat Girlfriend, which begat Lovebites, which begat Band Maid, the most important begat of all. Since then there have been many begats, Tone Spoon, Polkadot Stingray, a reacquaintance with Show-Ya, then Stereopony (so sad they disbanded) and best of all Glim Spanky. Japan now has sown up hard rock(BM), Metal(BM), blues rock (GS) and Japanese Jazz/Funk with The Jazz Avengers, Twin Bass, Foxy, The Sax Triplets, Nao Yoshioka, UKO Saxy and whole host of other Japanese and expatriate Western artists.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

👏👏 Scandal and Polkadot stingray ❣️

@mikeat2637

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin But I have to say Glim Spanky is a real revelation. Remi Matsuo and Hiroki Kamemoto turned blues rock on its head and are just fantastic. Remi's voice is just chilling, like a combination of Janis Joplin, Grace Slick and Susanna Hoffs. She also plays a mean guitar, a vintage Rickenbacker. Hiroki works his magic on a vintage Les Paul and is the equal of any guitarist out there. They have slipped into a three-way tie for first place for me with WGB and Band Maid, with SCANDAL very close behind.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

@mikeat2637 😮 Do you have any song recommendations for my first time listening to Glim Spanky? ?

During Covid I found them on KZread because I watched a few baby Metal videos .

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

👏👏

I was listening to Exciter's 'Break Down the Walls' , then I listened to a songwriter named Marketa Irglova. Somehow my smartphone picked up on this and it led me to Band Maid's 'Thrill' video. The rest is history PO.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

😁 Always Thrill 🤘

I have a musician friend, friend for over 50 years, who told me to check out a group on YT named Radio Birdman, specifically their song "Into the Maelstrom." When I did that, in Dec. 2021, in my YT sidebar up came Band-Maid, Choose Me and Play, both live. Since I'd listened to anime J-Pop/Rock back in the 90s when I watched anime with my teenaged son, I clicked on them. I'd given up on US rock in the late 80s and hadn't paid any mind to it since then. Band-Maid's sound brought back memories of the rock I loved from the late 50s through the 70s. They hooked me and I've been so grateful for that ever since.

It was fate these ladies came together. And it was also fate we discovered them

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Yes😁🤘

One of my co-workers told me Babymetal wasn't metal...so I checked out BM out of pure curiosity and while I love the sound of Kami band I couldn't quite get into the vocals. But someone in Babymetal fandom suggested me to check out Scandal. They weren't for me either but it was around that time KZread started recommending me multiple Japanese bands. Band-Maid initially wasn't under my radar because I was sceptical about the quality of the band based on their "gimmick". After about 2 months later, with KZread still recommending me Band-Maid I finally checked them out, the first video I checked was Real Existence official live video and loved Saiki's vocal and guitar arrangement straight away, I was disappointed by mv version afterwards, but I kept watching all their live footages and by the time I listened to Onset and Moratorium I was sold. They have the unique sound no other bands can replicate.

For me it was Kate. I love that film and have watched it about 20 times, and I thought there were two songs that really stood out so I decided to see who they were, and they were both Band-Maid. Now I'm a fan and I have't heard a song by them that I don't love.

Yes, FATE!

I was looking for Chris Impellitary (spelling?) and up pops, yup, "Thrill". Been so freaking down ever since. Band Maid brought me so much GODDESS METAL!¡!!¡

I was introduced to Band-Maid by The Trogly's Guitar Show. Trogly did a video review on Miku's Zemitis guitar. The Flappy Pigeon episode came out in 2022, but I didn't see it until January of this year. After exploring BM further, I found myself right in the middle of that wonderful Pigeon Hole that all recent BM fans know all about. Since then It's been one long binge listen that has yet to subside. Also since then, I've taken it upon myself to be their PR rep and tell anyone who will listen about them. I have had some success with it too. I took two of my friends to the Atlanta okyu-ji and they loved it. About that Atlanta okyu-ji... I've been around and have seen a lot of shows and tours over the years. Band-maid 's performance at the Buckhead Theater was among the best I've seen from anyone ever. Cheers and campai!

YT Thrill Video recommendion, during pandemic home confinement. I saw my first Live show late 2022 in Dallas TX. I also saw Baby Metal's before...

As a jazzrock fan and longtime follower of Senri Kawaguchi I stumbled in a comparison video of japanese female drummers. The shortcut of Akanes drumsolo in "Freedom" left me speechless. "Freedom", the official live video, is the ultimate trapp to capture new Maidiacs.

How did you discover Band-Maid?

@ThouDailyBlab

Жыл бұрын

My BM obsession started with 'Death By Rock n Roll' (Pretty Reckless) on the radio - i love female rock singers so I jumped on YT and looked them up. Found Dead Sara, Halestorm and another called The Joy Formidable (all excellent). YT seeing I liked female lead singers suggested Babymetal - not a metal fan or aware of Japanese rock I sorta went "wtf" as i watched 2 of their vids - but in the suggestion column was the Thrill thumbnail - they look cute (Japan has weird stuff so it could be fun) - I went WOW - watched a few more - "Man they have a great drummer on the sticks" - 2 years later I have all their cd's (heaps of merch) hours of videos (blu rays) - and I rate them the best rock band since I found the Beatles back in 1980. I have a driving job and listen to them all day 5 days a week (with Kiyoshi and Banshimoku).

I discovered band-maid when the Thrill video was released in November 2014. We'd just come back from my first Babymetal concert in New York in November 2014. I was chatting with a super Babymetal fan from Quebec City. He was sending me a videos of Japanese bands made up of girls playing heavy metal. At one point he sent me a brand new video that only had 7000 views on youtube, this band-maid video released on November 20, 2014 was Thrill. Really great song! I've been listening to music for over 30 years, I know how to play guitar and bass a little bit, that beat Wow! I'm one of the real first fans, outside of Japan, of Band-maid. I searched all over the internet about the band having found only a demo of Kanami and Akane. There was nothing about them. Since then, I've always watched every video that came out. I actually have their entire discography and have been playing their music on my bus since 2017. Many Babymetal fans are also Band-maid fans like me. I'm sending a message here to new band-maid fans: don't underestimate Babymetal's influence without Babymetal fans like me band-maid wouldn't have lasted long. That's why you'll always see Babymetal fans at band-maid shows. I've been listening to band-maid songs for 8 years now, having been to two of their concerts. As with Lovebites and Scandal, Babymetal paved the way for female bands from Japan.

I was logging on for a Blackpink live stream from Japan. Logged on early and had heard very good Rock music. So after yelling at the computer a bit, the name of the band - BAND MAID!!- popped up. This was about 5 years ago. After the live stream, I did a deep dive into Band Maid.

When I first went to Japan it was 2 months after I discovered BABYMETAL and was still immersed in them. I had seen Thrill and Some Wagakki and some other stuff. I went to Tower Records and just bought stuff. 3 Band-Maid CD'S even though I only knew one song. And I listened to them a lot and it just carried on from there. Now I've seen BABYMETAL 5 times and Band-Maid 8.

I discovered Band-Maid through a KZread recommendation in 2014. I had been listening to Japanese rock music for years before they formed, and my favorites at the time were Scandal, Ellegarden, and Asian Kung-Fu Generation. When I first saw the music video for "Thrill," I wasn't impressed. The song was good, but the band seemed forced in the music video and a bit gimmicky. I'm sorry, but that was my first impression, and I stopped listening to them. Fast-forward to 2018, I saw a thumbnail of the music video "Dice". I was curious about Misa's new outfit, which was different from the last time I saw her., so I gave them a second chance. I was blown away! The band had clearly evolved in their musicianship, style, and dedication. They looked like they were finally enjoying what they were doing. I later learned that they didn't write their own music in their early days, that explains why Thrill didn't resonate with me. But now knowing that they're writing their own music, they're on a whole new level and continue improving with each passing day. I'm a huge fan!

After a KZread search for my favorite Scandal song, Band-Maids "Thrill" was recommended, and as a commenter mentioned, "Came for the eye candy, stayed for the ear candy" Gruppo!!

I was going through you-tube listening to Babymetal and came across a song called Thrill. Been hooked ever since.

Discover BM way back in 2014 with their song Thrill. Can't remember but I believe I was look at something Japanese related such as anime or music. Around that time, I got into Babymetal. I was more into Babymetal than Band Maid at the time. Babymetal was the first album I ever purchase, and I later bought other Japanese songs to fill up my library with one of them being Band Maid. I bought their first two albums which they had at the time to give them a listen. They were good but not something I would be crazy about considering I listened to their first two albums. Few years later I had fallen down the pigeonhole when I heard other songs from their other albums such as Dice, Domination, Warning, Puzzle, Yolo, Alone, Freedom, Manners, and others. It was a huge difference when listening to their earlier songs and comparing them to their more recent ones. These ladies have grown in a lot of ways. Now they are my #1 favorite and most listened to band ever since then.

Well done!

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁🤘

I started listening to japanese rock in 2019 After watching davie 504, And being initially drawn to Asa and Beni Ninagawa with wagaki band. Then Bridear, scandal, trident and Dollsbox. I was underneath a car working on it and Thrill played on you tube. Something about their dynamic together is truly special. They have even inspired me to start playing drums again!! 🥁 go tiny hat!!

I discovered the band through the opening of the anime Platinum End, which, is the best anime opening of all time.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 😁🤘

I was looking for music from my favorite anime’s and just “wiki-walked” into the amazing world of Japanese rock/metal.

@billb.5183

Жыл бұрын

You mean "anim" don't you? LOL

I found out about them when a friend recommended them to me and I have been proudly listening to them for 4 years

I discovered BM in 2015 after listening to a few Baby Metal songs. Haven't listened to Baby Metal since.

@laughingbuddha2948

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you always eat at the same place, and your vacation at the same place. And proud of it. lol.

I noticed that Aldious was not in that loop of connected groups..😢

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

To be honest, because I don't know them🥲🫠

@DZsky

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin I suggest the songs monster, sweet temptation, reincarnation(live), we are, dominator.

@kicorse

Жыл бұрын

​@@venusgaijin They're seen as the start of the all-female metal boom, along with Destrose and Mary's Blood. Formed in 2008. (Show-Ya were decades earlier of course.)

There was a newspaper article mentioning them, so I searched KZread and found thrill. Immediately though Van Halen was ressurrected.

I discovered Band-Maid back in December 2014 I believe. One month after the Thrill music video came out. It just appeared on my KZread recommendations after searching KZread for some new jrock bands. I remember going back to their KZread channel at least once a week for a few months hoping for more, and just when I was going to give up, boom, the Real Existence music video came out. While they were a band I liked, they didn’t become my favorite band until the day after the Just Bring It album dropped. I bought the album the day it was released and within 24 hours Band-Maid had become my favorite band.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Did you discover Band-Maid in 2014? 😮👏👏🫡

@am2p.

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember it was during winter break from school around Christmas time. It was just barely still 2014, but I’d still like to consider myself a “fan since 2014”. I’ve seen them 4 times now 3 in the U.S. and once in Japan, and it’s nice seeing how they keep drawing bigger crowds each tour year after year.

At the time (2021) I was very interested in Japan and its culture. I don't remember exactly if I specifically asked YT for female Japanese rock bands. Still, he recommended Babymetal and Band Maid to me, which I knew nothing about. I chose to watch the first one which was not for me a rock band according to my criteria. But I enjoyed it so much that I didn't watch Band Maid (Thrill) until 6 months later. I became a Maidiac but I discovered through them that Japan was full of many rock bands with incredible talent.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

👏👏 And nowadays you can even translate Japanese texts😆😝😁🤘

@Kissthetoad321

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin Yes, you're right. I will also start by learning it. It can help.😉

True homie.

I was preparing my trip to Japan and decided to have a look at the music scene their. First was Waggaki band, then Babymetal and finally Non-fiction day appeared. I stick to Waggaki band and Band maid - When Secret my lips was released I said: this is a band to follow.

Im watching “Alone” by Heart and someone shared link of thrill and the rest are history

First time I recognized BM, was on their tour in Germany - I had seen the posters and took a look on KZread - but I was not interessted in metal-music at all and I forgot BM. Later my 4 year old niece Laura wants to know what kind of videos i was "allowed" to see and found the brand new "Afterlife" video that was advertised on youtube. The reaction was: Have you seen this? THESE ARE REAL NAUGHTY GIRLS ! We was shouted by the whole family and we decidet to keep it a secret when we both was looking videos "from the naughty girls". As Laura was dancing to BM I began realy to interest for BM and their music. meanwhile... I need my daily dose of BM-music and Laura and some friends (now 7 years old) NEEDS e- guitars to learn and play Rockmusik by themselfes and as Band. The cheap guitars I have seen in the internet can not even be intonated right ! So I decided two weeks ago to buy an CNC Engraver/millingmachine to build up guitars that can named instruments for the whole "newcommer-Band" (dont care if the Moms are crying ) It seems that this little Band realy gets sponsord by "the totaly crazy uncle Matth" ! (I can not resist because I'm not allowed to marry another women till Laura is adult !) To this developement BM is guilty - its only their fault !

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing it👏👏😁😆🤘

KZread recommended thrill for me. At that time, i listened scandal, larc, x japan and yui.

I think it was through Shonen Knife. I had been watching videos of them on and off over a number of years. Then if I'm on the right track, I decided to see if there were any other alll female Japanese bands,and a playlist of different bands popped up. So besides band-Maid. the list would have included Dollbox, and a band whose name I have forgotten that had a somg called "Panda". I think. I'm sure at first i wasn't that impressed. because It wasn't the type of music that Shonen Knife. But it wasn't long before i fell in love with all the bands on the playlist. Did Bandmaid stick out for me?. I dpn't think so. If I recall correctly, it was dollboxx. Ah yeh, it was probably this one kzread.info/head/PL0e_MSUE0BLS0UC1kKtmFakZ0PIOng6mU.

Nice one and yep I still haven't seen the ending of Kate but hey it does rhyme with Fate - so Fate it was indeed, Viva the Maids 👍🎼🥁🎸🎤🍻

If i think about the real reason how i discovered band maid, it wasn't only because of Babymetal. It was also the decision in my life, to keep playing videogames. Because i discovered Babymetal through tiny tinas wonderlands, and then i found band maid also. It's crazy how a small decision in my past, can shape my taste in the future.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

It's the butterfly effect😆😁🤘

@FloRiLLAZ

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin Yeah thats right! 😄

Thrill was the Spotify recommendation by listening to "Girls Dead Monster" from the anime Angel Beats. I watched the KZread video and former live was over :)

KZread Thrill

When I saw Thrill in 2016.

Thrill M>V>❤

Thrill video on utube

Yep lol

"ANIM"" ???------try paying a human to make your announcements----- Death to robots !

It was one of Miku's crazy little "Omajinai" breaks in a concert, which had been posted on Utube from a fancam !------it wasn't even focused on their music !!---just the crazy break..... But---there was no going back,for me !!!. -------------------just one thing---I feel sorry for those who got there via typical Hollywood idiocy and violence and sadism. The stupid movie may have served to win a few fans----but it was not worth the poisonous flavour of Hollywood perverts-----the same ones ,no doubt, who have opposed the revealing of the sex/slave trade over the past 5 years----the same types that Mel Gibson and a few brave others have at last exposed. So, no,---it was a mistake by BandMaid's management to accept the movie bribe !

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Your comment is very interesting, now I'm thinking about it too🤔👏

@wave8359

Жыл бұрын

@@venusgaijin Arigato.( didn't mean to go off at a tangent.).............am endlessly addicted to .Manners/Black Hole. Otherwise glued to "shigin" singing of Suzuhana of Wagakki Band.

Davey504 had access to way better videos and picked the worse one he could find. It was the only time he mentions her. That I've seen. He is either scared of her or the fans.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Agreed there are so many other videos of Misa🥲

@fastskipper777

Жыл бұрын

I saw a few of his vids a long time ago. I found him to be a major douche. I don't follow him at all. At the time of his video with Misa in it, there were so many clips from the Zepp and Shinkiba Studio concerts of B-M that got taken down later due to the doings of the Japan Music Assoc. . He could have use any of them. The most famous one would be the "Play" Live from Shinkiba. That one was on fire with MISA just blowing people's minds and I fell in love with B-M. And I believe that clips was still up then. But, he used that most grainy and worst fan cam out there. I thought that was most obnoxious and underhanded.

@ThouDailyBlab

Жыл бұрын

@@fastskipper777 haha yes he has that douche vibe. Yes it was underhanded completely. It was obvious that he wanted to ignore her. There were stacks of better fancams from Vladimir he could have used too.

@_JimS

Жыл бұрын

Davie 504 isn't scared of anyone.....

@jefffromchicago6321

Жыл бұрын

No. Davey has a major income channel. He doesn't want to risk a copyright claim and lose the income for that video. If MISA had her own personal channel I'm sure he would have used that. He gave her a nice shout out and his fans could follow the beautiful mystery women. He's not afraid. He knows there are better players than him. He featured Mina. She's better than him.

The debt that Japanese rock bands owe to Babymetal, and consequently to Koba-metal, is priceless.

@venusgaijin

Жыл бұрын

Are you from Brazil?😁

@jefffromchicago6321

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Sakura Gakuin. And Karen Girls. No Karen Girls, no BABYMETAL.

@ricardo__jr

Жыл бұрын

​​@@venusgaijinyes, kkkk. Are you too?

@ricardo__jr

Жыл бұрын

​@@jefffromchicago6321these groups are Jpop, and Im not into Jpop.

@zolitoth2458

Жыл бұрын

Open an account!

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa!!.... What's with "anim" and not "anim-may". If its an AI generated vocal track - let's get the AI brought up to speed on correct pronounciation.

@wave8359

Жыл бұрын

Yes . Disgusting, isn't it ?!---"anim" !------Why the hell are we having to listen to stinking bloody robots?---Are there no actual PEOPLE out there ? !