Comments on: VAMPS at Otakon 2009

By: joe

joe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:25:02 +0000

Vamps are an excellent band
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/vamps-completes-us-tour/

By: moritheil

moritheil — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:58:39 +0000

@ajnac – Hyde alone is still awesome. The very first question anyone asked him was “Do you like crabs?” and he started laughing.

[N.B. It was his question to the audience at the 2004 l'arc en ciel performance, of course.]

By: ajnac

ajnac — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:18:37 +0000

are they drug addicts? LOL! Laruku! Laruku! well, it’s only Hyde though. :D

By: moritheil

moritheil — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:13:20 +0000

@Jvowles – Thanks for taking the time to stop by and reply!

I wonder, do you have any statistics on how much race matters when it comes to J-rock appreciation? Sakura-Con, at least, seemed to think it was a nonissue, what with their infamous Girugamesh fan.

By: Jvowles

Jvowles — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:35:22 +0000

Unfortunately, J-rock and J-pop bands have enough trouble attracting a strong (paying) audience away from the two coasts. The cost of bringing acts to the US is considerable and you need enough fans in a region to sustain the show – New York and LA simply have the numbers advantage and will almost always be on the tour stops; places like Houston, DC, Seattle, Chicago, and San Francisco have sizable Asian populations. Baltimore is increasingly appearing on the tour map primarily because of Otakon.

By: moritheil

moritheil — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:34:08 +0000

@Kiri – I’ll try to get a question to their publicist about whether they have any such plans.

By: Kiri

Kiri — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:13:48 +0000

And by proper NA tour, I mean one that hits something other than the two coasts.

By: Kiri

Kiri — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:55:22 +0000

Damn it. HYDE really just needs to get together with one of his projects or another and do a proper North American tour. I’m always missin’ these con gigs. :(