Topic: Dir En Grey are awesome live (Read 9464 times)

Ravenbomb · « **on:** 19 Jun 2007, 23:56 »

I'd never heard them before, I went because my they're my girlfriend's favorite band, but I'm a fucking fan now. I dunno how many songs they played because they just played non-stop, it was great. The Deftones were the headlining act, but they may as well have been the cool-down act, cause there was no following Dir En Grey.

Malex · « **Reply #1 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 00:33 »

Recently? In NYC? Dude i think i went to the same show. Fall of Troy played first. Dir En Grey kicked ass. I especially like that thing the singer does where he bites his lips and bleeds all over himself.

Lazer · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 00:36 »

That sounds really really gay.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 00:37 »

Tonight, in St. Louis. Kyo didn't bleed in this one, sad to say. My girlfriend did get one of Shinya's drumsticks, though. But, yeah, Dir En Grey kicked copious amounts of ass.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 00:42 »

I don't really like their music much, but those are some fine looking ~~girls~~ ~~guys~~ ~~girls~~ oh, whatever they are.

I wonder how many Deftones fans didn't know they're dudes. If even one stupid Deftone fan questions his sexuality, IT WAS WORTH IT.

Malex · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 00:52 »

Funny that you mention their sexuality b/c we were jokingly all like "more like dir en GAY! har har har" and this chick next to us told us how they used to do their shows in drag sooo.. Not too far off. I swear that singer is in his own world when he's up there. Its really entertaining to watch.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 03:02 »

Wait, they don't do their shows in drag anymore?

Because last time I saw pictures of them, they looked exactly like women. Especially the drummer.

hihowareyou · « **Reply #7 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 05:05 »

lolol I used to be so into this band when I was like 11.

Anyways they're nu-metal now. Fuck that noise.

Also they don't dress in drag anymore, they just dress like douchebags.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 06:22 »

When did the deftones start sucking? God, i miss the days of white pony.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #9 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 07:49 »

What, they stopped dressing in drag? Shit. I suppose I'm probably going to be seeing them this summer, as they're playing Wacken.

amok · « **Reply #10 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 07:57 »

As above, but M'era Luna. Might roll along to have a look if there's nothing interesting on the other stage; the music's toss but the costumes might be quite funny.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #11 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 10:24 »

They didn't sound nu-metal last night.

Lazer · « **Reply #12 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 12:56 »

I actually recall getting beat up by an anime fangirl once at school because I said "those are the ugliest looking japanese girls I have ever seen" because I had no idea who Dir En Gray was at the time and I honestly thought they were just really ugly chicks.

It looks like they're trying to be some sort of zombified Keith Richards now though? (Not that he isn't a zombie now anyways hur hur)

Patatat · « **Reply #13 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 13:29 »

Dir En Grey is not awesome. They are the worst excuse for metal I have ever seen. Everytime they are mentioned I get mad, I am sorry.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #14 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 14:22 »

That might have something to do with them not being a metal band.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #15 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 17:26 »

Quote from: Lazer on 20 Jun 2007, 12:56

I actually recall getting beat up by an anime fangirl once at school because I said "those are the ugliest looking japanese girls I have ever seen" because I had no idea who Dir En Gray was at the time and I honestly thought they were just really ugly chicks.

It looks like they're trying to be some sort of zombified Keith Richards now though? (Not that he isn't a zombie now anyways hur hur)

Actually, the lead singer kinda looked like Tadanobu Asano did in Ichi the Killer, sans the facial hair.

Ballard · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 21:16 »

I got a swift kick in the crotch for laughing really hard when I first saw a photo of them.

I could swear whoever invented Visual Kei did it to creep the hell out of homophobic Westerners.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #17 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 21:41 »

Yeah, those crazy Japanese. We don't have weird looking bands in the US!

Ballard · « **Reply #18 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 22:40 »

After sitting here racking my brains out for 20 minutes, I've concluded than I cannot think of a single US band weirder than this.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 23:02 »

I was gonna go with Rockbitch, but apparently they're British.

Glam Rock yielded some pretty weird looking bands, and the Visual Kei thing seems like the next progression of that.

Rizzo · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Jun 2007, 23:34 »

Quote from: hihowareyou on 20 Jun 2007, 05:05

lolol I used to be so into this band when I was like 11.
Anyways they're nu-metal now. Fuck that noise.
Also they don't dress in drag anymore, they just dress like douchebags.

Negatory. They're quite diverse, they seem to change their sound for every album so they might have made one numetal album but they keep changing their style.
Also, they just look like standard over the top Japanese rock stars to me.

hihowareyou · « **Reply #21 on:** 21 Jun 2007, 03:18 »

I am well aware of how Dir en grey's style has changed. I have every album up until the one before the lastest gathering dust on my cd rack. I'm willing to admit I still don't mind some of their pre-Vulgar because it displays actual talent rather than just the desire to penetrate the American market with shitty chugga chugga riffs and weak ass screaming.

Honestly this music is for would be Slipknot and/or Korn fans who got into Inuyasha instead and think that Shinya is just ~*kAwaIi*~ kekeke ^_^

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #22 on:** 21 Jun 2007, 10:51 »

What about those of us who like neither Slipknot or Korn and are neutral on Inuyasha?

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #23 on:** 21 Jun 2007, 11:38 »

Dude Shinya was kawaii.

I'd go gay for him.

(He's the one with the red hair in the picture I posted.)

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #24 on:** 21 Jun 2007, 12:06 »

What is 'kawaii'?

Rizzo · « **Reply #25 on:** 21 Jun 2007, 17:26 »

Cute in Japanese. It's basically retard speak for awesome (the 4chan spastics who squeal it everywhere, not actual Japanese people).

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 Jun 2007, 18:39 »

Ah. Didn't hear anything like that at the show, guess there aren't any of those type Dir En Grey fans round here.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 05:02 »

To be fair, I'd go gay for a lot of Japanese visual kei guys.

MANA <3333333333333333333333333

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 06:56 »

Wow. The Japanese have weird looking bands! Let's complain about it while listening to these guys!

hihowareyou · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 07:58 »

Quote from: Ravenbomb on 21 Jun 2007, 18:39

Ah. Didn't hear anything like that at the show, guess there aren't any of those type Dir En Grey fans round here.

The last I heard of Dir en grey fans from around here, they killed a guy for telling them to stop moshing around a pregnant lady...

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 09:22 »

Quote from: hihowareyou on 22 Jun 2007, 07:58

Quote from: Ravenbomb on 21 Jun 2007, 18:39
Ah. Didn't hear anything like that at the show, guess there aren't any of those type Dir En Grey fans round here.

The last I heard of Dir en grey fans from around here, they killed a guy for telling them to stop moshing around a pregnant lady...

Really? Wow, you're right, Dir En Grey IS a terrible band! And the same thing happened at a Korn concert! Wow, terrible bands hate pregnant ladies...

Quote from: TrueNeutral on 22 Jun 2007, 06:56

Wow. The Japanese have weird looking bands! Let's complain about it while listening to these guys!

or this guy

hihowareyou · « **Reply #31 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 09:53 »

Dir en grey opened that show, look into things before you go running your mouth.

Also that statement wasn't directed towards the band, but at the lame ass fans who I became quite familiar with when my sister dragged me to see them live again a few months ago. Terrible dye jobs and fishnet clothing all around. I also got kicked in the back of my head by some 600 pound anime fan girl trying to crowd surf.

I have respect for the musicians in that band because it's evident that they ARE talented if you listen to their older stuff, but they sacrificed all of that to become westernized and gain a wider audience.

They were opening for Korn.

Come on.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 10:03 »

Dir En Grey weren't at that show. And, honestly, I don't care who they "opened" for. I saw them at a show with the Deftones as headliners, and I didn't like the Deftones, doesn't mean I hold that against Dir En Grey.

hihowareyou · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 10:06 »

Damn the one date they didn't play.

Alright then, sorry about that. I mean it's cool with me if you like them, to each their own and all, I just think they let down a lot of their fanbase to gain another demographic to sell their shit to.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #34 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 10:09 »

Except the first two shows.

Rizzo · « **Reply #35 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 18:31 »

On that Korn thing, that's completely insane that the guy got beaten to death. However, why was his pregnant girlfriend and a handicapped kid in the mosh pit? Doesn't deserve to die for it but it seems a stupid place to bring two very fragile parts of society...
Poor guy...

Felix_ · « **Reply #36 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 19:59 »

I know someone who loves this band, but I've only heard a few tracks and I really can't get into them at all. I saw one of their video's and it put me off on the band even more what with how silly and shock-rock like it was...hm.

I would like to see them live I guess.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #37 on:** 22 Jun 2007, 22:25 »

I'd say that the shock stuff isn't in their live stuff, but I can't say just from one show. The one I went to was them playing the music, the lead singer doing some weird stuff with his arm, but that was it. But in a clip from a different concert, he had like some blood on him from something. The clip was shot in Japan, so maybe the shock stuff isn't done as much state-side.

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