Thanks for watching our reaction of Band-Maid - HATE? If you want to be in the "Schooling Mikey O on Band-Maid" livestream, email me: indierageradio@gmail.com
It's been more than 3 years since I found this band. I've heard every song ( 130 some) more than 100 times (way more). I love them more every day. There is no getting tired of it. Friendliest, most tight-knit fan community too. You'll like it here, Mike 🙂 Welcome
This is from their 10th Anniversary Concert at Yokohama Arena. Apparently a well known site with great acoustics. There is another clip of their song Choose Me, that gives a great feel for the arena. You can find that clip on the RUclips channel of Ohrenje, a major Band Maid fan.
Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 I witnessed this very performance at the huge venue, "Yokohama Arena", on Nov.26, last year. Very exciting 3-hour-40-minute-long show with 33-song setlist. (Happy fatigue thereafter 😄) Band-Maid is one of the best bands in our country, especially in live performance. We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.)
You should have had the Captions for the Lyrics on. They're really funny! This was the 10 Year Anniversary Tour finale at Yokohama Arena, a 3 1/2 Hour show!
Yes that's the Yokohama Arena where they did perform for their 10th Anniversary, about 17,000 people have attended, plus thousands more watching in live streaming.
Right I think the total capacity of the arena might be 17,000 but they were set up to use less than half the arena. Still 8000 Maidiacs! W o w !@@DAVID-io9nj
Great reaction Man!!! I love how you did keep it focused on the music, but that isn't to say that you don't give insights when you do break into the music. Also, props for the large screen to watch this from. I know it is your channel, but I'm sure you know we are hear to listen to the music and don't really need a reactor's face pushing the main act off to the side. When you react, we are definitely interested in your reactions, but not so much in any reactor's mug. So again, props to you!
Best rock band on the planet, po! This was the final show of their 10th year anniversary tour! Notice that when Kanami walks up to Misa, she immediately kneels to the ground to give Misa her shine. It's harder to see, but Misa does the same for Kanami. A sign of respect and something I only see the Japanese do.🤘🫶
I hope you could see the lyrics, they're pretty funny in a sadistic sort of way. Best rock band on the planet. Yokohama Arena. When they were in England several years ago Jimmy Page went to see them and had to go backstage to meet Akane, the drummer. There's a picture floating around out there somewhere with the together. Her nickname is The Gorilla and the bass player, Misa, is call The Barefoot Assassin because she doesn't wear shoes when performing.
"Why don't you try TO understand me?" - Actually, I think you have to take those Miku's lyrics as the answer of the person Saiki is hating so much during this song..
All of them are such talented ladies, even Miku - who plays backup guitar and does backup vocals - because she brought this lovely group full of spectacular talent together.
Since 2016, I haven't looked anywhere except Japan for my Rock and Metal music (honourable exception being The Warning from Mexico). That was the year I discovered Band-Maid and, although they are easily THE best Hard Rock band on the planet, there's a ton of other superb Japanese female bands over there too - Lovebites, Nemophila, Hanabie to name but 3. 4:45 - Nice to see Akane's drumk work getting praised as it is the scaffolding on which everything else rests. I isolated her drums from the call and response section and posted the video on my YT channel with her drums set at 100% and all other instruments set to 20% ( ruclips.net/video/Lc6hy30kUlE/видео.htmlsi=7syom5P1vpzusXIq ).
It's amazing how Band-Maid has rewritten the laws of nature: Hate brings Love! 😖--->🎀--->😍 Some news... -- The Warning, a world-famous band from Mexico, and BAND-MAID recently completed their amazing 2-man, collab concert in Japan with the introduction of their new song, “Show Them.” -- BAND-MAID released a new song, "Bestie," co-written with Mike Einziger of INCUBUS! The MV dropped May 1, and their new song, "Protect Me," written for Anime (AniMaid), dropped 07/07/24. And Band-Maid's new album is nearly ready. -- BAND-MAID HALL TOUR 2024 -- July 5, 2024 (Fri) Osaka, Fenice Sakai Main Hall, -- July 14, 2024 (Sun) Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa -- July 21 OSAKA GIGANTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 -- Aug 16 RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2024 in EZO -- Aug 17 SUMMER SONIC 2024 -- Sept. 8, 2024 TREASURE 05X Festival in Laguna Beach, Gamagori Thx, Mikey O!
A liitle surprised, after you complimenting and drawing attention to Akake's drumming that you called MISA and Kanami's leads' "solos", because they had the drums killing it in support - and early in their "conversation" they also had Miku backing on rythm guitar - 'cept it was a bit more than just that 👍😎. They do have a LOT of true solos, though, with just the one instrument playing - even Saiki takes a turn on the piano, and it's delightful!
This is a concert at Yokohama Arena capacity of 18,000! You can see more of the crowd with these songs. CHOOSE ME - Walkabout in the Yokohama Arena! - ruclips.net/video/Zp2xgesCEY0/видео.html DON'T YOU TELL ME - More Bass/Guitar call and response!! - ruclips.net/video/SOj3qXBhiP4/видео.html Endless Story - Audience sings along! - ruclips.net/video/07qo6f2veGQ/видео.html
Thanks for the reaction and comments. Stop as often as you like. It's generally not an issue as long as you have something constructive to say. It's nearly impossible not to love Hate?. And IMHO these ladies are the best live rock band on the planet. Be sure to check out Shambles next. You'll be even more impressed with Akane's drumming. Cheers!
Thank you for your reaction. Imo, talk as much as you want as long there is something relevant to the topic, whatever that is, but that is me. If you like drums, you may want to see the official live of Freedom. It is an older song but I think you get the point once you see it. Have fun! :)
Welcome to the Pigeon Hole. In my opinion Band Maid is currently the best rock band on the planet. These beautiful ladies have been rocking for about 10 years. Formed in 2013 by Miku (rhythm guitar) who used to work in a Maid café’, the Maids first gained international notice in April 2015 when the Facebook page of internet radio station Jrock Radio promoted the music video for "Thrill" and it went viral. Be warned they will come for your soul with plenty of Solo work from Misa (bass), Kanami (lead), fills and solos from Akane (Drums) and they are all killer. Some of my favourite tracks are Play, Domination, Don’t You Tell Me, Dice, Freedom, (Onset, From now on, Without Holding Back, all instrumentals) Thrill, Unleash!!!!!, Hate? and Bestie. Any Maids track always ROCKS and they knock it out of the park every time. They have an extensive back catalogue (130+ tracks) and they are all so different with a mix of genres The 5 Band-Maid members are: SAIKI Atsumi (Sy-i-Key or Psyche) “Ice Queen" - Lead vocals and melodies. MIKU Kobato (Me-Ku), "Small Pigeon" - Rhythm guitar, vocals and lyricist. She is the Band founder. She was originally going to sing vocals but decided her voice wasn’t rock enough so she recruited Saiki and learnt guitar instead, she couldn’t play when she formed the band and played very little on Thrill. (their first MV) She was mainly tutored by Kanami. She has the energy of an average nuclear power station mixed with weapons grade cuteness? A comedian onstage - literally! She is the heart and soul of the band. KANAMI Tono (Ka-Na-Me) “Princess” - Lead guitar and keyboards. Kanami plays a PRS; the birds on the fret board are a tribute to Paul Reed Smith's mum who was an avid birdwatcher. AKANE Hirose (A-Ka-Nay) "Gorilla" - Drums, keyboard and trombone LOL. In 2016 Jimmy Page saw the band and asked for photo op with her. He apparently said “she was a reincarnated John Bonham”, hi praise indeed. MISA (Me-Sa), "Barefoot Assassin" - Bass. Misa usually plays a Black Cloud 5 string bass aka “The Black Smoker”. She is an exceptional bass player and possibly the best around. Their Battle Gear as they call it with slight variations are French maid outfits for Akane, Miku and Kanami, Misa and Saiki weren’t keen on the outfits but compromises were made. MISA ditched the French maid outfit early on and started to wear a Chinese inspired maid outfit - in black of course. It's partly how MISA got her nickname 'The Barefoot Assassin', she always plays barefoot, and Miku joked her outfit was an “Assassin maid”. Saiki's outfit is more Spanish inspired and more fitting for the Queen of Maids. Rock is NOT dead it just got a passport, moved to Japan and got new outfits. The great thing with they ladies is they always look so happy with great interactions between band members and with their fans (that they call “Masters” and “Princesses” with concerts called “Servings”).Fans are known as Maidiacs. The Ladies in more detail: SAIKI Atsumi is the youngest; “Sensei” (Teacher) as band members call her, has the last word on many musical decisions. She’s into train spotting and collecting trainers. Very girly, into doing her nails and is a fashion icon. She’s really into Baseball and the Hanshin Tigers. She has a heart of gold and a killer dry sense of humour. She has recently started writing lyrics (Hate?). MIKU Kobato or “Koba”, as Saiki calls her is a firecracker MC & PR Spokes Pigeon. Miku claims to be an 800 year old pigeon and makes pigeon noises when she speaks. Po! She’s very good at poker, really into horses and horse racing. She is very clumsy (may fall into ditches). Miku's new signature Zemaitis guitar has pigeons on the fret board. Miku always has the finest guitars in the land including the “Aces & Eights”, the “Flappy Pigeon” and a Buccaneer Island Disc Front. KANAMI Tono is a prolific writer of most Band-Maid material. Kanami (translates “Song Wave”) is a possessed riff-slayer who’s so damn adorable it hurts. The only thing you want is more! Kanami has two personas. Normally a tiny cute shy very polite lady who seems very innocent (the band have to explain dirty jokes to her) until she puts on her guitar. The band say: "then she gets quite violent" - she turns into the shredding rock star she is. When she takes the guitar off she turns back to the little girl. She likes cakes, coffee and is totally infatuated by Saiki. She adores Saiki very much, to everyone's amusement. AKANE Hirose, band energizer & co-clown with MISA. Achi’s talents include massive consumption of noodles and bananas, of course, (even during a performance!) rock drumming with relentless drive, dynamics and the kick. She usually has a big grin on her face while drumming manically, Akane was also a DJ (under the name DJ Achi) and likes dancing and goofing with MISA. She also plays trombone and piano! MISA! An alluring free spirit driving her 5-string to rapturous low-ends while pulling off surprising counter leads with Kanami. Sometimes seen as the Mysterious One because she lets her instrument do the talking, the Assassin literally kills it… every note uniting Band-Maid’s world-class rhythm section. MISA is very shy onstage (and a total clown offstage with Akane). Because of her shyness she often drinks onstage, you can often spot a bottle of Jim Beam on her amp. She drinks it neat. Lately she’s been drinking more beer than whiskey though, good girl. She doesn't say much, but when she does it's usually totally hilarious! At a lot of concerts you will hear the fans chanting MISA! MISA! MISA!
Ohrenje's YT Documentary series on Band-Maid is what you really need to watch to fully understand the band at its core and why they are the best rock band on the planet!
Akane Hirose, the drummer, is a crazy talented chick. It's laid-back, light, but it's fucking hard when it needs to be. No? Damn......... :D Did you notice what he did during the solos? Unconscious.... :)
All four of those song are great. HATE? is the newest so that's probably why it got the most votes. As far as stopping goes you are a reaction channel and it's YOUR channel. React! Do what you want.Later we will tell you about songs where MISA plays lead bass.
I get it how Black Hole only got 7% of the voting. While Hate? is a perfect choice for a first listen, Black Hole is probably their most complex song and maybe not that easy to react to. It actually takes a few listens to fully capture the true brilliance of it. And btw, this awesome live version of Hate? is much better than the studio version.
Ignore the people who say you pause too much. If you have something to say, pause and say it. For the record, your pauses were fine. And yes, i second the comments that you should rewatch it with the close captions.
the only thing I love more than a bass solo or duel is a Midori & Miyako (Lovebites) duet and harmonizing. By the way Lovebites is coming to Dallas in September and also Haruna the drummer is like Akane she kills it on double bass Miyako not only plays lead guitar but she's also classically trained from age three on Piano check out Swan Song with Chopin Intro Five of a Kind 2020
Stop and comment as much as you need to. The only time it is not allowed is when Kanami is shredding, or MISA is in the middle of a crushing bass solo.
Thanks for watching our reaction of Band-Maid - HATE? If you want to be in the "Schooling Mikey O on Band-Maid" livestream, email me: indierageradio@gmail.com
I did write to your email :) .
It's been more than 3 years since I found this band. I've heard every song ( 130 some) more than 100 times (way more). I love them more every day. There is no getting tired of it. Friendliest, most tight-knit fan community too. You'll like it here, Mike 🙂 Welcome
Yokohama arena. And these lyrics are BRUTAL! 10 minutes of limp gymnastics YIKES that's hsrsh
Taylor Swift could learn about writing songs about ex's from this.
This is from their 10th Anniversary Concert at Yokohama Arena. Apparently a well known site with great acoustics. There is another clip of their song Choose Me, that gives a great feel for the arena. You can find that clip on the RUclips channel of Ohrenje, a major Band Maid fan.
Band Maid! 🍺🥴🤘🏻
Woooo! 😗
... because we love HATE? ... and our MAIDs!
Yep. Akane the drummer is ignored by the camera person while she is killing it.
Akane isolated drums from call and response section of HATE? - ruclips.net/video/Lc6hy30kUlE/видео.htmlsi=7syom5P1vpzusXIq
Akane needs at LEAST 6 cameras, on her.
Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 I witnessed this very performance at the huge venue, "Yokohama Arena", on Nov.26, last year. Very exciting 3-hour-40-minute-long show with 33-song setlist. (Happy fatigue thereafter 😄)
Band-Maid is one of the best bands in our country, especially in live performance. We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.)
All 4 of those songs are awesome!! Be sure to check out the others :). Thanks for the reaction.
Go Lakes Charles ... Elton Louisiana here
Great great reaction ty
Saw them twice in Texas . Will see them again
@@reesereese2524 awesome!
You should have had the Captions for the Lyrics on. They're really funny! This was the 10 Year Anniversary Tour finale at Yokohama Arena, a 3 1/2 Hour show!
Love Band Maid!!!!
Another great reaction Mike O. Your streaming idea sound like a lot of fun.
Yes that's the Yokohama Arena where they did perform for their 10th Anniversary, about 17,000 people have attended, plus thousands more watching in live streaming.
No need to inflate their attendance. The official tally was 8000.
Right I think the total capacity of the arena might be 17,000 but they were set up to use less than half the arena. Still 8000 Maidiacs! W o w !@@DAVID-io9nj
@@DAVID-io9nj If you say so, I cAn't tell, I wasn't there unfortunately ;)
@@JehanLSZABO Just look it up on google thats what I did yes it was 8, 000 , the arena can hold 17, 000 , depending on how its set up .
@@Jimv76 That's the arena capacity, and it looked full to me.
Great reaction Man!!! I love how you did keep it focused on the music, but that isn't to say that you don't give insights when you do break into the music. Also, props for the large screen to watch this from. I know it is your channel, but I'm sure you know we are hear to listen to the music and don't really need a reactor's face pushing the main act off to the side. When you react, we are definitely interested in your reactions, but not so much in any reactor's mug. So again, props to you!
Best rock band on the planet, po!
This was the final show of their 10th year anniversary tour!
Notice that when Kanami walks up to Misa, she immediately kneels to the ground to give Misa her shine.
It's harder to see, but Misa does the same for Kanami.
A sign of respect and something I only see the Japanese do.🤘🫶
Welcome to the land of the Maid.
If you have something to say, pause. If all you want to say is “ooh, that bass”, we already know.
I hope you could see the lyrics, they're pretty funny in a sadistic sort of way. Best rock band on the planet. Yokohama Arena. When they were in England several years ago Jimmy Page went to see them and had to go backstage to meet Akane, the drummer. There's a picture floating around out there somewhere with the together. Her nickname is The Gorilla and the bass player, Misa, is call The Barefoot Assassin because she doesn't wear shoes when performing.
I heard it wasn`t in England it was a awards show in Japan , BAND-MAID must have been playing at the show when he saw them .
If a woman has never said to you “why don’t you try to understand Me?!” Are you even a man?
"Why don't you try TO understand me?" - Actually, I think you have to take those Miku's lyrics as the answer of the person Saiki is hating so much during this song..
Yokohama Arean. It's a famous arena with a huge capacity.
The latest music video, 'Protect you', was posted on July 5th.
Don't miss it.
MISA !!! MISA !!! MISA !!! the Barefoot Bass Assassin , Akane aka Gorilla Happiest drummer on the planet .
They've been to Houston twice (2022 and 2023) but never performed in Louisiana.
All of them are such talented ladies, even Miku - who plays backup guitar and does backup vocals - because she brought this lovely group full of spectacular talent together.
HEY! how did you get *Akane* on your screen 🦍 🤣
Since 2016, I haven't looked anywhere except Japan for my Rock and Metal music (honourable exception being The Warning from Mexico). That was the year I discovered Band-Maid and, although they are easily THE best Hard Rock band on the planet, there's a ton of other superb Japanese female bands over there too - Lovebites, Nemophila, Hanabie to name but 3. 4:45 - Nice to see Akane's drumk work getting praised as it is the scaffolding on which everything else rests. I isolated her drums from the call and response section and posted the video on my YT channel with her drums set at 100% and all other instruments set to 20% ( ruclips.net/video/Lc6hy30kUlE/видео.htmlsi=7syom5P1vpzusXIq ).
Calcaseiu Parish represent! 😄
@@Aaronacer Chuck Vegas!
Welcome to impossibly hard rocking maid band. ' Miku Kobato said.
It's amazing how Band-Maid has rewritten the laws of nature: Hate brings Love! 😖--->🎀--->😍
Some news...
-- The Warning, a world-famous band from Mexico, and BAND-MAID recently completed their amazing 2-man, collab concert in Japan with the introduction of their new song, “Show Them.”
-- BAND-MAID released a new song, "Bestie," co-written with Mike Einziger of INCUBUS! The MV dropped May 1, and their new song, "Protect Me," written for Anime (AniMaid), dropped 07/07/24. And Band-Maid's new album is nearly ready.
-- BAND-MAID HALL TOUR 2024 -- July 5, 2024 (Fri) Osaka, Fenice Sakai Main Hall, -- July 14, 2024 (Sun) Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa -- July 21 OSAKA GIGANTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 -- Aug 16 RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2024 in EZO -- Aug 17 SUMMER SONIC 2024 -- Sept. 8, 2024 TREASURE 05X Festival in Laguna Beach, Gamagori
Thx, Mikey O!
BAND MAID with The Warning - SHOW THEM - ruclips.net/video/Xsa_MzJUOmI/видео.html
If you want a great view of this venue, check out the Choose Me MV from this same concert
IRR...are you on AOL Dial Up??? The video is so choppy.
Band-Maid is the BEST!!!
A liitle surprised, after you complimenting and drawing attention to Akake's drumming that you called MISA and Kanami's leads' "solos", because they had the drums killing it in support - and early in their "conversation" they also had Miku backing on rythm guitar - 'cept it was a bit more than just that 👍😎.
They do have a LOT of true solos, though, with just the one instrument playing - even Saiki takes a turn on the piano, and it's delightful!
Note: Don't piss off Saiki if you want to keep even a shred of dignity.
🕊️🎵🎶🎵🎶
Have to love "HATE?"! Thank you for the continued support and keep rocking with the Maids. PO!🕊 🤘😆🤘
Yokohama Arena, pretty well sold ouy.
MISA MISA MISA!!!!! It's probably not the amount you pause but WHERE please do NOT pause during a solo.
This is a concert at Yokohama Arena capacity of 18,000! You can see more of the crowd with these songs.
CHOOSE ME - Walkabout in the Yokohama Arena! - ruclips.net/video/Zp2xgesCEY0/видео.html
DON'T YOU TELL ME - More Bass/Guitar call and response!! - ruclips.net/video/SOj3qXBhiP4/видео.html
Endless Story - Audience sings along! - ruclips.net/video/07qo6f2veGQ/видео.html
Mike O, how about adding more Band -Maid songs besides “Alone” and “Shambles” to your request list on your website.
Thanks for the reaction and comments. Stop as often as you like. It's generally not an issue as long as you have something constructive to say. It's nearly impossible not to love Hate?. And IMHO these ladies are the best live rock band on the planet. Be sure to check out Shambles next. You'll be even more impressed with Akane's drumming. Cheers!
Thank you for your reaction. Imo, talk as much as you want as long there is something relevant to the topic, whatever that is, but that is me. If you like drums, you may want to see the official live of Freedom. It is an older song but I think you get the point once you see it. Have fun! :)
Welcome to the Pigeon Hole. In my opinion Band Maid is currently the best rock band on the planet. These beautiful ladies have been rocking for about 10 years.
Formed in 2013 by Miku (rhythm guitar) who used to work in a Maid café’, the Maids first gained international notice in April 2015 when the Facebook page of internet radio station Jrock Radio promoted the music video for "Thrill" and it went viral. Be warned they will come for your soul with plenty of Solo work from Misa (bass), Kanami (lead), fills and solos from Akane (Drums) and they are all killer.
Some of my favourite tracks are Play, Domination, Don’t You Tell Me, Dice, Freedom, (Onset, From now on, Without Holding Back, all instrumentals) Thrill, Unleash!!!!!, Hate? and Bestie. Any Maids track always ROCKS and they knock it out of the park every time. They have an extensive back catalogue (130+ tracks) and they are all so different with a mix of genres
The 5 Band-Maid members are:
SAIKI Atsumi (Sy-i-Key or Psyche) “Ice Queen" - Lead vocals and melodies.
MIKU Kobato (Me-Ku), "Small Pigeon" - Rhythm guitar, vocals and lyricist. She is the Band founder. She was originally going to sing vocals but decided her voice wasn’t rock enough so she recruited Saiki and learnt guitar instead, she couldn’t play when she formed the band and played very little on Thrill. (their first MV) She was mainly tutored by Kanami. She has the energy of an average nuclear power station mixed with weapons grade cuteness? A comedian onstage - literally! She is the heart and soul of the band.
KANAMI Tono (Ka-Na-Me) “Princess” - Lead guitar and keyboards. Kanami plays a PRS; the birds on the fret board are a tribute to Paul Reed Smith's mum who was an avid birdwatcher.
AKANE Hirose (A-Ka-Nay) "Gorilla" - Drums, keyboard and trombone LOL. In 2016 Jimmy Page saw the band and asked for photo op with her. He apparently said “she was a reincarnated John Bonham”, hi praise indeed.
MISA (Me-Sa), "Barefoot Assassin" - Bass. Misa usually plays a Black Cloud 5 string bass aka “The Black Smoker”. She is an exceptional bass player and possibly the best around.
Their Battle Gear as they call it with slight variations are French maid outfits for Akane, Miku and Kanami, Misa and Saiki weren’t keen on the outfits but compromises were made.
MISA ditched the French maid outfit early on and started to wear a Chinese inspired maid outfit - in black of course. It's partly how MISA got her nickname 'The Barefoot Assassin', she always plays barefoot, and Miku joked her outfit was an “Assassin maid”.
Saiki's outfit is more Spanish inspired and more fitting for the Queen of Maids.
Rock is NOT dead it just got a passport, moved to Japan and got new outfits.
The great thing with they ladies is they always look so happy with great interactions between band members and with their fans (that they call “Masters” and “Princesses” with concerts called “Servings”).Fans are known as Maidiacs.
The Ladies in more detail:
SAIKI Atsumi is the youngest; “Sensei” (Teacher) as band members call her, has the last word on many musical decisions. She’s into train spotting and collecting trainers. Very girly, into doing her nails and is a fashion icon. She’s really into Baseball and the Hanshin Tigers. She has a heart of gold and a killer dry sense of humour. She has recently started writing lyrics (Hate?).
MIKU Kobato or “Koba”, as Saiki calls her is a firecracker MC & PR Spokes Pigeon. Miku claims to be an 800 year old pigeon and makes pigeon noises when she speaks. Po! She’s very good at poker, really into horses and horse racing. She is very clumsy (may fall into ditches). Miku's new signature Zemaitis guitar has pigeons on the fret board. Miku always has the finest guitars in the land including the “Aces & Eights”, the “Flappy Pigeon” and a Buccaneer Island Disc Front.
KANAMI Tono is a prolific writer of most Band-Maid material. Kanami (translates “Song Wave”) is a possessed riff-slayer who’s so damn adorable it hurts. The only thing you want is more! Kanami has two personas. Normally a tiny cute shy very polite lady who seems very innocent (the band have to explain dirty jokes to her) until she puts on her guitar. The band say: "then she gets quite violent" - she turns into the shredding rock star she is. When she takes the guitar off she turns back to the little girl. She likes cakes, coffee and is totally infatuated by Saiki. She adores Saiki very much, to everyone's amusement.
AKANE Hirose, band energizer & co-clown with MISA. Achi’s talents include massive consumption of noodles and bananas, of course, (even during a performance!) rock drumming with relentless drive, dynamics and the kick. She usually has a big grin on her face while drumming manically, Akane was also a DJ (under the name DJ Achi) and likes dancing and goofing with MISA. She also plays trombone and piano!
MISA! An alluring free spirit driving her 5-string to rapturous low-ends while pulling off surprising counter leads with Kanami. Sometimes seen as the Mysterious One because she lets her instrument do the talking, the Assassin literally kills it… every note uniting Band-Maid’s world-class rhythm section. MISA is very shy onstage (and a total clown offstage with Akane). Because of her shyness she often drinks onstage, you can often spot a bottle of Jim Beam on her amp. She drinks it neat. Lately she’s been drinking more beer than whiskey though, good girl. She doesn't say much, but when she does it's usually totally hilarious! At a lot of concerts you will hear the fans chanting MISA! MISA! MISA!
Ohrenje's YT Documentary series on Band-Maid is what you really need to watch to fully understand the band at its core and why they are the best rock band on the planet!
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Kanami and MISA weren't dueling, it was a conversation.
Akane Hirose, the drummer, is a crazy talented chick.
It's laid-back, light, but it's fucking hard when it needs to be.
No?
Damn......... :D
Did you notice what he did during the solos? Unconscious.... :)
All four of those song are great. HATE? is the newest so that's probably why it got the most votes. As far as stopping goes you are a reaction channel and it's YOUR channel. React! Do what you want.Later we will tell you about songs where MISA plays lead bass.
I get it how Black Hole only got 7% of the voting. While Hate? is a perfect choice for a first listen, Black Hole is probably their most complex song and maybe not that easy to react to. It actually takes a few listens to fully capture the true brilliance of it. And btw, this awesome live version of Hate? is much better than the studio version.
Ignore the people who say you pause too much. If you have something to say, pause and say it. For the record, your pauses were fine. And yes, i second the comments that you should rewatch it with the close captions.
the only thing I love more than a bass solo or duel is a Midori & Miyako (Lovebites) duet and harmonizing. By the way Lovebites is coming to Dallas in September and also Haruna the drummer is like Akane she kills it on double bass Miyako not only plays lead guitar but she's also classically trained from age three on Piano check out Swan Song with Chopin Intro Five of a Kind 2020
Why would you not go to New Orleans? Great city, especially for live music
You have to run the lyrics in English to really get the song.
It's a venue.
Also check out Garachic Spin, Nemophila, Lovebites, It's the Yokohama Arena, Rolling Quartz and Lonesome Blue!
Stop and comment as much as you need to. The only time it is not allowed is when Kanami is shredding, or MISA is in the middle of a crushing bass solo.
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