First- I know there's a similar Japanese Music Recommendation Thread... but it's not JRock so I decided to make my own..
But go ahead and close if it's too similar to something else out there! ^^;

I'm new to J-Rock- well duh xD- but I was wondering if anyone could recommend their favorite bands...

I'm interested in all or most JRock, but I currently listen to songs like these:

Nightmare- Alumina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yo65RFCDpw

Glay- Verb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BBwoaN-AJg

I'll take all suggestions though! :]

That Nightmare one is good~Haven't heard that one before.

Anyways, my favourite jrock bands are:

alice nine.
-> whole variety from ballad-likes to heavy rock
I have so many favourites from alice nine!

the gazette
-> yes rock all the way
I personally like Guren, Filth in the Beauty, Silly God Disco, Reila & Cassis~

SuG
-> Their Alterna PV is cute xD

The Kiddie
-> I don't listen to this band all the time but they're nice

Ayabie
Vidoll
Miyavi

Just look up bands that are in the same company together, such as PSC.

i have way too many favourite jrock bands but my most most favs are alice nine, gazette, an cafe, sid, nightmare, sug, girugamesh, 12012, lolita23q

some songs i recommend
alice nine-
velvet, white prayer, rainbows, fantasy, shunkashuutou

gazette-
baretta, chizuru, crucify sorrow, defective tragedy, taion, reila, cassis, D.L.N, filth in the beauty, guren

sid-
otegami, namida no ondo, Izon no Niwa

an cafe-
Mousou Aikouka, Odoru Marchen Tokei, 3P, Wagamama Koshinkyoku, ryuusei rocket, Tekesuta kousen, escapism, snow scene, Touhikairo

girugamesh-
Owari to Mirai, robust conviction, Aimai na Mikaku, Kowarete Iku Sekai, Barricade, Vermillion


http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=199248

this thread may help you xD

I'm pretty sleep so I'll just name a few.

Dir en Grey, for sure. my first JRock band...my first song from them was Umbrella.

D'espairs Ray...no comment. they're just bombin'.

Gazette, a lot of their songs are catchyy

Alice Nine, they get kind of weird sometimes...took me a while to like them..

Plastic Tree check them out, my eyes are drooping...gahh..

Porno Graffitti...heavenly stuff...gahh maybe I'll just edit some other time.

Night. Hahhahha.

Forget VK bands. Go for One OK Rock instead.

Recommended songs:

Keep it Real

Yume Yume

Naihi Shinsho

VK & OK is equally good. (: I go with all the above recommendations.

One Ok Rock - Keep it real <-- highly recommend this song
Gackt - Returner ~Yami no shuuen~
Gackt - Fragrance
Gackt - Black Stone
Gackt - white eyes
Kagrra - Shizuku
Kagrra - Sai
UVERworld - D-technolife
UVERworld - Colors of the heart


--angel

DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE

Yeah, it is, right? Lolz I heard it from an anime called Death Note xDDD

Thanks for the advice hehe... Yes PSC is a good label



Hey thanks everyone for all the recommendations! xD I /knew/ there was already another thread like this! I'll look on there- so if this thread gets deserted lol then anybody can go ahead and close it now o___o

I'm trying not to repeat any bands that have already been recommended, but definitely try out the GazettE. I'm assuming that you're not just looking for visual kei bands.

ONE OK ROCK - Et Cetera, someone else recommended Keep it real which is also good
Matenrou Opera - alkaloid showcase, honey drop
Versailles - The Love From a Dead Orchestra
If you like Versailles, you can also try Lareine, a band that Versailles' vocalist Kamjio was formerly in.
Janne Da Arc - Carnation, Vampire
Plastic Tree - Namida Drop, Snowflower
MUCC - Libra, Ryuusei

L'Arc~en~Ciel
Ready Steady Go
Seventh Heaven
Daybreak's Bell
My Heart Draws a Dream
New World
Drink It Down
The Black Rose
Link

UVERworld
Colors of the Heart
Shamrock
Geikidou
Chance
D-tecnolife

Nightmare
Alumina
The World
Raison d'Etre

Orange Range
Asterisk
O2

KELUN
Chu-Bura
Signal
Swelling
Shuna
Boy's don't cry
Asayake Umbrella

FLOW
Colors
Word of the Voice
World End

Maximum the Hormone
Zetsubou Billy

abingdon boys school
Howling
Nervous Breakdown
Innocent Sorrow
Blade Chord
Desert Rose
Nephilim
Lost Reason

Vamps
Time Goes By

SID!!!11!!!!1!!1!!! They have awesome songs!!!

-Re:Dreamer
-Natsukoi
-Ajisai
-Alibi
-Otegami
-Izon no Niwa
-Sweet?
-Smile
-Mitsuyubi

You'll love it. They have a touch of jazz style but still jrock-ish. Mao's voice (vocalist) is so soothing and he can sing so well.

The Back Horn:
mirai
hajimete no kokyu de
cobolt blue

Asian Kung-Fu Generation:
gekkou
myakutsu seimei
last scene

Radwimps:
kanashi
order made
05410-(ん)

Definitely music by L'Arc~en~Ciel, the GazettE, Ayabie, Pierrot, D
try almost any song by those bands. ^^

LM.C
-Boys and Girl
-Rock The LM.C
-Oh My Juliet
-LIAR LIAR
-@FUNNY PHANTOM@

im getting tired so im gonna stop all their songs are really nice

and Watashime Slug

Sorry if my suggestion isn't that "hardcore"

I like "punk" I think..
that includes:

Uverworld (d-technolife)
KELUN (heartbeat)
ONE OK ROCK

i think that's about it.. anything else I like is pop/rock
(click my sig for samples)

SID, Alice Nine, & Kazoku are good
i also recomend 'tokyo jihen' and 'mongol800' but they are kind of a different style i really like them though and 'sparta locals' are really fun too

I used to listen to a lot of J-rock back in during my early high school days, so I'm not too familiar with some of the newer bands. But I've always wanted the chance to recommend Janne Da Arc, one of the first bands I ever got into. I rarely ever see them being mentioned in threads like this one, so I was surprised to see their name up there; maybe people just don't like them, but please give them a try. :]

Janne Da Arc - Lunatic Gate, HEAVEN, Mobius, Neo Venus, Mysterious, Dry?, Kasumi Yuku Sora Sei ni mini coopere, 7-seven-, etc.
Acid Black Cherry - Yasu's (from JDA) side band

High and Mighty Color
Glay
Luna Sea
L'Arc~en~ciel

Asian Kung Fu Generation
Blue Train
Blackout
Loop&Loop

these guys are amazing you should give em a shot<33

If you haven't listened to Luna Sea and X-Japan, you should try it. If you like gothic style, try Malice Mizer and Gackt. If you want some pop rock, try Uverworld and Glay.

try Awakening Emotion 8/5 by Wentz Eiji who is a member of WaT. This song is a soundtrack of the movie GeGeGe no Kotarou, in which he plays the leading role.
TAKUI's songs are good too, especially those from around 2 or 3 years ago.
OLIVIA is another one who i knew recently. Her songs seem to be good too.

X Japan
Laruku
OBLIVION DUST
LITE
UNLIMITS
Ajikan
Leo Imai
RADWIMPS
ONE OK ROCK
the UNDERNEATH
the pillows
BEAT CRUSADERS
Plastic Tree
9mm Parabellum Bullet
B'z
Dragon Ash
girugämesh
Maximum the Hormone
abingdon boys school
THE BACK HORN
BUMP OF CHICKEN

I think that should last you for a bit haha

YUI and Aqua Timez... except theyre more like alternative rock.

Wah. there are so many to choose from. x____x

Well.
my all time favorites are:
Antic Cafe.
Alice Nine.
Gazette.
SID.


i don't listen to "176 Biz" as much as i used to, but they have a really Cute song called 'Aqua'

Deadman - Follow the Night Light
-Last good VK band, or so some say.

Bump of Chicken - Fire Sign
-Maaaan, I can no longer find the live of Bench no Coffee. It's awesome D=.

Art School - Scarlet

^Ack, I love Art-School. Totally recommended! =D

I am jrock fan - but not as mucha s you aLL can be , though i have a link for you all , that is http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/2008/0...rock-band-soon/ , it has all the songs you might ned - it is the best site for you all for the rocking sensation.

hmmm...
anything by l'arc-en-ciel~!!
high and mighty color
an cafe
ellegarden
LM.C
gackt
the gazette
miyavi

go look them up!

the gazette
girugamesh
dir en grey
high and mighty colors
screw
an cafe
kagrra,
alice nine
lm.c
rin tomini coopere shigure
9mm parabellum bullet
abingdon boys school
bump of chicken
last alliance
maximum the hormone
nightmare/naitomea
miyavi
shinkou shuukyou gakuden NoGod/ NoGod
one ok rock
pigstar
plastic tree
radwimps
redballoon
sid
sug
super flying boy
uverworld
l'arc en ciel
xjapan
vamps
velt punch
12012
176 biz

youtube/google around and you'll find great songs/artists.

Anything Despairs ray, but here's a song to get started --> squall.

Try out luna sea or gackt too.

Anna Tsuchiya, Olivia, High and Mighty Color, Alice Nine, and Aya Kamiki. :]

Luna Sea.
Plastic Tree.
L'arc~en~Ciel.
X-Japan.
the pillows.
Sex Machineguns.
BUMP OF CHICKEN.
Maximum the Hormone.
abingdon boys school.
Deadman.
D'espairsray.
Kuroyume.
SADS.
Malice Mizer.
Dir en Grey.

But, honestly, the majority of the new Visual Kei/Oshare Kei are absolute trash. (SID, Versailles, and Phantasmagoria are my only exceptions, though.)
I suggest you forget trying any of the new Indie bands.

OLD SCHOOL Dir en Grey is good stuff... i'm talking about before their most recent album Marrow of the Bone and Withering to Death... i'm not really into the new stuff they've been putting out lately... just don't feel right...

Baroque (which is disbanded now i think) had some good, fun songs...

L'arc~en~ciel is GREAT... they always have good stuff in my opinion... even Hyde had some good solo stuff...

old school Gackt stuff is good...

Art-School, Triceratops, Doping Panda, Ellegarden, Shiina Ringo (? lol, would u consider her jrock???) and that's all i can really think of off the top of my head right now... if you want to check out any of these bands, i'll be more than happy to send you some mp3s or whatver, just PM me... for right now, i'd say your best bet is to look them up on wikipedia and youtube

the gazettE
Alice Nine.
An Cafe
Nightmare
Versailles
L`arc~en~ciel
Abingdon Boys School
12012

12012
Lolita23q
LM.C
Siva
The studs
xTRiPx
SID
heidi
ayabie
Super Flying Boy
ONE OK ROCK
LAST ALLIANCE
FLOW
9mm Parabellum Bullet
UVERworld

:3

- Nightmare
- Sadie
- 176BIZ
- Mello
- 12012
- Clearveil
- Kazoku (Even Though They Disbanded)
- The Kiddie
- SuG
- Vidoll
- Alice Nine
- L'Arc En Ciel
- Dir En Grey
- Ghost
- Lolita 23q
- xTRiPx
- Ayabie
- Magemasso
- Vivid
- Blood
- D'espairs Ray
- Scar
- Exist Trace
- Girugamesh
- ElDorado
- UVERworld
- Marbell

& That's All I Can Think Of Right Now. They're All Visual Kei =)