SCANDAL: Before They Became Famous + More Bands

SCANDAL: Before They Became Famous + More Bands

Unless you’re lucky and have a company to support you ,your band starts out playing in less than great situations ,from a handful of people in a club to street lives.

SCANDAL`s rise to success has sparked a number of SCANDAL inspired all girl bands , complete with school uniforms down to set lists of SCANDAL songs with a few originals thrown in. These bands who have taken inspiration from SCANDAL and others who have taken their own road are like a of a number of groups out there cutting their teeth at lives looking to be the next band to become famous as SCANDAL.

While SCANDAL may seem like they just woke up one day and were famous, that simply was not the case, they cut their teeth in street lives and small venues just like the the bands that came before and after them.

I am not sure how long this will stay up, but here is a rare look at SCANDAL before they became famous.





While it is fun to look back at SCANDAL in their early days, we must always remember that from these humble beginnings of hard work and tears grew into  a band that is selling out venues across Japan and Asia.



Music is a world of dreams and with hard work and a little luck and right timing, those dreams can easily become the stories of legends and icons.

As SCANDAL continues to rise up to greater heights, securing fame and fortune for themselves, their success is paving the road for new bands to come up. Who knows in a years’ time, we maybe revisiting this topic and these bands just maybe alongside SCANDAL.



Hi-ROZARIA



http://ameblo.jp/nhy-story/

http://jp.myspace.com/1004936096


FLAP [right now they are more of a SCANDAL cover band ,unlike the others in this post]



http://ameblo.jp/hatoriayame/


Hi-SPARK




http://ameblo.jp/hi-spark3/

Girls Rock Revolution: CREA

Girls Rock Revolution: CREA

CREA is a new female rock band, that has an interesting style and sound that draws on the 80`s era of music. The group is really just getting started, but has made several funny shorts to promote themselves and have releases out. Musically I would compare them to a ZONE, instead of SCANDAL as they tend to be a little more Pop-Rock.

CREA is made up of Drummer Miku, Bassist Anna, Vocalist Naki and guitarist Aiko.

As the group`s history is still young and new ,I am placing a few of their short videos up ,so you can get a feel for these funny girls , looking to climb the rock genre ranks.

CREA Special Guest Promotions
My Favorite Short








Meet The Band

CREA have used several support members at Bass and Keyboards before settling on this current lineup.



Releases





Follow CREA
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/creagirls#g/u
HP [Includes links to their blogs, tweeter, and more]
http://crea-music.com/pc/

Girls Rock Revolution #2 :MIXX Lolita Metal Princesses

Now the time for playing nice is over with, so to speak. Lol
When I wrote about BABY METAL, I bet that you thought that you saw everything right. Well if you have read this site long enough, then you know we are just beginning to scratch the surface of girl groups,idols and heavy metal. This band is not idols ,no they are princesses of Lolita metal.

 MIXX

MIXX is a Gothic Lolita Heavy Metal Band,  not only do these ladies look cool and hot at the same time, they just rock. This is not cute idols playing metal parity princesses, this is a full on girls playing assault of the metal and hard rock taste buds band.

Vocalist ASUKA went to High School in Canada and can speak fluent English, along with Russian and Spanish .She was given a spot in the 2009 Miss Universe Japan but decided to become a metal head.

Guitarist SAKI started to learn her guitarist skills in the 8th grade and like all of us who have become heavy metal musicians, she got the bug when she saw a heavy metal band on TV and it consumed her life. She is the group’s chief songwriter and plays a big part in the production of the group’s releases. Saki is also well versed in Chinese

Drummer HIKONE JACKSON or JACKSON as she is normally called is the baby member in age, joining the band while still in high school .A speaker of Korean; JACKSON is the heartbeat of the band and provides the band their charismatic touches and powerful driving force to fuel their songs.

Miss GASMASKO is the bands support bass player, and wears a gas mask to keep their identity a secret.

MIXX is a heavy metal garage band success story .Two members create a friendship at a heavy metal concert ,decide to start a band ,bring in a drummer and within four months start releasing singles and a year later have set their eyes to embrace the world.

Heavy Metal is my main work genre away from this blog, so for me MIXX, is a goldmine of love, with the Lolita looks and high spirited music. It`s a win-win if you can accept a Lolita themed power metal act,complete with a bass player in a gas mask and a drummer who drives around on a toy car .

It may not be what "purists" define as "true Metal" and that maybe true as they are bit more hard rock at times ,it`s all good in the end.

If your drummer rides into the PV on a toy car and your support Bass player is wearing a gas mask, you deserve to be on this site ,purists be ####










I mentioned that the singer is fluent in English .The guitar intro is so cool



http://tearsmusic.jp/artists/mixx.html

Footnote-
 For everyone who has asked in mail or otherwise about the relationship between MIXX and BABYMETAL, the term Lolita in the post title.

There is no relationship between them outside of costumes .  The title of the post was selected by the members of MIXX.  That was what they wanted to be referred to at the time of the post was first made.

Girls Rock Revolution #1 :Pop Chocolat ,SUPER BABY FACE

Girls Rock Revolution #1
Forgive the long lead in ,but it is a needed onetime thing

This is something that I had originally planned to do on PIH sister rock site ,however time has not allowed me to develop the site yet and as we from time to time have covered rock topics on PIH an in my push to give this site more diversity ,I am putting this out on PIH.

Girls Rock Revolution is the alternative to the fresh faces idol topic. Girls Rock Revolution is a look at the women of Japanese rock, many will be underground, many will underground but have some international travels under their belt and others will be majors.

To qualify for Girls Rock Revolution the band has to fall under the following categories

1.I like them and just want to write about them
2.They have all female members
3.They are a male band with a female singer
4. They are soloists who play rock music, and her backing band can be any combination. [I.E. The band is named after her]
5.They can be an Idol based Bandol [Idol Band] or have nothing to do with idols at all.
6.There is no experience limit to these bands, they can be longtime groups or fresh out of the studio or garage.

In  Girls Rock Revolution, there is a chance that you may not have heard of any of these bands that I will cover, but that is ok, if you are of an open mind and willing to give the bands a chance, you just may find something you like.


Pop Chocolat

Is an all-girl alternative band originally from Kyoto, who has been active since 2000 and has experience touring the United States and other nations. They are a respected band yet in some ways enjoy life in the shadows .There is a lot of freedom in the shadows, so one should not view that as being a bad thing.

It was not until 2005 before they released their debut album "NIJIIRO FALSETTO”, the success of the album pushed the band to move to Tokyo, in 2007 they lost their original vocalist AIKA. However the band would not let this do them in and the band would continue on and add the final part of the puzzle SHIHO in 2010 to be their Keyboardist.

Currently the band is made up of following members Guitarist/songwriter MIHO, Drummer/songwriter NATSUKO, Keyboardist SHIHO and Bassist MICHIKO. All members provide vocals for their songs
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Their current album “Trip” was produced by Sawao Yamanaka vocalist/ guitarist from the rock band The Pillows.

Pop Chocolat songs tend to be hit or miss with me, sometimes they click with me instantly, and sometimes I have to give them a second or third listen. 80% of their music catalog clicks with me on first listen, the other 20% I tend to wonder how much did they drink when writing the music ,lol, but after another spin of the song it starts to fall in place. Pop Chocolat is a band that is an acquired taste and the greatness of this band may not hit you at first listen.





http://popchocolat.com/pc/index.php


SUPER BABY FACE

Is an all-girls band that’s been around the Tokyo scene for a number of years and are self-described as “Chicks Rock” and is a fixture in the Independent scene. SUPER BABY FACE is made up of the following members.

Vocal: WAKA
Guitar: MEGURI
Bass: BETTY
Drums: AYA

SUPER BABY FACE was a band that clicked with me ,the first time that I was introduced to them and I really can`t find a bad thing about them ,except they may not get the recognition that they may deserve.





http://www.myspace.com/superbabyfacespace
http://www.youtube.com/user/SUPERBABYFACEOFFICE#g/a

Because this post has a lot in it to read I am breaking the opening edition into genre`s .In the first post I gave you a more alternative peak, next we hit the WOMEN OF HEAVY METAL/ HARD ROCK .