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  Visual kei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Visual kei is characterized by bands using dramatic costumes and visual imagery to enhance the band's performance.
Members of visual kei bands often wear striking makeup, style their hair in dramatic shapes (reminiscent of "glam metal" bands from the '80s) and wear elaborate costumes.
Visual kei is closely linked with other fashion styles like Gothic Lolita and musical subgenres such as Ero guro and Angura kei, which also have their own fashion styles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Visual_Kei   (791 words)

  
 Visual Kei?
But while the principle of visual kei as a form of expression is the same, the style is quite different from glam music.
Called "visual" because of a heavy emphasis put on flashy appearance and style, visual bands are made up of all men who dress up in fashionable clothes, sport wild and colourful hair and often wear makeup.
At first glance one might assume all visual music is goth, punk and heavy metal since in western culture, those are the genres of music that have seen a surgence of hair and makeup groups.
www.furinkan.com /tomobiki/wagaku/visual.htm   (737 words)

  
 Visual Kei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Visual Kei was an underground music genre that sprung to life in the late 80s/early 90s around several Japanese urban centers, most important being Tokyo.
Kei is Japanese for "style." Really, there is no difference between the make-up dramatics of visual kei and earlier artists of the "gothic 80s" in Europe.
Visual kei loosely combined several genres together: the atmosphere, minor-key phrasings, and theatrics of gothic music; the lead guitar and (sometimes) guitar tone of heavy metal, as well as use of riff as melodic phrase; and the energetic drumming of punk.
www.angelfire.com /goth2/renie/index.html   (296 words)

  
 Visual Kei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
"Visual kei" is a term referencing the habit some (mostly male) bands of dressing in colorful clothes (including feather boas or fur coats), dying their hair all sorts of unnatural colors, or wearing make-up (specifically lipstick).
"Visual bands" are those bands that practice "visual kei." (Simple, ne?) The result is often an androgenous look that certainly grabs attention, and that is the point of visual kei.
The purpose of visual kei is to make the band "stand out from the crowd," which putting on a dress and dying your hair green often does.
www.geocities.com /gatoranime/visualkei.html   (381 words)

  
 Optical Intensity » Visual Kei fanlisting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Visual Kei, refers to a movement in J-Rock which became popular in the 1990's.
It is characterised by bands using dramatic costumes and visual imagery to grab attention.
Members of Visual Kei bands often wear striking makeup, style their hair in dramatic shapes (reminiscent of "hair bands" from the '80s) and wear elaborate costumes.
www.cape-of-storms.net /visual/about.html   (248 words)

  
 Visual Kei as a music world vision music article
Visual Kei appears to be frequently used in videos and grab audience's attentions.
Visual Kei followers are characterised by a rather stunning, although freak appearance of a striking make-up and elaborate costumes, causing a shock effect.
The Visual Kei style is peculiar of the tradition to wear relevant make-up and clothing always and everywhere.
www.musicbabylon.com /articles/9-Visual_Kei_as_a_music_world_vision.htm   (392 words)

  
 Visual Kei - Morning bible
Visual Kei is a type of rock band known for their outlandish outfits, said to have started with the idea of 80's glam and hair rock.
Indeed, the 'kei' translates to 'type', hence the name of these bands can also be Visual Type.
The style of clothing worn by Visual Kei bands tends to be gothic in nature, and oftentimes the members of the band will dress up as the opposite sex.
www.gomorning.com /bible/index.php?title=Visual_Kei   (126 words)

  
 dragon-tear.net forums - Visual Kei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Visual Kei bands come in an array of different styles and has two subgenres itself.
Like X Japan started it, but they were never really solid visual kei, they just kind of started the genre but they aren't necessarily the best example of what Visual Kei is, and what it has blossomed into since they started it.
The origins of visual kei is very debateable because there are a number of other bands that had the visuals and such, but did not make the scene as large as X Japan did.
www.dragon-tear.net /forum/printthread.php?t=4011   (3057 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: visual kei
The "kei" is japanese for style of type, meaning "visual style music" The music ranges from 80's-esque goth rock, to heavy metal to punk and usually some combo of the 3.
Visual Kei (VK) bands are generally rock or indies bands that dress in different types of elaborate outfits.
Dir en grey used to be a visual kei band becuase they dressed like women with heavy makeup, crazy hair, and feminine clothing.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=visual+kei&r=d   (921 words)

  
 Visual Kei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Visual kei was originally influenced by Western bands such as Kiss, the Sex Pistols, David Bowie, etc. The movement began with X-Japan and is maintained in full force by Dir en grey.
It is said that when Diru breaks up, that will be the end of visual rock.
Visual kei is fl, white, and every shade of gray in between (that is how Glay got their name.) Visual kei must be listened to on a grayscale.
www.angelfire.com /rock3/visual_scale/visualkei.html   (157 words)

  
 Talk:Visual kei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5) Gothic lolita is not a sub-genre of Visual Kei.
But L'arc en Ciel are "Visual Rock" at least, and Glay started as a very big visual kei band and they were probably the number one major J-rock band when they still had a very VK image around 1998.
However, you must remember the 2 definitions of Visual Kei music, as the image and music became somewhat divorced in recent years (not entirely, though) but that, as I said, is still a popular and defining style among the underground visual rock community.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Visual_kei   (2256 words)

  
 dragon-tear.net forums - Visual Kei
One facet of Visual Kei is the androgynous behaviour and the frequent cross-dressing.
However most Visual Indies bands are short lived as they are often performing and going separate ways.
Their image has everything that a Visual kei band needs.
www.dragon-tear.net /forum/showthread.php?t=4011   (3159 words)

  
 Visual Kei - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El Visual Kei es un movimiento musical japones "underground" que tuvo su mayor apogeo a fines de los 80s y comienzos de los 90s en las principales ciudades de Japón, El término Visual, se refiere principalmente a la apariencia visual de los artistas, mientras que Kei es la palabra japonesa para sub-division.
El Visual kei musicalmente hablando es una unión de distintos generos por ejemplo posee: La atmosfera, frases sueltas, y actuación del goth; El uso de una guitarra principal y el tono del heavy metal, al igual que los riffs, ritmo y batería del punk.
Los miembros de bandas de Visual kei por lo general usan maquillaje extravagante, un estilo de peinados con formas dramáticas y elaborados vestuarios.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Visual_Kei   (615 words)

  
 Visual Kei Survey - Vocabulary
So when you see a lolita on the street, the way she treats you will be very different depending on what you like and what she likes.
If you "agaru" being a bandgirl, then in that case it means you have no more interest in visual kei.
There are a lot of cases in vis kei where, even if you enquire into the order at a live, the livehouse won't tell you.
www.lerman.biz /asagao/gothic_lolita/visual_kei/yougo.html   (1624 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/visualkeijunk
Visual Kei Junk is basically a page (not a band) that dedicates itself to pulling random j rock files together to make, what I like to call, "Junk".
Just incase you don't know, for whatever reason, visual kei is a Japanese style of music.
bonnie pink) so...yeah---- And so you have it, this is visual kei in a nutshell.
profile.myspace.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28755174   (315 words)

  
 The Big Takeover: Japanese Visual Kei and the Blurring of American Genre Lines :
The phrase translates literally as “visual type,” which refers to the dramatic, attention grabbing costumes and imagery employed by the various bands that jumpstarted the scene in the early 1990’s.
But no matter the reason, I find the variety of genres that merge in the Visual Kei scene refreshing, much like it must have been in the early days of punk rock, when so many disparate groups were joined together under one big moniker.
We would have a hard time stomaching most visual kei artists (for any length of time) or some of the gimmicky bands such as Psycho le Cemu with their costumes, or even the girl group Morning musume with it’s revolving door of young girls.
www.bigtakeover.com /essays/japanese-visual-kei-and-the-blurring-of-american-genre-lines   (3832 words)

  
 Digital....   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This site is deticated to my favorite Jrock bands and Visual Kei bands.
If you don't know what is Jrock or Visual kei, then I suggest you look up more info or you can leave.
We had a conversation in the car, and I accidentaly said Digital Kei instead of Visual Kei.
digitalkei.seaofmirrors.com   (323 words)

  
 Visual kei in Occidente   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
I would like to see those visual kei bands you see, i'll be sending...
Yo entiende el sentimento de la ausencia del respecto pero las vendas que llaman thenselves visual kei que hace mal visual kei.
Hola, cualquiera puede hacer musica de lo que sea oviamente, pero si vas a hacerte llamar VISUAL kei, tenes que tener el look y estilo nesesario...
groups.msn.com /VisualkeiinOccidente   (158 words)

  
 eBay - visual kei cd, CDs, Women's Clothing items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
HIDE/Ja, Zoo CD x japan jpop jrock j rock visual kei k
X Japan "rose and blood"cd jpop jrock visual kei usa
Penicillin "best single" cd jpop visual kei jrock usa
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=visual+kei+cd&...&krd=1   (594 words)

  
 Visual Kei
I don't think Dir en grey can be considered visual anymore, but yeah, I listen to them.
visual kei itself is NOT a musical genre.
Visual bands place a LOT of effort on their visual presentation and often wear elaborate outfits and make-up, etc. Some go more all out than others.
www.channel-ai.com /about653.html   (890 words)

  
 Visual Kei Academy - Site Submissions
This site is open to the submission/reccomendation of visual kei and jrock bands to be listed.
Bands must be at least somewhat visual and must be Japanese.
However you are free to use the messageboard to advertise your band.
www.vkacademy.com /submis.html   (237 words)

  
 XAnime_HeavenX --
And the background music is Dir en Grey-Yokan if you wanted to know XD And the guy (yes he really is a guy) on the background is Mana if you wanted to know.
This is the band Dir en Grey.And they are really awesome,they are the reason why i started liking J.Rock and Visual Kei XD.
And the music is different from normal Visual Kei.I really enjoy listening to them.
www.freewebs.com /xanime_heavenx/visualkeiandjrock.htm   (668 words)

  
 Visual Kei et J-rock
Ici on parle de tout et de rien...Mais surtout de Visual et J-rock...
Venez parlez de vos groupes de Visu préférés...Idem que pour le Jrock XD
Sur le Visu ou le yaoï bien sûr ^^...Ou la Visu / Yaoï Mwahahaha !
visual-rock.actifforum.com   (294 words)

  
 eBay Store - Jrockers rock: ANIME YAOI PINS, BUTTONS, JROCK VISUAL KEI JPOP PINS, Other anime imports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Visual Kei Jrock band & JAPANESE ANIMATION items like pins, clothing patches, stationary letter sets, bags.
Some of the most popular jrock/ visual kei artists/ band
Most of the listings in our pins sections are featuring more than 1 set of pins, and the price is for one set only.
stores.ebay.com /Jrockers-rock   (330 words)

  
 Cosplay.com - View Profile: Visual Kei Fan
We did a major upgrade last night, so if you see any bugs please report them in the Site Headquarters forum.
I love visual kei, DDR, video games, Gothic Lolita, Fruit Lolita, anime/manga, music, art, and I love to socialize.
Visual Kei Fan is not a member of any public groups
forums.cosplay.com /member.php?u=32301   (136 words)

  
 J-Rock / Visual Kei - group for japanese music - ICQ Interest Groups - ICQ.com
J-Rock / Visual Kei - group for japanese music - ICQ Interest Groups - ICQ.com
Use of IrCQ-Net is subject to the IrCQ-Net Terms of Use and the ICQ Terms of Service
Log in here to access all the groups have to offer and get quick links to your groups.
www.icq.com /groups/chat.php?gid=11987486   (78 words)

  
 grave of the forgotten but not dead Visual Kei - General Discussion - Message Board - ezboard.com
grave of the forgotten but not dead Visual Kei - General Discussion - Message Board - ezboard.com
grave of the forgotten but not dead Visual Kei
This is a generic announcement -- you can use this area to communicate important news to your users.
p078.ezboard.com /fgraveoftheforgottenbutnotdeadvisualkeifrm2   (107 words)

  
 Shutter Speeds Visual
A ring to unite all pages about Jrock and Japanese visual rock bands.
Please join if you have a site about Jrock, Japanese visual rock bands, Glay, Luna Sea, L'arc en Ciel etc...
Deutsche Fansite Eer Due'le Quartz, internationales Cosplay und noch vieles mehr!!!+++This is a regulary updated German site with news and facts about the Visual Kei group Due'le Quartz.
l.webring.com /hub?ring=shutterspeeds   (345 words)

  
 {Visual Kei} - Home
How I'm so lazy i make other ppl make categorys and stuff for me. xD
Images of various Visual Kei people, for the fans.
Vote on the Polls, or tell about yourself and learn about others.
visualk3i.proboards33.com /index.cgi   (88 words)

  
 Visual Kei Junkie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
a visual kei station, no jpop or non visual bands please,
if that doesn't work go here and do a search for "Visual Kei", that works every time.
When "DJ.Jisatsu" is in the chat room she'll play requests!
visualkeijunkie.shattered-mirror.net   (104 words)

  
 The Gardens Of Harmony
While this news arrived we were working on a section for Malice Mizer which we publish here as it is in his music that Kami remains with us forever.
Some of the Japanese performers introduced on this page are classified as Visual Kei groups, here an introduction to what is Visual Kei
The article is not by me but was written by Mason Tyler Matthew Proulx
www.gardens-of-harmony.freeservers.com   (291 words)

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