Visual Kei 80s

Japanese Music
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Does anyone else from nowadays “vkei fans” listen to quality visual kei? from the 80s

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like, glam rock？or what

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yeah for sure it makes up 90% of my vk catalog LOL

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Aaaaaaaah I’m so glad to hear that, I have it all 100%

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Are you sure you listen to Vkei music? :roll_eyes: Sounds like a stereotype or nescience. Visual Kei of 80s was not limited to “GLAM" sounds. It could sound and look like punk rock, gothic rock and much more.

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Why so rude? Give some actual examples if you think people are so ignorant

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I also don’t understand the rudeness. Visual kei is visual kei regardless of what era it comes from. To pretend that one is better than the other invalidates the taste of everyone who disagrees with you. Can’t we just like 80’s vk without having to tear down other styles?

And to stay on topic I listen to some X every now and again.

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Sorry if it came out rude, sometimes I use google translator a little

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I am interested :face_with_monocle:

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Sounds like you are belittling other eras of vkei and that the only cool one is from 80s

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Dear person, I didn’t say that I’m belittling other eras, if you think so, then it’s a matter of your perception, I just said what I thought “this is my opinion”

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can you give us some examples?

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do you mean bands?

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ok so you know how your bio says

I love 80s and 18th century, Metal, Rock, Visual Kei

then you posted a thread called Visual Kei 80s

can you write posts about that? about the things you like

I like X and Dead End, do those count for what you were thinking?

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yes

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I made a post on this theme.

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There’s a debate to be had wether or not VK in the 80s was already “proper” Visual Kei, considering that many think it started with bands such as LUNA SEA in the 90s. on the other hand, LUNA SEA and other proper VK bands of the 90s did form and sometimes even release in the 80s.

Personally I’d consider D’erlanger to be the first band that you could call Visual Kei, and while at first they were more Hair Metal their genre defining album La Vie en Rose came out 1989.

I am of the opinion that while X japan helped to coin the label that they weren’t really a Visual kei band in the 80s (nor the founders of the scene). Same with Buck-Tick, who were Proto VK in the 80s and helped to build the foundation, but didn’t really drop a “real” VK album until 1990.

Ofc all of that depends on how you define VK and wether or not it has a specific sound… I am not going to discuss here though, lol.

Other than that… Zi:Kill might count, since they formed in 1987 and their debut came out 1989. Bands like Color, By-Sexual or Kamaitachi as well.

But again, most of these bands’ actual VK output was 1989 and onwards. Before that they were part of that Okeshou kei thing. Finding actual VK pre late 80s is difficult, you mostly get stuff that was proto-VK or influential (such as Japan’s Positive Punk and Goth scene - not VK but very influential)

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Thank you for your reply, I was very interested to know your point of view.

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When it comes to 80s vkei, look no further than DAD END.

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I know them :joy::joy:

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