The Question is not 'how do people find this stuff' it's 'why didn't I know about them before'. I'm speaking as someone who only found them 15 months ago and they have over 9 years of fantastic music under their belt , 120 songs roughly.
I mean I found em like 30 months ago, I have 30 t-shirts, and it still pains me that I didn't know about them years before. The things I could've already discovered on the 300th listen to an older song but I'm only on the 150th 😢
I found them at roughly the same time thanks to the Netflix movie Kate. I was disenfranchised with rock music for the last dozen or so years. They legitimately made me love music again. The power of the Maids is strong.🤘
@@Bekka_Noyb 1) Although Band Maid don't readily classify by genre, they are usually listed as a hard rock or heavy metal band -- genres that the American, Canadian and some European industry people consider to passe (i.e. they're non-marketable); 2) If we ignore Rammstein, North American rock fans want their band's lyrics to be sung in English (or, in some locations, Spanish or Canadian French) -- Band Maid has been insistent that the majority of their lyrics will be rendered in Japanese; 3) even today, many fans of the hard rock and metal genres are uncomfortable when ALL the members of a group are female -- bands like The Runaways, Girlschool and the Iron Maidens have always been the exception, not the rule; 4) since Band Maid's music is seen as unmarketable, they get almost zero music media exposure off the Internet, and the domestic music industries refuse to market their product (JPU excepted) -- you can't be accepted by people who never hear you; 5) For America, all of the members of BM are people of color -- and "ain't American" -- which still matters to more people then we'd like to think. There's more, but that will do for now.
Welcome to Band Maid! They’ve been kicking ass for a decade now and have a massive catalog of fantastic hard rock/metal (they would say the hardest rocking maids). You will get a lot of adoring comments from their massive fanbase of Maidiacs explaining everything. You said the founder was a maid that wanted to be a rock star. I would call her a rock star that was working as a maid. You picked an excellent song to start with, the great news is you can go to their channel and throw a dart and any song you play will be awesome. I’d say Donination (live), play (live), onset (instrumental live), from now on, Manners… I’m going to stop now, I could go on for paragraphs. Enjoy the ride!
Excellent song for an introduction to BAND-MAID. This, and the song 'Puzzle', thoroughly convinced me this is some of the best rock I'd heard in 20 years. I have a feeling you will feel the same way after a few more songs. And that "Gap" between what they look like, and what they sound like, is intentional. Miku, with the twin tails, is a mad, little genius. She was the maid cafe worker with aspirations of world domination. And they are coming true!
@@inRopinion Well here is a link to the song from the Phoenix show I timed marked it so it does not spoil you for other *BAND-MAID* songs and maybe you can enjoy it later when you go further down this journey 😊 czcams.com/video/Tl-RzAQ4aYA/video.html
From JAPAN ■ Introducing BAND-MAID and the latest information. Thank you for reaction BAND-MAID. (^^♪ BAND-MAID is a five-member girls rock band. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. The members have not changed. They are a hard rock band and fans consider them one of the best hard rock bands in the world. They usually have 20 songs and 2 hour gig. Formed in Japan in 2013, led by side guitarist Miku Kobato. Kobato has experience working at a maid cafe in Akihabara, Tokyo, and came up with the idea of playing cool music in her maid outfit. That's why the band was named BAND-MAID. "Thrill" was the first music video of 2014, reaching 2 million views in 2 weeks, and they escaped disbandment and decided to become a hard rock band. Also, they perform LIVE overseas and increase the number of fans. Now they write, compose and arrange all their songs. 130 original songs. And 47 songs have been released on the official CZcams, all of which are killer songs. ■ 10th Anniversary Concert at Tokyo Garden Theater on January 9th of this year. They finished 2.5 hours of 26 songs and Blu-ray and DVD will be released in April. ★ They released their latest song Memorable. It is a ballad song as a present for the fans who have supported them. ★ They will have a US tour in May and August of this year. ■ Official videos are often not blocked. ■ ■ Hard Rock : Rinne ・DICE ・Thrill ・Unleash!!!! ・Sense ・Warning! ■ Cool Rock : Influencer ・Bubble ・Manners ・Nonfiction Days ・YOLO ・Different ・Blooming ■ Great Live : DOMINATION ・PLAY ・FREEDOM ・REAL EXISTENC ・CROSS ・CHOOSE ME ■ Power ballad : Memorable・Wonderland ・Endless story ・Daydreaming ■ Acoustic : "Catharsis" Acoustic Ver. ・Sayonakidori" Acoustic Ver. ■ Instrumental : from now on ・On set ■ English lyrics : Dragon Cry ・Don't Let Me Down (not their lyrics) ■ Japanese Style : Secret Maiko Lips ・Gioncho (April Fool's Day Gift BAND MAIKO Version)
🐦 *inRopinion* 🐦 Welcome to the world of *BAND-MAID* (2013 - Present) A group of 5 young ladies from Japan that will rock your world: *Miku Kobato* (Kuruppo) = Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar *(Po!)* *Saiki Atsumi* (Sai-Chan) = Lead Vocals *Kanami Tono* (Kanamincho) = Lead Guitarist *Akane Hirose* (A-Chan) = Drummer *MISA* (MISA, MISA, MISA) = Bassist If you wish to continue down this Pigeon Hole 😊 you will enjoy over 100+ great songs you will start saying to yourself “This is my favorite *BAND-MAID* song”. _(No joke Po!)_ Below is a list of songs that will get you started *Blooming-2019* *Dice-2018* *Choose Me-2017* *ONSET* (instrumental) *Real Existence Live (Apr. 13th, 2018)* I discovered *BAND-MAID* in 2019 and came to a realization that *BAND-MAID* more then just a rock band they are a band that does not have any boundaries and is willing experiment into different genre from (Blues, Rock, Punk and Jazz) and a lot of fans including me would say “you got to check out their live videos” from: *2017-STUDIO COAST* *2018-Zepp Tokyo* *2020-LINE CUBE SHIBUYA* *2021-BAND-MAID ONLINE ACOUSTIC* In the end I realize that *BAND-MAID* more then just a band but a band that cares about each other and their fan base and in October of 2022 I had a fortune of experiencing them live and with that *BAND-MAID* cemented their Legacy into my heart. Rock On! 🤘 *100% satisfaction guarantee or your money back…*
Happy to see you enjoyed Band Maid, they are incredible. Their song Puzzle from this same concert is a must watch. Also try the MV for my favorite song Blooming. These are two of their very best songs.
Hello Ron! Just thought I'd take the time to tell you that I am still watching your video of 'Band Maid: Don't Be Long' very often. One of the best of many fan-cam videos still.
@@ronayala9456 You don't know how blessed you are. You not only have seen Band Maid before the pandemic, but you captured an epic moment in the development in Miku's prowess of her skills as a guitar hero.
Yo las descubrí por casualidad va a hacer ya 4 años y fue la casualidad más bonita que me ha sucedido en muchísimo tiempo. Se han adueñado totalmente de mi mundo, musicalmente hablando. No encontrarás otra Banda cómo BAND-MAID, son absolutamente únicas en su especie.
This band kicks ass, lots to learn about them as they are all super talented musicians and a bunch of comedians. Should watch Play official live video next, the intro in that song alone is one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
Best rock band on the planet. Watch DOMINATION live and you'll really get a feel of what they can do. They incorporate so many genres into their music they've basically become their own genre. They cover a huge variety. The more you watch them I think the more you'll come to realize how good they really are. If you want to see their first video ever watch THRILL. It's the song that saved them from getting dropped by the record label. The rest is history. Pick any song, their all good.
So, The Maids are comin' back to the states in May (south and midwest) and then back again in August (dates and places TBD). My advise based on your reaction? BUY TICKETS ASAP! Next song? "Blooming"- mv or "from now on" - mv or anything else ("live official" is always awesome) but it doesn't really matter. Welcome to The Maids and thanks so much! 🕊
A Hard Rock band more Awesome than Awesome. Do I have another song? Yeah, about 120+ of them. Other Lives: DOMINATION-LIVE, ONSET-LIVE, PLAY-LIVE, FREEDOM-LIVE. Plain old MV's that will knock you socks off: WARNING, BLOOMING, DICE, their latest instrumental FROM NOW ON, power ballad DAYDREAMING. More to follow. Don't dilly dally and have a Hunky Dory Day. Peace. 1.02
Simply and absolutely Amazing song and performances. Band Maid is the Best metal band in the world. No more words! Good react, see you at the next 🤟🏻🦊🇯🇵🔥
That was a very fun reaction to our maids. Thank you! It's very easy to love them so much all we speak are superlatives. I'll just say this: they're worthy of all the attention and support they get... a million times over. Good luck with your channel!
Glad you liked BAND-MAID's Moratorium. You should get dozens of recommendations from fans now that you said you enjoyed these 5 talented musicians. My suggestions: DOMINATION (official live) and most recently the instrumental song FROM NOW ON (music video). Thank you for taking a chance to react to BAND-MAID - you won't go wrong doing more reactions to this band.
BAND-MAID live songs Freedom, Domination, Dice, Play, Thrill, Influencer, On Set, From Now On, and live USA tours on OCT 2022 Guys, its time for another TOP J-Rock/Metal Bands LOVEBITES(all female) new songs MV Judgement Day, Stand And Deliver(Shoot 'em Down), live songs Set The World On Fire, Break The Wall, The Hammer Of Wrath, Raise Some Hell, Holy War.. NEMOPHILA(all female) new songs Rise, Seize The Fate, Revive, Dissension, Raitei, currently live shows in USA tours MAC 2023 HANABIE(all female) songs We Love Sweets, NEET GAME, Pardon Me..
Welcome to the club. Covid allowed me the chance to find this group....probably my new fav band and they are celebrating their 10th year this year. I will be at their concert in Nashville and St Louis in May. That was a bit of a older song, but I recommend 1. Dice 2. Manners 3. Warning 4. Domination
❤Miku❤❤Kanami❤❤Misa❤❤Akane❤❤Saiki❤ Love watching people lose their BAND-MAID cherry.... !!! Welcome to the World of BAND-MAID. For your safety keep your arms and legs in the cart at all times and please stay seated until the ride comes to a complete stop. If for any reason you feel the need to raise your hands you may do so with extreme reverence. Thank you for choosing our ride and enjoy the rest of your visit here in the World of BAND-MAID. WARNING it has been determined that BAND-MAID is habit forming and can lead to better mental health. Please use without caution.
You found them!!! Finally!!! Welcome to the world of Band-Maid!!!😀 Congratulations on finding the band many of us Masters & Princesses believe is the best on planet earth 🌍 today!! 🔥 Welcome to the Pigeon the Hole that is Band-Maid!! 🕊😂 In fact, your life has just taken a step in an incredibly positive direction by finding Band-Maid! 😀 They are a remarkable collection of five incredible musicians and performers that know few genre limitations and always put a smile on the faces of their audience when performing a “Service”. They have 100+ fantastic songs and should be playing stadiums all over the world, imho. Any one song, as great as it may be, like “Moratorium” is but the tip of the tip of the tip of a distant gleaming iceberg of excellence! There are a lot of us Masters & Princesses who grew up with bands The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Santana, YES, AC/DC, Metallica, Guns N Roses, The Who, U2, Rush and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, (& others) who have become Maidiacs because we find many of the same qualities in Band-Maid’s music we found in such giants of the Classic Rock era. As have many younger people from the grunge, alternative, independent and pop-punk eras. Band-Maid members have influences across the music spectrum including Alternative, Classic Rock, Post-Grunge, Metal, Punk, Punk-Pop, Pop, even classical musical training, and the influences of many great Japanese rock bands and pop acts. Yet, Band-Maid succeeds in creating a genre all of their OWN!! Stay with the journey and I’m sure you’ll agree. They have great MV’s, both studio and live, on their official channel. A typical recommendation, as others will say, is to see more of them LIVE playing some older songs next: Check out: - “Domination” - official live video - “Freedom”- official live video (2016) - “Real Existence” - official live video (2014) - “Onset” - official live video (2017), instrumental magic - “Play” - official live video (2018) The other recommendation is to jump several years forward to some newer songs to see how they’ve developed since then. They’ve grown in every aspect over their years. This band does not stand still!!! They released the new “Unleash” EP in September 2022 and have three recent MVs, including - “Influencer” - official MV - “Unleash!!!!!” - official MV - “From Now On- official MV, more instrumental magic! And just on February 21, 2023, they released their most recent song “Memorable” - official MV, and it’s a love letter tho their fans who supported them on their recent tour, the first after the Covid19 pandemic. They had previously written anther beautiful song dedicated to their fans called “About Us” they were supposed to play at the legendary Budokan arena in 2020 but they didn’t get to perform it as planned in front of the fans because of the pandemic so they had to play it virtually during an online show. They were able to play “Memorable” at their biggest service in January and included clips in the official music video. I think you’ll like them and be blown away by their evolving talents in composition, arrangement, instrumentation, orchestration, playing, performance and all around joy 🤩 Then dozens more songs - everything is good and many are great! Try - “Dice” - official MV - “After Life” - official MV - “Manners” - official MV - “Manners / Black Hole” - official live video - “No God” - official live video (BASS!!) - “Sayonkadori” - official acoustic live video - sublimely beautiful - “Puzzle” - official live / live acoustic - “Daydreaming” - official MV - “Warning” - official MV - “Rinne” - official MV - “The Dragon Cries” - official MV (all English lyrics & vocals) Two songs are Anime Theme songs - talk about high ENERGY! - “Sense” - official MV - which you saw today - “Different” - official MV And the essential song to understand the beginning lore of the band, - “THRILL- official MV - went viral, saved the band from being dropped, and started them on their path to world domination!! And it’s happening…they opened for Guns N Roses on Nov 6th. And played to a sold-out 8,000 seat crowd at the new Tokyo Garden Theater on January 9th! And yes, they have solo US Tour dates in May in Houston, Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, & Detroit They are also booked to 3 festivals in May ‘23 - Daytona FL, Columbus OH & St. Louis - and will have more Services in August. They should come somewhere near you, I’d guess, and you’ll have a blast if you go see them! The list of great songs goes on and on and on…I’d stick to the official videos until you get a fuller understanding and appreciation for the band before diving into the fan videos - the sound quality is lacking on many of them so they’d color your perception of their abilities and performance skills. And know that one thing about this band is that there are the dozens & dozens of songs without videos that are every bit as good, or better, as those that do. Examples to pull up are: - I’ll - Hibana - Corallium - Moratorium - Why, Why, Why - Page - Take Me Higher - Flying High And then there’s their arch enemies “Band-Maiko” 😂 You should watch: - “Secret Maiko Lips” - “Gion-Cho” Band-Maid Members (Simple Version) - [ ] Miku (ME-coo), 31 - Rhythm Guitar, Second Vocals, Founder, Pigeon, Primary Lyricist, Red Flower 🌺 Chief Spokesperson, PO!! - [ ] Misa (ME-sah), 30 - Bass (5-string), Barefoot Assassin, pick/slap/pop/pluck - does she have any limits? - [ ] Akane (AH-kah-nay), 32 - Drums, Gorilla - [ ] Kanami (Kah-NAM-e), 31 - Lead Guitar, Princess, Primary Music Composer, “Mincho”! - [ ] Saiki (Psyche), 28 - Primary Vocalist, The Ice Queen, Quality Control, secondary lyricist, Blue flower 💎 Miku, Saiki, Akane, Misa & Kanami may become your favorite musicians on the planet…🤷🏻♂️🎼🎸🌍 Take care and enjoy the journey!!! 🤘🏼🎼🎸🔥🍺😀✌🏼
They just wrapped up a US tour back in November and will be starting another US tour in May (after a couple one-off shows in the US opening for the Last Rock Stars earlier this year)! They also supported Guns n Roses in Japan a few months ago.
Always fun to see someone new discover this band. I discovered them a couple years ago during Covid lockdown, and since then have listened to everything they've released, multiple times. It's an incredible body of work they've put out in their decade together: a large, diverse catalog of musical styles of incredible quality. I've been listening to music for over 40 years now, and this band nudged itself into my pantheon of all-time favorites, a first for me of the all-female variety (and the first one that sings in a diff language). You will find so much great music if you decide to venture into their almost magical catalog of sound.
OK,one down-120 songs to go. They formed in 2013-10th anniversary this year. They have a huge fan base in Japan and the USA. Having performed in NY and LA in Feb,they will be back in May and August. Every show sells out as they are still using smaller venues such as the House of Blues. In January they performed in front of more than 7500 fans in Tokyo. Go see them if you get a chance; there are kids to old men like me(71) who attend. Glad you joined us Maidiacs; we are growing in numbers all the time. There are many suggestions in the comments,so I won't add to it; besides I have never heard a mediocre song by them.
MISA! MISA! MISA! Holding the line in solid Guitar Rock, Band Maid has picked up the Mantle of Rock'n'Roll where the West has left it behind! More Band Maid Always!! Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Welcome & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 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.) Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄
"Not what I was expecting" ... is pretty much what the girls were going for. lol They're hard rock but do a spectrum of rock types: Daydreaming - slow ballad Blooming - fast pop rock Rinne - metal (they wrote this one because someone in Japan wrote an article that they aren't able do something like that) Freedom (live) - drum solo song (Akane is called Donkey Kong for a reason) 1 year they made a surprise joke for April 1st. Released a new album under the new band name "Band-Maiko" and where they wrote some new songs + remixed old songs with traditional Japanese instruments: Gion-Cho - song about Kyoto and geisha Secret Maiko Lips - remix of "Secret My Lips" with traditional instruments They're also great at interacting with the audience and frequently write songs for their audience: About Us - wrote during the pandemic when concerts weren't allowed and Japan was under lockdown for 3 years; fans couldnt see them and they couldn't travel internationally either, so they wrote a song about and for the fans Memorable - Just released recently, after they finished their US tour in November, as a show of appreciation for the fans on what was a crazy 15 concerts in 1 month.
Welcome to the Japanese rock/metal rollercoaster. It's gonna be one hell of a time. Band-Maid are an exceptional place to start, but here's a few more suggestions to get you running: Nemophila - Rise Lovebites - Judgement Day Dexcore - Brain Washing Hanabie - We Love Sweets 362 - Dirty One Eye Closed - Low Hagane - SuperVillan Maximum The Hormone - Hungry Pride. Good luck. Peace, Love and Metal gang 🤟
They are touring the US in May and August of this year again. I saw them last year in october and they were awesome live at the Fillmore in Washington DC. I am glad you enjoyed it and hope to see you listen to more. I would suggest watching the official MV to "Rinne"
Welcome aboard, inRopinion. You are embarking on (along with many others - 170 million YT views plus over 40 million reactor plays!) an awesome, progressive, hard-rock journey with 5 incredible women. Here's my intro blurb for those who may be new to Band-Maid:
BAND-MAID’s songs and sound beat with the heart and soul of all rockers. But you’ll also hear heavy influences of Prog, Punk, Metal and Pop, with nice touches of Blues, Jazz, Funk and Grunge. Sometimes they use multiple genres within the same song. Their Composition, Execution, Joy of Playing, Consistency (125 songs), Uniqueness, Charisma, Charm and, oh yeah, Cuteness factor, position them as becoming the hard rock Beatles of our time! In other words, they’re destined for mega-stardom. Each member's personalities are super interesting and their musicianship among the best. Their writing, arrangements and overall sound, especially guitar tones and drums, are kick-ass! Having seen them LIVE, I can honestly say their performance, sound, stage appearance, and band synergy is off-the-rails spectacular! Band-Maid is the only band in decades where I love nearly EVERY song they’ve done. I have over 70 favorites! "Thrill" (2014) is a great place to start: czcams.com/video/Uds7g3M-4lQ/video.html Their songs from albums Unleash, Unseen World, Conqueror, World Domination, Just Bring It, Brand New Maid, and New Beginning drive even more - Warning, No God, Different, Black Hole, Rinne, Blooming, Moratorium, Domination, Clang, Dice, Spirit, Don’t You Tell Me, Turn Me On, Fate, Play, Hide-And-Seek, Secret My Lips, Puzzle, Choose Me, I Can’t Live Without You, and on and on. But don’t miss out on their powerful, beautifully written, mid-tempo songs like Daydreaming, About Us, Memorable, Anemone, Endless Story, PAGE, At The Drop Of A Hat, Mirage and Smile... or more punky like After Life, Don’t Let Me Down and Screaming… or funky like Bubble… or bluesy like Manners and The Dragon Cries… or poppy like Start Over… or a bit jazzy like Wonderland… or progressive like No God, Giovanni, and Black Hole… or cultural like the Band-Maiko series… or instrumentals like From Now On, Don’t Be Long, Onset, Without Holding Back and Going Nuts… or their many acoustic versions like Catharsis and Sayonakidori... and last but not least, their Anime hits like Sense, Glory and Unleash (from their own Anime MV (series?)): czcams.com/video/7LB_EPS48HE/video.html) And many songs are represented with nearly 50 well produced music videos. czcams.com/users/BANDMAID Most performances should be experienced from their LIVE audience & online OKYU-JI concerts: ONLINE OKYU-JI (Feb. 11, 2021) “No God” czcams.com/video/nAdWnIRjGak/video.html Tokyo's LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (February 14, 2020) “Domination” czcams.com/video/QbyQCJn6rYg/video.html ZEPP 2018 “Real Existence” czcams.com/video/-qQnKILR5u0/video.html Shinkiba Studio Coast 2017 and other full concerts are on bandmaidprime.tokyo, bili, and official Band-Maid’s DVD/BD/CD. “P and D²” 30+ Photo Collage videos at www.youtube.com/@PinD2/videos And some of the better quality fan videos are excellent. Here’s two of what it’s like to see Band-Maid LIVE at an intimate venue: By Wave Potter with their last 2022 US tour OKYU-JI concert in Chicago: czcams.com/video/R9BcFwZz3cc/video.html By Vladimir Chupin - a wealth of excellent videos at www.youtube.com/@VladimirChupin If you like Band-Maid, make sure to support them by purchasing some concert tickets, CD, DVD/BD & Merch, etc. bandmaid.tokyo Like most Band-Maid songs, I like them from the get-go but really start to appreciate them after more hearings and seeing their LIVE videos. I'll go back and see an older song like YOLO, Order, Shake That, Freezer, Before Yesterday, Real Existence, Non Fiction Days and Alone, etc. and realize there's no band that can consistently construct and play like Band-Maid. For fun, check out an awesome, little known "Mega Band-Maid Mix" by DJ Ray of some of their earlier stuff: facebook.com/djrayboston/videos/1004709499579009 Band-Maid Members: Saiki Atsumi (Sy-i-Key or Psyche) “Ice Queen" - Lead vocals, arrangements and melodies. At 29 and the youngest, “Sensei” (Teacher) as band members call her, has the last word on many musical decisions. High-heels or sneakers, Sai-chan’s smile melts away her sometimes perceived, coldish persona. Saiki’s powerhouse performances, charisma, and voice focus the experience that’s driven her to the top echelon of hard rock frontwomen... or frontmen! Miku Kobato (Me-Ku) "Small Pigeon" - Rhythm guitar, vocals, lyricist, 31 years old. “Koba”, as Saiki calls her, is the Band founder and a firecracker MC & PR SpokesPigeon, po! Her “Magic Spell Time” charm and energy ignite the room. Kuruppo! No, no, no… KURUPPO!! Kanami Tono (Ka-Na-Me) “Princess” - Lead guitar, keyboards, 31 years old, 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 from Mincho is more! Akane Hirose (A-Ka-Nay) "Gorilla" - Drums, 32 years old, band energizer & co-clown with MISA. Achi’s talents include massive consumption of noodles and bananas, of course, (even during performance!) while revolutionizing rock drumming with relentless drive, dynamics and the kick. This “DrumZilla” is the Party! MISA (Me-Sa) "Barefoot Assassin" - Bass, 30 years old. An alluring free spirit driving her 5-string to rapturous low-ends while pulling off surprising counter leads with Kanami, off-stage MISA is the band’s goofball ballerina. 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. A slug of JB, a slight grin, and let the slappin’ begin… MISA! MISA! MISA! Maidiacs (Maid-e-acts) - Band-Maid’s crazed yet supportive, knowledgeable and loyal Super Fans. [BAND-MAID NEWS] BAND-MAID PRIME - Special Video Distribution Website. Along with nearly 50 great play-through’s by each member, concerts and skits, Band-Maid management / label(s) have included the Acoustic Christmas 2021, ZEPP 2018 and Shinkiba Studio Coast 2017 concerts! Fans can now see more than 50 great live performances with awesome audio, etc. like Fate, I Can't Live Without You and the great MISA / Kanami exchange in Don't You Tell Me. Those concerts are two of the best produced & performed concerts ever recorded, IMO. bandmaidprime.tokyo The Maids SOLD OUT 2022 US tour just wrapped up and was a fantastic success. And so many great live fancams to watch! Their playing and antics were as fresh and fun to experience from first show to last. And their opening for Guns and Roses, The Last Rockstars, and their sold out 8,000 seat Garden Theater concerts were huge successes. BRAVO Band-Maid!!!!! 2023 BAND-MAID 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR in the US continues… Band-Maid, the music, the sound, each of the Maids... and the love that permeates their live events is an experience not to be missed. Hope you can catch them next time - which in the USA, is: DATE CITY VENUE May 14 Houston,TX Bayou Music Center May 15 Austin,TX Emo's May 18 Daytona,FL Welcome to Rockville Fest May 19 Atlanta,GA Buckhead May 21 Nashville,TN Brooklyn Bowl May 22 Charlotte,NC Underground May 24 Detroit,MI St Andrews Hall May 26 Columbus,OH Sonic Temple Festival May 27 St. Louis,MO Pointfest Radio Show In addition, their ongoing Japan tour features about 25 concerts including "KNOTFEST JAPAN 2023" on "DAY 1 ROADSHOW" on Saturday, April 1. AND they continue to write and record for their new album. The Maids are one of the hardest working super groups in the business!
Band-Maid is a fantastic band! Been my favorite band for at least 4 years now, I love every song they come out with. This is a great song, they have well over 120 songs that are ALL awesome. Please keep up the reactions!! Check out Real Existence Live next, then From Now On MV. :).
Definitely one of my favorites bands. It’s nice that someone else heard the Pantera in that breakdown. MISA, the bass guitarist, has had an influence on me as I switched my amp and cab from Fender to Orange after hearing her great tone.
Without reaction channels, I wouldn't have found a lot of the bands that are being suggested. Band-Maid being my most listened to. Thanks and have a good day from the PNW!!!
English speakers, watching a Japanese band, translated into Spanish subtitles. Welcome to Band-Maid. Relatively speaking, they're not really well known (YET). BUT, they have loyal fans all around the world. FYI: Most of their lyrics are in Japanese, with English also incorporated in, on a regular basis. This year, they are celebrating their 10th anniversary. The main thing (that you will learn soon enough) is that ALL of their music is SOLID. They rock out, with influences of many genres. Most of their songs have lead vocals by Saiki, some songs have Miku (who formed the band & plays rhythm guitar) singing lead. And, they even have a handful of instrumental songs that show what musical beasts these ladies are. AND, they have another few that are beautiful Ballads. I'll just suggest four songs: Domination (Official Live) From Now On (Instrumental) Thrill (their very first video from back in the beginning) Memorable (a lovesong to their fans - they were so blown away by the response they got from American fans on their 2022 US Tour, they wrote this song) 👍
Band Maid is top 5 rock bands playing right now. Check out their live videos for Domination and Real Existence and Onset and Play. You will be blown away. 100% guarantee
You have found my favorite band of this century. Band-Maid's music is captivating; every song has a hook and groove that makes you move to the music and keeps you listening to more. You can listen to their music chronologically and see how it has evolved in ten years. They continuously challenge themselves as musicians and composers. You have to see them live. They just toured the US in October 2022, selling out 13 of 14 shows (not including the Aftershock Festival) and playing to about 20,000 concertgoers. They returned to the US to open for the three Last Rockstars concerts in February 2023 and will return to the US again in the summer of 2023. The band's five members are some of the best musicians, and vocalists and one of the most interviewed bands in Japan. They are hard rock with influences from punk, prog, metal, and other genres. Their music genre is "Band-Maid," from ballads, soft to hard rock, and some would say metal.
You can't go wrong with anything on their official YT Channel. They have everything from heavy hitters, to soft ballads and acoustic performances. Don't get me wrong I like Babymetal for what it is, just the thing is Band-Maid is nothing like Babymetal, They're a true band that writes their own songs, work hard at improving their craft and had to perform small venues for 10 years to make it as big as they are now.
In the beginning there was a small pigeon 🐦 who met a guitarist 🎸 who played with a drummer 🥁 who went to school with the bassist 🎸 and then tricked the singer 🎤 to join the band then the small pigeon 🐦 asks the guitarist 🎸 please teach me how to play the guitar 🎸. The Story Continues.
Welcome to Band-Maid. Like everyone is saying there's not a bad song they've had, but if you likes Moritorium that much definitely check out Real Existence or Secret My Lips. Those two definitely have the heavy while being uplifting vibe, and always live videos are the way to go. Looking forward to more videos.
As many have said, welcome to the amazing world of Band Maid - one of the greatest active rock bands today, with a huge and growing international fan base - "hard but upbeat" describes them perfectly - as others have suggested, try "Domination (Live)" next, and then feel free to explore their vast catalogue, all available on their CZcams channel - "Dice", Blooming", Freedom (live)... or go right to the beginning and check out "Thrill", the song that first gained them international attention and literally saved the band from disbanding ... if you can find their live version of "Puzzle" from the same concert as this Moratorium video (and the song immediately following Moratorium) you should definitely check it out And to save you any future grief from the Madiacs, be aware of the following golden rules: 1) Thou shalt not compare Band Maid to Babymetal 2) Thou shalt not talk while Kanami is "speaking"... :)
The intro video for them for a new listener: Domination (Official Live). For more, check out Dice, Different, Rinne, Sense. These are the fast ones. :D
Thanks for reacting to Moratorium. Band-Maid is the best hardrock band in my lifetime. I was lucky enough to stand in front of these amazing musicians in Tokyo in January. It's the best concert I have ever attended in my 58 years alive. I'm going back to Tokyo to see them at Zepp Shinjuku in July. I'm from Norway, far away from Japan, they are so good that it's totally worth it.
I stumbled upon Band Maid 2 months ago. I love metal. If you would have suggested an all female japanese hard rock group to me I would have said no thanks. While looking for new music, out of curiosity I clicked on a thumbnail of 2 Japanese girls in waitress uniforms playing guitar and was instantly blown away. These ladies are phenomenally talented musicians. And they do not miss when they write a song. Theres so many great BM songs that I'm hesitant to reccomend one. But if I had to it would be Onset (Live) or Dice.
Band-Maid is great. This was a real banger, I don't think I've heard this particular video before. A good starting point for them is their Domination live video, if you want to see more: czcams.com/video/QbyQCJn6rYg/video.html
Welcome to Madiacsville where every song is phenomenal and the Band Maid is such a Phenomenally Superbly Talented Band. One of the few Bands that make songs that make you feel good Happy and songs that pull on your Heart Strings. No matter what kind song you like these Superbly Crafted Musicians can make you feel it. I myself think they are and will be an Iconic Band, such as the likes of Pink Floyd,and Led Zepplin. To sum it all up Band Maid is a Phenomenal Band.
I found it amusing that you mentioned BabyMetal at the end after asking how people find stuff like Band Maid. For me, it was BabyMetal that became the gateway that led me to many other Japanese bands. Not only Band Maid but Wagakki Band, Doll$Boxx, Sakura Gakuin, Atarashii Gakko, and even the Hu Band from Mongolia. There are many others, but I have not gotten too far into them because I am not a big fan of screeching and growling.
This is one of their audience sing along songs to whip up the crowd. They have better songs, and in a wide range of styles, pop rock, punk rock, blues rock, jazzy rock, but lots of hard rock. Plus ballads, and acoustic. The running joke is that there are 20 songs in my top 5 of Band Maid. Two of them are Blooming, and Daydreaming. Good times ahead.
Herman Li from DragonForce reacted to one of their songs and I became a fan. Upset since I'm pretty sure I missed their Philly tour date, but will definately see them when they come back around.
To clarify the Maid thing, and how Mika Noguchi became a Pigeon: There is a type of restaurant in Japan known as a "maid cafe" where they hire college-age girls to be waitresses dressed as maids. They combine elements of anime characters and the traditional Japanese feminine ideal of childlike cuteness and push that way over the top. The "maids" gush over the guests, a bit like Chuck-E-Cheese for adults, introduce themselves and are prepared to explain their strong points, known as "Charm Points." If you have a special day such as a birthday, of course they sing to you. Mika Noguchi was a working class teenager in Osaka, Japan's main motor city. She worked in a maid cafe -two of them over time - and dreamed of being a rock star. She got the idea of a hard rock band dressed as "cafe maids" which touch another Japanese esthetic: playing on "the gap" between what you see and expect, versus what actually happens. In this case, coming out in cutesy cafe-maid outfits and then blasting everyone's hair back with their sound. Osaka had musicians, but the big music business was in Tokyo. Mika worked two jobs in back to back shifts for a year to get enough scratch to make her bid for stardom in one of the most expensive cities on Earth. In Tokyo, she went to the starmaker management companies until one accepted her into their evaluation and development program. I'm not sure if her acting work was through them, but there was that, such as what we would call an after-school TV special. They put her in a J-Pop trio, "Li'l Cumin." I saw a music video. Mika looked straight into the camera smiling, tried to connect with the viewer, the other two seemed afraid of it. They had two songs that charted, but just barely. Li'l Cumin was not considered a success. So the trio was over... and Mika made her pitch for an all-female hard rock band wearing maid costumes. I'm guessing on one detail, which is that they said "Well, bring us such a band, all dressed up and ready to work with you, and we will see if they can play. But we're not going to invest any time or money in it out front." Because what happened was that Mika personally put the band together and got the outfits made. She sent her Mom some sketches and her Mom sewed the first Band-Maid outfits. She contacted CZcams guitar tutor/player Kanami Tono with her idea and Kanami knew drummer Akane Hirose and Akane knew bassist Misa. Somewhere in all this, Mika took the stage name Miku Kobato, probably to differentiate her rock identity from her J-Pop identity. Kobato means "small pigeon" or what we would call a dove. Also "Miku Kobato" has a value number of 810 in Japanese numerology. So she says she is really an 810 year old pigeon manifesting as a human at the moment. A pigeon or dove call is "karuppo" or "po" for short in Japanese. So now she occasionally says karuppo, but most often ends her sentences with "po!" for emphasis, which irritates her family considerably. There are endless jokes and lore about this. But that is what the maid thing is about, and how Mika became Miku the pigeon. Po!
Love Band Maid. Favorite band after discovering them in 2019. If you can find their live video for "Take Me Higher" from a few years ago you should definitely do a reaction to that. It was the 2nd song I heard from them and what got me hooked on them. The riff sounds familiar from a band that shall not be named but they make it better. It was the back and forth between MISA and Kanami during the solos that did it for me.
My bias is anything that highlights Misa, the bass player. Not that she is more talented than the others or anything like that. Bass is my favorite, and it's just so rare to find a band that is willing to let the bassist shine so often.
Welcome to Band maid... Great song to start with, but they are all great, and there is ove 130 to choose from... Enjoy the Pigeon hole... Domination live is a usual starter.. Here are a few more Japanese all female bands for you both.. If you think you are ready? Go on, I dare you.. Lovebites - Shadowmaker live - czcams.com/video/wmAKRiG89Qc/video.html Nemophila - Revive - czcams.com/video/zmRmVc4u18w/video.html Hagane - Super villan - czcams.com/video/MCqzm0nUxbM/video.html Gacharic spin - Mindset - czcams.com/video/QmL0V667QzI/video.html Trident - Ambivilent - czcams.com/video/yGwWnOSvh5A/video.html Aldious - Sweet temptation - czcams.com/video/hraBdfH2xfI/video.html Best wishes from France..
The Question is not 'how do people find this stuff' it's 'why didn't I know about them before'. I'm speaking as someone who only found them 15 months ago and they have over 9 years of fantastic music under their belt , 120 songs roughly.
I mean I found em like 30 months ago, I have 30 t-shirts, and it still pains me that I didn't know about them years before. The things I could've already discovered on the 300th listen to an older song but I'm only on the 150th 😢
I found them at roughly the same time thanks to the Netflix movie Kate. I was disenfranchised with rock music for the last dozen or so years. They legitimately made me love music again. The power of the Maids is strong.🤘
I found them in 2015 and am still asking myself "why didn't I know....
".
Felt that way too. Now bigger question is - why are they not more popular? 🤔
@@Bekka_Noyb 1) Although Band Maid don't readily classify by genre, they are usually listed as a hard rock or heavy metal band -- genres that the American, Canadian and some European industry people consider to passe (i.e. they're non-marketable); 2) If we ignore Rammstein, North American rock fans want their band's lyrics to be sung in English (or, in some locations, Spanish or Canadian French) -- Band Maid has been insistent that the majority of their lyrics will be rendered in Japanese; 3) even today, many fans of the hard rock and metal genres are uncomfortable when ALL the members of a group are female -- bands like The Runaways, Girlschool and the Iron Maidens have always been the exception, not the rule; 4) since Band Maid's music is seen as unmarketable, they get almost zero music media exposure off the Internet, and the domestic music industries refuse to market their product (JPU excepted) -- you can't be accepted by people who never hear you; 5) For America, all of the members of BM are people of color -- and "ain't American" -- which still matters to more people then we'd like to think. There's more, but that will do for now.
Yeah, they're pretty good, huh? We caught them in concert last October. Unusual for a band that rocks this hard, their vibe is 100% happy..
Welcome to Band Maid! They’ve been kicking ass for a decade now and have a massive catalog of fantastic hard rock/metal (they would say the hardest rocking maids). You will get a lot of adoring comments from their massive fanbase of Maidiacs explaining everything.
You said the founder was a maid that wanted to be a rock star. I would call her a rock star that was working as a maid.
You picked an excellent song to start with, the great news is you can go to their channel and throw a dart and any song you play will be awesome. I’d say Donination (live), play (live), onset (instrumental live), from now on, Manners…
I’m going to stop now, I could go on for paragraphs. Enjoy the ride!
Excellent song for an introduction to BAND-MAID. This, and the song 'Puzzle', thoroughly convinced me this is some of the best rock I'd heard in 20 years. I have a feeling you will feel the same way after a few more songs.
And that "Gap" between what they look like, and what they sound like, is intentional. Miku, with the twin tails, is a mad, little genius. She was the maid cafe worker with aspirations of world domination. And they are coming true!
Best hard rock band in the world 🌍
*BAND-MAID* played this song in Phoenix in October 2022 and is was AAAaaaawesome! 😊😊😊
man i am kinda jealous they didn't play it in san diego
Damn we just moved out of AZ in October :(
Yes. Yes it was! We got to sing the "Oh, Oh, Oh Oh, Ohs"!
@@inRopinion Well here is a link to the song from the Phoenix show I timed marked it so it does not spoil you for other *BAND-MAID* songs and maybe you can enjoy it later when you go further down this journey 😊
czcams.com/video/Tl-RzAQ4aYA/video.html
@@bm4-life thank you
They’re really amazing… and so good live
From JAPAN ■ Introducing BAND-MAID and the latest information. Thank you for reaction BAND-MAID. (^^♪
BAND-MAID is a five-member girls rock band. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. The members have not changed. They are a hard rock band and fans consider them one of the best hard rock bands in the world. They usually have 20 songs and 2 hour gig. Formed in Japan in 2013, led by side guitarist Miku Kobato. Kobato has experience working at a maid cafe in Akihabara, Tokyo, and came up with the idea of playing cool music in her maid outfit. That's why the band was named BAND-MAID. "Thrill" was the first music video of 2014, reaching 2 million views in 2 weeks, and they escaped disbandment and decided to become a hard rock band. Also, they perform LIVE overseas and increase the number of fans. Now they write, compose and arrange all their songs. 130 original songs. And 47 songs have been released on the official CZcams, all of which are killer songs.
■ 10th Anniversary Concert at Tokyo Garden Theater on January 9th of this year.
They finished 2.5 hours of 26 songs and Blu-ray and DVD will be released in April.
★ They released their latest song Memorable.
It is a ballad song as a present for the fans who have supported them.
★ They will have a US tour in May and August of this year.
■ Official videos are often not blocked. ■
■ Hard Rock : Rinne ・DICE ・Thrill ・Unleash!!!! ・Sense ・Warning!
■ Cool Rock : Influencer ・Bubble ・Manners ・Nonfiction Days ・YOLO ・Different ・Blooming
■ Great Live : DOMINATION ・PLAY ・FREEDOM ・REAL EXISTENC ・CROSS ・CHOOSE ME
■ Power ballad : Memorable・Wonderland ・Endless story ・Daydreaming
■ Acoustic : "Catharsis" Acoustic Ver. ・Sayonakidori" Acoustic Ver.
■ Instrumental : from now on ・On set
■ English lyrics : Dragon Cry ・Don't Let Me Down (not their lyrics)
■ Japanese Style : Secret Maiko Lips ・Gioncho (April Fool's Day Gift BAND MAIKO Version)
The Maids will rock your socks off!
I recommend their 'Domination Live' next! 😎🤘
They have 130 songs over 10 years. Pick one, there isn't a bad BandMaid song.
👍👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍👌
Yes, there is. Like most bands their first album has got some duds.
@@praapje That songs aren't bad, just normal
🐦 *inRopinion* 🐦
Welcome to the world of *BAND-MAID* (2013 - Present) A group of 5 young ladies from Japan that will rock your world:
*Miku Kobato* (Kuruppo) = Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar *(Po!)*
*Saiki Atsumi* (Sai-Chan) = Lead Vocals
*Kanami Tono* (Kanamincho) = Lead Guitarist
*Akane Hirose* (A-Chan) = Drummer
*MISA* (MISA, MISA, MISA) = Bassist
If you wish to continue down this Pigeon Hole 😊 you will enjoy over 100+ great songs you will start saying to yourself “This is my favorite *BAND-MAID* song”. _(No joke Po!)_
Below is a list of songs that will get you started
*Blooming-2019*
*Dice-2018*
*Choose Me-2017*
*ONSET* (instrumental)
*Real Existence Live (Apr. 13th, 2018)*
I discovered *BAND-MAID* in 2019 and came to a realization that *BAND-MAID* more then just a rock band they are a band that does not have any boundaries and is willing experiment into different genre from (Blues, Rock, Punk and Jazz) and a lot of fans including me would say “you got to check out their live videos” from:
*2017-STUDIO COAST*
*2018-Zepp Tokyo*
*2020-LINE CUBE SHIBUYA*
*2021-BAND-MAID ONLINE ACOUSTIC*
In the end I realize that *BAND-MAID* more then just a band but a band that cares about each other and their fan base and in October of 2022 I had a fortune of experiencing them live and with that *BAND-MAID* cemented their Legacy into my heart. Rock On! 🤘
*100% satisfaction guarantee or your money back…*
Happy to see you enjoyed Band Maid, they are incredible. Their song Puzzle from this same concert is a must watch. Also try the MV for my favorite song Blooming. These are two of their very best songs.
Hello Ron! Just thought I'd take the time to tell you that I am still watching your video of 'Band Maid: Don't Be Long' very often. One of the best of many fan-cam videos still.
@@randymcmillen647 Glad you're still enjoying it. I still watch it here and there. Those shows from 2019 were pure magic.
@@ronayala9456 You don't know how blessed you are. You not only have seen Band Maid before the pandemic, but you captured an epic moment in the development in Miku's prowess of her skills as a guitar hero.
They have a big following, not just in Japan !! ❤️🎙🎸🥁😎🤘The Maids were in the States last October & will be here again in May & August !
Chosing a favorite BAND-MAID song is almost like picking your favorite child. But in the long run they are all awesome. Welcome to BAND-MAID.
great song for 1st impression it is one of the 40 in my band-maid top 10 songs :)
"...heavy, but still upbeat.." Nailed it. Thanks for the reaction!
Thanks for watching!
Yo las descubrí por casualidad va a hacer ya 4 años y fue la casualidad más bonita que me ha sucedido en muchísimo tiempo. Se han adueñado totalmente de mi mundo, musicalmente hablando. No encontrarás otra Banda cómo BAND-MAID, son absolutamente únicas en su especie.
Great! Thanks guys! Welcome Band-Maid! More Band-Maid please!
You got it!
The reactor was speaking to the enthusiasm of the crowd, not a bad comparison.
@@TherealSeriousMoonlight Love your avatar and name.
Finest rock band on the planet …. Keep with them and see
This band kicks ass, lots to learn about them as they are all super talented musicians and a bunch of comedians. Should watch Play official live video next, the intro in that song alone is one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
They are hands down the best band I have heard in the last 30 years. They are amazing.
Best rock band on the planet. Watch DOMINATION live and you'll really get a feel of what they can do. They incorporate so many genres into their music they've basically become their own genre. They cover a huge variety. The more you watch them I think the more you'll come to realize how good they really are. If you want to see their first video ever watch THRILL. It's the song that saved them from getting dropped by the record label. The rest is history. Pick any song, their all good.
I could talk about how talented and creative each member of this band is. But, I won't.
I'll only say that BAND-MAID equals joy in music.
So, The Maids are comin' back to the states in May (south and midwest) and then back again in August (dates and places TBD). My advise based on your reaction? BUY TICKETS ASAP! Next song? "Blooming"- mv or "from now on" - mv or anything else ("live official" is always awesome) but it doesn't really matter. Welcome to The Maids and thanks so much! 🕊
Theses ladies are awesome seen them live on there us tour last October these 5 ladies have stolen my heart❤😊
5 women who got me listening to music again. MORE PLEASE!
A Hard Rock band more Awesome than Awesome. Do I have another song? Yeah, about 120+ of them. Other Lives: DOMINATION-LIVE, ONSET-LIVE, PLAY-LIVE, FREEDOM-LIVE. Plain old MV's that will knock you socks off: WARNING, BLOOMING, DICE, their latest instrumental FROM NOW ON, power ballad DAYDREAMING. More to follow. Don't dilly dally and have a Hunky Dory Day. Peace. 1.02
More Band Maid !!!! Pick any song by them , stay with live .....that is where this band really shines .
BAND-MAID is 5 sweet, funny, humble ladies that kick all of the ass! 🤘✌
Simply and absolutely Amazing song and performances. Band Maid is the Best metal band in the world. No more words! Good react, see you at the next 🤟🏻🦊🇯🇵🔥
That was a very fun reaction to our maids. Thank you! It's very easy to love them so much all we speak are superlatives. I'll just say this: they're worthy of all the attention and support they get... a million times over. Good luck with your channel!
Thank you and Thanks for Watching!!
Glad you liked BAND-MAID's Moratorium. You should get dozens of recommendations from fans now that you said you enjoyed these 5 talented musicians. My suggestions: DOMINATION (official live) and most recently the instrumental song FROM NOW ON (music video). Thank you for taking a chance to react to BAND-MAID - you won't go wrong doing more reactions to this band.
BAND-MAID live songs Freedom, Domination, Dice, Play, Thrill, Influencer, On Set, From Now On, and live USA tours on OCT 2022
Guys, its time for another TOP J-Rock/Metal Bands
LOVEBITES(all female) new songs MV Judgement Day, Stand And Deliver(Shoot 'em Down), live songs Set The World On Fire, Break The Wall, The Hammer Of Wrath, Raise Some Hell, Holy War..
NEMOPHILA(all female) new songs Rise, Seize The Fate, Revive, Dissension, Raitei, currently live shows in USA tours MAC 2023
HANABIE(all female) songs We Love Sweets, NEET GAME, Pardon Me..
THE best Rock band in the galaxy. Even better live.
Anything on their CZcams channel is encouraged by Miku the band founder and backup singer guitarist for reactions. Try Domination live.
That's _Iron Maiden_ font all day...and the only thing these girls repeat is their awesomeness! 🤘
These ladies can melt your face..but also..melt your heart!.🥰
Welcome to the club. Covid allowed me the chance to find this group....probably my new fav band and they are celebrating their 10th year this year. I will be at their concert in Nashville and St Louis in May. That was a bit of a older song, but I recommend
1. Dice
2. Manners
3. Warning
4. Domination
❤Miku❤❤Kanami❤❤Misa❤❤Akane❤❤Saiki❤
Love watching people lose their BAND-MAID cherry.... !!!
Welcome to the World of BAND-MAID.
For your safety keep your arms and legs in the cart at all times and please stay seated until the ride comes to a complete stop. If for any reason you feel the need to raise your hands you may do so with extreme reverence. Thank you for choosing our ride and enjoy the rest of your visit here in the World of BAND-MAID.
WARNING it has been determined that BAND-MAID is habit forming and can lead to better mental health. Please use without caution.
Girls rule the rock n roll universe. I would never have said that before discovering ❤BAND-MAID💙 about 6 years ago.
You found them!!! Finally!!!
Welcome to the world of Band-Maid!!!😀
Congratulations on finding the band many of us Masters & Princesses believe is the best on planet earth 🌍 today!! 🔥
Welcome to the Pigeon the Hole that is Band-Maid!! 🕊😂
In fact, your life has just taken a step in an incredibly positive direction by finding Band-Maid! 😀
They are a remarkable collection of five incredible musicians and performers that know few genre limitations and always put a smile on the faces of their audience when performing a “Service”.
They have 100+ fantastic songs and should be playing stadiums all over the world, imho. Any one song, as great as it may be, like “Moratorium” is but the tip of the tip of the tip of a distant gleaming iceberg of excellence!
There are a lot of us Masters & Princesses who grew up with bands The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Santana, YES, AC/DC, Metallica, Guns N Roses, The Who, U2, Rush and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, (& others) who have become Maidiacs because we find many of the same qualities in Band-Maid’s music we found in such giants of the Classic Rock era. As have many younger people from the grunge, alternative, independent and pop-punk eras. Band-Maid members have influences across the music spectrum including Alternative, Classic Rock, Post-Grunge, Metal, Punk, Punk-Pop, Pop, even classical musical training, and the influences of many great Japanese rock bands and pop acts.
Yet, Band-Maid succeeds in creating a genre all of their OWN!! Stay with the journey and I’m sure you’ll agree.
They have great MV’s, both studio and live, on their official channel.
A typical recommendation, as others will say, is to see more of them LIVE playing some older songs next:
Check out:
- “Domination” - official live video
- “Freedom”- official live video (2016)
- “Real Existence” - official live video (2014)
- “Onset” - official live video (2017), instrumental magic
- “Play” - official live video (2018)
The other recommendation is to jump several years forward to some newer songs to see how they’ve developed since then. They’ve grown in every aspect over their years.
This band does not stand still!!!
They released the new “Unleash” EP in September 2022 and have three recent MVs, including
- “Influencer” - official MV
- “Unleash!!!!!” - official MV
- “From Now On- official MV, more instrumental magic!
And just on February 21, 2023, they released their most recent song “Memorable” - official MV, and it’s a love letter tho their fans who supported them on their recent tour, the first after the Covid19 pandemic.
They had previously written anther beautiful song dedicated to their fans called “About Us” they were supposed to play at the legendary Budokan arena in 2020 but they didn’t get to perform it as planned in front of the fans because of the pandemic so they had to play it virtually during an online show. They were able to play “Memorable” at their biggest service in January and included clips in the official music video.
I think you’ll like them and be blown away by their evolving talents in composition, arrangement, instrumentation, orchestration, playing, performance and all around joy 🤩
Then dozens more songs - everything is good and many are great!
Try
- “Dice” - official MV
- “After Life” - official MV
- “Manners” - official MV
- “Manners / Black Hole” - official live video
- “No God” - official live video (BASS!!)
- “Sayonkadori” - official acoustic live video - sublimely beautiful
- “Puzzle” - official live / live acoustic
- “Daydreaming” - official MV
- “Warning” - official MV
- “Rinne” - official MV
- “The Dragon Cries” - official MV (all English lyrics & vocals)
Two songs are Anime Theme songs - talk about high ENERGY!
- “Sense” - official MV - which you saw today
- “Different” - official MV
And the essential song to understand the beginning lore of the band,
- “THRILL- official MV - went viral, saved the band from being dropped, and started them on their path to world domination!!
And it’s happening…they opened for Guns N Roses on Nov 6th. And played to a sold-out 8,000 seat crowd at the new Tokyo Garden Theater on January 9th!
And yes, they have solo US Tour dates in May in Houston, Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, & Detroit
They are also booked to 3 festivals in May ‘23 - Daytona FL, Columbus OH & St. Louis - and will have more Services in August. They should come somewhere near you, I’d guess, and you’ll have a blast if you go see them!
The list of great songs goes on and on and on…I’d stick to the official videos until you get a fuller understanding and appreciation for the band before diving into the fan videos - the sound quality is lacking on many of them so they’d color your perception of their abilities and performance skills.
And know that one thing about this band is that there are the dozens & dozens of songs without videos that are every bit as good, or better, as those that do. Examples to pull up are:
- I’ll
- Hibana
- Corallium
- Moratorium
- Why, Why, Why
- Page
- Take Me Higher
- Flying High
And then there’s their arch enemies “Band-Maiko” 😂 You should watch:
- “Secret Maiko Lips”
- “Gion-Cho”
Band-Maid Members
(Simple Version)
- [ ] Miku (ME-coo), 31 - Rhythm Guitar, Second Vocals, Founder, Pigeon, Primary Lyricist, Red Flower 🌺 Chief Spokesperson, PO!!
- [ ] Misa (ME-sah), 30 - Bass (5-string), Barefoot Assassin, pick/slap/pop/pluck - does she have any limits?
- [ ] Akane (AH-kah-nay), 32 - Drums, Gorilla
- [ ] Kanami (Kah-NAM-e), 31 - Lead Guitar, Princess, Primary Music Composer, “Mincho”!
- [ ] Saiki (Psyche), 28 - Primary Vocalist, The Ice Queen, Quality Control, secondary lyricist, Blue flower 💎
Miku, Saiki, Akane, Misa & Kanami may become your favorite musicians on the planet…🤷🏻♂️🎼🎸🌍
Take care and enjoy the journey!!! 🤘🏼🎼🎸🔥🍺😀✌🏼
They just wrapped up a US tour back in November and will be starting another US tour in May (after a couple one-off shows in the US opening for the Last Rock Stars earlier this year)! They also supported Guns n Roses in Japan a few months ago.
Welcome to all that is Band-maid, a band that exceeds all expectations...you will continue to be amazed . Best band..best fans 😊
There is so much musical gems to discover from Japan as a music loving listener ❤
Get ready, BAND-MAID does it all. Have fun!
Always fun to see someone new discover this band. I discovered them a couple years ago during Covid lockdown, and since then have listened to everything they've released, multiple times. It's an incredible body of work they've put out in their decade together: a large, diverse catalog of musical styles of incredible quality. I've been listening to music for over 40 years now, and this band nudged itself into my pantheon of all-time favorites, a first for me of the all-female variety (and the first one that sings in a diff language). You will find so much great music if you decide to venture into their almost magical catalog of sound.
OK,one down-120 songs to go. They formed in 2013-10th anniversary this year. They have a huge fan base in Japan and the USA. Having performed in NY and LA in Feb,they will be back in May and August. Every show sells out as they are still using smaller venues such as the House of Blues. In January they performed in front of more than 7500 fans in Tokyo. Go see them if you get a chance; there are kids to old men like me(71) who attend.
Glad you joined us Maidiacs; we are growing in numbers all the time. There are many suggestions in the comments,so I won't add to it; besides I have never heard a mediocre song by them.
MISA! MISA! MISA!
Holding the line in solid Guitar Rock, Band Maid has picked up the Mantle of Rock'n'Roll where the West has left it behind!
More Band Maid Always!!
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Band Maid brought me to your channel!
Cheers and thanks from Australia!
Welcome and Thanks for Watching!!!
Welcome & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 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.)
Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄
Thanks for Watching!!!
"Not what I was expecting" ... is pretty much what the girls were going for. lol
They're hard rock but do a spectrum of rock types:
Daydreaming - slow ballad
Blooming - fast pop rock
Rinne - metal (they wrote this one because someone in Japan wrote an article that they aren't able do something like that)
Freedom (live) - drum solo song (Akane is called Donkey Kong for a reason)
1 year they made a surprise joke for April 1st. Released a new album under the new band name "Band-Maiko" and where they wrote some new songs + remixed old songs with traditional Japanese instruments:
Gion-Cho - song about Kyoto and geisha
Secret Maiko Lips - remix of "Secret My Lips" with traditional instruments
They're also great at interacting with the audience and frequently write songs for their audience:
About Us - wrote during the pandemic when concerts weren't allowed and Japan was under lockdown for 3 years; fans couldnt see them and they couldn't travel internationally either, so they wrote a song about and for the fans
Memorable - Just released recently, after they finished their US tour in November, as a show of appreciation for the fans on what was a crazy 15 concerts in 1 month.
I want more of this,
Welcome to the Japanese rock/metal rollercoaster. It's gonna be one hell of a time. Band-Maid are an exceptional place to start, but here's a few more suggestions to get you running:
Nemophila - Rise
Lovebites - Judgement Day
Dexcore - Brain Washing
Hanabie - We Love Sweets
362 - Dirty
One Eye Closed - Low
Hagane - SuperVillan
Maximum The Hormone - Hungry Pride.
Good luck. Peace, Love and Metal gang 🤟
They are touring the US in May and August of this year again. I saw them last year in october and they were awesome live at the Fillmore in Washington DC. I am glad you enjoyed it and hope to see you listen to more. I would suggest watching the official MV to "Rinne"
Welcome aboard, inRopinion. You are embarking on (along with many others - 170 million YT views plus over 40 million reactor plays!) an awesome, progressive, hard-rock journey with 5 incredible women. Here's my intro blurb for those who may be new to Band-Maid:
BAND-MAID’s songs and sound beat with the heart and soul of all rockers. But you’ll also hear heavy influences of Prog, Punk, Metal and Pop, with nice touches of Blues, Jazz, Funk and Grunge. Sometimes they use multiple genres within the same song. Their Composition, Execution, Joy of Playing, Consistency (125 songs), Uniqueness, Charisma, Charm and, oh yeah, Cuteness factor, position them as becoming the hard rock Beatles of our time! In other words, they’re destined for mega-stardom.
Each member's personalities are super interesting and their musicianship among the best. Their writing, arrangements and overall sound, especially guitar tones and drums, are kick-ass! Having seen them LIVE, I can honestly say their performance, sound, stage appearance, and band synergy is off-the-rails spectacular!
Band-Maid is the only band in decades where I love nearly EVERY song they’ve done. I have over 70 favorites! "Thrill" (2014) is a great place to start: czcams.com/video/Uds7g3M-4lQ/video.html Their songs from albums Unleash, Unseen World, Conqueror, World Domination, Just Bring It, Brand New Maid, and New Beginning drive even more - Warning, No God, Different, Black Hole, Rinne, Blooming, Moratorium, Domination, Clang, Dice, Spirit, Don’t You Tell Me, Turn Me On, Fate, Play, Hide-And-Seek, Secret My Lips, Puzzle, Choose Me, I Can’t Live Without You, and on and on.
But don’t miss out on their powerful, beautifully written, mid-tempo songs like Daydreaming, About Us, Memorable, Anemone, Endless Story, PAGE, At The Drop Of A Hat, Mirage and Smile... or more punky like After Life, Don’t Let Me Down and Screaming… or funky like Bubble… or bluesy like Manners and The Dragon Cries… or poppy like Start Over… or a bit jazzy like Wonderland… or progressive like No God, Giovanni, and Black Hole… or cultural like the Band-Maiko series… or instrumentals like From Now On, Don’t Be Long, Onset, Without Holding Back and Going Nuts… or their many acoustic versions like Catharsis and Sayonakidori... and last but not least, their Anime hits like Sense, Glory and Unleash (from their own Anime MV (series?)): czcams.com/video/7LB_EPS48HE/video.html)
And many songs are represented with nearly 50 well produced music videos. czcams.com/users/BANDMAID
Most performances should be experienced from their LIVE audience & online OKYU-JI concerts:
ONLINE OKYU-JI (Feb. 11, 2021) “No God” czcams.com/video/nAdWnIRjGak/video.html
Tokyo's LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (February 14, 2020) “Domination” czcams.com/video/QbyQCJn6rYg/video.html
ZEPP 2018 “Real Existence” czcams.com/video/-qQnKILR5u0/video.html
Shinkiba Studio Coast 2017 and other full concerts are on bandmaidprime.tokyo, bili, and official Band-Maid’s DVD/BD/CD.
“P and D²” 30+ Photo Collage videos at www.youtube.com/@PinD2/videos
And some of the better quality fan videos are excellent. Here’s two of what it’s like to see Band-Maid LIVE at an intimate venue:
By Wave Potter with their last 2022 US tour OKYU-JI concert in Chicago: czcams.com/video/R9BcFwZz3cc/video.html
By Vladimir Chupin - a wealth of excellent videos at www.youtube.com/@VladimirChupin
If you like Band-Maid, make sure to support them by purchasing some concert tickets, CD, DVD/BD & Merch, etc. bandmaid.tokyo
Like most Band-Maid songs, I like them from the get-go but really start to appreciate them after more hearings and seeing their LIVE videos. I'll go back and see an older song like YOLO, Order, Shake That, Freezer, Before Yesterday, Real Existence, Non Fiction Days and Alone, etc. and realize there's no band that can consistently construct and play like Band-Maid.
For fun, check out an awesome, little known "Mega Band-Maid Mix" by DJ Ray of some of their earlier stuff: facebook.com/djrayboston/videos/1004709499579009
Band-Maid Members:
Saiki Atsumi (Sy-i-Key or Psyche) “Ice Queen" - Lead vocals, arrangements and melodies. At 29 and the youngest, “Sensei” (Teacher) as band members call her, has the last word on many musical decisions. High-heels or sneakers, Sai-chan’s smile melts away her sometimes perceived, coldish persona. Saiki’s powerhouse performances, charisma, and voice focus the experience that’s driven her to the top echelon of hard rock frontwomen... or frontmen!
Miku Kobato (Me-Ku) "Small Pigeon" - Rhythm guitar, vocals, lyricist, 31 years old. “Koba”, as Saiki calls her, is the Band founder and a firecracker MC & PR SpokesPigeon, po! Her “Magic Spell Time” charm and energy ignite the room. Kuruppo! No, no, no… KURUPPO!!
Kanami Tono (Ka-Na-Me) “Princess” - Lead guitar, keyboards, 31 years old, 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 from Mincho is more!
Akane Hirose (A-Ka-Nay) "Gorilla" - Drums, 32 years old, band energizer & co-clown with MISA. Achi’s talents include massive consumption of noodles and bananas, of course, (even during performance!) while revolutionizing rock drumming with relentless drive, dynamics and the kick. This “DrumZilla” is the Party!
MISA (Me-Sa) "Barefoot Assassin" - Bass, 30 years old. An alluring free spirit driving her 5-string to rapturous low-ends while pulling off surprising counter leads with Kanami, off-stage MISA is the band’s goofball ballerina. 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. A slug of JB, a slight grin, and let the slappin’ begin… MISA! MISA! MISA!
Maidiacs (Maid-e-acts) - Band-Maid’s crazed yet supportive, knowledgeable and loyal Super Fans.
[BAND-MAID NEWS]
BAND-MAID PRIME - Special Video Distribution Website. Along with nearly 50 great play-through’s by each member, concerts and skits, Band-Maid management / label(s) have included the Acoustic Christmas 2021, ZEPP 2018 and Shinkiba Studio Coast 2017 concerts! Fans can now see more than 50 great live performances with awesome audio, etc. like Fate, I Can't Live Without You and the great MISA / Kanami exchange in Don't You Tell Me. Those concerts are two of the best produced & performed concerts ever recorded, IMO. bandmaidprime.tokyo
The Maids SOLD OUT 2022 US tour just wrapped up and was a fantastic success. And so many great live fancams to watch! Their playing and antics were as fresh and fun to experience from first show to last. And their opening for Guns and Roses, The Last Rockstars, and their sold out 8,000 seat Garden Theater concerts were huge successes. BRAVO Band-Maid!!!!!
2023 BAND-MAID 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR in the US continues…
Band-Maid, the music, the sound, each of the Maids... and the love that permeates their live events is an experience not to be missed. Hope you can catch them next time - which in the USA, is:
DATE CITY VENUE
May 14 Houston,TX Bayou Music Center
May 15 Austin,TX Emo's
May 18 Daytona,FL Welcome to Rockville Fest
May 19 Atlanta,GA Buckhead
May 21 Nashville,TN Brooklyn Bowl
May 22 Charlotte,NC Underground
May 24 Detroit,MI St Andrews Hall
May 26 Columbus,OH Sonic Temple Festival
May 27 St. Louis,MO Pointfest Radio Show
In addition, their ongoing Japan tour features about 25 concerts including "KNOTFEST JAPAN 2023" on "DAY 1 ROADSHOW" on Saturday, April 1. AND they continue to write and record for their new album. The Maids are one of the hardest working super groups in the business!
Glad you enjoyed Band-Maid and you want to hear more. I see you already have plenty of recommendations. waiting for the next one
Band-Maid is a fantastic band! Been my favorite band for at least 4 years now, I love every song they come out with. This is a great song, they have well over 120 songs that are ALL awesome. Please keep up the reactions!! Check out Real Existence Live next, then From Now On MV. :).
Subbing for the Band Maid journey. ❤👊🏻
Definitely one of my favorites bands. It’s nice that someone else heard the Pantera in that breakdown. MISA, the bass guitarist, has had an influence on me as I switched my amp and cab from Fender to Orange after hearing her great tone.
Can we Get BAND-MAID DOMINATION OFFICIAL LIVE? Loved your reaction🖤❤️❤️🖤
❤ They blew my mind , saw them in Houston on the 14th May awesome concert live -Love BandMaid they played 20 hits -cheers guys and thanks❤
Welcome to the "pigeon" hole..."po".....the list of suggestions is endless....but Domination official Live....will give you a taste of their talents
Without reaction channels, I wouldn't have found a lot of the bands that are being suggested. Band-Maid being my most listened to. Thanks and have a good day from the PNW!!!
English speakers, watching a Japanese band, translated into Spanish subtitles. Welcome to Band-Maid. Relatively speaking, they're not really well known (YET). BUT, they have loyal fans all around the world. FYI: Most of their lyrics are in Japanese, with English also incorporated in, on a regular basis. This year, they are celebrating their 10th anniversary.
The main thing (that you will learn soon enough) is that ALL of their music is SOLID.
They rock out, with influences of many genres. Most of their songs have lead vocals by Saiki, some songs have Miku (who formed the band & plays rhythm guitar) singing lead. And, they even have a handful of instrumental songs that show what musical beasts these ladies are. AND, they have another few that are beautiful Ballads.
I'll just suggest four songs:
Domination (Official Live)
From Now On (Instrumental)
Thrill (their very first video from back in the beginning)
Memorable (a lovesong to their fans - they were so blown away by the response they got from American fans on their 2022 US Tour, they wrote this song) 👍
Welcome to Band-maid rabbit hole ... Great rock band nowadays
Band Maid is top 5 rock bands playing right now. Check out their live videos for Domination and Real Existence and Onset and Play. You will be blown away. 100% guarantee
Turn Me On live from Zepp Tokyo 2018...Band Maid at their best !
You have found my favorite band of this century. Band-Maid's music is captivating; every song has a hook and groove that makes you move to the music and keeps you listening to more. You can listen to their music chronologically and see how it has evolved in ten years. They continuously challenge themselves as musicians and composers. You have to see them live. They just toured the US in October 2022, selling out 13 of 14 shows (not including the Aftershock Festival) and playing to about 20,000 concertgoers. They returned to the US to open for the three Last Rockstars concerts in February 2023 and will return to the US again in the summer of 2023. The band's five members are some of the best musicians, and vocalists and one of the most interviewed bands in Japan. They are hard rock with influences from punk, prog, metal, and other genres. Their music genre is "Band-Maid," from ballads, soft to hard rock, and some would say metal.
Great reaction. Welcome to the world of Band Maid. Looking forward to more
You can't go wrong with anything on their official YT Channel. They have everything from heavy hitters, to soft ballads and acoustic performances. Don't get me wrong I like Babymetal for what it is, just the thing is Band-Maid is nothing like Babymetal, They're a true band that writes their own songs, work hard at improving their craft and had to perform small venues for 10 years to make it as big as they are now.
Great pick for your first video! They're playing SE US in May.
In the beginning there was a small pigeon 🐦 who met a guitarist 🎸 who played with a drummer 🥁 who went to school with the bassist 🎸 and then tricked the singer 🎤 to join the band then the small pigeon 🐦 asks the guitarist 🎸 please teach me how to play the guitar 🎸. The Story Continues.
Nobody expects that then the girls slap u in the face. Works everytime 😂😂
Don't assume the next BAND-MAID song will sound like this one, they play a wide range of rock music.
Welcome to Band-Maid. Like everyone is saying there's not a bad song they've had, but if you likes Moritorium that much definitely check out Real Existence or Secret My Lips. Those two definitely have the heavy while being uplifting vibe, and always live videos are the way to go. Looking forward to more videos.
Thanks for Watching!!!
As many have said, welcome to the amazing world of Band Maid - one of the greatest active rock bands today, with a huge and growing international fan base - "hard but upbeat" describes them perfectly - as others have suggested, try "Domination (Live)" next, and then feel free to explore their vast catalogue, all available on their CZcams channel - "Dice", Blooming", Freedom (live)... or go right to the beginning and check out "Thrill", the song that first gained them international attention and literally saved the band from disbanding ... if you can find their live version of "Puzzle" from the same concert as this Moratorium video (and the song immediately following Moratorium) you should definitely check it out
And to save you any future grief from the Madiacs, be aware of the following golden rules:
1) Thou shalt not compare Band Maid to Babymetal
2) Thou shalt not talk while Kanami is "speaking"... :)
The intro video for them for a new listener: Domination (Official Live). For more, check out Dice, Different, Rinne, Sense. These are the fast ones. :D
Thanks for reacting to Moratorium. Band-Maid is the best hardrock band in my lifetime. I was lucky enough to stand in front of these amazing musicians in Tokyo in January. It's the best concert I have ever attended in my 58 years alive. I'm going back to Tokyo to see them at Zepp Shinjuku in July. I'm from Norway, far away from Japan, they are so good that it's totally worth it.
I stumbled upon Band Maid 2 months ago. I love metal. If you would have suggested an all female japanese hard rock group to me I would have said no thanks. While looking for new music, out of curiosity I clicked on a thumbnail of 2 Japanese girls in waitress uniforms playing guitar and was instantly blown away. These ladies are phenomenally talented musicians. And they do not miss when they write a song. Theres so many great BM songs that I'm hesitant to reccomend one. But if I had to it would be Onset (Live) or Dice.
Welcome, you've just found your new favorite band 🙂
120 more awesome songs to come.
Band-Maid is great. This was a real banger, I don't think I've heard this particular video before. A good starting point for them is their Domination live video, if you want to see more:
czcams.com/video/QbyQCJn6rYg/video.html
These girls rip! You dive into their catalog and you will not be disappointed. Great band
Band-Maid, five Japanese ladies that rock the house! I saw them twice last year on the US Tour and they are great, live!
Welcome to Madiacsville where every song is phenomenal and the Band Maid is such a Phenomenally Superbly Talented Band. One of the few Bands that make songs that make you feel good Happy and songs that pull on your Heart Strings. No matter what kind song you like these Superbly Crafted Musicians can make you feel it. I myself think they are and will be an Iconic Band, such as the likes of Pink Floyd,and Led Zepplin. To sum it all up Band Maid is a Phenomenal Band.
I found it amusing that you mentioned BabyMetal at the end after asking how people find stuff like Band Maid. For me, it was BabyMetal that became the gateway that led me to many other Japanese bands. Not only Band Maid but Wagakki Band, Doll$Boxx, Sakura Gakuin, Atarashii Gakko, and even the Hu Band from Mongolia. There are many others, but I have not gotten too far into them because I am not a big fan of screeching and growling.
This is one of their audience sing along songs to whip up the crowd. They have better songs, and in a wide range of styles, pop rock, punk rock, blues rock, jazzy rock, but lots of hard rock. Plus ballads, and acoustic. The running joke is that there are 20 songs in my top 5 of Band Maid. Two of them are Blooming, and Daydreaming. Good times ahead.
Herman Li from DragonForce reacted to one of their songs and I became a fan. Upset since I'm pretty sure I missed their Philly tour date, but will definately see them when they come back around.
You just discovered the greatest rock band in the world!! I recommend picking any of their official live videos on their CZcams channel or even MVs.
love that band
To clarify the Maid thing, and how Mika Noguchi became a Pigeon:
There is a type of restaurant in Japan known as a "maid cafe" where they hire college-age girls to be waitresses dressed as maids. They combine elements of anime characters and the traditional Japanese feminine ideal of childlike cuteness and push that way over the top. The "maids" gush over the guests, a bit like Chuck-E-Cheese for adults, introduce themselves and are prepared to explain their strong points, known as "Charm Points." If you have a special day such as a birthday, of course they sing to you.
Mika Noguchi was a working class teenager in Osaka, Japan's main motor city. She worked in a maid cafe -two of them over time - and dreamed of being a rock star. She got the idea of a hard rock band dressed as "cafe maids" which touch another Japanese esthetic: playing on "the gap" between what you see and expect, versus what actually happens. In this case, coming out in cutesy cafe-maid outfits and then blasting everyone's hair back with their sound.
Osaka had musicians, but the big music business was in Tokyo. Mika worked two jobs in back to back shifts for a year to get enough scratch to make her bid for stardom in one of the most expensive cities on Earth.
In Tokyo, she went to the starmaker management companies until one accepted her into their evaluation and development program. I'm not sure if her acting work was through them, but there was that, such as what we would call an after-school TV special.
They put her in a J-Pop trio, "Li'l Cumin." I saw a music video. Mika looked straight into the camera smiling, tried to connect with the viewer, the other two seemed afraid of it.
They had two songs that charted, but just barely. Li'l Cumin was not considered a success.
So the trio was over... and Mika made her pitch for an all-female hard rock band wearing maid costumes. I'm guessing on one detail, which is that they said "Well, bring us such a band, all dressed up and ready to work with you, and we will see if they can play. But we're not going to invest any time or money in it out front."
Because what happened was that Mika personally put the band together and got the outfits made. She sent her Mom some sketches and her Mom sewed the first Band-Maid outfits. She contacted CZcams guitar tutor/player Kanami Tono with her idea and Kanami knew drummer Akane Hirose and Akane knew bassist Misa.
Somewhere in all this, Mika took the stage name Miku Kobato, probably to differentiate her rock identity from her J-Pop identity. Kobato means "small pigeon" or what we would call a dove.
Also "Miku Kobato" has a value number of 810 in Japanese numerology. So she says she is really an 810 year old pigeon manifesting as a human at the moment.
A pigeon or dove call is "karuppo" or "po" for short in Japanese. So now she occasionally says karuppo, but most often ends her sentences with "po!" for emphasis, which irritates her family considerably.
There are endless jokes and lore about this.
But that is what the maid thing is about, and how Mika became Miku the pigeon.
Po!
You can't go wrong with any of their songs. My 3 favorite songs of theirs are Play, MORATORIUM and Rinnie. So you have done my favorite.
And then straight into Puzzle. So awesome.
Thanks! This is from my Holy Trinity list: Band-Maid and The Warning and Nightwish.
"Fuckin' A." Yes, I agree. A suggestion? There is so much to choose from. My current favorite is an instrumental *"from now on"* but anything, really.
Love Band Maid. Favorite band after discovering them in 2019. If you can find their live video for "Take Me Higher" from a few years ago you should definitely do a reaction to that. It was the 2nd song I heard from them and what got me hooked on them. The riff sounds familiar from a band that shall not be named but they make it better. It was the back and forth between MISA and Kanami during the solos that did it for me.
My bias is anything that highlights Misa, the bass player. Not that she is more talented than the others or anything like that. Bass is my favorite, and it's just so rare to find a band that is willing to let the bassist shine so often.
Welcome to Band maid... Great song to start with, but they are all great, and there is ove 130 to choose from... Enjoy the Pigeon hole... Domination live is a usual starter..
Here are a few more Japanese all female bands for you both.. If you think you are ready? Go on, I dare you..
Lovebites - Shadowmaker live - czcams.com/video/wmAKRiG89Qc/video.html
Nemophila - Revive - czcams.com/video/zmRmVc4u18w/video.html
Hagane - Super villan - czcams.com/video/MCqzm0nUxbM/video.html
Gacharic spin - Mindset - czcams.com/video/QmL0V667QzI/video.html
Trident - Ambivilent - czcams.com/video/yGwWnOSvh5A/video.html
Aldious - Sweet temptation - czcams.com/video/hraBdfH2xfI/video.html
Best wishes from France..
A well diverse and dynamically good band..
Now you need to do LOVEBITES and Nemophila for Japan's Holy Trinity. 3 of the most talented bands in the WORLD! 🤘
All on the list!! Can't wait to get into them more!!
@inRopinion YES! Recommend Set The World On Fire live for LOVEBITES! 🤘
A song, everything.