We explore the Japanese underground and visual kei scene: The live house venues, the impact of the pandemic, East vs. West, and more.

Details of all our main stories: https://jrock.news/150704

Intro music by うたたP(@tkomine)

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:41 How NBT's time in Japan has changed

03:55 The MAD JAMIE experience and the idol route

11:10 The venue experience before during and after the pandemic and the crowd makeup

14:30 Metal heads and visual fans unfairly compared

17:41 The anime band stigma

24:11 Visual kei is waning, and it is the golden age of self-production

28:05 Checking in on DEVILOOF and how pillars ruin venues

55:41 Winding down

50:00 Outro