FIRST REACTION to Maximum The Hormone - Let's Talk 

Some background about what is going on: you can see from the first scenes that the guitarist used to be much heavier. He was told by his doctor that he needed to lose weight for his health and he did. A lot of fans were not happy about him changing his appearance so much and would go online and tell him that he looked better and that they liked him better when he was heavier. This song and video is his response to those people. You see the reference to the excess food and aerobic classes and the puking on the girl talking about how much better he used to be speaks for itself.

Maximum the hormone journey is about to begin! You’re never ready with them

"What the hell is going on?" Maximum the Hormone. That's what's going on.

Yes Nao the drummer is singing the "disco" part. And she's also Akane's (BAND-MAID) favorite drummer. Nao is the reason why Akane pursued drumming intensely. For next MTH songs please check out "Zetsubō Billy", "What's Up, People?!", "Koi no Mega Lover", "Yoshū Fukushū" (my favorite), "Benjo Sandal Dance", "A-L-I-E-N", "Koi no Sperm" 🙏🏻

Hi OldSkuleNerd. Everyone gets confused when they see this band for the first time. In Japan, BAND-MAID dru. AKANE, NEMOPHILA dru. TAM, etc. There are many drummers who have been greatly influenced by the drummer NAO of MAXIMUM THE HORMONE. Both AKANE and TAM started playing drums with their copies. By the way, drummer and guitarist are siblings.

My body is ready for the Maximum the Horimone reactions.

As mentioned before. The song is about fans who were critical of the guitarist Ryo who lost weight. He was told by doctors if he didn't loose weight he would die. He did and some fans said the like the way looked better when he was fat and were critical of him. The girl at the beginning represented one of those fans. The part at the end where he is yelling into the megaphone he is listing medical problems associated with obesity. Keep them up 🤘😁🤘

Havent watched yet but all i can say is holy crap ive been waiting for this and i didnt even realize.

Yeah, the drummer (Nao) sings the female vocal parts; she's a dynamo. Akane (Band-Maid drummer) credits her discovery of Nao's drumming as a huge early inspiration for her. Max the Hormone for me is another band that is emblematic of the unique and creative music scene going on in Japan - an understated modern mecca of rock and metal.

Any female vocals you hear on their song is the drummer. You mentioned the talent on each of the members, the harsh vocalist can also play drums and bongos 🤘😁🤘

Japanese are crazy lol ;). The heavy part is briliant

Lol it's time for Maximum the Hormone party!🎉 Yes it's her Nao the inspiration of Akane, they're all great drummers.. Told yah, I had written down all of great Japanese bands that will be coming to your doorstep, wave after wave of fanbase.. Haha so now you know🤟😁🤟

Hadn't heard these guys before. Wow! It's amazing how music can transcend language - they can tell a story!

YES! I love Maximum the Hormone!!! Please keep up the reactions to them. If you want more, check out their song Yoshu Fukushu. They also have a sense of humor and have been known to troll their fans. The song at the beginning with the montage was one of those times. The drummer had a baby so the band took some time off. When they came back, they released the lighter poppy song and said since the drummer was now a mother, they were changing styles. They let the joke play for about a week before releasing the second part of the song which hit hard AF! I hope you keep these guys in your rotation. Just pause mire often to help avoid the blocks. Also Flea is a big influence on the bassist. So much so he plays the same bass and even has a same tattoo 🤘😊🤘

Welcome to Maximum. It only gets weirder from here.

Welcome to one of the best bands in the world! Now it’s time to react to my all time favourite song Yoshu Fukushu.

This is awesome. I am literally one week ahead of you on this Maximum the Hormone trip and is is un-flipping-real. It is bonkers. Also while a bunch of songs have meaning it feels like you might go crazy trying to read too much into some of their stuff as they are always messing with you. Also language barrier. Also Japanese people sometimes have a hard time with their songs it seems.

The girl in the beginning is talking about how she misses chubby Maximum the Ryo. And yes the song is about appearances and eating. Yes and Nao is the one singing mid song

That is indeed Nao. She has a wonderful voice.

Nao, pronounced "Now". One of the favorite bands of Miku and Akane, and an inspiration to many. All of their stuff is this crazy. It's lovely.

A bit of a backgrounder for the start of the video (up for corrections, anybody who knows better): the first song was "Koi No Sperma", a song they wrote when they found out Nao was pregnant. The 2nd song was "These Little Hands". A troll song. They wrote it to troll fans. After a long hiatus due to Nao's pregnancy, rumors started spreading that they will stop playing heavy stuff. Nao, being a new mother, would be more mellow. So they released that song sounding all poppy walking around the park smiling at babies. Then a week later they updated the video, this time being cut and went into the song "Maximum The Hormone" which you should look into. Just be careful because there's an edited/shortened version of it. Obviously go for the longer one.

So great you’re experiencing MTH. You should check out their song “What’s up people” it was used as the theme tune to the Japanese anime Death note for quite a while and it’s a great tune

Been meaning to check this band out for a while. That was wild. I actually liked it. Akane from band maid takes huge inspiration from this band. Can you imagine a band maid - maximum the hormone collaboration!!

the band's drummer name is Nao Kawakita Nao is the best drummer that AKANE(Bnad Maid drummer) respect

I've been watching Maximum The Hormone for about two years now. I still have no idea what the hell I'm getting into.

Oh man so I just got a chance to sit down with this and it was up on the TV I was so pumped. I am so glad you were overwhelmed as weird as it is to say. The song does go freaking everywhere which is why I chose it because I knew it had the best chance to pull you in. Every member has there spotlight and yes as everyone said that is Nao singing. The backstory is that Ryo lost a lot of weight for his health and the "fans" as represented in the beginning of the video were like but we don't like this, bring back our tubby Ryo. The song progresses with his feelings of starving everyday and the pain of trying to get better then being told no don't work out, it's bad. It's an assault on all sides and his response of he's never going back to the hospital, never feeling the pain again. The very end is a speech about the statistics of disease like diabetes and even gaut and the numbers in Japan. What I love most is that at the very end it is almost a finger to the fans because he sits down and eats Ramen because the change and improvement was never for anyone but himself. I hope we see more of this band and reactions later but for now I am just happy this hit the playlist for you ^^

Hell yes! These are the real MVPs of the japanese rock scene. Been a fan since the mid 2000s and im always so hyped to see people discover these mad lads (and mad lady)!

Her name is pronounced "now" and yes she does all the female vocals, shes a legend amongst female drummers. Ryo is her Brother! Imo MTH are the greatest Japanese band ever and one of my top 5 bands of all time, check out Yoshu Fukushu, A.L.I.E.N, koi no mega lover, Hungry pride and Shimi,

okay.... but... are you ready for their song "Yoshu Fukushu"? Harrr harrr harrr...

Favorite band all time. You have to do more..... more

I wish I was you dude.. I wish I could erase my memory and see all their songs for the first time!

My introduction to MTH was with the song A.L.I.E.N. Complete assault on the visual and auditory senses... My mind was blown. They are incredibly talented and from the few songs I've heard, mix many genres so well into one song. Its borderline chaos, but I love it.

They exist since 1998. Always a great band. They're great live too

thank you magnet Maximum The Hormone i new for me to looking foreword to this

Maximum the Hormone is a whooooooole new level of energy. Go look up the live shows and how much energy they have on stage. It gets translated pretty well in the music vids.

What an amazing band

Maximum The Talent!

yes some MTH THIS BAND IS AWESOME

saw them in Hamburg a couple years ago, never experienced such a brilliant live band before. Their live playing is unbelievably good

New song from Maximum The Hormone - Hungry Pride They Go To Eleven!

Anyone remember the old "Frog in the Blender" interactive GIF from the late 1990's where you could press 10 different speed buttons and watch the results. MTH is a bit like that. They'll switch things up at totally unpredictable intervals. You never know what is coming. Eventually though, they are going to hit one of the high speed buttons and everything is going to go splat.

Just watched this again.. Love your “OMG” reaction to MTHM. They are a force.

Ryo (MTR, guitar) was appeared to be diagnosed with gout, a sometimes acute inflammatory arthritic joint condition that is usually painful. It usually affects the lower extremities (knees and ankles) but can also affect the finger joints. So Ryo (sounds like "Rio") had to go on a diet free of red meat, limited alcohol etc, perhaps, so that he could continue to play the guitar, and be pain-free. Simple solution, with a side-effect of losing weight. Some fans commented that they liked the more big-boned Ryo. So, this song was the "rebuttal" of that experience? Brilliant!

Probably the best reaction video I have ever seen, thanks! And please do more.

"What the hell is going on?", a very common thought with MTH-videos.... And yes, this band goes ALL the places! They are just this awesome! Some day you should check out the live-footage of them at Metrock Festival 2015 because their live shows are CRAZY energetic as well! It's absolutely no mistake to check out more of their music videos though since they always are amazing artworks basically and there will be many, many more "WTF"-moments!

As mentioned before, but I’m summarizing, drummers of numerous bands you have reviewed already were inspired by Nao.

MTH is a world apart, a fantastic world

Fun Fact in the early days for his guitar amp head he used the Randall Warhead which was a signature amp for DimeBag!

MTH is legend!

You are in for a treat my friend. I hope you keep going down this rabbit hole. I really hope you do Yoshu Fukushu next.

Check out vap by maximum the hormone the dirty vocal singer plays drums on that video and the drummer does lead vocal.

No one is ready for Maximum the Hormone :D They are insane, but genial. Love all their songs but on the top is for me Yoshu Fukusku and song "ChuChu Lovely MuniMuni MuraMura PrinPrin Boron Nururu ReroRero".

They do like Flea a lot I think, also based on an other song which very much had a RHCP feel. The drummer has inspired lots of Japanese women to drum.

Let's start with the fact that drummer/singer Nao (pronounced: Now) Kawakita is the elder sister of guitarist Ryo. BTW, be careful, Warner Japan blocks almost everything. But, your next reaction should be to Koi no Sperma by MTH.

The vocalist/screamer also plays the drums too.

MTH is one of my favorite bands

Yes, it is the drummer singing. They are amazeballz

Maximum proving once again, all music is disco.

Akane from Band-Maid cites Nao as one of her main drum influences. Also song is about Ryo’s weight loss and the fans reacting negatively to it, basically him saying he had to do it or he was gonna die and he is still the same person just not as big. Suggest your next MTH song should be “Yoshu Fukushu” get to see more vocal range from Nao.

listen to MTH or watching a video is always a big laugh and a huge journey of rock feelings - luv´em

The reason with the puke is to signify that the song if going to be heavy, they have the same scene of Ryo vomiting on a TV with static (or close to the same scene) in all of their hardest music videos

Don't worry noboby is ready for their first MTH. Welcome to the new rabbit hole to fall in. Pick any song from them they are all great. And yes that was Nao singing.

For more absolute bizarreness, check out ALIEN. For pure intensity, check out Yoshu Fukushu. For funky groove, check out Maximum the Hormone (the self titled song). Welcome to the genre hopping insanity of MTH

i've always described Maximum the Hormone as the japanese System of a Down. and if you know system and listen to more of Maximum you'll know what i mean. it's a compliment. fucking love these guys.

I talked to the lead singer feom dropkick a few times about "maximum". They toured with dropkick for a few shows. He ows a reataurant. Im a chef. We would meet up and talk food and then about how badass "maximum" is. They have so many sick ass songs man

Nobody is ever ready for MtH! They quickly became my fave group from Japan... Oh, if you think that's a heavy groove you ain't heard nothing yet! I see Alien has been mentioned, and yes it's a classic, as is Yoku Fukushu which is a banger. Unfortunately as you surmised at the beginning they are likely to get blocked... :(

Hungry Pride next!

Maximum the Hormone is awesome, but beware that their label is known to issue copyright strikes. If you react to them again, two awesome songs are "A-L-I-E-N" and "Buiikikaesu" (though you will need to do a google video search to find the second one on dailymotion - it's not on RU-vid anymore). The band has been around a long time, and especially the drummer, Nao, has been a big inspiration for other women in the Japanese heavy music scene. Akane from Band-Maid has cited her as a major inspiration. She is also noteworthy as one of the few women in Japanese music to have a family, but continue her career (Japan is super-conservative in a lot of ways).

the masters of transitions

I've noticed how many people mentioned how Nao was/is such a huge influence & inspiration of Akane as well as many other Japanese female drummers, but what I didn't see mentioned is that you can easily find the RU-vid video of Akane doing a drum cover of MTH's Benjo Sandle Dance, and it's not the typical smiling, fun loving Akane, but rather the head down, tiny hat wearing, I hate my drum kit Akane.

These guys are good value

"I was not ready for this at all" - Yea, literally no one is ever ready for MTH. "Expect the unexpected" is the name of the game with this band. By the way, the multi-talented thing is no joke. Nao is a really great singer aside from being an incredible drummer, and Daisuke being an insanely good singer/screamer, he can also play the drums. You can actually see/hear this in action on their song "VAP". As the story goes, this one time Daisuke hurt his neck badly (he needed surgery) so they couldn't really perform anywhere. But they still wanted to give something to the fans, so they wrote a sort of farewell song to their old label VAP (as the band transferring over to Warner Music at the time). For this song Nao and Daisuke switched places, Daisuke was on drums and Nao the main singer. It's a really cool song!

Subscribed, because you handled MTH like a real music fan, and I appreciate that. Some less mentioned songs worth hearing are "Kuso Breakin' Nou Breakin' Lilly" and "Shimi" (both off the same album, but what jumps to mind) ... And though it's been said, yeah... Nao handles her own vocals.

You are in for a treat with this band then, lol. What song should be next? Yoshu Fukushuu? A-L-I-E-N? Hungry Strike? Any of these will continue to blow you away, and you're just getting started. ;-)

11:00 they do group vocals on a lot of their stuff, so the bass player does sing some.

"How multi-talented are these four people?" Very, the awnser is very talented. Not only are they talented, they're having fun aswell.

I just realised that in the background there is a sticker on a cabinet with I ❤️Vagina

Love the video man. You should check out tsume tsume tsume by MTH. When Ryo was chunky lol

Ahahaha! - you finally found MTH! Just add to everyone's comments that their live shows can get just as crazy on stage, and have maximum-the-crowd participation - no words - you will just have to see to believe.

Check out their song Hungry Pride....

saw them open for Dropkick Murphys about 10 or so years ago. They destroyed. The shirt they're wearing with the skeleton devil horns I still have it and wear it.

Akane of bandmaid nao is one of her influence

Just subscribed to your channel. This is the third time I have posted a comment. I don't know why my comments keep disappearing. Anyway, love your channel. Please react to more Maximum The Hormone. I can get you all of their content if you want. They have a long career of really wacky stuff!

Nao-chan the drummer she's the one singing the dance part it's obvious in her voice already lol

Wow! That was fun!

maximum the hormone is a rabbit hole of an experience. id say is better to watch first then analyze. but hey thats just me.

Yes it's the drummer singing, all there song go places like this one. Maximum Rule

The woman who got her phone vomited 🤮 on is also singing the disco part and the drummer too

The most talented sibling in Japan.

It is good to see a life transformed. Won’t suggest another Japanese band for now, as you have clearly a lot of MtH catching up to do.

I believe the song is about the lead singer and guitarist losing a lot of weight and some of their fans' negativity towards that. The English translation of the lyrics and the imagery of the video definitely points in that direction.

So this will be a bit of a comment that is possibly repeating whats already been said but first of all yes, that is Nao singing those aerobic themed parts. Secondly to give some context, the green screen at the beginning was a clip of a previous video they did for a song called "Koi no sperm" and the music that followed was from a promo clip they did for their previous album "Yoshu Fukushu" and the vomiting on the phone was a reference to this clip. As for the overall theme of the song itbis about how after the release of their prior film clip for a song called "Vap" (about the bands departure from vap records after signing with Warner) many fans complained about Ryo's weight loss. This clip is basically a big FU to everyone that said they preferred him fat even though he had been told by his doctor he would most likely have serious health issues if he didn't loose weight soon. And just to throw in a little bit of trivia for you. Nao and Ryo are brother and sister.

Just as a warning, Maximum the Hormone (or their record company really) has a tendency to copyright strike reactions, so be careful. The strikes can also appear with long delays, even years after the upload. And three strikes leads to a shut down of the channel.

... Welcome to the amazing craziness that's MTH. All of them can sing I think the bassists mostly sings harmonies or accent shouts I could be wrong on that. I think there's one song he has a small part in.

IKR? Check out 'Alien' for shocking!

No that’s the drummer singing the pop parts. She wanted to be a pop idol but got told she was too fat so she started this band

another reaction to my red bull replacement. these guys are insane. They need to be on a "try not to headband" list

Hey OSN! Love your videos! Your reactions are fantastic! Since you did this band, here's hoping you'll do one to The Gazette-UNDYING! The music is amazing, and they are a visual kei metal band.

Check out their last single. Hungry Pride Monster!!!!

next MTH: Hungry Pride ! ... almost 5M views The MV is Easier to understand, dont forget fasten your SeatBelt ! ( put watermark on video, MTH company very strict with video upload)