The fact that they are all females in maid costumes is irrelevant in the grand scheme. Their composition, instrumental ability, and chemistry is what makes them the best rock band on planet Earth! 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂
I'd like to offer another idea. Representation matters, in this case it matters to young girls (and grown women) to be able to have favorite musicians who look like them. It can make a big difference in what they want to listen to, and for a few of them, play. This band is good enough that they've taken a music industry trope - cute women in costumes - and used it to get their foot in the door. They're wolves in sheep clothing, representing women in the music industry and showing industry types, listeners, and other musicians that women can go, and go hard, in the world of rock.
I know you just wanted to point out their musical abilities, but in the grand scheme, as you put it, the costumes and the gender are relevant. Being even extremly good is not enough. It is part of the story that they are creating, the story of Band Maid. Because, at the bottom line, the art of storytelling is the most apealling form of art. Miku is a smart woman, probably the smartest one between them (my bias is Kanami) and she figured out some stuff. And I think their costumes are evolving with the story.
You really need to check out The Warning, 3 young sisters from Mexico who are amazing !!! Check out any of their original songs (I don't think they know how to write a bad one ! :-)
Thanks for getting back to Band-Maid, Queen. After two years, you are re-embarking on (along with many others - over 95 million YT views!) an awesome 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 Punk, Metal and Pop, with nice touches of Blues, Funk and Grunge. Sometimes they use multiple genres within the same song. Their Composition, Execution, Consistency (over a 100 songs with their latest album, “Conqueror”, and a new drop coming Jan. ‘21), Uniqueness, Charisma, Charm and, oh yeah, Cuteness factor, position them as becoming the hard rock Beatles of our time! In other words, they’re destine 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 50 favorites! "Thrill" (2014) is a great place to start: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uds7g3M-4lQ.html Their later songs drive even more - Different, Rinne, Blooming, Moratorium, Domination, Clang, Dice, Spirit, Turn Me On, Fate, Play, Hide-And-Seek, Secret My Lips, Puzzle, Glory, 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, Anemone, Endless Story, PAGE, Mirage and Smile... or more punky like Don’t Let Me Down and Screaming… or funky like Bubble… or bluesy like The Dragon Cries… or poppy like Start Over… or a bit jazzy like Wonderland… or cultural like the Band-Maiko series… or instrumentals like Don’t Be Long, Onset, Without Holding Back and Going Nuts! And many are represented with over 30 well produced music videos. ru-vid.com Most performances should be experienced from their LIVE concerts such as Tokyo's LINE CUBE SHIBUYA on February 14th (“Domination” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QbyQCJn6rYg.html), ZEPP 2018, Shinkiba Studio Coast 2017 and some of the better 2019 tour Fan vids. Here’s three of what it’s like to see Band-Maid LIVE at super intimate venues. The first taken by Vladimir Chupin in Hamburg: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-__1th7ctgMo.html, the second taken by JT Dayo in LA: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4uIYBkAybCI.html, and third, JOSER8845 in LA: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-usWZvlGGDSs.html. 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 are: (Ages are best est.). Saiki Atsumi (Sy-i-Key or Psyche) “Ice Queen" - Lead vocals, arrangements, melodies and High Priestess mediator between the Gods (Band Members) and the masters and princesses (Fans). At 26 and the youngest, “Sensei” (Leader) as Miku calls her, has the last word on many musical decisions. High-heels or sneakers, Sai-chan’s smile melts away the persona. Her charisma, performance and voice focus the experience. Miku Kobato (Me-Ku) "Small Pigeon" - Rhythm guitar, vocals, lyricist, 29 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. Kurrupo! No, no, no… KURRUPO!! Kanami Tono (Ka-Naw-Me) “Princess” - Lead guitar, keyboards, 29 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, 30 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 “DrumRilla” is the Party! MISA (Me-Sa) "Assassin" - Bass, 28 years old. A sullen, barefoot, dark spirit driving her 5-string bottom-end to hell and back, off-stage MISA is the band’s goofball ballerina. The Mysterious One 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! WATCH BAND-MAID PLAY THEIR LATEST HIT SINGLES "DIFFERENT" AND "AFTER LIFE!" In case you missed it... their live online was beyond expectations - and they were already stratospheric! Tightest, baddest, kickassest band on earth! BAND-MAID ONLINE OKYU-JI 2-HOUR LIVE CONCERT - ARCHIVED TICKETS ON SALE NOW! bandmaid.tokyo/contents/376042 (for info and membership discount) or at zaiko.io/event/333406
The Warning is awesome! This ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--VUCzqDyOdI.html&ab_channel=TheWarning is Dull Knives, from a quarantine show they were in. All are under 21 years old, and Spector is coming out with a signature bass guitar in the bassist's name. She just turned 16.
@@queenschannel7986 You do know there are dosens of Japanese girl bands right? - Lovebites, Doll$boxx, Nemophila, Scandal, Elfriede, Trident, Aldious, Bridear, Gacharic Spin, Brats, Mary's Blood, Girlfriend, Fate Gear, Silent Siren for example. Also Mexico's - The Warning and Ruido Rosa.
Ah I see. I don't usually listen to girl bands same with girl groups since it's hard for me to really get into girl groups and bands so I'm sorry if I didn't realize that.
Please react to The Warning, 3 very talented young ladies who are sisters, a power trio, highly recommended, there from Mexico but sing in English, the next generation of awesome rock 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
Yes, this latest version of the Maid outfits are very sparkly and debuted at the beginning of this year. I suspect Miku had something to do with the sparkles.
If I recall correctly, Saiki is the one incharge of their designs, merchandise and most things related to the “look” side of the band. The rest of the band are supposedly so uninterested and bad at their dressing sense that she had to resignedly take up the responsibility to make sure they’re all decently presentable even in their training camps and the like.
@@MoonmanRedux She mostly gives the general direction as the main designs are ofcourse done by pros. I remember hearing about it first in an Instagram live saiki did to promote their new merchandise. Check out this latest official interview for more details. Think it was mentioned in Saiki’s section www.reddit.com/r/BandMaid/comments/cbvlp7/translation_of_interview_for_bandmaids_future/ Summarised list of the translated content (all credit goes to the translators in this reddit thread and BM) 1) Detailed individual interview of all the members Kanami- Lead guitarist/ Composer and Arranger Miku- Rhythm guitarist/ Backing vocals/ Lyricist Akane- Drummer MISA- Bassist Saiki- Main Vocalist 2) Interview with Kanami about her music composition process, gears and softwares. 3) The group interview about how they started and future of the band. 4) A report and interview about their rehearsal process and preparations before a live show.
Yes Queen is back, back again, Queen is back at reacting to Jrock Bando-Maid! Hey wanna check the major 3rd album of PassCode "Strive", new MV from them called "Spark Ignition" song. Ciao, happy holidays to you! /,,/
From JAPAN ■ Introducing BAND MAID and the latest news. (^^♪ Thank you for Reaction BAND MAID. BAND MAID is a 5-member girls rock band. They are hard rock band and are now considered by fans to be one of the best hard rock bands in the world. They usually perform 23 songs and 2 hours live. They were formed in Japan in 2013 by side guitarist Miku Kobato. Kobato had experience working at a maid cafe in Akihabara Tokyo and had the idea of playing hard rock with a maid costume. That's why the band was named Band-Maid. "Thrill" was their first music video in 2014, played 2 million times in two weeks and saved them from breaking up. At that time they were just around 20-23 years old. And then they have been doing LIVE overseas and increasing their fans. Now they are writing, composing and arranging all the songs. 31 songs have been released on their official RU-vid, all of which are killer songs. BAND NAID's online full live December 13th. The new songs "Different" and "After Life" will also be performed. Full scale live is 2 hours. 23 songs are played and there is also their cute conversation. l-tike.zaiko.io/e/bandmaid1213 ★The viewing period is 3 months, and you can watch it as many times with anyone. They will release a new song "Different" on December 2nd and a full album 14 songs "Unseen World" in January 20 next year. The new song "Different" will be the theme song for the animation "Log Horizon 3rd season : Destruction of the Round Table " that start in January 13 next year on NHK E-TV (educational broadcast) Japan. They will perform live at Nippon Budokan, the sanctuary of Japanese music, on February 11th next year. Official RU-vid ru-vid.comvideos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=2126 For hard rock, "Different" "DOMINATION" "Secret my lips," "Rinne," "DICE." "PLAY." and "Onset." ( "DOMINATION" is the 22nd song of 23 songs.2020 2.14 Shibuya Tokyo LIVE ■ English subtitles of the lyrics." ) For power ballads, "Wonderland ," "Endless story ,"and "Daydreaming" For a fun live, "FREEDOM(Live) ," "CROSS", and "Choose me ■ English subtitles of the lyrics." All English lyrics song, "Dragon Cry" and "Don't Let Me Down" Japanese style "Secret maiko lips" and "GION-CHO" ■ April Fool's gift BAND MAIKO version. My most favorite songs right now are the "Puzzle" band version and the acoustic version. (^^♪ BAND MEMBER They are unique, serious, shy and cute women. Miku Kobato : Side guitar, back vocal, lyricist, band founder, Public relations officer, Kobato is a small pigeon! Saiki : Lead vocal, the youngest, and member call her a teacher and she make various decisions. likes bullet trains. Kanami Tono : Lead guitar, composer (prolific genius), good at piano. hobby is reading. good at making sweets. Akane Hirose : Drummer, good at funny faces, She is a big eater. She loves anime. She has a lot of friends. Misa : Bassist, stage drinks are liquor, play with bare feet. She is the most shy and reticent. good at cooking
Great reaction video. Band-Maid is my favorite for now. However, I'm curious to see your reaction to Lovebites. They are an all female Japanese Heavy Metal band that will knock your socks off. Their song, Thunder Vengeance is amazing. It's a good place to start as it's the first song of a Concert. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yWE7PqCpGi4.html
Great reaction, best band in the world and they don't let you down, now you'll have to react to their song "Don't let me down". You'll find that there are a lot of all female rock and metal bands from Japan, you'll get some recommendations for some of them.
Thank you very much! Yeah thank to everyone recommending some more bands that I've never hear of before its definitely helpful for me. I'll definitely check that song out too!
They are all very skilled artists! I am not generally into much thrash metal, but this is a good song, and they bring it!! If you like seeing girl bands, I know you will like three young sisters ages 16 to 20 who just finished recording their third full length album. The band is The Warning. They are already veteran rockers! It's just pure rock, as well as being the best power trio since Rush! The band has released two singles, an EP, and two LPs, one of which is a concept album, all their own original compositions. Any song from them would be good. I can suggest 'Shattered Heart LIVE @ The Whisky A GoGo Jan. 2020'. It was recently posted publicly, but was performed on January 16. I was there! Any video from their channel, you won't be disappointed!
Once upon a time in Japan, in the early 1980s, an all woman band named Show-Ya hit the music scene. As their name implies, they were determined to prove that women could rock hard, and they did, with a bit of metal edge. Another called Princess Princess was also part of this, more in the power pop rock vein, IMHO.. Show-Ya succeeded spectacularly and inspired generations of girls in Japan to go develop and perform their own music. More recently, they put on an all female music festival every summer, except I think this one. So there are probably hundreds of good rock and metal bands in Japan, and dozens of world class excellent ones, MANY of which are all-women bands. Band-Maid is still my #1 after four years of exploring J-Rock and J-Metal. Exist-Trace is another I like a lot. They are also all-female although that may not be obvious, because they are Visual Kei, a Japanese form of glam rock, and play with gender bending a bit. Genres are all fair game for them, but alt-rock and alt-metal come close. Two of their heaviest are Resonance and Vanguard. I find Knife really impressive too.
Here is a great interview with Miku and Kanami talking mainly about the "Different" EP. It has english SUBS !! Link: (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nYHpt6pnaUA.html ) Also not to be missed great written Interview with all members here on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/BandMaid/comments/cbvlp7/translation_of_interview_for_bandmaids_future/
Hey Queen, you might want to have a look at Mexican sisters The Warning (catchy, melodic hard rock). An EP and two original albums, a third completed with release expected in February (first with record company). They compose in English apart from one released song in Spanish so far. Still in their teens (eldest is 20). Try Dust to Dust at Lunario CDMX (2018) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TeIbG8nkOiU.html This gives a good idea of where they are right now. Survive at TEDx (2017) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E62SVvLw9FI.html Many started here. You're guaranteed to be invaded by The Warning Army, especially if you respond positively. But we can't force that and you should be honest of course. Not all of The Warning fans were won over immediately.
Wow! This is the first time I've seen someone request a Mexican artist! Thank you for giving me a heads up. I'd be glad to react to it and see what I think about them. I do listen to a few Spanish artists so who knows I might like them. Plus it might make my mom pretty happy too. 🤭 Also, as long as they aren't associated with a curtain company then everything should be fine. I am taking more precautions to artists I'm reacting to now a days.
@@queenschannel7986 thanks Queen, just to clarify they do sing 99% in English. Their one released Spanish song is a satirical commentary on their singing in English. :) Subscribed!
J-Metal and J-Rock is full and I mean FULL of great bands many of which are all female including: Band Maid, hard rock see them live, Domination Mary’s Blood, metal Marionette live, my favorite of the metal bands, incredible shredder Nemophilia, Metal Oiran mv Bridear Metal Light in the Dark mv Lovebites Metal When Destines Align mv Fates Gear, Metal Headless Goddess mv Female fronted bands Babymetal, Metal biggest of them all and really opened the door to Japanese metal for many, Megitsune mv or Road of Resistance live, a band that is great live Unlucky Morpheus Metal, Black Pentagram mv Iron Bunny Metal, 23 mv Hell I feel bad leaving so many other bands off here.
Yes it's different. Ultra anime punk Kanami time. Still so many quick changes in tempo. No time to stuff up any musical element. Time to review 1. Dont you tell me live 2.Turn me on live 3. Onset live in 2018. It's solo time!
when you say girl band is rare these days I disagree with you. Try : LOVEBITES / WHEN DESTINIES ALIGN. 4K MUSIC VIDEO. If you want more girl's band let me know. Happy holidays to you and all yours subscribers. 🇨🇦🤘😎🤘🇨🇦
I don't really listen to a lot of girl groups and bands since I'm very strict on them. So it's hard for me to really get into a lot of them both new and old. But what I mean by that is that their just hard to find a lot of girl bands comepared to groups especially for different countries if you don't really look into it a lot which on my case I dont do that unless I've randomly come upon it or they are recommend. That's what I mean by that. But thank you for the recommendation to LOVEBITES. Looks like lots of people want me to react to it. As long as their not associated with a curtain company and nothing happens if I post a reaction then it should be fine.
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with you . I meant theirs a wave of talented girl band emerging. English it's not my first language I'm French Canadian, sorry . I'm very selective in my choice of music. Thank you for your reply and have a nice evening.