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I heard Black Sabbath right off the bat! Great song!

Great work on the breakdowns. They always hide some great tidbits in their work

Now this is good old fashion 70's rock with a fresh twist of Kanami style rock. She is brilliant 🎸🙂☮️🇨🇦

Prefer Kanami's solos from the period- Less speed more quality. That first section with Kanami was so Black Sabbath. Did Kanami's solo somehow dropped in to a Minor scale near the end? Miku has the best teacher, who knows what she wants from an accompanying guitarist.

Band Maid will deliver a riff that normal bands would’ve just stuck some chords around, have the lead guitarist stick a flashy solo on top of and call it a day. I’m still searching for a way to describe the changes, transitions, and unexpected things they stuff into each song. That “journey” you highlighted 🤷🏻

I'm pretty sure Kanami is playing her Alvarez Yairi. I think she has a couple. Best of the best.

"Balance" is my favorite song off of the Unleash EP. But all of them are great.

I was one off the rail at their show in Minneapolis, right between MISA and Miku. Miku had that Zemaitis chuggin' hard all night long. She's a top tier rockstar in my book. MISA, well she is just on another level.

Those pickups on MISA's G&L are the size of Acme bricks! Ol' Leo wasn't kiddin' around when he made them. And that's a Bad Horsie wah. I sure like the way you break down the songs.

One of my fave BM songs! Was fortunate enough to see their concert with The Warning in Tokyo a few days ago. Was amazing! dbl ♥

Great breakdown. Thank you 😊 They are just 🔥❤️

MIKU is often underrated because the other members are monster class, but they add a little spicy flavor with their guitars and sweet cream on top with their vocal harmonies.　　When I started the band, I had never even touched a guitar, and now I have grown a lot as a rhythm guitarist.　　All members of BAND-MAID are very hard workers and are constantly evolving.　Now it is hard to imagine the BAND-MAID sound without MIKU.　On stage, he becomes a clown and makes the audience laugh.　As a fan, I hope that BAND-MAID will grow bigger and better.

FYI - the song right after this is the original live version of "Don't You Tell Me" which was the forerunner to the lastest version from Yokohama Arena ('23). The two are very similar but there are a couple slight differences. The '18 version was an epic masterpiece, the '23 version made it legendary. 🤘 Rock Candy 🤘

This song really packages so much of what makes each member of the band indispensable. Miku's genius in knowing they needed Saiki really pays off here: Few songs show off their complementarity better than this--Saiki's power and edge, and Miku's sweet, adorable tone in counterpoint, is just perfect. And of course the song just bangs.

I heard Chicago when you heard Cream. Ensemble sounds meticulously organized even for a solo part, as always, and the band looks enjoying team efforts towards perfection that fascinates us. Your reaction brought me such a thought on weekend coffee. Arigato!

As I understand it from Ohrenje's excellent documentary on Kanami, the original drum track for this song was so complicated that Akane submitted two alternatives. The one they chose was titled "hell". Akane is a BEAST on her kit. She does more with less kit than most other drummers.

Great catch, John, on Miku. I have one: A couple of inadvertent things happens when Miku stops playing to sing leads or backup vocals. I say inadvertent because it originally happened in the early days of Band-Maid (like Thrill) when she was not capable of doing both at the same time: 1) It leaves space for her (and Saiki's) vocals, and 2), it brings a dynamic to the music that wouldn't be there if she played across her singing parts. Of course now as she's gotten pretty damn great, she plays many times while singing. But this unintentional rhythm guitar drop-out adds a dynamic, especially when she comes back in, that she still employs and is now part of Band-Maid's signature "live" sound. Since Kanami still plays her guitar parts when recording, you don't hear it as much as with their live performances. I actually prefer the dropped guitar because it reduces the wall of sound that can occur when 2-4 "full-on Kanami" guitar parts are in play on their albums.

Also, great point on the Pigeon. If you focus in the left instead of the right, for this concert especially, it really shows what Miku is contributing with that Zemaitis

I totally agree with your take on the quality of their craft; the more I listen to their music, the more I hear the intricacies they place in just the right spots to keep the song fresh to the ear. I've been enjoying "Never Forgive" lately because of all the subtle things they do as the song goes along, a little guitar riff here matching Maria's voice note-for-note, which is never repeated, and starting the first version of the chorus off bare-bones, then coming back in later in a huge symphony of sound the second time around, showing great musical instincts. This is no accident. Anna is a classically trained musician on piano for 10 years, and a next-level virtuoso on guitar, who attended music college for her bachelors in stage performance. Maria's father was a highly regarded composer of operas and other complex music (in addition to many other talents and skills) some considered to a genius at his craft, and I think the apple didn't fall far from the tree in Maria. The Sixsters have everything it takes to be superstars: the raw talent, the musicianship, the professionalism, the drive and ability to weather extreme hardship, and it surely doesn't hurt that they are all gorgeous. I am rooting for these young woman, and buy "coffees" and join reactors' Patreons to get guaranteed reactions, and I hope others out there will do the same. (I know many are because I'm starting to see a lot of reactions!)

I know you and your viewers will continue to enjoy all the Shinkiba Studio Coast 2017 and 2018 ZEPP concert performances - about 50 songs! They hold some of the best songs and recordings of Band-Maid. (Found on YT, bili website, bandmaidprime, early reactor vids, and on CD's/DVD's). 2016-2018 was during Band-Maid's less progressive / more classic hard rock period and it's well worth experiencing -- like Turn Me On was! Thx, John!

First time listening to this. I definitely heard the Black Sabbath influence on this song - even before you mentioned it. I’ve always loved Blank Sabbath and those parts really struck me. Excellent reaction! BAND-MAID forever! Love these gals!

I swear that Misa doesn't have speakers in her bass cabinet instead she has a couple of very fcken angry mountain lions. What a band Po 👍🍻

One of my favorite BAND-MAID songs .

Never apologize - you always have some interesting things to say about Band-Maid and their wondrous song/performance structure.

❤❤❤❤❤🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Akane !!!💘when you run out of words go back to the old ones that was Groovy Man ..... lol

My favorite band maid songs are always the ones where miku n psyche form po!tron

Please do a reaction to *Puzzle Acoustic* Zepp Tokyo 2018, Great Reaction

What you were talking about is the main reason why I love BAND-MAID! The music is familiar and yet amazingly different. The way they can sound familiar and different at the same time, the way they are fearless to try different styles of play and mix match sub-genres. I hate making this comparison more than you know, the creativity, reminds me of The Beatles. I love The Beatles and almost feal the comparison is sacrilege but I can't listen to BAND-MAID and not think it.

great song from my favorite cd of theirs ' domination'. and akane still has the tiny hat ! i miss it. along with kanami's killer legs.

Well said Mr. Rock!!!! What is there left to say about them? Supreme or superb is as good as it can get and after that it has been said! Great reaction! I loved the analysis in your reaction. I'm a subscriber now and looking forward to a great journey with you and some more Band Maid maybe!!!

Nice reaction RC! Enjoy how you ALWAYS point out something new in your analyses which gives new life to songs even after 100s of listens . Also loved Miku's vocal parts that are more prominent in the live version. 😁💯

Its the way you explain things make me hit that subscribe button like a flash of lightning..lol.. Btw thank you again for this ❤❤

Thanks for another great analysis. I have zero musical knowledge. You always help me enjoy the music even more.

You got to say Miku is so cute when she says "You are so special".

Misa, Bass Player: I played piano till 6th grade, then started playing guitar from 1st year junior high, and I was a vocal/guitar when I was 1st year high school. At 2nd year high school, a senior student asked me to join their band as a bassist. I was interested in playing bass, so I decided to join the band as a bassist.

Red Rose Miku, Sept. 14, 2017, interview: At the Band forming nobody in our band had done "Hard Rock" so we had started without knowing anything - we have grown greatly musically as a Band.

This is one of the songs that caught my attention... a few years ago, love it! Looks like you have not reacted to Clang yet ... I think you will like it (well, like all Band-Maid songs). Thanks for the reaction.

Thesaurus meanings. Dynamic. Innovative. Creative. Expressive. Rebellious. Influential. (see Band maid)

Love the solo in this one.

Gorilla really in the jungle in this one. 🦍🥁🍌

I glad I'm not the only one who hears the late 60's / early 70's familiarity in their music. I feel it but usually can't quite relate it to anything specifically. Thanks for the great breakdown.

BANGER! That is all...Po 🕊

It is a party that lives rent free in my head.

❤❤❤❤❤❤🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 I am with you on this band every generation has a few or one great band and I really think they are one of the few in this generation ( I am excluding Japanese bands from this I think they deserve their own category since there are no bad Japanese bands lol )

Boston was the first adult record album i bought with money i earned i was about the same age as some of these kids 13-14 lol so cool to see them doing this song it is still one of the best albums ever made in my opinion to bad it seemed to be a one off Boston never did seem to capture the same vibe in any of the following albums

Thanks for this, i love there Ukrainian tracks and am starting to get and hum along with them. I love the raw emotion in this,and how beautifully constructed it is . Good choice,and i hope you do more .😜❤️❤️

Thanks for your well considered review and continued support if these amazing individuals.

About these kids. Not going to criticize these kids. They're not a band. Just a group of kids to jam out. But I will say one thing. One of those guitarist made his electric guitar sound like Boston. That's rear. About Boston. When the debut album was released. We had vinyl & tape (cassette and 8-track). It was very good. But I just listen to side one. They put another record on. To me. The Cars debut album is an album I played both sides. In my opinion. Tom Scholz burnt out after *Don't Look Back.* He only had 2½ albums in him. First two & an EP (best songs from Third Stage, Walk On, Greatest Hits 2 new songs & Corporate America) since Boston's last 4 albums were dreadful.

Your 2 cents speaks millions!! We understand how Dany and Pau came to be inspired by the Rock Band game, but did it really rub off onto Ale, or was she caught up with wanting to be a part of and be close to her sisters? Not that any of that is wrong...but like you, inquiring minds want to know!

My hope is that this group of young artists stay in touch with each other and continue to collaborate...eventually creating their own original songs! I think they are THAT good!!