Hi from the UK. So glad you've found these ladies. I discovered Band Maid about 10 months ago and saw them live in a small venue in London last November. I can honestly say they are one of the most exciting bands I've ever seen live. ( and I've seen some of the best in my 55 years). They play like they were meant to be together. I must have seen this video over 30 times and it gives me chills every time I see it. Just keep watching their live stuff. I could recommend so many tracks to watch but anything from their Studio Coast or Zepp Tokyo gigs kicks ass.😁
Band Maid is tremendously talented. They have worked and worked at their craft, playing gigs everywhere and anywhere across Japan, and expanding into Europe, US, Central America. The band's music even got better and harder when they wrote all of their own music (Domination album). Take Me Higher, Dice, Play, Don't You Tell Me, Gion Cho, Moratorium, Screaming, etc. Other bands worthy of consideration are: Aldious - Re:Fire, Dominator, We Are; Asterism (A very young group of virtuosi, with a 16 year-old female lead guitarist) - Rising Moon, 155, Takayoshi Ohmura's solo stuff (Babymetal's Kami Band guitarist) - Never Surrender, Wanna Get a Good Love, Tell Me Why
As Rick Wagner said, that no one has yet requested Asterism. They are my absolute favourites besides Buckethead and Band-Maid. Their new tune Stars is crazy good. React to that one if you dare. Their musicianship equals the Kami band. And that...says alot!
Best rock and roll band in the world! Not metal. Has metal elements but they pull from all genres of rock. Then throw in jazz, blues and classical for good measure.
So much good BAND-MAID still to come. I'm almost jealous that you get to experience their songs for the first time. : ) I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Japan has helped save Rock 'n' Roll music, especially in this decade. I'm a little surprised no one has suggested Asterism yet (unless I missed it). Here's a live studio version of 'Rising Moon': ua-cam.com/video/BKbxEEYezZc/v-deo.html BAND-MAID are more Hard Rock, with punk, metal, funk, pop, etc influences. Asterism are more solidly in the Metal camp. Their lead guitarist HAL-CA is 16 years old, and a force of nature. Also, if you like a lot of strings on the bass, check out what MIYU is playing in this one. He's a year older. The oldest member of this band is his brother MIO, who is 19.
Hey Rick, thanks a lot ( trust you to find the new and interesting), that was really something - she's wicked and the bass, 7 strings???, really?? and how hard is it to do hammer ons, pull offs and tapping on a bass on those heavy strings? These kids give me chills, they are so good and so young. When I starting watching Grete Van Fleet I thought those kids were really good (and I still like them), but these kids show you how it's really done.
@glen kelley I was lucky enough to catch Asterism live in March. They played one Los Angeles show after a bunch of Texas dates around SXSW. The fact that it was a small club without a big audience didn't stop them from going full force. Super nice kids as well.
So good you're reacting to Band Maid, please, please check out Play, Take me higher and Puzzle from this same concert and also their oficial video for DICE
One thing about pausing the video to comment is you lose the momentum of the song, and this performance has a ton of it. Their duelling solos building into that chorus is a hard rock explosion! Puzzle live, Dice, Domination live or MV (it's a particularly cool video), pretty much anything live from their official releases (not fancams) like at the "Zepp" venue. Pro-tip: pay attention to Akane's drumming during their songs, she's doing interesting things most of the time.
Hey guys. Great reaction. Still recomend you use headphones when listening to BAND MAID. You can choose what ever you want from this band, they do not have a bad song, but i have som options down below you can pick from :-) Videos DICE THRILL THE NON FICTION DAYS ALONE DAYDREAMING DONT LET ME DOWN And live they are even better. TAKE ME HIGHER CHOOSE ME MORATAORIUM PLAY AWKWARD FREEDOM (Saiki falling of the stage :-) ONSET
Love to see you react to Band-Maid. They are great, aren't they!? However, with this particular group, I strongly suggest you strap on some headsets set to "Stun". There's a whole bunch of feeling and depth being left out otherwise. You can still blurt out your fun reactions (with the headsets on) and then get into deeper commentary about the B-M experience after the song's over. Try it with "Moratorium" ua-cam.com/video/N7BQCkUb4SI/v-deo.html or "Choose Me" ua-cam.com/video/hnqoJwPFXPk/v-deo.html. Just a thought. ;-)
I saw them live last year here in LA and they are so good in concert. Especially this song. I love the Call & Response between Misa (bass) & Kanami (lead guitar) I am going to see them again this year again in LA on Sept 30th
Great reaction, I love BAND-MAID, BABYMETAL, and JINJER, I'm sure there will be plenty of requests for those bands over the coming weeks and I will likely watch them all, but, I would also like to suggest you watch "POPPY - SCARY MASK".
Pleased to hear you'll be doing some more Band_Maid. Here's Band-Maid at the end of a 2 hour concert - firing on all cylinders : The Non-Fiction Days : ua-cam.com/video/9KsIwWEC3qQ/v-deo.html A Band-Maid playing Onset - an instrumental live : ua-cam.com/video/ud0pxII3YwM/v-deo.html
Brats are another great Rock band with a very unique sounding lead singer. ua-cam.com/video/ntJditD8hpQ/v-deo.html Doudatte yokatta (So glad Rei left that .... band Lady Baby)
I've watched a few of your videos and, so far, you guys are doing alright. I do have advice for you. Personally, I'm fine with reactors pausing videos when they want to make a comment. To me, it's much better than when they try to talk over the music which is just distracting and it takes away from the music. However, and there's always a 'however', you seem to have a talent for pausing the video at exactly the worst moments. A perfect example was when you paused the video at the start of the bass and guitar interplay. You paused the video in the middle of MISA's first bass solo, which for most BAND-MAID fans is close to sacrilege. Don't feel bad, this is an affliction that most UA-cam reactors have. And let's be fair, there's never a 'good' time to pause a BAND-MAID video. So, my advice to you is if you're going to pause the video (again, pausing is fine) go ahead and pause it, say what you want to say and then back up the playback a bit before you hit play. For example: MISA starts her solo, you pause the video and say your piece, then you go back to a point in the video before MISA starts and then you hit play. This way you (and us) can get the full impact of that part of the video without interruptions. As I said, this is just some advice. Consider it, ignore it, it's your choice.
That’s a good call. I always feel like, if you don’t want any pausing, don’t watch a reaction video! It’s hard to pause at the right time if you don’t know the song. But great suggestion on backing up some. Will do, thanks!
Yeah. Were sittin' there knowing what is coming up next, and BLAM! we just lost a priceless true reaction. It's like their stealing from us. (I think I took that a little too far. LOL)
There's a lot of good groups coming out of Japan at the moment, especially rock and metal. I'm partial to BiSH who are a "Punk" Idol group who also happen to make obscenely good pop tracks when they set their minds to it. MV ua-cam.com/video/i90zUjc_J30/v-deo.html or live ua-cam.com/video/-EBhpOs-zsw/v-deo.html There's also groups like Broken by the Scream (ua-cam.com/video/Q8qOH-f6doM/v-deo.html) or Passcode (ua-cam.com/video/Wmt86RKEkuY/v-deo.html) who are more metal. There's rock bands like OneOK Rock (ua-cam.com/video/i7seozLvbHw/v-deo.html) who are hugely popular. Or Metal like Maximum the Hormone (ua-cam.com/video/beN5ep5MrdY/v-deo.html) There's plenty more like Necronomidol or Doll$Box to try, so I hope you find something else you like too. As for Band-Maid, honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with pretty much any track, especially live.
Apparently the song THRILL which is the song most of us saw first has just hit 10,ooo,ooo hits. You should probably do that just to get in sync with the rest of us
Great reaction, guys! You guys should check out LOVEBITES video for "Shadowmaker". Five superbly talented Japanese ladies thrashing out and laying down the metal. You won’t regret it.
If you are getting copyright issues, I guess you flipped the video for that reason? You can always use the link and sync style. This also means you two do not dominate the screen so much. Band Maid are just wonderful live. They would be known as a 'good ol' rock & roll' band in the West. Unfortunately, in my own life time I have seen the demise of rock music in general as the music industry makes pots of money out of sampled songs fronted by pretty boys and girls and groups. Yes, including some of the metal bands of the 1980's! You can't blame the music industry entirely, hard work and practice to master an instrument has been replaced by a computer programme and someone mixing sounds that sells by the truck load, so why bother learning to play or even to sing? Anyway, with probably the exception of some of the Kpop groups where production values are fantastic and songs are still good and purposely fronted by girls and boys who can sing and dance and look spectacular, thanks to Band Maid and other groups from Japan, there are still talented musicians, selling records and touring. Of course, there are still traditional rock groups forming and producing great material from countries all over the world but my views are mainly about the main stream music industry, particularly commercial radio.
Japan have a lot, really A LOT of good groups and not now, for a long time ago. But traditionally Japan´s music seals don´t go overseas so their music isn´t know until internet changes this As an example, check an old school metal band from Japan: X-Japan. Something like this ua-cam.com/video/W37_xInM448/v-deo.html
While I feel like the European and American metal scene has been quite stale in the latest years, I was really happy when I discovered the Japanese metal scene. My favorite band is Versailles, even though I like Aldious, Band maid, X Japan, Maximum the hormone etc. The reason Versailles won the top spot is because they have done a mix that is (almost?) a new genre of metal, my suggestion for a first listen would be Versailles - Faith and decision ua-cam.com/video/AdhfE6ITfoQ/v-deo.html
I have enjoyed many of your reactions, including this one. I am a subscriber because you two do such a wonderful joint effort. However, I must ask that you two consider a better audio setting with the songs you react to. They seem to be truly lacking in the "bass" sounds in the videos lately as well an echo type of sound that permeates in your videos. Perhaps a tweek or two here or there could remedy this. Also maybe hanging up some sort of sound dampeners in the room would help in these issues. I absolutely mean no offense. Just a kindly meant suggestion.
@@TheBandSShow I truly appreciate your understanding. One thing that can simply be done is to hang some sort of fabrics in the room off camera view that will cure the echo/reverb effect in your sound. Just an idea.
@@tawnkuimi-uru7212 that and I'm pretty sure with one of the recording programs we use, I can bring the video sound directly in, so it won't be so much ambient mic. :-)
@@LouieGrandie Well then I'll just have give them a tease. 14 year old Japanese-American girl that is right on Tina S's heels. Except she plays right-handed AND left-handed. Think Symphony of Destruction, right-handed. Or Rush YYZ left-handed. And she is a total jam head and jumps around having a lot of fun. As it should be.
Hi from the UK. So glad you've found these ladies.
I discovered Band Maid about 10 months ago and saw them live in a small venue in London last November. I can honestly say they are one of the most exciting bands I've ever seen live. ( and I've seen some of the best in my 55 years). They play like they were meant to be together. I must have seen this video over 30 times and it gives me chills every time I see it. Just keep watching their live stuff. I could recommend so many tracks to watch but anything from their Studio Coast or Zepp Tokyo gigs kicks ass.😁
me too. i have been playing 40years , touring Europe and US, and i have never seen anything as good. no wonder Jimmy Page is a fan too.
I was there too, Kevin. Amazing night. Met some great people. Did you make Islington in June?
Backup and watch your faces again. And again. And again. I know the feeling.
Band Maid is tremendously talented. They have worked and worked at their craft, playing gigs everywhere and anywhere across Japan, and expanding into Europe, US, Central America. The band's music even got better and harder when they wrote all of their own music (Domination album). Take Me Higher, Dice, Play, Don't You Tell Me, Gion Cho, Moratorium, Screaming, etc. Other bands worthy of consideration are: Aldious - Re:Fire, Dominator, We Are; Asterism (A very young group of virtuosi, with a 16 year-old female lead guitarist) - Rising Moon, 155, Takayoshi Ohmura's solo stuff (Babymetal's Kami Band guitarist) - Never Surrender, Wanna Get a Good Love, Tell Me Why
Sokinaru, another amazing Japanese. Saw them live in February and a fan for life now.
Dice
Alone
Choose me
and every song is all good
Thank you for great reaction. Next song Dice please.
As Rick Wagner said, that no one has yet requested Asterism. They are my absolute favourites besides Buckethead and Band-Maid.
Their new tune Stars is crazy good. React to that one if you dare. Their musicianship equals the Kami band. And that...says alot!
Miku (mee-koo); rhythm guitar, vocals, band leader. Saiki (Sy-kee); vocals. MISA (mee-sa); bass. Kanami (kay-nom-ee); lead guitar. Akane (ock-a-nee); drums.
Best rock and roll band in the world! Not metal. Has metal elements but they pull from all genres of rock. Then throw in jazz, blues and classical for good measure.
i recommend their magisterial instrumental "onset"...
So much good BAND-MAID still to come.
I'm almost jealous that you get to experience their songs for the first time. : )
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Japan has helped save Rock 'n' Roll music, especially in this decade.
I'm a little surprised no one has suggested Asterism yet (unless I missed it).
Here's a live studio version of 'Rising Moon': ua-cam.com/video/BKbxEEYezZc/v-deo.html
BAND-MAID are more Hard Rock, with punk, metal, funk, pop, etc influences.
Asterism are more solidly in the Metal camp.
Their lead guitarist HAL-CA is 16 years old, and a force of nature.
Also, if you like a lot of strings on the bass, check out what MIYU is playing in this one.
He's a year older. The oldest member of this band is his brother MIO, who is 19.
Asterism is truly a great band.
Their new tune; Stars, is awsome!
Hey Rick, thanks a lot ( trust you to find the new and interesting), that was really something - she's wicked and the bass, 7 strings???, really?? and how hard is it to do hammer ons, pull offs and tapping on a bass on those heavy strings? These kids give me chills, they are so good and so young. When I starting watching Grete Van Fleet I thought those kids were really good (and I still like them), but these kids show you how it's really done.
@glen kelley I was lucky enough to catch Asterism live in March.
They played one Los Angeles show after a bunch of Texas dates around SXSW.
The fact that it was a small club without a big audience didn't stop them from going full force.
Super nice kids as well.
So good you're reacting to Band Maid, please, please check out Play, Take me higher and Puzzle from this same concert and also their oficial video for DICE
One thing about pausing the video to comment is you lose the momentum of the song, and this performance has a ton of it. Their duelling solos building into that chorus is a hard rock explosion! Puzzle live, Dice, Domination live or MV (it's a particularly cool video), pretty much anything live from their official releases (not fancams) like at the "Zepp" venue. Pro-tip: pay attention to Akane's drumming during their songs, she's doing interesting things most of the time.
"Puzzle" Live next
Hey guys.
Great reaction.
Still recomend you use headphones when listening to BAND MAID.
You can choose what ever you want from this band, they do not have a bad song, but i have som options down below you can pick from :-)
Videos
DICE
THRILL
THE NON FICTION DAYS
ALONE
DAYDREAMING
DONT LET ME DOWN
And live they are even better.
TAKE ME HIGHER
CHOOSE ME
MORATAORIUM
PLAY
AWKWARD
FREEDOM (Saiki falling of the stage :-)
ONSET
@Helge Fjeld re FREEDOM: more like held hostage by the Princess section
Kanami's guitar solo on Alone earned her the nickname Tsunami
Love to see you react to Band-Maid. They are great, aren't they!? However, with this particular group, I strongly suggest you strap on some headsets set to "Stun". There's a whole bunch of feeling and depth being left out otherwise. You can still blurt out your fun reactions (with the headsets on) and then get into deeper commentary about the B-M experience after the song's over. Try it with "Moratorium" ua-cam.com/video/N7BQCkUb4SI/v-deo.html or "Choose Me" ua-cam.com/video/hnqoJwPFXPk/v-deo.html. Just a thought. ;-)
From the lyrics: die for you, boy. See you at the Echoplex on September 30th.
React to Take Me Higher for more sick bass act. The bass queen name is Misa!
The back and forth between bass and lead guitar is awesome in this song.
I second this
@Farouk Escobar thats MISA to us mere mortals
NEXT, DOMINATION!! LIVE OR MV.
I saw them live last year here in LA and they are so good in concert. Especially this song. I love the Call & Response between Misa (bass) & Kanami (lead guitar) I am going to see them again this year again in LA on Sept 30th
Nice! Enjoy!
You should definitely check out the band PassCode. They are a fusion of J-Idol/Pop and metal. I’d recommend you watch PassCode - Taking You Out
Great reaction, I love BAND-MAID, BABYMETAL, and JINJER, I'm sure there will be plenty of requests for those bands over the coming weeks and I will likely watch them all, but, I would also like to suggest you watch "POPPY - SCARY MASK".
Pleased to hear you'll be doing some more Band_Maid. Here's Band-Maid at the end of a 2 hour concert - firing on all cylinders : The Non-Fiction Days : ua-cam.com/video/9KsIwWEC3qQ/v-deo.html A Band-Maid playing Onset - an instrumental live : ua-cam.com/video/ud0pxII3YwM/v-deo.html
MISA MISA MISA
MISA MISA MISA!
Brats are another great Rock band with a very unique sounding lead singer. ua-cam.com/video/ntJditD8hpQ/v-deo.html Doudatte yokatta (So glad Rei left that .... band Lady Baby)
I've watched a few of your videos and, so far, you guys are doing alright. I do have advice for you.
Personally, I'm fine with reactors pausing videos when they want to make a comment. To me, it's much better than when they try to talk over the music which is just distracting and it takes away from the music. However, and there's always a 'however', you seem to have a talent for pausing the video at exactly the worst moments. A perfect example was when you paused the video at the start of the bass and guitar interplay. You paused the video in the middle of MISA's first bass solo, which for most BAND-MAID fans is close to sacrilege.
Don't feel bad, this is an affliction that most UA-cam reactors have. And let's be fair, there's never a 'good' time to pause a BAND-MAID video.
So, my advice to you is if you're going to pause the video (again, pausing is fine) go ahead and pause it, say what you want to say and then back up the playback a bit before you hit play. For example: MISA starts her solo, you pause the video and say your piece, then you go back to a point in the video before MISA starts and then you hit play. This way you (and us) can get the full impact of that part of the video without interruptions.
As I said, this is just some advice. Consider it, ignore it, it's your choice.
That’s a good call. I always feel like, if you don’t want any pausing, don’t watch a reaction video! It’s hard to pause at the right time if you don’t know the song. But great suggestion on backing up some. Will do, thanks!
Yeah. Were sittin' there knowing what is coming up next, and BLAM! we just lost a priceless true reaction. It's like their stealing from us. (I think I took that a little too far. LOL)
More Live performaces!
Maximum the Hormone-Lets talk about menkata cottelee. MUST REACT. They are a Japanese band
There's a lot of good groups coming out of Japan at the moment, especially rock and metal.
I'm partial to BiSH who are a "Punk" Idol group who also happen to make obscenely good pop tracks when they set their minds to it. MV ua-cam.com/video/i90zUjc_J30/v-deo.html or live ua-cam.com/video/-EBhpOs-zsw/v-deo.html
There's also groups like Broken by the Scream (ua-cam.com/video/Q8qOH-f6doM/v-deo.html) or Passcode (ua-cam.com/video/Wmt86RKEkuY/v-deo.html) who are more metal.
There's rock bands like OneOK Rock (ua-cam.com/video/i7seozLvbHw/v-deo.html) who are hugely popular.
Or Metal like Maximum the Hormone (ua-cam.com/video/beN5ep5MrdY/v-deo.html)
There's plenty more like Necronomidol or Doll$Box to try, so I hope you find something else you like too.
As for Band-Maid, honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with pretty much any track, especially live.
Apparently the song THRILL which is the song most of us saw first has just hit 10,ooo,ooo hits. You should probably do that just to get in sync with the rest of us
I'm happy you didn't turn the screen upside down 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
Great reaction, guys! You guys should check out LOVEBITES video for "Shadowmaker". Five superbly talented Japanese ladies thrashing out and laying down the metal. You won’t regret it.
You ain't seen nothin' yet.
OzHillBill troll what?
JIMMY PAGE OF (LED ZEPPELIN) loves BAND-MAID, enough
said....
No B.S. on the B & S show!!!!!!!
Haha thanks Ron, we try to keep it real.
Moratorium band maid. MUST REACT.
If you are getting copyright issues, I guess you flipped the video for that reason? You can always use the link and sync style. This also means you two do not dominate the screen so much.
Band Maid are just wonderful live. They would be known as a 'good ol' rock & roll' band in the West.
Unfortunately, in my own life time I have seen the demise of rock music in general as the music industry makes pots of money out of sampled songs fronted by pretty boys and girls and groups. Yes, including some of the metal bands of the 1980's! You can't blame the music industry entirely, hard work and practice to master an instrument has been replaced by a computer programme and someone mixing sounds that sells by the truck load, so why bother learning to play or even to sing? Anyway, with probably the exception of some of the Kpop groups where production values are fantastic and songs are still good and purposely fronted by girls and boys who can sing and dance and look spectacular, thanks to Band Maid and other groups from Japan, there are still talented musicians, selling records and touring. Of course, there are still traditional rock groups forming and producing great material from countries all over the world but my views are mainly about the main stream music industry, particularly commercial radio.
And now for something extra special: BAND-MAID - Miku's Magic Time! All members on drums! ua-cam.com/video/x6iSf73LiQ0/v-deo.html
Yeah, we have a winner!
これ凄いよ！貴方達に日本のアニソンLIVEの高次元と綺羅星の如く存在する神曲やそのLIVEの規模を見たら腰を抜かすレベルですから。BAND-MAIDはアニソンポップカルチャーの一端です！
Japan have a lot, really A LOT of good groups and not now, for a long time ago.
But traditionally Japan´s music seals don´t go overseas so their music isn´t know until internet changes this
As an example, check an old school metal band from Japan: X-Japan. Something like this
ua-cam.com/video/W37_xInM448/v-deo.html
Hi how are you you might like to check this out.
The band is called nightwish the song
Song of myself live wacken 2013
Story time live wacken 2013
While I feel like the European and American metal scene has been quite stale in the latest years, I was really happy when I discovered the Japanese metal scene.
My favorite band is Versailles, even though I like Aldious, Band maid, X Japan, Maximum the hormone etc.
The reason Versailles won the top spot is because they have done a mix that is (almost?) a new genre of metal, my suggestion for a first listen would be Versailles - Faith and decision ua-cam.com/video/AdhfE6ITfoQ/v-deo.html
Cool, we're going to check out all of those!
Lita Ford was the first.... um. Look up Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 'Didn't it Rain" Live... Awesome reactions!
Dudes - video is BACKWARDS! Music still ROCKS!
onset live!!
And just like that, the whole band is left handed.
On your clips from Moratorium it was revers image, none of the guitarists are left-handed.
I have enjoyed many of your reactions, including this one. I am a subscriber because you two do such a wonderful joint effort. However, I must ask that you two consider a better audio setting with the songs you react to. They seem to be truly lacking in the "bass" sounds in the videos lately as well an echo type of sound that permeates in your videos. Perhaps a tweek or two here or there could remedy this. Also maybe hanging up some sort of sound dampeners in the room would help in these issues. I absolutely mean no offense. Just a kindly meant suggestion.
Good suggestion- I will think about how we can improve it!
@@TheBandSShow I truly appreciate your understanding. One thing that can simply be done is to hang some sort of fabrics in the room off camera view that will cure the echo/reverb effect in your sound. Just an idea.
@@tawnkuimi-uru7212 that and I'm pretty sure with one of the recording programs we use, I can bring the video sound directly in, so it won't be so much ambient mic. :-)
@@TheBandSShow Cool deal.
What about if you react to "Thrill"?
How did you make everybody left-handed? Vid is backwards.
OzHillBill they seem to do that to all vids. All the Baby Metal vids were backwards
@@LouieGrandie Well then I'll just have give them a tease. 14 year old Japanese-American girl that is right on Tina S's heels. Except she plays right-handed AND left-handed. Think Symphony of Destruction, right-handed. Or Rush YYZ left-handed. And she is a total jam head and jumps around having a lot of fun. As it should be.
They're trying to avoid copyright strikes.
U guys needa get ur perspective right... #Thrill (official) should do the trick :)
Not enough pauses guys. A dozen is way too few.
We'll try to do more for you next time! ;-)
why do you keep pissing about with the video effects
Essa música é do caralho de foda.
Asterism/Dawn/live track please.
I meant Don't you tell me. The sound also sucked.
React to Ladybaby - Dame Dame Tono or Riot Anthem
matchless gum and awkward
pauses SUCK
Mkay... honestly, why are you watching reaction videos then?
Sorry but this reminds me of a bad garage band...if they are famous there are a lot of easily entertained people in the world...smh
one more... please watch and react
Mary's Blood is japanese female band this song is Marionette
ua-cam.com/video/MLM2unV0kwU/v-deo.html
Ma ichi Yes, good technical guitar !