Thread by @lz___01, i know this is debate night but what if i just recced [...]

i know this is debate night but what if i just recced my favorite 00s jrock mvs?? that seems sufficiently distracting

1. pierrot - yuuyami suicide
wow, this is so queer, and the aesthetics are on point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5xE6Shdt4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

2. dir en grey - raison d& #39;etre
this mv singlehandedly changed my life
cw // slight gore self-harm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pznxcM5eBU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

3. malice mizer - illuminati
i& #39;m gay and so is gackt
cw // gore necrophilia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYlobUsKAU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

4. hide - rocket dive
rip hide, u were amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u6ETZQ8XmI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

5. l& #39;arc en ciel - ready steady go
this was my morning alarm for school https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze17OLK06kE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

6. kana - hebi ichigo
kana was a whole mood, the lolita fashion + her eclectic vocals unf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gelrMpJ9Es4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

we interrupt our jrock recs for some gackt

[ gackt break ]
gackt - vanilla
also go watch some live vids of gackt kissing his band members onstage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb83fmI47KQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

[ gackt break ]
gackt - mizerable
gackt voice: no this is not at all abt my former band malice mizer Not At All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bTHhXSpd4U">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

[ gackt break ]
gackt - oasis
gackt& #39;s mvs have great aesthetics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-75QLhechbY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

[ gackt break ]
gackt - secret garden
Last One I Swear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuhtB6dlAc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

that concludes our gackt break, now back to jrock

7. malice mizer - beast of blood
oh mana u rly were the king of vk
cw // blood (duh) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDLxzNwXZpA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

8. malice mizer - kyomu no naka de yuugi
like they rly did define the visual kei aesthetic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wPK4GytLk">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

9. duel jewel - azure
toward the end of my jrock infatuation, i got rly into indie artists like duel jewel, blood, sid, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faPTtZiR_ns">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

10. buck-tick - 「ドレス」ミュージックビデオ
atsushi sakurai is a sexual orientation unto himself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMbyDfvdxjM">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

11. miyavi - what& #39;s my name
i would allow this man to do unspeakable things to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbwjeOcmtGg">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

12. go!go!7188 - ukifune (live)
up til now i& #39;ve only done mvs but i think it& #39;s worth it to see the live to understand like just how skilled they are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3f1InjcvI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

13. dir en grey - obscure
i love how this is usually THE video to dump ur friends into the deep end with when u want to introduce them to jrock
cw // gore weird sex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WXORmKet8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

14. dir en grey - kr cube
for me it& #39;s the homoerotic club scene
cw // gun death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmIz5uMrUNg">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

15. x japan - endless rain
x was like the father of the late 90s/early 00s visual kei movement; u can& #39;t talk abt vk without talking abt x-japan, luna sea, & buck-tick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhOFg_3RV5Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

16. kagrra - utakata
beautiful example of traditional instrumentation in a rock ballad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jasgbX9iwAY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

17. cali gari - 青春狂騒曲
interesting group bc a lot of their stuff was politically focused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9KhtutU6kY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

i& #39;m bored now, so here& #39;s a quick list of other jrock to check out:

moi dix mois, schwarz stein, mucc, vidoll, psycho le cemu, lareine, nightmare, glay, plastic tree, velvet eden, eve of destiny

shiina/sheena ringo; whose disco is all over the place n has had like 3 bands

newer vk artists to check out include the gazette, alice nine, d& #39;espairsray, girugamesh, and versailles

i hope you enjoyed this thread

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