Vkei
Vkei, Also short for Visual kei, is a Japanese Music and Fashion Movement that emerged around the 1980s, It is similarly inspired by the Goth and Punk movement in the west, but with it's own japanese take on it.
The movement involves striking visual representation, often with unique, elaborate stage costumes with an Androgynous look to them, Dramatic makeup, Dyed or Heavily teased hair, if not both, and often gothic and or punk themes to them depending on the Band
The music involves heavy emphasis on Heavy metal, Glamrock, Punk rock, Gothic rock, Industrial and Alternative Rock.
The subgenres may differ, for example, The scene branches into specialized like the dark and aggessive "Nagoya Kei", The brightful and colored "Oshare Kei" and the Traditional themed "Angora Kei"
The most notorious bands of said genre are depending on the time period
Pioneers: X Japan, Buck-Tick, and Dead End.
90s to 2000s: Malice Mizer, Dir en grey, The Gazette, and Moi dix Mois, These infact brought international awareness to the genre, allowing even the west to join in.
The movement involves striking visual representation, often with unique, elaborate stage costumes with an Androgynous look to them, Dramatic makeup, Dyed or Heavily teased hair, if not both, and often gothic and or punk themes to them depending on the Band
The music involves heavy emphasis on Heavy metal, Glamrock, Punk rock, Gothic rock, Industrial and Alternative Rock.
The subgenres may differ, for example, The scene branches into specialized like the dark and aggessive "Nagoya Kei", The brightful and colored "Oshare Kei" and the Traditional themed "Angora Kei"
The most notorious bands of said genre are depending on the time period
Pioneers: X Japan, Buck-Tick, and Dead End.
90s to 2000s: Malice Mizer, Dir en grey, The Gazette, and Moi dix Mois, These infact brought international awareness to the genre, allowing even the west to join in.
