We waited in line in semi-confusion about whether we were going into the venue in ticket order. Turns out we were. After settling in towards the back of the venue (meaning second row behind the bar) wa waited about 20 minutes (maybe?) for the concert to start.
Bergerac was up first. Itsuki isn’t as pretty in person as he is in photos, however he’s a better vocalist live than on CD. Tatsuha is really small… I don’t remember that many details. Itsuki was talking about KAT-TUN for some reason. They were pretty good, but I didn’t know any of the songs that they were playing. Strangely, there wasn’t a lot of hand stuff with Bergerac (I expected they’d be huge in it). There was some minor feedback during their set which I didn’t focus on, but I should have known that it was going to come back to haunt me.
Angelique was inugami circus dan in disguise. They were ok, but for whatever reason I couldn’t get into them. I knew from the moment they stepped on stage that they were older, but I didn’t know until I looked at the flyers when we got back to the hotel that they were inugami circus dan. Kyoko is a decent vocalist and the guitarist is pretty good. no major mishaps during their set.
Billy was really fucking good. I was surprised. I’ve never paid attention to them at all. Their vocalist is cute, really cute on stage. He tried with everything he had, and the crowd only sort of cared. I didn’t know any of their songs, but I’m thinking about them now. They also had some minor feedback with the mic and the drum kit needed to be adjusted. Billy did a bit of the hand stuff, but not to the point it was scary.
Rentrer en soi was really awesome, but had all sorts of equipment problems. First it was the drum kit needing to be adjusted, then it was feedback… and then the speakers nearly fell on the guitarist to the left side of the stage. It was exciting. The vocalist was really really hot. It was …. good. I can’t say enough good things about them… go see them. Now.
Jully was nuts. Really fucking nuts. Insanely nuts. The crowd really woke up for them. The vocalist is a cross between Ryutaro from Plastic Tree and Yuya from SID, meaning of course that he’s nuts like Yuya. Jully is so into the hand stuff, that it’s stupid. They are a hand band, their music was written for it. At oone point the crowd was so into the hand stuff that the vocalist said ’sugoi’ and started laughing. He continued to laugh through the rest of the show… I think it amazed him. Jully also had a bit of equipment problems, the drums had to be adjusted and the bass needed to be adjusted.
176BIZ is a hand band. Completely a hand band. That is all they exist for. Don’t get me wring, they’re good, but it. was. stupid. I just don’t get the hand thing to begin with and then being told to ’saku’ annoys me. I don’t ’saku’. 176BIZ is the band that everyone came to see, so the crowd was really into it. They also had equipment problems (drums, bass, and feedback). It was Ko (the bassist) ’s birthday, so sang to him in the encore.
Miki