Sonisphere
not only are some of my favourite big names playing, but some of my very favourite small names too.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:37, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

same
like Dir en Grey
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:42, Reply)

I'm interested to check them out
I'm really looking forward to Bigelf. They are going to be awesome.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:43, Reply)

They are :D

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:44, Reply)

haven't heard much
will look them up.

Vipros I think you'd like Dir en Grey. They're a tad unusual, and their singer is the funniest thing to watch live ever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Bigelf are prog rock tastic
Check out their song The Evils of Rock and Roll

I do like unusual things. what I've seen about Dir en Grey certainly makes me curious
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:57, Reply)

I shall find some Bigelf definitely
Dir en Grey used to be really into visual kei (excessive clothes/makeup) but they're toned down now in that respect and ramped up musically. When I saw them last year the singer was even tinier than he looks generally
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:00, Reply)

what is the music like?
I'd check them out, but can't use youtube or other useful things in the office
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:05, Reply)

It's quite hard to describe
Japanese lyrics, fairly shouty in bits, but a lot of melody. Fairly heavy metal I think. I hoped wikipedia would define their genre for me but all I got was 'the genre of their music difficult to determine (though it is generally considered to be a form of metal music'

They don't really do the visual kei thing anymore sadly
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)

did you see the japanese band that were on the main stage last year?
when coheed and cambria's ferry was late

started out interesting with masks and some good music, but then went a bit shit, and they started having a go at the crowd when people were leaving
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:11, Reply)

I think they were called FACT
didn't see them though. I may have still been arsing around on the campsite at that point
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:13, Reply)

they could have been good
sadly they weren't
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

that's a pity
did you see Skindred (they played quite early)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

yep
love Skindred. I know the drummer and a good mate of mine is good mates with the guitarist
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

they're coming again this year I think
I thought they were awesome last year
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

they are indeed
and they can be counted on to be awesome
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

I was overjoyed when they were announced for Sonisphere
did the singer play two keyboards while singing when you saw them?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:50, Reply)