A few people must know that I’m a huge anime/manga fan. But I wasn’t really into Japanese music until a few days ago, when a friend told me she would download any song I told her, if I downloaded a few songs from this j-rock group.
Now I’m hooked up.
Even though I can’t understand a word, most of the songs seem familiar, especially since most of them were used in anime’s openings and endings.
A group I strongly recommend is High and Mighty Color (ハイ・アンド・マイティ・カラー Hai ando Maiti Karā)
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR is made up of six members; Maakii (lead vocals), Yusuke (vocals), Kazuto (guitar), MEG (guitar), mACKAz (bass), and SASSY (drums) are its members. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR is often referred to as the “sister-band” of popular Japanese band Orange Range. This is attributed to the fact that both come from the Okinawa area of Japan and both bands were discovered in the same music festival. The band started with the members Meg and Sassy working on a cover of a Metallica song, in time they were joined by Yusuke, Kazuto and mACKAz. At this time the band was known as Anti-Nobunaga.
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One of HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR’s most famous song is “Ichirin no Hana”, an opening for anime series Bleach. Have you heard it?
