Seeking to break down the barriers between generations of visual kei, stylish wave GENERATION Vol. 5 brought together veteran bands such as PENICILLIN and Plastic Tree with younger bands who have steadily made their names known in the scene for an unforgettable event. The well-respected Akemi Oshima served as the night’s emcee with visual kei uncle Seiichi Hoshiko (…Sushiko?) adding the occasional comment for a fun experience for everyone present.
With a stage setting that had additions of a DJ stand and a trampoline in place of the regular vocalist’s box, LM.C let rip with “LET ME’ CRAZY!!” and sent the crowd into a headbanging frenzy until Maya started singing. Aiji could be seen mouthing along to the lyrics as he struck at his guitar for the electronic-backed, upbeat song. “‘Space Wannabiez’, come on!” Maya called out before leaping into the air via trampoline—one of the first instances of many for the band’s energy-filled set. Aiji dashed over to the left side of the stage to receive the energy of fans there, before making his way back to stage right for his guitar solo.
“Raise the tension higher!” Maya beckoned as he broke out a tambourine to get people clapping along to “DOUBLE DRAGON.” The vocalist was so caught up with rocking out that he knocked over his microphone stand but casually flipped it back up with his foot before continuing with the show. “Come on BLITZ, let’s dance!” The hall did dance to the infectious and bouncy “SUPER DUPER GALAXY.” DENKI-MAN was seen wielding laser knuckles and creating a unique display which shone the lasers all about above the crowd’s heads as they jumped along while answering Maya’s requests to “Clap your hands!” and “Make some noise!” “Ah Hah!” had even the fans who came for other bands joining with Maya to sing out the simple lines of ‘Ah Hah! Ah Hah!’ DENKI-MAN had a small duet/duel with the crowd, adding more to the whackiness. It was also during this song that Maya proved that he had no need of the trampoline in order to launch himself into the air as he hopped about with boundless stamina.
For “METALLY,” DENKI-MAN broke out personal spotlights to add to the stage light show. Maya made use of an extra microphone to swing about coolly as he sang, gesturing for the crowd to keep headbanging before joining Aiji in the center of the stage and proceeding to round off their set with the popular “OH MY JULIET.” This was met with high approval from the audience who let out loud cheers. Maya lay back on the well-used trampoline, looking relaxed while seeking out more energy from the crowd—especially to join in once again for more chants.
Set List
LET ME’ CRAZY!!
Space Wannabiez
DOUBLE DRAGON
SUPER DUPER GALAXY
Ah Hah!
METALLY
OH MY JULIET.
After commenting that she’d been feeling a bit jealous when looking at her twitter recently, Akemi asked for LM.C’s memories of their recent fanclub trip down to Okinawa—“Oki-chan” as Aiji preferred to call it. “It was fun. Especially the live at the end. But there were other various good memories.”
Aiji spoke about going around to look for dolphins and how he was mistaken for a father—which prompted Maya to then teasingly call Aiji a ‘visual kei father’ in reference to his age. “The best visual kei father, since he’s super understanding, super good at product sales (like getting people to buy things), and he has good stage sense.”
source: rokkyuu
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