«a representative slice of Japanese rock music as a whole. It’s a very diverse genre and, of course, Japan also now has its own sub-genre called 'Visual kei … 'Visual Kei' literally means 'visual style.' It’s a style of dress, there’s a lot of costuming and make up and it’s uniquely Japanese because it goes back to ancient Japan. Men would often wear women’s clothing; I guess if they were here today they would be the underground kind of independent anarchist type people who spend their time in coffee houses thinking radical thoughts for that time.» — JAPANESE ROCK ON NPR, by Kristen Sollee The Big Takeover online music magazine, 25 June 2006Архивная копия от 7 июля 2011 на Wayback Machine
«Most GothLolis cite that they are merely imitating their favorite bands from the visual rock genre, known as 'Visual Kei'. Although it seems a reference to Vladimir Nabokov’s scandalous Lolita, many Gothlolis will tell you that books (other than manga, Japanese comics, which are also at the heart of the scene) and art are not a part of their inspiration. Music is a major force in its creation. Visual Kei is exactly as it sounds: Rock music that incorporates visual effects and elaborate costumes to heighten the experience of the music and the show. Visual Kei started in the 80s and became so popular by the 90s that the nearly all-female fan base started dressing up as their favorite band members (known as 'cosplay') who were often males that wore make-up, crazy hair, and dressed androgynously or as females (usually, the more feminine the rocker, the more fans rush to emulate them).» Pretty Babies: Japan’s Undying Gothic Lolita Phenomenon, by Chako Suzuki, fashionlines.com e-magazine, January, 2007Архивная копия от 25 июля 2011 на Wayback Machine
fma.co.jp
(яп.) March 26 (неопр.). FM Aichi. Дата обращения: 19 февраля 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 20 февраля 2012 года.
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America's Top Pop Imports (неопр.). Forbes (26 февраля 2008). Дата обращения: 23 сентября 2010. Архивировано из оригинала 3 марта 2008 года.
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Free-Will Europe Home Page (неопр.). web.archive.org (4 апреля 2007). Дата обращения: 23 сентября 2007. Архивировано из оригинала 4 апреля 2007 года.
Mark Schilling.The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture (неопр.) 98. Weatherhill (1997). Дата обращения: 10 марта 2019. Архивировано 5 марта 2016 года. «But on New Year’s Eve of 1995, Kohaku clobbered the competition with a 44.9 percent rating for its first section, which … In the early 1990s the Japanese pop music scene resembled that of the West in its fragmentation and cross-fertilization. Folk rock with an Okinawan accent? Spacey ambient grooves in no known human language? We got it. Former pop music categories, consequently, became largely meaningless or changed their meaning altogether. To make things simple for record buyers, stores began classifying all contemporary Japanese pop music as „J Pop“ while applying the kayokyoku label, which literally means „Japanese popular music“ and was formerly reserved primarily for the pop products of „idol“ singers and groups, to collections of enka ballads. But while thousands of groups were catering to tiny cliques of fans in clubs and concert halls, a few artists were racking up incredible sales numbers in the mainstream pop marketplace. The number one single of the 1980s, „Dancing All Night“ …»
松岡正剛の千夜千冊『J－POP進化論』佐藤良明(яп.). Matsuoka Seigo no Senya Sensatsu (28 декабря 2000). Дата обращения: 3 февраля 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 7 июля 2012 года.
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(яп.) Kiyomaro Kikuchi.昭和流行歌の幕開け《波浮の港》 (неопр.). JANJAN (23 марта 2006). Дата обращения: 23 января 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 10 ноября 2007 года.
(яп.) Kiyomaro Kikuchi.酒は涙か溜息か―藤山一郎音楽学校停学事件 (неопр.). JANJAN (20 апреля 2006). Дата обращения: 16 января 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 6 февраля 2009 года.
"Since it formed in the mid-1980s, X Japan went from playing loud, fast thrash-metal to stadium-shaking pop ballads, in the process pioneering its own genre, a Japanese equivalent of glam rock known as visual kei. For visual kei bands, outrageous, usually androgynous looks — gobs of makeup, hair dyed and sprayed in ways that made Mohawks look conservative, and a small fortune spent on leather and jewelry — were as important as music (or, in many cases after X, more important than music). " THE POP LIFE; End of a Life, End of an Era, By NEIL STRAUSS New York Times, June 18, 1998Архивная копия от 22 сентября 2008 на Wayback Machine
Minnie, ChiX Japan Best review (неопр.). Asia Pacific Arts Online Magazine. Дата обращения: 10 сентября 2007. Архивировано из оригинала 25 января 2012 года.
a fleeting genre known to fans as «Visual Kei» (aka «Visual Rock»). Nonetheless, this fusion of metal, punk and gothic aesthetics ignited at least two generations of followers with its shocking visual appeal" X [Japan]: Reliving the Height of Japan’s Superlative Visual Rock Band, By Minnie Chi, Asia Pacific Arts, bi-weekly web magazine, UCLA Asia InstituteАрхивная копия от 13 февраля 2012 на Wayback Machine
(яп.) March 26 (неопр.). FM Aichi. Дата обращения: 19 февраля 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 20 февраля 2012 года.
(яп.) Kiyomaro Kikuchi.昭和流行歌の幕開け《波浮の港》 (неопр.). JANJAN (23 марта 2006). Дата обращения: 23 января 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 10 ноября 2007 года.
(яп.) Kiyomaro Kikuchi.酒は涙か溜息か―藤山一郎音楽学校停学事件 (неопр.). JANJAN (20 апреля 2006). Дата обращения: 16 января 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 6 февраля 2009 года.
Mark Schilling.The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture (неопр.) 98. Weatherhill (1997). Дата обращения: 10 марта 2019. Архивировано 5 марта 2016 года. «But on New Year’s Eve of 1995, Kohaku clobbered the competition with a 44.9 percent rating for its first section, which … In the early 1990s the Japanese pop music scene resembled that of the West in its fragmentation and cross-fertilization. Folk rock with an Okinawan accent? Spacey ambient grooves in no known human language? We got it. Former pop music categories, consequently, became largely meaningless or changed their meaning altogether. To make things simple for record buyers, stores began classifying all contemporary Japanese pop music as „J Pop“ while applying the kayokyoku label, which literally means „Japanese popular music“ and was formerly reserved primarily for the pop products of „idol“ singers and groups, to collections of enka ballads. But while thousands of groups were catering to tiny cliques of fans in clubs and concert halls, a few artists were racking up incredible sales numbers in the mainstream pop marketplace. The number one single of the 1980s, „Dancing All Night“ …»
松岡正剛の千夜千冊『J－POP進化論』佐藤良明(яп.). Matsuoka Seigo no Senya Sensatsu (28 декабря 2000). Дата обращения: 3 февраля 2009. Архивировано из оригинала 7 июля 2012 года.
a fleeting genre known to fans as «Visual Kei» (aka «Visual Rock»). Nonetheless, this fusion of metal, punk and gothic aesthetics ignited at least two generations of followers with its shocking visual appeal" X [Japan]: Reliving the Height of Japan’s Superlative Visual Rock Band, By Minnie Chi, Asia Pacific Arts, bi-weekly web magazine, UCLA Asia InstituteАрхивная копия от 13 февраля 2012 на Wayback Machine
Reesman, Brian"Kabuki Rock" (неопр.). grammy.com (30 ноября 2006). Дата обращения: 7 августа 2007. Архивировано из оригинала 17 февраля 2009 года.
"Since it formed in the mid-1980s, X Japan went from playing loud, fast thrash-metal to stadium-shaking pop ballads, in the process pioneering its own genre, a Japanese equivalent of glam rock known as visual kei. For visual kei bands, outrageous, usually androgynous looks — gobs of makeup, hair dyed and sprayed in ways that made Mohawks look conservative, and a small fortune spent on leather and jewelry — were as important as music (or, in many cases after X, more important than music). " THE POP LIFE; End of a Life, End of an Era, By NEIL STRAUSS New York Times, June 18, 1998Архивная копия от 22 сентября 2008 на Wayback Machine
«a representative slice of Japanese rock music as a whole. It’s a very diverse genre and, of course, Japan also now has its own sub-genre called 'Visual kei … 'Visual Kei' literally means 'visual style.' It’s a style of dress, there’s a lot of costuming and make up and it’s uniquely Japanese because it goes back to ancient Japan. Men would often wear women’s clothing; I guess if they were here today they would be the underground kind of independent anarchist type people who spend their time in coffee houses thinking radical thoughts for that time.» — JAPANESE ROCK ON NPR, by Kristen Sollee The Big Takeover online music magazine, 25 June 2006Архивная копия от 7 июля 2011 на Wayback Machine
«Most GothLolis cite that they are merely imitating their favorite bands from the visual rock genre, known as 'Visual Kei'. Although it seems a reference to Vladimir Nabokov’s scandalous Lolita, many Gothlolis will tell you that books (other than manga, Japanese comics, which are also at the heart of the scene) and art are not a part of their inspiration. Music is a major force in its creation. Visual Kei is exactly as it sounds: Rock music that incorporates visual effects and elaborate costumes to heighten the experience of the music and the show. Visual Kei started in the 80s and became so popular by the 90s that the nearly all-female fan base started dressing up as their favorite band members (known as 'cosplay') who were often males that wore make-up, crazy hair, and dressed androgynously or as females (usually, the more feminine the rocker, the more fans rush to emulate them).» Pretty Babies: Japan’s Undying Gothic Lolita Phenomenon, by Chako Suzuki, fashionlines.com e-magazine, January, 2007Архивная копия от 25 июля 2011 на Wayback Machine
Minnie, ChiX Japan Best review (неопр.). Asia Pacific Arts Online Magazine. Дата обращения: 10 сентября 2007. Архивировано из оригинала 25 января 2012 года.
