Jrock, underground/indie bands?

[musicgurl627]

Hey, does anyone know of some good Jrock bands or indie bands? So far I like some of the mainstream bands like Ellegarden and Uverworld. But I like some of the indie bands like Swinging Popsicle, Mongol 800, and The Pillows. Anyone else have any suggestions or introduce some bands to me?

[Zyhro]

Orange Range has an indie album called Orange Ball. I Really like it!
dunno if the newer albums are indie aswell...

[kawaiiakurei06]

my favorite band is ヴィドール (Vidoll) they just recently got into mainstream. Another good band is D ... I believe they are still indie.

[musicgurl627]

oOo...thanks! i'll definitely check them out.

i know jrock is pretty popular but i find that many of the bands are kinda punkish or scremo and i'm not really into that. so it's hard to find jrock bands that don't really scream.

[Hugo]

my favorite band is ヴィドール (Vidoll) they just recently got into mainstream.

Great band, thanks for the tip!

[Freakmasta]

Is the pillows still underground? I say they're in between. They do some mainstream stuff yet they don't appear on primetime TV.

[closure303]

you can try Jinn which I think is pretty good. Their new single vuena vista is going to be released soon! Checked it out! ;->

[raszcagal_jk]

Asian Kungfu Generation and Shonen Knife were indies if im not mistaken?
theyre pretty awesome u know...

[Frog]

definetly Aikaryu, It was an indie band that played metal/rock. I have uploaded their discography here. They have great guitar riffs, totally recommend them. But they scream so I don't really know if you like it. Another good artist is B'z There are also some albums uploaded from him.

[Fralin]

Gazzete there is one of great Indies band

I like their songs too

[dutdut]

Janne da Arc, bcoz they also hav nice mellow songs, and my fav songs are kaze ni notte and kaneeshon

[xandiee]

I like ONE OK ROCK.. :P

[TPRTPR]

Typhoon 24 and Tropical Gorilla also have some good songs.

[Wind]

Honestly, Indie or not, a band is just good.

I'd recommend:
ORANGE RANGE (Major)
the pillows(major)
UVERworld(major)
Mo'Some Tonebender (major)
Beat Crusaders (major)
Nightmare (Major)
Jinn (Indie)
L'Arc~en~Ciel (major)
Acid Black Cherry (Indie)
Asian Kung-Fu Generation (major)
Bump of Chicken (major)
Chou Hikou Shounen (indie)
FLOW (major)
Gackt (major)
HALCALI (Indie)
Kemuri (Indie)
LAST ALLIANCE (Indie) <-Sound alot like ELLEGARDEN meets Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Luna Sea (major) [DISBANDED]
Monoral (Indie) [English with slight JP flavored Rock]
Mr. Children (major)
Nirgilis (Indie)
OVERGROUND ASCOUSTIC UNDERGRUOND (Indie)
Snowkel (Indie)
Straightener (Indie)
Tropical Gorilla (Indie)
Typhoon24 (Indie)
X JAPAN (Major) [DISBANDED] [RE-FORMING 2007(?)] - This is classic metal, but they did a LOT of ballads and great pieces
ZZ (Indie)

You should enjoy that list

[hatsuchan]

If you like Uverworld, maybe you'll like Asian Kungfu Generation too. Try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti0WXGqVyzU

Hmm, my favorite jrock band is Kagrra, their songs r great, combined with traditional instruments sometimes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1BZ0Jn8sgM