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CMJ Visits Dir En Grey in Tokyo

Rev. Moose journeys to Tokyo to meet up with Dir En Grey and explore Japanese music culture. Dir En Grey are well known for their international fan base and recently played two back-to-back shows in Tokyo where their followers traveled from across the world to see them. Moose goes backstage with guitarist, Die to talk about the band and the significance of the Budokan.


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  • tom
    hello free america ye asked for a law?
  • tom
    very interesting about diru
  • wei
    Just come to Singapore already!!! I've been waiting since forever to go to a live show!
  • ILoveDiru
    Dir en Grey.... Please come to INDONESIA...
    I Love Your MUSIC soooo MUCH.!!!!!
    PLEASEEE...
    ONEGAISIMASUUU...
  • Hacumomo
    ♥♥♥Every of them are beautiful!!! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!!♥♥♥
  • Hacumomo
    ♥♥Dir en Grey is for me the best band!!!! and i would like to go to their concert else several times!!! And I am glad that I saw them personally in Prague! I hope that they will come to Prague!!! I want to see them so much!!! And their song are awsome.my favourite songs from them are: glass skin,obscure,yokan,the final,kasumi,embryo,syoku kurenai,kodou,bottom of death valley,akuro no oka and umbrella. DIR EN GREY ARE THE BEST FROM ME!!♥♥
  • Knownasblue
    Thank you so much for taking the time to travel to Japan and interviewing Die!!! It shows that America is serious about this band and want's to know more about them and have them continue to tour here! I hope you guys continue looking in on Direngrey!!!
  • L
    @ Hina
    Just want to say that Dir en grey have many fangirls in Japan too. Their fans over in Japan is not perfect as some may think. They can be really crazy and weird too.

    Dir en grey rocks my socks off btw. xD
  • Tommy
    The best band in the fucking whole universe!
  • Ame~
    THEY'RE WITHOUT A DOUBT,THE BEST BAND IN THE PLANET.

    WISH I COULD SEE THEM LIVE .. AND GOD,HOW MUCH I WANNA MEET THEM.. THAT'S MY BIGGEST DREAM!
  • San
    Daisuke is beautiful *_*

    (No english xD)

    Sandra
  • Dahlia
    "i never had the chance cause they r never come to friggn germany!"

    it's kinda funny since Dir en grey website says they've been to Germany six times (SIX TIMES) last June.


    Rock Im Park
    06.05 Zeppelinfeld -Nuernberg / Germany-

    Rock Am Ring
    06.07 Nürburgring -Eifel / Germany-

    Other
    06.14 Garage -Saarbrucken / Germany-
    06.16 Backstage Werk -Munich / Germany-
    06.21 Strasse E -Dresden / Germany-
    06.25 Columbia Club -Berlin / Germany-
  • Frostwoelfin
    @Cold Coffee at Midnight
    they never come to germany?? Well i'm german and i've been to about 10 shows they played in our country since 2005...and i wasn't able to see all of them.
    We can be very happy in Germany. I am happy that they come to germany almost every year and play at least 3 shows in different cities.
    Of course it could be more ;)
  • JRock_Communist
    I hate to agree with MP, but I was kind of bored by this... was this the only part to this clip or is there more? There could've been alot better things to talk about in 5 minutes worth of time. Like for instance, during the interview with Die you could have asked:

    "You have so many albums that came out BEFORE your first domestic release in The States (Withering to Death) is there any possibility of you re-releasing those albums through your domestic label at a U.S. price so that a wider group of fans can afford them? $40 for ONE cd is pretty steep for us Americans."

    or "You have many Live Tour DVD's, but these are just as expensive, if not moreso than your older CD's, would you ever consider recording a FULL LENGTH LIVE DVD in America? I think it would be a great idea, since it'd be cheaper for American fans to buy, and it would have a special significance for them since it was recorded here and not overseas."
  • MP
    WHAT?! And you folks from aux.tv went through all this trouble (15+ hours flight and so on) only to put together this thoroughly uninteresting material?!
  • sdy
    Please come to INDONESIA m(_ _)m
  • Rini
    @ Cold Coffee at Midnight:
    they have been in germany like every year since 2005 now.. at least nearly every year Oo
  • enoeh
    I wish they will come n visit jakarta...I luv them sooooo :*
  • esteban
    did die just said they like to be burnt out?!?! wow Dir en grey smoking they really r the best band i ever heard lol
  • No Words can EVER EVER EVER describe my love for this band. i wish i could meet them someday. That would be the highlight of my entire life. The fans is also good to interact with. though i prefer the Tokyo Fans over the NYC band ANYDAY. (lets just say that the girls in NYC only like the band for their appearance and im not fond of that because their music is more important)
  • Cold Coffee at Midnight
    I want to see them live so baaaaadly T__T i never had the chance cause they r never come to friggn germany! come to germany!! pleaaaaaaassseeee Q__Q
  • Kyo Unagi
    You speak English? No English? Yes English? No English? I found that funny. :) This guy is fun. I wish I could see Dir En Grey in Tokyo. Only saw them here in Boston!
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