Personally I'm not a fan of Vamps. But it was an easy interview and I'm in the mood to check out other bands/musicians etc so just randomly reading around.

Vamps' 69 Q&A [69 becoz of release date on june 9th]
A word to K.A.Z who is in America now
HYDE: How are the blonde girls?
A message to HYDE who is in Japan now
K.A.Z.: Finally the single and ( Read more... )

In the midst of moving and packing. and so decided to flip through my stash of magazines and translate short articles that interest me.

Tokyo Galaxy Pamphlet Mini solo interviews (2010/2011)

ShouBeing part of a rock band, I believe that performing in Nippon Budoukan is something that we should be aiming for, so when it was decided that we will ( Read more... )

Nao's Great Adventure!

[ ] <-- my random comments    ( ) <--- what's in the magazine

This month, we're doing the highlights of Nao's great adventure

Nao: I wasn't intending to eat that much

We got a lot of this reaction that 'Nao-san really eats a lot ne'

Nao: Thank you very much. If you become a glutton you can appear in magazines (laughs)

It also costs ( Read more... )

 credits to: yuriko_yakuza  for scanning the articles :)

Alice Nine Group Interview

Though it's already heading to the second half (information gathering was towards the end of September), how is the tour?

Nao: We went to a lot of places and did many lives which is a really happy thing, but I'm now facing a huge worry. If you watch the Stargazer: PV, tour offshot ( Read more... )

credits to: yuriko_yakuza  for scanning the articles :)

Nao Personal Interview

After the recording of Senkou, was there a next theme that you're heading towards?

Nao: Quite some time ago, we had a talk of especially wanting to get a producer, and at this timing, we had it fulfilled. Just that, until now, we never had the chance to fully work with a producer, so ( Read more... )

credits to: yuriko_yakuza  for scanning the articles :)

Saga Personal Interview

After Senkou, do you have a specific vision of what's next?

Saga: At that time, feeling wise, I wanted to do a song that's completely different from Senkou. Actually, there're already a few songs that can be used for an album, so i thought for the single before the album, it might ( Read more... )

credits to: yuriko_yakuza  for scanning the articles :)

Tora Personal Interview

After the making of 「Senkou」, did you immediately start thinking about the next single?

Tora: No, 「Senkou」 was done for the tie-up with Pachinko, so it was done quite earlier on prior to the release date. So there's quite some time between that and 「Stargazer:」Originally, for 「 ( Read more... )

credits to: yuriko_yakuza  for scanning the articles :)

Hiroto Personal Interview

After the completion of 「Senkou」did you think about anything as an individual?

Hiroto: Personally, this year, i thought about wanting to playing the guitar that's easy to understand. I had done too many troublesome things until now, which ended up with not being able to convey much ( Read more... )

credits to: yuriko_yakuza for scanning the articles :)

Shou's Personal Interview

First of all, please tell us the time when you startted out creating [Stargazer:]

Shou: First of all, from our list of possible songs after 「Senkou」we narrowed down to 3, we also did included a temporary song from Hiroto's house, and presented all those to the recording company. Also ( Read more... )

 credits to jrock_scans and diru915 for original article

[ ] my notes ( ) what's in the article

(Band Alice Nine has released new single 「Stargazer:」! From guitarists Hiroto and Tora, besides hearing about the new single, we also asked about their fashion for autumn!

「Stargazer:」has been quicked completed. Even though it's quite a flashy melody, but because it's that ( Read more... )