6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

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[Zunu]

^ How have you avoided adding Band-Maid as your "favorite idol" yet?

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[erilaz]

^ Don't waste your time trying to spot me in the audience in those August Hall videos. My friends and I had a spot in the balcony with an unobstructed view of the stage. There was no way I could have gotten close to the stage for that show, because a gazillion people were in line ahead of us, mostly VIP ticket holders.

My friends went for balcony seats at Otoboke Beaver, too, but I arrived early enough to buy merch and still score a spot just behind front row center. I only stayed near the front for about 15 minutes of Otoboke Beaver's set, though, because I couldn't take any more of the incessant pummeling from the moshers.

[rikkikow]

^ what a contrast between the two concerts you went to ~
I've only experienced Japanese concerts where the fans were top notch with never a problem. But it is San Francisco and San Francisco has some serious problems. Probably why the November car show at Moscone Center is canceled again.

[Moh]

Wednesday Campanella - Tinker Bell

[erilaz]

^ what a contrast between the two concerts you went to ~
I've only experienced Japanese concerts where the fans were top notch with never a problem. But it is San Francisco and San Francisco has some serious problems.

Punk rock shows can be weird, regardless of the location. I've been to some where the moshing and the crush toward the stage have been horrific, and I've been to some where the audience was perfectly civil. I've seen X (the L.A. punk legends, not X Japan) at both extremes. The front row was an absolute delight when I saw them at the Independent in S.F. last December, but when I saw them at Burger Boogaloo in 2017, being in the front row was like being crushed in a vise.

This was unquestionably the most extreme moshing I've ever experienced while seeing a Japanese act, though. Even Guitar Wolf's audience at Burger Boogaloo 2017 wasn't anything like this. There's this one doofus who's always slamming into people at Bay Area Shonen Knife shows, but he's the exception rather than the rule.

[Celedam]

From one year ago…

After ten years, three albums, and seemingly constant world tours, BABYMETAL is going on hiatus.

Well…



A hiatus that was actually just a hiatus? Huh.

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It's true. Misa performs bare-foot!

San Francisco


San Diego