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Interview Archive
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KoME’s First Anniversary Interview
Posted on September 9, 2008 | 2 CommentsOn September 3rd, 2007, KoME officially went online. As the ‘Korean version of JaME,’ KoME aims to bring Korean music to the European fans. It’s been a year since then and not all of it has been smooth sailing, but one thing is for sure:... -
Interview with Marqido
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsExperimental artist Marqido has released three solo albums to date: Democritus, Democritus II and Democritus III. He is possibly better known in Europe for his work with the Korean experimental artist itta on the project 10. His career seems to be marked with numbers, so... -
The Recycled Questions Interview with JaME
Posted on July 17, 2008 | No CommentsThe JaME team currently includes over 100 people, all with different backgrounds, cultures and interests. Seeing as we are represented in almost 30 countries, you can imagine that it’s a colorful bunch with a lot of interesting personalities. We wanted to give our readers a... -
hide Memorial: Comment from ANGEL-TAKA
Posted on May 28, 2008 | 2 CommentsThis May 2nd marked the tenth year since hide passed away. JaME put together a special hide memorial theme in his honor and obtained comments from several musicians and industry professionals concerning the famous and ever-inspiring guitarist. Also ANGEL-TAKA from NOIZ contributed, but was unable... -
Question & Answer session with JaME!
Posted on May 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsQuite some time ago already, we put up a post in which we asked our readers to submit questions for JaME. It took quite some time (we were secretly waiting for more questions!) but here are the answers, answered by various members of the team:... -
Interview with The Candy Spooky Theater in Finland
Posted on April 28, 2008 | 2 CommentsOn the 23rd of March, three impressive looking gentlemen arrived early at Finland to perform at the livehouse Gloria in the capital Helsinki. The concert was a success and looking tired but pleased, the band even held an autograph session for all their fans. Our... -
GOTHIKA in Finland
Posted on February 4, 2008 | 2 CommentsGOTHIKA didn’t have much time for any spur of the moment activities as they were visiting Helsinki’s centrum only for a short while, yet regardless of the hectic atmosphere we managed to sit down with Yoshiki, andro and the new support member DeeLee at the... -
GARI in Europe
Posted on January 17, 2008 | 1 CommentLast summer, the band GARI made their way to Europe to perform in France and Finland. They performed thrice: at the Japan Expo in Paris, again in Paris with the band SPLEEN VS IDEAL and at an animecon in Jyväskylä, Finland. Recently, we met with... -
Kana in Europe
Posted on January 12, 2008 | 1 CommentAfter her second performance in Finland, JaME sat down with Kana to have a small chat about her European tour, her newest album and more. This is already your second time touring Europe. How do you feel about that, and do you have any special... -
B for Billy
Posted on December 23, 2007 | 3 CommentsFrom their single Beautiful Good-bye to their soon to be released first album Bouquet, everything seems to be about the letter “B” for the indie band Billy. Their first album release is a special occasion for the band, so we took this opportunity to talk... -
Syu’s First Times
Posted on December 21, 2007 | 1 CommentSyu is a guitarist that is known for his great skills. He has played in various bands, such as Valkyr and the anime and metal band Animetal. Currently he is playing in the metal bands Galneryus and Aushvitz, and also acts as the vocalist of... -
DUSTAR-3 by DUSTAR-3
Posted on December 18, 2007 | 1 CommentWe first met the three members of the punk/rock band DUSTAR-3 in 2005 for an interview. Now, two years later and just after the release of their new album Oretachi ikemen, we decided to have a quick chat with them. Not being a usual band,... -
A short chat with lynch.’s guitarist Yusuke.
Posted on December 9, 2007 | 8 CommentsWe had earlier posted our chat with lynch.‘s drummer Asanao, and now we’re giving you Yusuke‘s comments about their new album THE BURIED! When you recorded the new album THE BURIED, you played the guitar parts that Reo used to play before. Do you think... -
Plastic Tree Europe Tour 2007
Posted on December 5, 2007 | 6 CommentsAfter Plastic Tree‘s recent tour in Europe, we asked vocalist Ryutaro and bassist Tadashi about the countries they have performed in. This time, they performed in Sweden, Germany, France and the Netherlands, so we asked them a few questions about these four countries. Tadashi Hasegawa:... -
A short interview with the GazettE
Posted on November 27, 2007 | 1 CommentDuring the GazettE‘s European tour, one stop was in Paris, France. Even though JaME had an opportunity to interview the band before their show, due to some slight change in schedule, the interview was not able to last as long thus only a few questions... -
A short chat with lynch.’s drummer, Asanao.
Posted on November 22, 2007 | 9 CommentsWe were able to have a quick chat with guitarist Yusuke and drummer Asanao from lynch.. The young visual kei band is currently enjoying a lot of popularity, so we took this opportunity to ask them a few questions about their newest album, THE BURIED,... -
BEE-315: Where did they go?
Posted on November 18, 2007 | 3 CommentsThe cheerful pop-punk trio BEE-315 recently released a new album, Where did they go? Naturally, we asked the band the same question: “Where did you go?” and they gave us a report of the happenings of their day. RIU(Bass & Vocal) I woke up at...
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