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[Archived] Off topic: your opinion on PERESTROIKA?

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Thanks to certain places, many of you will have heard PERESTROЇKA's debut single by today. So tell me, what did you think?

Did you like the single? Favorite song?

  • Could you tell a difference between it and the music of NEGA?
  • Any thoughts on why this alter ego band exists in the first place?

-- I thought it was good, and actually different from NEGA, if only a little. They seem to be more polished, and the bass especially is cooler than usual. My favorite track was MINDLESS, since that seemed to be the most unusual for them. Still not sure why this alter-ego band exists though. Trying to show executives they can be more marketable?

  • Current music: PERESTROÏKA - HEART | Powered by Last.fm
  • Current mood: okay

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It's alright guys, we're all friends here~ I don't think anyone meant to be disrespectful.

Freezing just in case!

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It's not maybe, there's definitely a good reason for having him there.

I don't know...the way you put things sound pretty negative to me. You definitely have something against san, don't you? Maybe you're not aware of this--but it makes me a little upset.

It's totally fine, I won't bother to spam your post with any other comment.

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anonymous tsukiyomikg
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Haha, nice comment :P Yea, maybe they really have a reason having him there... I just don't get it xD Hmm.. I don't really like his looks. His face looks a bit flat.. You know what I mean? But maybe it really is the makeup as you said. But still, happy to have him!! It sucked when Hiroki left the band. Watching Abase PV and being depressed lol Ok, should we even talk about Nega? I mean it is PERESTROIKA now. :D

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i happen to be a huge SAN fan, LOL~ I like his weirdness( totally understand what you mean, he's a little...awkward both on and off-stage). But I still like him either way; same goes for his guitar playing skills. I admit, his guitar playing skills need a little brushing up to do, but generally he does fine playing solo(without another support guitarist). It must be pretty hard doing it alone.

He looks rather um, normal without make-up, but i don't mind. It's not like i have gorgeous looks of a model either :P so i can't really judge can I~ make up really does wonders~

sorry, but i totally don't understand what you mean by "what's the point in him". There must be a reason why the other members chose him to be part of their band...

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lol hey! i just mean his look. i don't know the people, but he's personally really gorgeous ♥ looks cute and sexy, his hair rocks, good body, oh i definitely love him ... i said., just speaking about the physical way

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anonymous tsukiyomikg
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Still I don't understand what is so great about SAN... :P I'm sorry all SAN fans but he is... weird XD Never understood and never will O_O The way he handles the guitar solos and licks the guitar.. man. Gives me goosebumps. no offense~

Some one if tells me whats the point in him, please tell me lol

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anonymous tsukiyomikg
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I totally agree with you! My personal opinion is that Jin's voice is something unique. It's not like copy of copies, what unfortunately jmusic is full of.

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Perestroika sounds like a new release from Nega under a new concept. or some like that. Of course Perestroika is less dark than Nega, but still good, i like both but i want Nega back

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Jin's voice is awesome ._. this is what caught my attention first time from Nega... (and second was the beautiful SAN)

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Jin's voice needs some getting used to, but it honestly sounds about a hundred times better compared to some other random jrock bands i've heard(especially the new ones). >_< that's just my opinion though, no harm intended~

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anonymous tsukiyomikg
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Thank god! :D

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I love Jins voice! XD And I know a lot of people who do too :D

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Nega's point was to create negative, depressive vibe, the lyrics are about these bad emotions, not the good ones. I have no idea about PERESTROIKA's lyrics, but it seems their music is less heavy and dark.

I like the whole single, my favorite song is definitely MINDLESS. It seems to be about sex actually (XD), but I'm not sure, I will take a look at lyrics when I get my CDs.

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anonymous tsukiyomikg
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All I have to say is that I fell in love immediately I heard Jin's/Haruto's voice in Heart preview. OK, maybe I'm a freak cause no-one really likes his voice. At least I've never met that kind of person :P If you love his voice, tell me! :D Comments like "I like Nega but the vocals suck" are way too common. I've listened Nega since... 2006 I think, and there is no greater love than love for Nega. Ahah.

I heard only the review of the Heart song. I won't listen them until I've got the CDs... :P But for sure I know that I'm not gonna be disappointed. I like the lighter sound of Perestroïka...

Damn, I'm kinda confused with this name thing. I mean, what's the point? Did they want to make more money by "renaming" the band, or did they just want to have some attention? Pretty much the same question... Or.. Do they just want to make lighter music and that no longer fits with the name Nega. Well I don't care, it is mainly Nega for me, Perestroika then when I don't feel too lazy to write the name. Yea and the music is great.

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I have to admit, I didn't like it at all. Jins voice stayed the same, but if you ignore it for a minute, you hear the difference. If I wouldn't know Nega, I'd say they all just began practicing playing guitar/bass/drums. Sad, their so good actually.

And I also have to admit, I liked mindless the least. To me, it sounds kinda like Gazette and if I want to hear gazette...well, then i listen to gazette. :)

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I liked MINDLESS, but the other songs kinda bored/irritated me. Not extremely of course, but they were a little gray for me.

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anonymous count_amantis
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Good single...but like the others said before...nothing really innovative or breath-taking ;) It's still NEGA somehow...with some different new elements...but definitely NEGA ;)

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anonymous 367degreees
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I partly agree with Trying to show executives they can be more marketable?, but really, let's think for a moment that they really wanted to make songs like these three, and it's what they like. Then think what people would say if they had done it under name "Nega"? Actually, lmao when I even think of it. Maybe that's why the alter-ego band exists.

MINDLESS is awesome, yeah. The release was actually better than I expected, yet I like songs like Haunted Jealousy by Jin more. Looking forward for next releases.

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I really like the single. It's not a revolution but it's good. MINDLESS is my favorite. Very good atmosphere. I love the electro sound. I'm waiting for another single :)

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anonymous heartless_wing
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Alter ego or not they pretty sound like nega lol (thanks god XD), I really like MINDLESS and all the single :3 . I thought they make this all alter ego thing 'coz they wanned to try a new sound or something like that xD, but well.. its not like that after all . so why an alter ego to have different and strange name songs! : D (??)

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anonymous asukayakuza1234
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i liked it, heart was great.

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I thought it was alright, but nothing groundbreaking. Mindless is great.

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anonymous takatorireiji
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I also posted my opinion on Tainted World.

I thought it was a great first release. I've heard a lot of people saying 'What's the point, it sounds exactly like Nega, why make this other band, bring back Nega' etc. Well IMO, the band sounds very different, it's only really Jin's voice which is similar, although, I do feel his voice has gotten better, might just be me.

I still love Nega, but I am definitely looking forward to more releases from Perestroika ;D

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anonymous paige_nevaeh
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I've only heard Heart so far..but I do like it and I can hear the difference. It seems a little less darker than Nega. As for the alter-ego thing, I've heard that perestroika means 'rebuild/restructure' in Russian. So maybe it's like Nega's rebuilding..if you get what I mean?

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