Ok, this was a song that reached the top 10 in Japan, and you might have guessed why. Below is their song Chapter 1, which was their first song to reach the Oricon top 10. Okay, I can talk all I want, but it’s better to listen to a song to know what I mean. The guys from SID like to throw in completely different rythms when they change from one couplet to the next. It’s not simply a slow start where they build momentum to go crazy in the chorus (most of the popsongs do stuff like that, bo-ring). Another reason why you should at least listen to a few of their songs is because of their constant change of pace.
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Yeah, why should you? Well, one reason is because each song is so different. They are not afraid to try a heavy rock song (Enamel) after creating a popsong that starts off with a violin (Chapter 1). Just to give you an idea of how populair these guys are: they sold out the Nippon Budokan (can fit 14000 people) within 2 minutes! Why you should listen to SID However I don’t like to label them so easily, because their songs vary widely in style.
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They’ve been together since 2004 and are generally classified as a visual kei rockband. SID consists of the four guys you see in the picture above: Shinji (guitar, backing vocals, blonde hair), Mao (vocals, light-brown hair), Yuuya (drums, black hair) and Aki (bass, backing vocals, dark brown hair). Visual kei is a separate music genre and style that I will not explain in this post, but many bands have been attracted to it, like SID.
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When you think about music and Japan, you’ll probably either think of pop bands like AKB0048 or the complete opposite: visual kei-bands like The Gazette (more on those two in different posts!).