(09-19-2009, 04:51 PM)Jazmin Wrote: guess I understand where you're coming from, but no... some of us do see it as a whole. I guess I understand where you're coming from, but no... some of us do see it as a whole.

Of course, I'm not saying that EVERY fan is like that. I mean, this forum is full of them. I'm referring to mostly the more general fandome. And I think you misunderstood. I'm not saying that I, or most people, only think of HYDE when they hear "VAMPS." What I mean is that sometimes we, not everyone but a good amount, seem to forget that VAMPS is not just HYDE. It's not that the fandome is bad, it's just what happens when you have an extremely large fandome. I'm almost certain that once S.K.I.N. decides to... I don't know... RELEASE A FUCKING CD... that almost everyone will forget about Yoshiki and the other members and go all, "GACKT GACKT OMG GAACCCKGGKFKGACKT!"

And by routing for K.A.Z to "look like a better fan" I primarily meant those who give HYDE less attention than they normally would to show their support for K.A.Z too.

Come to think of it, I don't think even I -know- how to explain what I mean =x - Yeah, I suck. I have a tendency to sometimes make topics trying to explain a point then have them misunderstood by people... and then figure out I barely know what I mean.

Quote:That you see Hyde alone there's nothing wrong with that, you're a HYDE fan afterall but we must admit Vamps is a unit that will dramatically change if any of its members change...

Again, I think you misunderstand that too. I didn't say that I or other people think of VAMPS solely as HYDE. I said, to me, HYDE's solo band and VAMPS are the same band, but in the same way that Moi dix Mois with Seth is the same band as Moi dix Mois with Juka. All the members that compose the music are still there (except M10M is a more direct example of people only giving a shit about one member, lawl). In VAMPS' way, HYDE and K.A.Z -both- produced music during HYDE's solo career and they are both in the two members who compose music in VAMPS, so to me, HYDE's solo band and VAMPS are the same thing. I'm not saying I think of them ONLY as HYDE, I'm saying that they are the same unit. To me, anyway

I guess what I'm mostly trying to say is that although we're trying really hard to promote VAMPS overseas, there's still a huge amount of fans already that don't even remember that VAMPS exists sometimes. Again, not trying to speak for everyone, but in my instance, because they've grown used to seeing "HYDE" everywhere. It's not that they don't appreciate the other members, but they haven't grown used to seeing them everywhere. It's the same thing as when Pierce Brosnan as James Bond was changed to Daniel Craig. People had a huge outrage over it, but over a course of time began to realize that Daniel Craig wasn't so much bad as much he was different than what they expected.

Quote:Yes L'arc to me is diff too since Sakura left... I call it D'arc... like the dark ages *hides* and L'arc when the sun came out and Yuki came in

Lawl, I thought they were on they were on the verge of changing even during the Sakura era.

Quote:I don't approve of the name change, as I have already said many times on the forum.

I actually didn't either. I mean, it wasn't necessary. I mean, you didn't see GPK of GPKISM change to MIDVICTORIAN PEOPLE when he started co-producing his solo work with Kiwamu and people STILL acknowledge Kiwamu just as much as they would have had they changed the name. But I think HYDE said it was because he felt guilty having K.A.Z play his name, thus HYDE getting the credit for K.A.Z's work.

Quote:hyde has formed a band with K.A.Z. VAMPS started off with music extremely different from HYDE

Not really, in my opinion. I used to think that too. But when I thought about it, I began to realize HYDE's never been just one genre. See WORDS OF LOVE for reference, lawl.

Quote:"Love Addict" and "I GOTTA KICK START NOW."

No love for TIME GOES BY?