(08-08-2009, 01:05 AM)Hedelex Wrote:

(08-07-2009, 11:00 PM)VAMPkito Wrote: I think you kinda missed the point. It's not that we're trying to hide the fact that they are Japanese, it's just that we don't want to treat them like they're not actually musicians or, to quote H.P., "products from Japan." We want them to get the same treatment as any musician would get domestically, not treated any different, for better or for worse, because they are from a different country. A lot of people look at foreign music and don't think of it as music in the same light as they do domestic music, and that's what we're trying to take away. We're trying to give VAMPS the normal band treatment and make it understood that even though they are Japanese, they are still musicians just like the musicians at home. In VAMPSy terms, you could say we're trying to "break down all the barriers."

Oh sure! But I just felt like pointing out the fact that some people is still very very narrow minded, and won't see them as regular musicians just because they are japanese :-( But we can't let that defeat us ;-D

I hear yah, I've given up on American friends who have utterly failed themselves with regards to missing out on Japanese music over the years for the sole reason they live in their own little bubble and are afraid to expand their minds . Well, the biggest loss for those who didn't see Vamps live is not even hearing them on the radio or seeing them on TV as this 1st album is amazing and if it were an American band everybody would' have put Vamps at the top already, so there is a prejudice here and this isn't going to be easy to solve thus, I call for Hyde to bring Ayu here as a special guest next time (OMG, I'm seriously f'n dreaming now >ROFL) !