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No offense guys but don't you get tired of seeing the same old artists at ALL of the Anime conventions? I just saw Stephanie Yanez at Anime Vegas. She was cool but.... I've seen her at Ax too. Let's get some fresh blood in there! I'd like to see one or two bands from years past and some new bands as well. A good mix. Guitar Vader please!!!!!!

6 bands was too much. How about this for next year?

Swinging Popsicle
Guitar Vader
Mothercoat
ZZ

I am talking about just for the musicfest main event. Having another Stage 1 would be awesome too. Any other bands could play on that. I think this would be an amazing line up for next year.

It seems that everywhere I look people say that they thought Nami Tamaki was terrible last year. No one will ever be happy. I'll bet everyone will be complaining next year too. We should all just be thankful that an event like this exists.  :D WAY TO GO FANIME! :D

Well I wasn't into Poplar so much but..... Also I was really dissapointed about Guitar Vader not coming this year. Maybe they can come next year? I really appreciate Fanime mixing things up this year. I thought miami and mothercoat were fricken awesome. I think everyone is being a little hard on the fanime staff and JapanFiles. No one knows any of these bands in the U.S and from what I could tell there was almost no promotion for this event at the con at all. I hope there will be even more diverse bands next year. AND GUITAR VADER!

For one guy? I'd much rather see 6 bands. Just my opinion though!  :D

All of the bands appearing at the Musicfest have myspace pages and I finally found them all!

Up Hold http://www.myspace.com/uphold

Guitar Vader http://www.myspace.com/guitarvader

miami http://www.myspace.com/miamijapan

Poplar http://www.myspace.com/poplarjapan

Swinging Popsicle  http://www.myspace.com/swingingpopsicle

Seems all of the bands have full songs that you can listen to except Swinging Popsicle. I'm in love with Swinging Popsicles lead singer.......
I'm really looking forward to this! Any word on which bands are playing when?

Is http://www.japanfiles.com the record label? I found all of the bands on there. Listening to the samples I would say that the concert this year will be higher quality than last years. I'm not bashing Ramen and Rice but it's nice to see more ACTUAL bands this time around. Of course I haven't seen any of these bands live so I don't know. I'm looking forward to seeing Guitar Vader now though. Good work FANIME! :D  :D  :D

Is http://www.japanfiles.com the record label? I found all of the bands on there. Listening to the samples I would say that the concert this year will be higher quality than last years. I'm not bashing Ramen and Rice but it's nice to see more ACTUAL bands this time around. Of course I haven't seen any of these bands live so I don't know. I'm looking forward to seeing Guitar Vader now though. Good work FANIME! :D  :D  :D

Ooops. I meant that Guitar Vader appeared in "BECK" not Swinging popsicle. :shock:

It seems that the band has appeared in "BECK" in Japan. The anime. Found some Swinging Popsicle samples here. These guys must be pretty big becasue if you search for them they come up everywhere.

http://www.yesjapan.com/popsicle/
:D

I'm not a big hip hop fan but I've never seen Japanese hip hop before. I'm looking forward to it!!!! :D

http://www.yesjapan.com/poplar/

Guiatr Vader was the band from Jet Set Radio! Suuuppppppppppeeerrrr Brother! I love that game!

http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id=154

They have a myspace page. Alot of stuff comes up when I search their name. Looks like they are pretty popular. I wonder who else is coming?

http://www.myspace.com/guitarvader

After alot of searching on google I found this on a band called Guitar Vader's webpage. I guess they were in some videogame and some anime's in Japan. Anyone heard of them? I listen to their samples. They sound pretty cool.

For the first time ever Guitar Vader will be appearing in the United States. The band will be appearing at the Fanime convention MusicFest event in San Jose from May 26th - May 29th. Seats are expected to fill up fast so get your tickets today!

Open Time: 6:00
Start Time: 6:30


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and the bbs -

That's right guys!

Guitar Vader will be appearing at the San Jose Fanime convention MusicFest from May 26th to the 28th. We hope to see alot of our fans there! Spread the word!

Guitar Vader

This is on the front page! I wonder who it is going to be! I tried a web search on google but I came up with nothing. :(  Anyone find anything out!?

MusicFest Performers Confirmed!

MusicFest - FanimeCon's annual live music event - is exploding this year with a ton of new bands fresh from Japan and the U.S. We're changing gears this year and going to the Japanese underground music scene to bring you the best, cutting-edge music around.

We've signed the papers, bought the plane tickets, and prepped the stage. Stay tuned for more details on just who will be appearing and when!