[Tatsuro] Hybrid Combat Interview vol. 13 Guest: jealkb (part one)

Don’t worry, this is the first time you have seen this series on this site, and it is the 13th volume. I’ll go back and do the other 12 later. I felt like translating something Mucc related and I hadn’t read this one yet, so I was translating as I read this.

This is a series that BARKS has going on, where Tatsuro has an interview/conversation with another musician. The concept is “hybrid” so usually, the opponent is from a different genre but this time, it’s jealkb. The interview is like 3 pages long, and this is most of the first page, so look out for at least 2 more posts after this. (Hopefully, I will complete this by the end of this week… Let’s pray I do! haha)

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[VAMPS] 4ROOMS Radio 5/12/2010

Long time no update. (Sorry, it’s not hyde’s interview… I haven’t started that yet and I’m super busy with school ><) Just have this small bit, from one of many VAMPS radio appearances. I couldn’t listen to it obviously, but this was on their site so I did a quick and dirty translation. Go to the site and you will also be able to see a photo. (See HYDE’s new blonde hair?) It’s 3 AM so sorry if there are sentence fluency issues.

4ROOMS Radio 5/12/2010

PARCO PEOPLE FILE
Today’s guests are HYDE-san and K.A.Z-san of VAMPS, who just released their new single “DEVIL SIDE” today!!

Q: Do you come to Shibuya?
“[I (or possibly we?)] walked around here with Acid Black Cherry’s yasu-kun looking for shoes.”

Q: Please tell us a devil side of each other.
HYDE: Apparently, he was really scary in the past. Even though he has a laid-back image now.
K.A.Z: He’s like a mischievous kid. More of a sadistic side rather than devil side. When he speaks during lives, he teases our fans.

Q: Which iPhone app do you recommend?
“The one that I find most important is the mic that is installed by default. I use it for composing. I bought a voice recorder for composing purposes but it was difficult to use. The iPhone one is easier to use and the sound is good. So there’s a lot in there. I just take this with me and go to the park to write lyrics.”

Q: Today was also the release date for live DVD “VAMPS LIVE 2009″! What kind of DVD is it?
“It contains the tour final from last year and also has a documentary. It’s worth seeing.”

And now, Ishida quiiiiiz!! [Ishida is one of the MCs]
VAMPS’ debut date was July 2, 2008. On that day, 62 years ago on July 2, 1946, a renown Japanese comedian was born! Now, who is this comedian?
“Kiyoshi Yasushi!”
That’s correct—-

[VAMPS] VAMPROSE Channel Comment 02.27.2010

HYDE: “Despair awaits you at the goal!” [= a line said by Kamen Rider Accel when executing a "Maximum Drive attack" from the TV series "Kamen Rider W"] I’m VAMPS’ HYDE and
K.A.Z: I’m K.A.Z.
HYDE: Umm we’re composing right now,
K.A.Z: Yes.
HYDE: Well, I’m the one composing, but, umm, it seems we are going overseas for recording soon.
K.A.Z: Yes.
HYDE: The most troublesome part about going overseas is [not having] the washlet.
K.A.Z: (Nods)
HYDE: Also, umm, Japanese food.
K.A.Z: Yeah.
HYDE: It’s sad that we won’t be able to eat Japanese food.
K.A.Z: Also, the shower doesn’t work that well sometimes.
HYDE: Yeah, sometimes it doesn’t drain well either. One time, all of it came out.
K.A.Z: All of what?
HYDE: All of the sewage came back up.
K.A.Z: Ahhh~…
(. . .Silence. . .)
K.A.Z:The water system…
HYDE: The water system…
K.A.Z: is weak.
HYDE: Yeah. Is there something you’re looking forward to?
K.A.Z: Umm, the place we’re going to is a bit on the countryside, so it might be nice to take walks, in the morning.
HYDE: Yeah. I hope we can make a good song.
K.A.Z: Yeah.
HYDE: Well, that’s pretty much why we’re going anyway. I hope you’re looking forward to it. Ne?
K.A.Z: Yes.
HYDE: So, this was VAMPS’ HYDE and
K.A.Z: K.A.Z.

I wonder where they’re going…?

There’s also this video if you haven’t checked it out yet:

[HO-DAN] August 2009 vol. 36

Here’s another one I dug up. I made a huge jump from the past HO-DANs to one of the very recent ones. That’s because the whole thing was hilarious, and a certain someone’s name comes up! Enjoy!

ken’s HO-DAN-GA-HO vol. 36

from August 2009 issue

This month’s free-talkers:
K – Editor number 1 of WHAT’s IN?. At Ken TOUR in Nagoya, he had enjoyed himself so much to the point where you could squeeze sweat from his T-shirt.
I – Person in charge of L’Arc~en~Ciel at the record company. As previewed in last month’s column, he tried aroma therapy before the Nagoya performance.
O – Writer of this column. Following last month, she is on omiya duty twice in a row. She also wrote the live report on the page on the right! [Ken's live report]
ken – Master of this column. Recently, his passion for guitar has risen again and apparently played until morning on the day of the HO-DAN.
H – ken’s manager. She is currently concerned about how, not only throughout the tour, but in daily conversations with ken, it becomes mostly about dirty topics.
F -  After seeing ken, not from HO-DAN, but on stage at the Nagoya live for the first time, she was moved. Editor 2 of WHAT’s IN?.

ken, 3 adults of the same generation, and 2 younger members meet and enjoy free talk for unlimited time. On the first day of the Nagoya lives for 「Ken TOUR 2009 “LIVE IN PHYSICAL”」, the HO-DAN members assembled and talked about the on-going lives and MCs, as well as ken’s search for something!?

[MV02] Notes of K: Ver. K.A.Z

Notes of K

Ver. K.A.Z

Continuing last month’s “Ver. HYDE: Break H’s Taboo!”, this is K.A.Z’s version, “Notes of K: Ver. K.A.Z,” of a regular corner where HYDE and K.A.Z take turns every month to uncover their unknown sides. Every time, we raise several themes in which K.A.Z’s character is disclosed as he discusses them.

[MV02] Original Comic “TALES OF VAMPS”

**The numbers in parentheses are to guide you which translation goes with what box. The first number is the page number starting from the page where the comic begins, and the second number is the box number on that page.

TALES OF VAMPS

~Not suitable for children~

(1.1) The village is excited and high-spirited about MARIA and K.A.Z‘s wedding…

(2.1) But this is only the powerless village people’s small attempt to rebel against the ominous shadow that floods the village. These past few months, many village girls have been spirited away…

[MV01] VAMPSQUARE

VAMPSQUARE

Ver. HYDE: Break H’s Taboo!

“VAMPSQUARE” is a corner where we will get undisclosed information about HYDE and K.A.Z every month. In this month’s HYDE version, we asked about that rarely discussed secret.

Why are you keeping your real name a secret?