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  • noun Japanese rock music influenced by western genres.

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Examples

  • Carnation is a great J-rock tune with enough get-up and go to get an anatomical dummy to shake its rump.

    The Wallflower, Volume One | The Anime Blog 2007

  • It looks as if the creator of Nana was very much inspired by classic punk rock let alone Japanese rock or "J-rock."

    Anime Review of Nana 2007

  • A great deal of fun, including a soundtrack of metal-tinged J-rock provided entirely by Dir en Grey, we passed on seeing any other movies as simply anticlimatic.

    Nevermore: SIGMA, Mortuary, Headspace badger 2006

  • Oh, The J-rock himself did send me an email this year though.

    Jesus was a black man, and Jesus was a gangsta justnick 2004

  • It's just fun. heavy metal: No. J-rock: No. progressive rock: No. really. classic rock: Classic like my kind of classic, or regualr classic? garage rock: Whatever. goth rock: No. particualrly.

    hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004

  • There's a welcome option to use the After Burner 2 chiptune soundtrack instead of the contemporary J-rock effort.

    Eurogamer 2010

  • Never mind that Japanese artists emerge from an alternate J-rock history that seldom intersects with ours.

    Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com DANIEL BROCKMAN 2010

  • Never mind that Japanese artists emerge from an alternate J-rock history that seldom intersects with ours.

    Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com DANIEL BROCKMAN 2010

  • Catch J-rock bands, K-pop acts, street dance and other activities.

    TODAYonline 2010

  • On Tuesday, the American television program ABC World News aired and began streaming a video feature focusing on the J-rock group X Japan and its drummer, pianist, and songwriter Yoshiki Hayashi.

    Anime News Network - Main Feed 2010

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