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- noun
Japanese rock music influenced bywestern genres.
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Examples
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Carnation is a great J-rock tune with enough get-up and go to get an anatomical dummy to shake its rump.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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There's a welcome option to use the After Burner 2 chiptune soundtrack instead of the contemporary J-rock effort.
Eurogamer 2010
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Never mind that Japanese artists emerge from an alternate J-rock history that seldom intersects with ours.
Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com DANIEL BROCKMAN 2010
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Never mind that Japanese artists emerge from an alternate J-rock history that seldom intersects with ours.
Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com DANIEL BROCKMAN 2010
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Catch J-rock bands, K-pop acts, street dance and other activities.
TODAYonline 2010
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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.
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