"MONSTER'S ROAR" Vol.2 Shibuya Womb 14th March 2012
The Micro Head 4n's presents "MONSTER'S ROAR" Vol.2 Shibuya Womb 14th March 2012
It's more than a month later, but I finally have some time to write this down (and Zero changing his twitter picture has something to do with it as well xD)
Anyway on 14th March 2012 a.k.a White Day it was time forillusion1825 and mine third gig. The Micro Head 4n's in Shibuya Womb. For me it was probably the live I was looking forward the most, because after seeing D'espairs Ray live in 2009 Zero made such a huge impact on me, well they all did, but I'm Zero's fan girl so... and being able to see him preform again was AMAZING.
Monster's Roar is an even put together by TMH4N'S but they aren't the only one preforming, Sugimoto Yoshinori and Cascade preform before them. The event on White day was the second one.
When we arrived to the Womb, there were quite a lot of fans for each group and when we went inside there was a black curtain in front of stage and you could hear someone doing sound check (we didn't know who will preform first until the very beginning and because Womb is a night club stage was "improvized"). The event was held on the second floor (Womb has 3 floors; ground, second and third/VIP section) and from the second floor you could see artist and special guest on the third floor trough blends (I saw Shun and Ricky, because you can't miss them xD).
The curtain fall down and on the screen all three artists were shown and then pictures of artist starts to flash and we were all anticipating who will be the first and it was Sugimoto Yoshinori (ex Waive). I didn't know him, but he has good voice and his songs are good (he's been on a scene for a while). Anyway here's one of his songs Sugimoto Yoshinori -Minna song
After his performance the black curtain was back up and there was a break when Sugimoto Yoshinori's fans moved from the front to the back and give space for Cascade fans (I'm guessing after seeing Sugimoto Yoshinori was first they figured line up would be the same as for first Monster's Roar) and Cascade had their sound check.
Cascade was another band I wasn't familiar with but was pleasantly surprised, it's not something I usually listen to but when in the right mode... Their fans were really into the performance up at the front even me and illusion1825 were moving to the beat while enjoying our drinks. Here's the song I liked best from them Cascade - Pāti furusarumanraifu
When Cascade performance was nearing to the end, we made our way back to our spots and after the performance was finished Cascade fans moved back. We ended in about 3rd or 4th row on Zero's side, obviously xD. What I noticed was how different ages fans of TMH4N'S are, from late teens to mid aged ladies who became their fans because of Ricky. I remember we were standing behind two ladies and they were talking about them and how they both find Zero oh so adorable and cute.
When they finally came out, I stopped breathing for few seconds after seeing Zero again. I can't really describe it, but I'm sure you can imagine how I felt. Anyway they started with Monster (at least I think that's how the song when they growl monster is called). And you can imagine my eyes stayed glued to Zero. When the song started and Ricky started to sing there was a moment when I wished it would be Hizumi singing and Karyu on the left of the stage.
But all doubts were gone when Zero started being his hyper attention whore he is on stage, I didn't know what to expect from him because he was shy when it came to talking in Despa but he's even more shy here with his senpais and I was really happy and reviled to see him being his usual self on stage. He span, jumped, came to the edge of the stage to mouth "more" to the crowd, smiling trough his sweaty bangs and me and all Zero fan girls were in heaven.
It was seen from the first song on all members have history and experiences because the performance was perfect, the tension was high from the beginning and the crowd was really into it, trough their performance even people who didn't come to see them were doing furi and enjoying the live. By the end encore I think it's safe to say they had the whole venue jumping and doing furi.
After a song or two Ricky had an MC greeting us all, asking who was at the first Monster Roar and thanking them for coming again, then asked who was here for the first time and when we raised our hands he thanked us for coming and invited us to come to see them again. Then he talked something about their Valentines live a month before and then I didn't understand what was the question to the members, but I think it was connected to White day and they all had to answer (it might of been something about giving chocolates, but I don't remember the answers and after not understanding Ricky question I just focused on Zero xD). He looked to good in tight pants and T-shirt with longer sweaty bangs and dark make up.
After that live went on. I don't have the set list because I have no idea about the song titles, beside Hello my Clone and Monster. I'm not sure this was during the main part of the live or during encore but since we were quite demanding crowd and wanted more, at one point while Ricky was asking us if we want more, Shun squatted because he was out of breath. Ricky laughed and asked him if he's all right and Shun answered he needed a minute and Ricky was like 'One minute!'. The rest of the members and fans were laughing and after a half of minute or so Ricky looked at him and asked if he had enough and Shun stood up and started growling and the next song started.
As I said before Zero was really in the mood, jumping around, spinning and head banging. He spent more time at the edge of the stage or behind Ricky then at his place where his mic was. He almost fall few times but always managed to caught himself. Tsukasa was his usual cool self behind drums. All of the members were really into it, Zero just stood out because he was all over the stage.
After the main part was over Ricky, Shun and Kazuya went off stage wile Zero and Tsukasa came to the end of the stage (we were calling their names), Zero threw few picks (sadly one flew just past me *T_T*) , spat water and I got water showered by him again and he threw his bottle (I was hoping to catch it but it hit my hand and landed somewhere else, but not before getting my cleavage wet. Dunno how Zero does it but he got water on my cleavage in Budapest live and again here xD). Tsuakasa drank some water before throwing his bottle.
When Tsukasa and Zero went off stage encore calls started. And after 15 minutes they came back wearing TMH4N'S T-shirts. Encore stared with Monster. If I remember correctly it was after the first song Ricky thanked us for the encore and announced their first one man on 1st June 2012 (God I wish I could go...), but then I'm not sure if I understand it correctly but I think he was talking about a single, not sure about that one, he talked to fast xD. Ricky introduced the next song as a ballad Tsukasa wrote and like every other ballad Tusakasa wrote this one was really beautiful. While Ricky was talking Tsukasa purred water down his neck behind his drums.
Last song was a song Ricky and Kazuya wrote, but it doesn't have a title yet according to Ricky. I think it was during this song Ricky fall backwards off that box he has at the front (I think Zero later wrote on his blog it was his fault). Everything happened so fast one moment Ricky was rocking the stage on that box and next moment he was sitting up on the floor, he never stopped singing and played it cool. His fox tail he had ripped off and he throw it into the crowd. He even came so close fans were able to touch him, at some point Zero did as well, too bad I couldn't touch him I missed him for a few cm =/.
After the encore Zero and Tsukasa once again stayed behind to threw their stuff, Zero was standing at the edge and we had to scream his name before he threw his picks and because we didn't have enough he went back to his amp to look what else he can throw, and after making us scream his name even louder he threw his hand towel.
I liked this band the moment I heard that 30 seconds of Hello my Clone, because Ricky's voice is really good (it reminds me of Hizumi time to time) and the whole band is really well put together with all of their experiences music they make is bound to be good, and they really did exceed all of my expectations. Even illusion1825 said to me this was the best gig we've been in Japan, because everything from music and performance to tension and fans fitted perfectly and it was THY best live.
I apologize for any spelling or grammatical mistakes.