Bi-Monthly Baton

tep One: Choose a band that you like and are reasonably familiar with.
Step Two: Answer the questions. You can answer them for the band as a whole, or go by individual members.

Band: R指定 (Hopefully that was obvious)

How did you get to know them?
When Nels and I went to Japan the second time just to hang out, I went to Like an Edison and saw this cute pink, polka dotted CD. I liked the way it looked, so I bought it. It took me a few weeks to actually listen to it, and when I did I fell in love with the band. That was when they were going by the name キャサリン (Catheline) so I just kept up with them. I also started translating Mamo’s blog and did a few by each of the other member’s as well which helped me get to know a little more about the guys in my favourite band.

Out of all their songs, which is your favourite?
That’s a really tough call. I love 死んだ春、黒猫、太陽と月、cult life、 under the sun. . . I actually like all of their songs but those ones are probably the ones I listen to most.

What PV of theirs is your favourite?
They don’t have any PVs out yet, but they will in October! I do have their live DVDs though and I can’t remember which one it is, but I like the one where they’re in the white costumes.

If they were a family, who would each member be? Explain your choices!
Mamo: The mischevious middle child who drags his younger brother into everything
Ultra Z: The goofy father
Kaede: The youngest brother
Nanahoshi: .. I hate to say it, but probably the mother. Not just because he looks girly in his costume, but he seems responsible, haha.
Hirotaka: The older brother

What would they be like if they were your classmates?
Haha, that would be one hell of a class. I think that Nanahoshi and Ultra Z would be pretty good, as far as behaviour goes. And I think Mamo would be the kid who’s always talking about anime and writing emo poetry. Kaede would get pulled into whatever antics Mamo or Hirotaka are cooking up. I think Hirotaka would be one of those kids who pulls stuff, but never seems to get in trouble for it.

If you were going to go on a date with one of the members where would you go?
If you know me at all, you know who it would be with. And it doesn’t matter where we go because he’s just so full of awesome that being able to hang out with him would be really cool.

If you and the members worked at the same place what would each member do?
Well I currently have two jobs… one is at a campground and one is teaching piano lessons (at a conservatory so we teach other instruments there as well).
Mamo: He’d be in one of the costumes / work in the recreation department
Ultra Z: Could work at the reservations desk, he seems like he’d be friendly towards customers.
Kaede: Teach guitar. We always need another guitar teacher, and Kaede seems like he’d be so sweet, so he wouldn’t intimidate the children.
Nanahoshi: Work as one of the rec staff. He seems like he’d be good with kids.
Hirotaka: Teaching drums because we need a drum teacher (we only have one right now) and Hirotaka is very cool.

What animal do you feel represents each member of the band?
Mamo: A Boobah. With makeup on, sometimes a lemur.
Ultra Z: When he’s making a screamy face, he looks like a snake or a dinosaur.
Kaede: A puppy.
Nanahoshi: Some kind of happy cartoon rodent.
Hirotaka: Some sort of reptile, or a fox.

If you were giving each member a present, what would you give them?
I don’t give presents very often, unless it’s someone who’s a close friend or a family member… or it’s for some special occasion. I always feel awkward because I get paranoid that the person I’m giving to won’t like the present. :/

So unless I became good friends with anyone, I wouldn’t be giving a present.

Describe what the band represents to you.
R指定 is currently my favourite band. There’s one other band which rivals them for how much they mean to me, but that band is no longer in existence nor are the members still active around the visual scene.

I don’t really know what they represent to me… I love their music and I always enjoy listening to them. They haven’t put out a song yet that has disappointed me. Although Mamo’s lyrics are in general, pretty dark, I think he does a good job with writing them. He also writes most of their music as well, so I really respect him.

I think they also work really well together. They’ve said that Mamo likes to be in control and it’s rare you’d find a group of people that all work well in a creative setting with having one person be in the lead over the others and have most of the creative license.

I don’t really know what I’m talking about anymore, so I’m going to cut to the chase and say that their music makes me happy. I like what I’ve gathered about the member’s personalities and I’ll continue to support them. I really hope they’re one band that stays around for a long time.

From Shattered-Tranquility.net’s Monthly Meme! September 2008 Edition.