J delivers a hot night on a cool autumn evening and rocks out at Yokohama BLITZ.
Although it was only November, the port town of Yokohama was filled with beautiful Christmas lights, giving the feeling that Christmas was only just around the corner. The live house, BLITZ, was full of men and women wearing T-shirts, jeans, wristbands and towels around their necks, and they were busy talking with one another. On the stage, there was a black banner with the words 'Wake up Mother Fucker!' in white letters. Then suddenly, J appeared on stage and said to the audience, "I've been wanting to see you! What have you been up too for this past month?" The fans raised their fists in the air and cheered to welcome J.
The live started with a mid-tempo rock number Resist bullet and dashed into an upbeat heavy number BURN OUT. masasucks shook his rather long straight hair, jumped and played guitar violently, while J moved forward towards the front of the stage and stirred the audience at times by pointing at them. The audience seemed to thirst for rock energy and was like a hungry wild beast; everyone was pumping their fists into the air, bumping to into one another and going completely crazy. The whole venue turned in a huge mosh pit.
"You know our last live was pretty awesome, so I was pretty pumped up for tonight, but tonight's gonna be even better!" J shouted. In ray of light, J sang with his deep, warm voice while rays of light poured onto the stage, and in never ever, masasucks played a sobbing guitar solo. In their new song, fans experienced a moment of confusion, not knowing what to do, but then J shouted "let's make tonight rock!" and the guitar screamed as though it were going to explode. In OVER DRIVE, fans raised their fists and jumped and bumped into one another having a great time. When Snake Beat started with heavy drums, members on the stage and the audience became one by raising their hands and clapping to the music. Firm and solid guitar playing by Fujita, powerful drums with a sharp snap by Scott and heavy low bass by J made heavy sound waves flood the venue, shaking the bodies one after another.
"Next, Scott!" J shouted, and the audience cheered and a drum solo started. With the changing SE, Scott played humorously, sometimes seriously, sometimes freely. He asked the audience to clap, then J, wearing a white T-shirt, appeared on the stage and threw a PET water bottle into the audience. Fujita and masasucks appeared too, then the latter half of the live started with BUT YOU SAID I’M USELESS. The audience raised their hands, jumped and clapped as they shouted, "One! Two! Three! Four!"
When the audience was told the name of the next song was PYROMANIA, they cheered out of excitement. In its rather quiet interlude, people lit their lighters and lifted them up all at once, so yellowish flames filled the entire venue beautifully. Then, in So High, which had a catchy, bright melody, everyone looked at each other and sang together loudly. In Addiction, heavy drums made each person's body vibrate, and fans raised their fists in the flashing lights. While J and masasucks stirred the audience once again from the front of the stage, people began to crowd surf, with many fans passing overhead.
"Thank you! But the next song is the last!" J announced, and people yelled in protest, not wanting things to finish. RECKLESS started with a heavy guitar explosion. masasucks stirred fans from the front of the stage, and people started moshing and crowd surfing again. Then, saying "thank you! Great!" the members left the stage. PET water bottles were given out to the audience and were distributed by the audience to one another; this kind of consideration gave everyone a warm feeling inside.
The audience, obviously not content without an encore, called J back on stage. "Out of all of you here tonight, I think that I was looking forward to this live the most. Even after ten years, I am still just as wild and powerful as before, and I thank you for that," J said, then introduced his trusted members: Scott, Fujita and masasucks. masasucks introduced J, and then the encore started with the slow, heavy Feel your blaze. masasucks moved his body and played guitar wildly. Fujita bared his chest, which was shining with sweat. "I really thank you for tonight! It's been the best! Let's get pumped to break BLITZ!" J called, and in Gabriel, fans pumped up their fists and rampaged around, which made BLITZ’s floor shake. masasucks ran up onto the drum set, fell down on the stage floor and played guitar. Finally, all of the people rose up, lifting their fists into the air; their faces shone bright with sweat and were flooded with the satisfaction that they had given their all. This live was indeed an exciting night; people were able set their instincts free and release their wild rock energy together.
Set list
01. Resist bullet
02. BURN OUT
03. ray of light
04. never ever
05. NEW SONG
06. OVER DRIVE
07. Snake Beat
-Drum solo-
08. BUT YOU SAID I’M USELESS
09. PYROMANIA
10. So High
11. Addiction
12. RECKLESS
13. Feel your blaze
14. Gabriel
