Visual kei ヴィジュアル系
literally means visual system. This is a fad that pertains mainly to Japanese musicians including striking hardcore makeup, unusual hairstyles and elaborate costumes that blended femininity and masculinity. Visual Kei mainly refers to the genre or sub genere of J-rock 's own unique sound but is basically Japanese rock. It could be compared to glam rock, punk and metal. Visual Kei participated in a lot of the other subcultures created afterward. It began in the mid 1980's although hints of its begining could be seen in the early 70's. Bands such as X Japan, D'erlanger, Buck-Tick, and Color greatly promoted Visual Kei. X Japan created a slogan stating "PSYCHEDELIC VIOLENCE CRIME OF VISUAL SHOCK" which led to the name of Visual Kei. The subculture began to de-popularize in 1999-2000. Recently it has made a come back. This style has attracted a lot of underground bands as well as some mainstream artists. Some more recent Visual Kei bands areL'Arc~en~Ciel,Moi dix Mois, the GazettE, Alice Nine, D'espairs Ray 
Oshare Kei is a spin off of Visual Kei. Both styles are very similar but Oshare Kei is alot brighter and more colorful. It is very closely related to Decora as well but not as dramatic. Oshare Kei followers do not wear as much or as heavy makeup as their predecessor, and music style is more upbeat punk. Exaples of Oshare Kei bands are An cafe, ALiBiand Eimy.
There are many other sub generes of Visual kei such as Angura kei, Ero guro, Nagoya kei, Kote kei, Koteosa kei but the types mentioned above are the most popular and common.
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