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Old 03-09-2014, 05:09 PM   #31 (permalink)
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The fact that they're trying to sell their sound commercially, I can't really think of anything that says "we take ourselves seriously" than that, because it literally means that you think that your music is good enough to sell records. If they were marketed as a gimmick, like Kidz Bop, or Weird Al, it would be a different story.
It looks like they are marketed as a gimmick to me. They're not even their own band, but an offshoot of some revolving door girl group.

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Do you take them seriously?
It's a combination of J-pop and metal, I don't even know what I could possibly take seriously about that. I like the music I've heard though. It's fun and goofy and its own unique animal. I tend to like things like that.
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