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Okay this was inspired by what was said in a thread on the website JrockRevolution. Instead of waiting for our side to get noticed, what if we create an East Coast Team if you will. Kinda of like a street team but...online. lol
If we can come together as one big group we could impact bands moreso than a few individual letters at random times in the year.

If you guys are willing I was thinking we could systematically reach out to our favorite bands and send online/or airmail fan letters during the same time period. Such a (hopefully) big amount of foreign mail should really get their attention and show our determination to get them here.

We could even get creative and have a drawing team if we wanted. XD Just...I feel like we should really show them how much we want them here. I can go into more details, but first I'd like to know who's interested? I'll make a poll to keep track of numbers.

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As for the locations I think it'd be good if we narrowed it down to five locations. If everyone could give their top 5 places in either the midwest or the east coast that they'd be willing to travel to, and we can narrow down our top three or something like that?


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Official Website - http://pro-ject.webs.com/

LiveJournal - http://community.livejournal.com/pro_ject/

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?r...id=48214990388

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/pro_eastcoast

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Blogspot - http://pro-ject.blogspot.com/

Online Petition - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pro-ject/

Mission Statement-As you probably know by now, Japanese pop culture is steadily growing in the United States. There are thousands of dedicated fans all over the United States. Each day there are more that pop up.

In the past few years, there have been many Japanese artists to take the stage stateside. Jrock Revolution was a successful Los Angeles based festival. Pacific Media Expo is a convention that hosts Asian acts each year. At Anime Expo 2007 Japanese rock super group S.K.I.N. debuted. What about the other half of the United States?

In 2003 American anime convention Otakon hosted T.M. Revolution for his debut United States performance. The following year, L’Arc~en~Ciel debuted in front of over 12,000 fans. Legendary X Japan drummer YOSHIKI was guest of honor at the same convention in 2006.

Recently even more Japanese acts have been venturing west. West is the key point, to be more specific California. On Miyavi’s recent world tour, he performed four shows in the state of California. No other US stops. In 2006 L’Arc~en~Ciel vocalist Hyde performed shows only in California as well. S.K.I.N.’s only concert was in California. Aforementioned Jrock Revolution was a Los Angeles two day festival featuring 9 bands.

As previously stated, Japanese acts have come to the East coast. There is a fan base. It just seems like the majority stop in California. Also majority of East Coast performances are attached to anime conventions. There are plenty of venues East Coast for its abundant fan base. In 2007 Dir en grey sold out Nokia Theater New York. And let’s not forget the previous year they sold out the Avalon in New York with very little promotion. East coast fans are here and we are here to stay.

Pro-JECT is a group of dedicated East Coast based Japanese rock fans. We exist and we want our favorite Japanese artist here! Actions speak louder than words. We are taking a stand. We want you!

Pro-JECT plans to go directly to the source…the Japanese bands themselves. We will be writing letters campaigning for more acts to visit East Coast. Major cities include but not limited too, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Orlando.

Skeptical? Don’t be. X Japan scheduled a performance in Taiwan because 10,000 fans sent letters requesting YOSHIKI to come to Taiwan. If we are loud enough and if we put in the effort, anything is possible!

Join us!


~Pinkladydiva


Bands we plan on contacting, if you have anymore names please suggest them ASAP before we start our message process.

1. Dir en grey
2. SID
3. Alice Nine
4. the Gazette
5. LM.C
6. Miyavi
7. Sug
8. Plastic Tree
9. Glay
10. Mucc
11. D'espairsRay
12. Gackt
13. D
14. Girugamesh
15. Merry
16. .heidi
17. Kaggra
18. Screw
19. -OZ-
20. Hyde
21. Ayabie
22. Vidoll
23. Duel Jewel
24. Versailles
25. 12012
26. the Underneath
27. Nightmare
28. TMR/ABS
29. Porno Graffitti
30. Kra
31. Candy Spooky Theater
32. Rentrer en Soi