BAND-MAID | Dice & Hate? at Lollapalooza 2023 - Roadie Reacts

This is my reaction to watching BAND-MAID - Dice & Hate? at Lollapalooza 2023 for the first time.
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[@MusicMike747]

To see a crowd that gives Band Maid the response they deserve? Check out their show in Mexico 🇲🇽 Mexican Maidiacs know how to bring it! I was so impressed by them essentially taking over the chorus from Saiki in “Don’t you tell ME!”

[@BillHallisey]

I love Band Maid and wish they were invited to more rock festivals in the U.S. and maybe in Europe. They should be invited to play a later hours when there is a larger audience. At Lollapalooza, the Maids were the first J-rock band invited to perform at the festival in 13 years. So naturally the were thrilled and it showed in their performance of a one hour set. Band Maid is one of the best live performing bands out there. Every time.

[@frankandre4385]

There can be such a mishmash or haze of competing sounds and sound levels at live performances . Band Maid cuts through all the crap and delivers a live performance for the ages ! I've watched this an average of twice a week since it's release and it just never gets old ! They are collectively entrancing ! ♥️😘

[@jeffersoncosgrove1910]

Not a bad mix for live TV. Also know that this was 1:30 in the afternoon and they'd just played a 90 minute MIDNIGHT set for the Lollapalooza after-party at a theater the night before, slept and did it again.

[@polskabob359]

Joel, they played the night before at the park West. I was there, I didn't get home till 2:30 in the morning and they killed it too.

[@michaelthain4488]

Good reaction. They are just sooo goood!. They were on fire for their whole one hour set at Lollapalooza. They were all good on Hate but Kanami, MISA and Akane were magnificent

[@user-xw6hq9yr4u]

I heard there was 20.000 at this show. I may abit byas but this Phenomenal Ladies deserve an Audience of at least 3 times that

[@dazedandconfused318]

As far as crowd reaction goes, this Hulu broadcast is a bit misleading. There's a fancam of the whole show and they were won over by the first song, the instrumental ' From Now On' and they looked and sounded into every song after that. It was an astonishing performance, how they kept their energy up was a mystery considering that this started a little over 12 hours after their previous concert ended around 1 a.m that morning.

[@eaglez1901]

I think the most astonishing thing bout this is they did this hr long set in the sun n heat at 1:45pm... 12hrs or so after playing a full show the night before. I get adrenalin, but damn. This is a good one to show your guests, especially the musicians

[@surfingasongwave]

On the one hand, Band-Maid was the first Japanese band at Lollapalooza since X-Japan, on the other hand, way too early on a smaller stage. On the third hand, the crowd probably doubled during their set. Surely at least some hadn't heard of them, or wondered if they are worth the hype. They played Rockville in Daytona back in May. There was a thunderstorm that pushed the schedule back so they started after dark, and to a much larger audience. Just watching the fan videos, it seemed more natural. But Lollapalooza is one of the big boys, so hopefully it raises their profile. When I first heard "Unleash" I liked *"Hate?"* but the track that stood out was *"from now on."* After seeing this live, *"Hate?"* just seethes. Paired with *"Dice"* it makes a great mid-show power rock section. Notice at 7:47 how Miku sneaks back in in the background, adding beef to the return to the jam and the "real" guitar solo (the one that's on the album). It makes your head bang. It's so satisfying!

[@russellpotter7294]

If only the camera work was as professional as these women. May I take your order? Yes more Band Maid with a side order of Band Maid. They are just great to listen to and to watch in any concert setting.

[@TehPhysics]

I see I'm not the only one who thought the video production team dropped the ball and were totally unprepared for BAND-MAID. I don't really bother _watching_ this performance, but I do love _listening_ to it.

[@stevenclloyd]

​@@TehPhysics nah its not all bad we get to watch Saiki listening to her bandmates melt some minds while taking a well deserved break. my theory is MISA broke the cameras with a sonic boom shockwave from her bass.

[@TehPhysics]

@@stevenclloyd I admit, I did like seeing Saiki smiling and cheering on MISA and Kanami. A sonic boom from MISA is not a bad explanation for the discombobulated camera work.

[@RobinC63]

Wow, some of the camera choices were awful in many of the solo parts. But there were some cool shots as well.

[@rickyperkins5655]

There's fan video which is really cool,you can see people immediately when they start playing going"wait , what?!"

[@outwest1014]

This was their 2nd performance at Lollapalooza. They had done a full set the night before. Lollapalooza was a huge boost for them in the US and Japan. looks like the Maid Costumes WORK - Lollapalooza Reviews. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES The Japanese rock act is the quintessential example of not judging a book (or a band) by its cover. Inspired by everyone from Carlos Santana to Deep Purple and Smashing Pumpkins, but looking like demure movie characters, Band-Maid is a total exploration of contrast, and about as shock rock as you can be nowadays - not for the blood and gore of, say, GWAR, but for the immediate hypnosis they impart. - Selena Fragassi ROLLING STONE Japanese Rockers Band-Maid Put Guitar Center Showoffs to Shame There’s a pun to be made about how much Band-Maid ripped, but the Japanese group goes even harder than that. Fluctuating between hard rock, aughts nu-metal, and pop rock, each member of the quintet is a virtuoso in her own right with more than a decade of practice in Band-Maid alone. They lured curious onlookers into the fold when highlights like “Domination” and “Don’t You Tell Me” got huge reactions from the crowd, but it was the bass solo-versus-guitar solo duels mid-song that got the biggest cheers. This is what those guys in Guitar Center think their ridiculous riffing sounds like. Turns out it’s done best, and most effortlessly, by women in black-and-white maid dresses and frilly hair-pieces as they smile ear to ear. -N.C.

[@jrhaney11]

What a great version of Hate?! Live.

[@andreaspedersen3952]

Yes, it was early in the festival, so not much people there. Still: a reviewer from "Rolling Stone" was there, and was highlighting their concert as one of the best that day. Especially got impressed by their instrumental parts, as something all the wanna-be musicians who goes to musicstores just could wish to be.

[@surfingasongwave]

Yes Andreas! I had to save it; "... it was the bass solo-versus-guitar solo duels mid-song that got the biggest cheers. _This_ is what those guys in Guitar Center think their ridiculous riffing sounds like. Turns out it’s done best, and most effortlessly, by women in black-and-white maid dresses and frilly hair-pieces as they smile ear to ear. _-N.C."_

[@polskabob359]

Joel collectively this concert performance by them got over a 100000 views. In less than 10 days, it was up. Granted, it's an hour-long video.

[@RobinC63]

I hope that there were many people who walked away from the show thinking “I didn’t know who they were but holy sh*t they can play and want to listen to them more!” I hope music gods and the travel gods, along with a benefactor, all come together and allow me to see them live one day! 😊😊

[@tombworld9012]

I don't know whether they had one at Lollapalooza, but at the indoor Okyu-ji I went to and at the Welcome to Rockville festival there was a physical backdrop.

[@CommanderCronus]

I really hope you get to interview Band Maid sometime in the near future.

[@glenkelley6799]

Thanks for the reaction and since it was early in the day and is was close to 100 degrees at that time, the audience was a bit small. In a later interview, they said it was the hottest venue they have ever played, you can see them moving back into the shade to see if they could cool off a bit.

[@Raiden-R]

Hate's solo arrange is "God'🗽 Great performance❗️ "イケてるー❤"🇯🇵

[@DaElfer]

kanami in power stance "she is such a bad ass". Miku in power stance "Awwwww. she is so cute" lol

[@ricardo__jr]

It was incredibly hot for Americans that day and it was about 2pm. I think because of that the audience was a little quiet.

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

MISA MISA MISA!!!!! MISA MISA MISA!!!!!

[@philipcable437]

God level live performance

[@bruceveary1758]

Born for the live stage!

[@chakouyang2545]

They are the best band at that concert

[@jefffromchicago6321]

Now Im sorry I didn't go to that show. Not as crowded as I had feared. And that yellow bass is just as lethal outside as in. I think they slept in their uniforms. I saw them the night before and security had the access to the front door roped off just after Band-Maid finished. Then Band-Maid came down the side and walked right out the front door still in uniform. They waved and smiled.

[@boomboom418]

Thanks for reviewing this Joel. As a roadie do you think most bands would kill for a performance like this?

[@dennismayo4307]

Rockumentary

[@diegorbass3144]

Need more Band Maid in Mexico 🤘

[@billb.5183]

I'm a bit surprised that you let the crummy camera direction slide without a comment. They missed so much cool stuff in just these two songs alone. The crowd definitely grew as their hour went on.

[@jonasw3945]

It is live for a band they never seen for an arrangement of a song that was never performed before, of course the camera wouldn't follow it exactly

[@TehPhysics]

@@jonasw3945 Nope. I'll never let this slide. One of the most unprofessional directing jobs I've ever seen. You don't have to be familiar with the band, or even the song to know what a bass sounds like. MISA was soloing on bass for almost a minute before she appears on camera. Guitar solo? How about a close-up shot of Akane's drums for no reason. This was terribly directed. I'm not fond of the Japanese hyper-cutting style of shots lasting no more than 3 seconds, but I'll take that over this unfocused, seemingly random style.Why am looking at Saiki sitting on the drum platform during a bass/guitar battle? I _love_ me some Saiki, but come on! I'm just going to be irrationally angry about this forever.

[@billb.5183]

@@TehPhysics Thank you for saving me the trouble of typing all of that out. 🤣

[@jonasw3945]

@@TehPhysics What are you talking about ? have you never seen live camera work before ? You do have to know how the song goes to better direct it, how do you expect the director to show Misa if no cameraman was filming her ? How would the camera man know when he would need to focus on her if he doesn't know she has a random back and forth solo part with the guitarist at one point in the song ? use your brain a little instead of being angry at nothing Also what do you mean by "Japanese hyper-cutting style of shots lasting no more than 3 seconds" ? When have you ever seen that in any live broadcast even in Japan ? it seems you never actually seen any live broadcast of band perfromance ever lol. All the live performances you see for japanese bands are post-produced, meaning the director had all the footage of the entire concert in his hands and all the time to switch and decide which one to show for the Blu-ray release, in a live setting the director doesn't have any of that and has to work with what he has and a good rule of thump is generally to focus most of the time on the frontman (front woman in this case so Saiki and that's why there was focus on her during part of the solo) and change depending on which camera feed is most relevant depending on which part of the song (and knowledge of the song/band helps to better know what to expect) but here not only the band is not known, the song isn't either but also they decided to have a different arrangement and solo part, the director most likely only understood what the band was doing after the first Misa solo and you can see they got it right after Kanami's part (most likely informed the cameramen what to do too). It actually shows good professionalism from him to quickly understand the situation and deal with it

[@jonasw3945]

@@billb.5183 Yeah you saved me the trouble of typing the same response to you too

[@eatsmylifeYT]

The floor director should be fired. It doesn't take rocket science to figure out which artist is playing which instrument so the camera knows who to shoot.

[@TomClark-Futoura]

Band-Maid: 10 Songs: 10 Execution: 10 Performance: 10 Venue: 8 Audio: 4 Editing: 2 Reactor: 10 🤘🤣 Using a 1-10 scale system: 0 😣👎 Thx, Joel! btw - Have you ever thought of using headphones? With bands like Band-Maid, you're missing out on the full impact of the mix and audio, etc.

[@frankandre4385]

Tom Clark's comments : 10 ( I'll tell you where to send the cheque )

[@jefffromchicago6321]

I don't know man. You added a 10th category and the show went from a 7.1 to 6.4😊

[@fifis677]

I can actually hear the bass much better in this version of Dice than the video :)

[@marcoskazu_]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ericifune5543]

People like to complain about the camera work but to be fair, it was a live broadcast. The call and response of "Hate" is not on the studio version so the director couldn't know it was coming. There's only so many cameramen. Their rigs are about 60 lbs, not quickly moved around. If you watch the entire set you can catch glimpses of them. One guy has a steady cam. He looks like the one on Kanami. The others are on full sized tripods. Takes a while to set up. Th director probably was yelling at the cameraman on the left to get on MISA, but it's not immediate.

[@jefffromchicago6321]

I've seen a sound check at a festival. The stage manager latched right on to MISA and she shamlessly flirted with him to get the bass turned way up. Yeah the fest crew has so many bands playing just one set that they can't know them all. I saw the after show the night before and the light guy was all over the place.

[@maxmaidiac2237]

I AM HORRIBLY EMBARRASSED AT THE PATHETICALLY SMALL CROWD WATCHING BAND-MAID. JESUS CHRIST JUST LISTEN TO MISA PLAY BASS, AND THE CROWD GOES NUTS, NOOOOOOOT HA HA HA HA.

[@jefffromchicago6321]

But you're in California. I should be the one who's embarrassed. The hard-core fans from Chicago went the night before. I did. These are fans that traveled and people just checking them out. And I think they're fans now. So that's good.

[@maxmaidiac2237]

@@jefffromchicago6321 I AM EMBARASSED BECAUSE I AM FROM CALIFORNIA. IF SPACE ALIEN LIZARDS INVADE CALIFORNIA, I THINK I WOULD SAY "HAIL TO THE NEW CHIEFS".

[@maxmaidiac2237]

@@jefffromchicago6321 BTW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE BAND "PARADOXX" THE SONG "DAY'S EYE"?

[@jefffromchicago6321]

@@maxmaidiac2237 I hadn't heard them before. I checked it out. It's like a slowed down Lovebites with a deeper voiced vocalist. I liked the guitars. The drums were one dimensional with a nice little solo toward the end. I hardly noticed the bass. The song was ok. I think it would have been better if they cut out a minute in the middle.