HOLY MOLY! Band-Maid Without Holding Back, Don't Be Long First Reaction!

[@bradmenpes809]

Akane - the happiest and best drummer on the planet. She is a goddess.

[@alanstamper4345]

There is a great fan cam of them playing Don’t Be Long - search Don’t be Long Dallas and you will find it. Mincho in full force.

[@cou0114]

ね？ここでこんなの欲しいってとこで、欲しい以上を放り込んでくるんだから、スゴ過ぎて笑うしかないよね。

[@dragonmac1234]

I'm very impressed with MISA'S ability to pick, slap and pop at lightning speed, her thundering riffs that weave through the songs and Akane's machine gun double kick drumming. I am a Maidiac who found them quite recently, but I very quickly became a fan 🍌🎸🤘

[@micko11154]

This is prog rock, jazz rock, fusion, whatever you want to call it. Fantastic!!!

[@Cheezyxyz]

One of a kind, Band-Maid!

[@TomClark-Futoura]

Kanami and the Maids have unlimited ability and creativity. The next 10 years are going to an incredible sonic and emotional ride from Band-Maid. Thx Cheez!

[@ロベルさん菜園]

Absolutely, Tom!

[@bradmenpes809]

You're totally right - there's not one bad Band-Maid song. They are all killer. It's been four years now and every day I've thanked the universe for finding the Maids. They've totally enriched my life with their peerless music, and with how they play with genuine joy. Band-Maid are the best band on the planet, and my all time favourite band.

[@Raiden-R]

Surely. Akane's drum skills leave me speechless. 😱😱😱

[@_JimS]

Band-Maid is just a ROCK Powerhouse!! There's a couple LIVE videos for Don't Be Long from fan-cams, one from Germacy and the other from Dallas.......can't see Akane though.

[@MichaelNolen]

Kanami wrote this as an exercise to get Miku more confident to play "Different" It's funny to see people finally discovering Band Maid after I've been listening to them since 2015. Welcome to the madness that is Band Maid, the most relevant Rock Band on the planet.

[@nussekuddenxxx6564]

There are a few more instrumentals. One is very different! You do not want to miss this one: "Dawn Winery Theme" kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppjagZWlacqifa8

[@lgme378]

Without Holding Back is such enjoyable, I didn't know Don't be Long, thank you for the discovery, Kanami is on fire.

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Akane (A-Chan, the Gorilla) is the drummer. Kanami (Mincho) is on lead. MISA (the Barefoot Assassin) is bass. Miku (small pigeon and BOSS) on Rhythm.

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks for clearing that up! Akane is who I meant.

[@BRO-HI808]

And to think...Miku didn't play the guitar when the band started. Kanami Sensei has done an excellent job teaching Miku. Our Small Pigeon has come a long way and now has her own signature Zemaitis guitar, the "Flappy Pigeon".

[@MrEd-qg8td]

The best musicians on the planet

[@BM4-Life]

There are some great hand cam videos of *Don't Be Long* from New York and Dallas 2019

[@785boats]

You might like Misa's play through for 'Without Holding Back'. The other maids are available too as single play throughs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opfYl51_ic2Xmck

[@kimlau7680]

Band-maid music can make people smile!

[@TlanImass]

I believe Kanami-san mentioned somewhere that Don't Be Long is like a Guitar recital for Miku-chan in preparation for recording Unseen World. They performed this song live in NYC and Dallas (uhhh, not in 2022 but a few years ago). There're videos for them here. :)

[@greylocke100]

Don't be long was considered training so Miku could could learn the diminished 7th chord they use in the song "Different"

[@ロベルさん菜園]

Absolutely true, mate!

[@evilducks3710]

They released a whole version of their Unseen World album as an instrumental (the album Without Holding Back is on) and they work as instrumentals just as well as songs with lyrics. It’s excellent

[@joki5346]

Fancams of "Don´t be long" live in Dallas (Kanami focus) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXnWn4RjoMSCps0 and New York (Kobato focus) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-yZIF3mJWpgtk on their USA Tour in fall 2019.

[@stevehall5128]

When there's a power outage, I just play the New York one on my phone and the energy powers my whole apartment building.

[@geoffb5]

The "Without Holding Back" video was part of the "Unseen World" First Press Limited Edition DVD/Blu-ray, it also included videos that focused on each band member for each song. AFAIK the only videoed performance of "Don't Be Long" was in the 12/13/2020 Online Okyuji stream. Others have mentioned the remaining songs written as instrumentals. They have also released many of their songs, that have vocals, as instrumental versions, likely to help other musicians figure out how to play their songs.

[@bobespirit2112]

The instrumental version of the song “Giovanni” off the 2021 Unseen World album is another must see 😮🤘🏼🎸🎼🔥✌🏼😀

[@lurkmerchant]

You can sign up for Band-Maid Prime, it's not that expensive, and they upload their live videos, each member doing self-cover of their part in different songs. Tons of fun.

[@kyles5513]

Without Holding Back is my favorite Band-Maid track. Absolute banger.

[@danharris4512]

They played "Don't be long" during their 2019 US tour. Here is a link to a decent fan-cam recording: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-yZIF3mJWpgtk&ab_channel=RonAyala

[@Cheezyxyz]

Awesome!

[@brunobryant4846]

Yep there's Band Maid and then there's.......... Err more Band Maid, Viva the Maids 👍🎼🥁🎸🎤🍻

[@Triangularroof]

I don't know how many times I've heard this song. But sharing your first reaction like this sounds very fresh. I don't understand the language, but I notice that it makes me smile at the same point.

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thank you T!

[@HellenKillerProject]

Caught them in Dallas and they were so dedicated to awesomeness. They even seemed to be having a blast. When not knowing a word of a song and it can still affect you is a sign of a brilliant experience. Catch them if you can ...

[@elevown]

P.s If you want to hear some amazing bass work, Check out Their 'No god' live. The live version that comes after manners in the 2 song video is the best version imo. It has amazing bass work all the way through if you really listen to it - like she is playing a bass solo the whole song lol. You could find the end of manners if you dont want to do a 2 song reaction. (Tho manners is great, imo the MV/studio version is a lot better). And another amazing song for bass is play - specifically THIS concert version kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH7afpmfl9Orobc With some extra bass stuff not in other versions. Hope you get to these songs at some point, they are top tier. BTW No god is also great for Akane's drumming :)

[@artomatt]

Not to be too picky, but No God has its own video. Black Hole is the one that comes after Manners. I only correct you to prevent confusion for anyone reading this.

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks Elevown! I appreciate you

[@danjoseph7515]

Those white room instrumentals are so fun to watch. You can not only clearly see their jaw Dropping talent, but also how much fun they have playing! Another great one is the instrumental version of Giovanni. At times, Akane and Kanami are going so fast, it looks like they sped up the film. Of course they didn't, but that's how AMAZING it is! Thanks again!🤘🤩🤘

[@LOKISlog7]

You have to listen to The Dragon Cries. Oh btw, it's required to give 4 Misa... Misa... Misa.. Misa.... chants for our awesome bass Goddess/Assassin

[@ロベルさん菜園]

Cheezy mate! Greetings on a suddenly brightening day after plenty of rain! Mount Fuji will wear a big white cap today! You have already become a maidiac what with your language changing! Next move/reaction should be From Now On, the instrumental they released this year and played at all their concerts in their recent US Tour! My favorite Don't Be Long live video was taken in Dallas a few years ago by Vladimir Chupin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXnWn4RjoMSCps0 And that was way back. It will give you an idea of their progress! Take good care of yourself! Best regards, Robert-Gilles

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

MISA MISA MISA!!!!! MISA MISA MISA!!!!! "Don't Be Long" has tto be My fav instrumental only because it is the one I saw LIVE in 2019 in LA, it is the one they did for the whole US leg of their 2019 World Domination tour while in Europe they played "Onset"

[@terrancejordan7484]

Great reaction!! Don't You Tell Me live and Turn Me On live should be next sir!!!

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks Terrance!

[@terrancejordan7484]

@@Cheezyxyz You're welcome sir!!

[@CoolClearWaterNM]

I LOVE Band Maid. A good companion group is Ningen Isu. My great grand daughter calls them Band Maid's grandpas. I suggest Their recent song Heartless Scat for an introduction. First listened to them in 1990 or 91. Old guys (though they are much younger than I) can still rock.

[@GaryHolloway-810]

Miku once said "Laugh at me will you. well you can stuff your crummy cafe job cos i will form my own awesome Hard Rock band then i'll come back , buy this place & sack you :)

[@jeremydawkins8814]

How do Master Gary.

[@TomClark-Futoura]

I don't think she said, "sack you." I think she said, "thank you!" I think we can all thank a-hole customers and co-workers who gave Miku a hard time and pissed her off to get out of there! ;-)

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@TomClark-Futoura Hey that's cool reverse thinking. Me like.🙂👍

[@TomClark-Futoura]

@@GaryHolloway-810 .thinking reverse at good I'm ✍(◔◡◔)

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@TomClark-Futoura Is that why you've gone back to your previous name before you came to Earth & found BAND-MAID, Tom....i mean Futoura?😏

[@irwinwei73]

The only possible outcome after listening to these - heart on the floor, tears in the eyes, remember to breathe!

[@AK-tv6bo]

ついにこの楽曲にたどりましたね、おめでとうございます。

[@Cheezyxyz]

🤘🤘

[@waynebenedict5785]

What can you say? Musical excellence!

[@troyeyton6229]

Great reaction Band Maid 👌 the best 👌 👍

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks Troy!

[@da4762]

If you want something to groove to, check out their Manners/Black Hole live video.

[@Cheezyxyz]

OoOOOo this has been extremely recommended! Thanks DA 🤘😎🧀

[@NikkoTonTonBoy]

Hi Cheezyzyz. I've been here since 2018 every day with these angels, as you will be for now on. Welcome home. Rock reborn. Wait until you check out the acoustic stuff and Band Maiko. Po!

[@Cheezyxyz]

😎🤘🧀

[@geoffb5]

Thank you for this. Great songs.

[@JK-tz6kk]

I'm sure Kanami knows of Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats). 2022 will go down in my memories of being privileged to see these two Phenoms live. Suge, Po! 🦍

[@Nacho-TW]

I"ve been really struggling to get into Bandmaid for a bit but these instrumentals really hit me.🤘 They remind me of the intro from Mighty Morphin Powerangers song of the 90's by Sting.

[@bobespirit2112]

By Sting - instrumentals with heavy guitars? I guess I’ll have to check it out. For me, it’s closer to Rush’s instrumentals, particularly YYZ and La Villa Strangiato; two all time classics. Band-Maid is writing rock instrumentals for the ages and not many people; not enough, know about them because of the place of Rock music in today’s music world.

[@andreaspedersen3952]

It depends on what you've heard. Not all of their material is my liking. Latest is a little too forward, and don't have the tone from their mid-era, which I prefer. Like from: non fiction days, Alone, Yolo, Daydreaming, Puzzle to Blooming.

[@grahamreed8774]

I just knew that you were going to pick up and smile about that Akane fill with the double kicks on Without Holding Back- just a bar of genius.

[@hamadataro5969]

Don’t be long BANDMAID two guitarists and Herman Li from dragon force collaboration is funny to see

[@tommyjohnson9175]

I suggest the songs "Real Existence" and "Play" Official Live. If you want two MV's, I suggest the songs "Warning" and "Manners" Official Music Video...

[@gaborberkes468]

The last albums just awesome/Unseen World,Sense, Unliesh/Couple request from earli year's: Matchless gum, Decided to Myself, Unfair game, Puzzle, Secret My lips,Yolo, Rinne,You,The non fiction days, Before yesterday,Alone,Cross, Moratorium, Don't you tell me,Take me higher,The dragon cries,..They had a side project Band Maiko...Well I am sure soon or later you just will do same as all Bandmadiac 😉and start collecting they stuff 🙂But if not...they have some more instrumental version of some song.Giovanni,After life, Domination,Dice,Yolo...and they have multiple cameras video from lot of song/Sadly just on Band Maid prime.../But of course we support for them 🙂 I actually try collecting they all original album...well not easy from my country...but I do my best.I see you enjoy they music and it's great...Be honest I was totally regret before I find them,mean music way...the west the born place of rock...but the last couple years...just getting boring...Well I don't know what happens in the Japanese music school/Actually I know...they use same method as here in my country We call Kodály method.../The country of rising sun make a new music revolution 🙂 Some other band what I suggest to you/Japanese: Sokoninaru, Glim Sparki, Maximum the hormone, Gatcharic Spin (from they the song Forever my personal favorite)India. Bloodywood,Korea.Jambinai.Well I hope you just go further on your way and discover this talented Japanese lady's music 🙂 Enjoy

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks for all the info my friend!

[@thisismadness6962]

Nice reaction video. Two songs works great. Band Maid has a couple of live videos with two songs each. Check out the video with Manners and Black Hole. There's also a video with Dice and Different, but I believe you've reacted to Dice and the MV for Different is better mixed than the live version. So add the Different MV to your list.

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks Madness!

[@britwill72jp]

As many have already mentioned, 'Giovanni (instrumental)' is a killer. Then, I recommend you to check out the 'Brand-New Road'. Misa's jazz break and Kanami's freaking guitar solo combination, which is awesome.

[@Bodneyblue]

There a few videos of the ladies before BAND-MAID..Akane playing in the club where she worked...Doing drumming for a singing act....Playing "Venus"...Shocking Blue..and "Blue Suede Shoes" Elvis..if I recall...Also of Miku in her idol days in the singing dancing trio "Lil Cumin"..Plus clips of Akane and Kanami playing in the side project "Mochi to Chizu"..Which would have been their new home if BAND-MAID had not worked...And also MISA and Akane playing backing for the singer "Becky"..well..miming..hehe!...Though tricky to do as a drummer....And various other interviews with the ladies are on KZbin..Just have to do a search.

[@Cheezyxyz]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Bodneyblue]

@@Cheezyxyz No problem..There is also an MV in which Saiki stars as an extra...back when she had short hair... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4vSeGSpm9KebbM

[@symphonysoup]

I always thought the dedicated kind of “solo” in this song sounded middle eastern lol, but the whole song may as well be a solo

[@eunbisaranghe9994]

Don't be long is a training song written by kanami for miku (rythm guitarist) so it doesn't have any mv. Of all instrumental song this one for me has the most structural instruments show off

[@Bodneyblue]

There are a few LIVE fancams of "Don't Be Long" ..if I recall....

[@artomatt]

Like you I often say "man!" to express astonishment. Considering how great Band Maid is, we probably ought to say "woman!", or the Japanese version "Uuman" :)

[@Cheezyxyz]

Man!

[@danjoseph7515]

"....................................." - Every person rendered speechless by BAND-MAID! Thanks again!🤘🤩🤘

[@Cheezyxyz]

🤘🤘🤘😎🧀

[@あめやま-h8w]

Your reaction is lovely and I can relate. I think that this song should be the theme song for the auditions of all bands aiming to debut.

[@chankeppe2065]

Yes! We love Akane😍💥🤘

[@Warren1221]

4:14 to 5:06 part got me all emotional too, so so good!

[@GeographRick]

When you said There’s nothing to say. That’s when we say It’s Band Maid doing Band Maid things.

[@garycooke5576]

That’s face melting music .

[@MrEd-qg8td]

Another Instrumental from the same series as Without holding back is Giovanni.

[@bruceveary1758]

Too often "instrumental" (in mainstream rock) conjures words like "filler" and "boring". Band maid doesn't understand 'filler" or "boring". They do understand "excellence" and "classy".

[@bretcrooks4207]

Too true

[@kyles5513]

The main riff in Don't Be Long sounds like early I Mother Earth

[@rRobR]

and there you have it...... Band Maid doing Band Maid things

[@me262a1]

How about that Flying V? She doesn't get it out often but when she does look out.

[@stevenclark7600]

As you know they dont do naff songs,ever,,İ would suggest YOLO MV,its an early song,but a banger and they had there musical expertise way back then,enjoy,great reaction.

[@K.H.D710]

Just for your enjoyment, here is a fan cam video of Don't Be Long: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-yZIF3mJWpgtk

[@Mikupigeon]

FROM NOW ON next? It's their latest instrumental.

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Oh, holy sh*t!

[@dmaxv1]

He’s having eargasms lol

[@stephenriggs8177]

Told ya! 😀

[@davidperezdiez7549]

Giovanni (instrumental version)...

[@bandmaidfanATL]

If you want to branch out, check out Nemophila. Dissension, Raitei, and Revive OMVs.

[@jeremydawkins8814]

Wasn't WITHOUT HOLDING BACK what Kanami and Miku did with Herman Li.

[@GaryHolloway-810]

Haha. Yep Without Holding Back in more ways than one. Herman's a good sport tho & he only wept silently for a week after the audition :)

[@GaryHolloway-810]

Jeremy i've replied twice to you already on my own comment & immediately both disappeared.😔

[@jeremydawkins8814]

@@GaryHolloway-810 Haha. I think alot did seeing him in a Maid's outfit.🤣🤣

[@jeremydawkins8814]

@@GaryHolloway-810 I had the same happen to me on Saturday on the Kareem BLOOMING reaction.

[@b.f.rchannel1997]

Freezer is good instrumental too👍

[@wayneking5081]

...And now you have at least four reasons I'm a Band-Maid fan. Here's a link to "Giovanni" instrumental version kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJO9XpSpqrhpebM

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Reminds me of Satriani

[@Cheezyxyz]

100%

[@paulpetersen879]

Yup, they are kind of good, lol

[@jkkansasband7056]

Can you find a more melodic creative egoless synergistic consistent Hard Rock band? Their worst songs (very few) are not bad but their best songs (most) are Awesomazing and beyond. For my money there is no better Rock music out there. Currently and Before Yesterday. Peace. 1.37

[@paulpetersen879]

Band Maid doing Band Maid things...

[@bandmaidfanATL]

From Now On, maybe?

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Ok, you already did...

[@Cheezyxyz]

🧀🤘😎

[@101harrycox]

Actually this is someone else's reaction video but this one broke the camel's back and made me an official Maidiac. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJO9XpSpqrhpebM

[@pk13910]

Band-Maid's B-sides are often times better than their singles.

[@davidtwitchell3667]

How do you rate perfection?

[@Cheezyxyz]

Very carefully haha

[@Raiden-R]

It's an incredible band, isn't it？♪ It's a terrible skill that makes me shudder.😱

[@Cheezyxyz]

100%

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Perhaps a change of pace next time? Try Daydreaming and Alone. OMVs.

[@elevown]

You seem to know a fair bit about music- are you a musician?

[@Cheezyxyz]

I played in multiple different bands for roughly 10 years.

[@elevown]

@@Cheezyxyz That would explain that :) Band-maid alwys seem to be a hit with musicians- there is a lot more going on in their songs than a casual listen might suggest, but musicians hear those things :)