I support anything better than Phase 2. Ringo's solo backing bands were more fun to watch than these guys.
Originally Posted by kuro_neko
when you get down to it TJ has been around longer than TJ's official track record, they were the touring band for KZK and all of them had a hand in Ringo's earlier solo work (ukigumo on ichijiku no hana, kameda throughout her career, etc etc), so if TJ disbanded and completely fell off the scene I would be very sad. Even hearing that Ringo had new musicians for her EXPO shows made me a bit sad. As far as I am concerned, I don't Ringo performing her or Jihen's music without the current members of jihen. While I like Hirama and H Zett M, they just aren't "jihen" to me anymore. I mean they were only around for the first album and were little more than session musicians when you compare the involvement the band members had in later eras. So yes, I would be sad.
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Just some things:
- These "new" guys had just as much to do with her solo career as as the TJ members did. They were studio musicians for MM and SS. Nagoshi even played the guitar in her biggest hit Honnou.
- "Studio musicians?" Lame fucking sauce, man. HZM and Hirama were the life of the band during lives. Even during Electric Mole they were as much of a draw as SR.
- Contributing Kao and Gunjou Biyori is doing much more for the band than an album full of forgettable songs that is generally agreed upon as being the worst material SR has been associated with.
- You don't like new guys playing Phase 2 stuff? Hate to break it to you, but the Ringo Expo band was ripping shit up with Blackout in ways Phase 2 could never dream of.