I can't remember what the first Japanese music I heard was exactly, though it was more than likely just theme songs for anime like Evangelion (which I don't care for now, but I was *really* big into it back in the day). I had heard various artists through the interweb, like The Brlliant Green and I think some pop stuff. But the first artist I *really* got into, enough to shell out the ridiculous prices for the CDs, was Cocco. She was my favorite J-artist for years and years until SR dethroned her, but her work still has a big place in my heart (though she's not really into crazy/angsty stuff anymore, sigh). As for genres, I usually just stick to rock.
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