Combine
Psycho le Cemu's brand of cosplay concept performance rock with the
band member's good looks, and you get a large room full of delighted
fans who took full opportunity of a rare chance to meet the musicians
in the U.S. The musicians said they have created characters for
themselves - one a beast, another a woman - and their songs and
costumes reflect those characters. Those costumes are expensive (and
hard to duplicate, as American cosplayers have learned), but the band
members said the outfits were worth the price. Even more effort goes
into the creation of Psycho's promotional videos; the ideas start with
idle conversation on the way home from shows, then are fleshed out into
their mini-movies. The band pays a lot of attention to their
performance detail, which was shown by the amount of rehearsal time
they spent at Katsucon and the technical demands they made on the
convention staff. The band members said they made some mistakes during
their opening concert on the convention's Friday, but the audience
didn't mind. For example, their stage play called for one of the
musicians to be hit by an "anger ball," but it missed.
When
American fans get to throw questions at Japanese rockers, the queries
get odd, but the band took it in stride. It was a mostly female
audience that got to pose mostly written questions to the group. When
the "boxers or briefs" question was tossed out, one band member replied
that his parents used to buy him underwear. When they were asked if
they would date non-Japanese fans, one member asked if they would
prefer him dressed as a man or a woman (the audience response sounded
like it was 50-50). A musician said he was short and wanted to know if
the audience would mind having a short boyfriend; no one objected.
"Frankly, you guys are very big - and taller," came the response after
that. And when the band was asked if they had any pets, one by one they
named other band members as their pets.
Combine
Psycho le Cemu's brand of cosplay concept performance rock with the
band member's good looks, and you get a large room full of delighted
fans who took full opportunity of a rare chance to meet the musicians
in the U.S. The musicians said they have created characters for
themselves - one a beast, another a woman - and their songs and
costumes reflect those characters. Those costumes are expensive (and
hard to duplicate, as American cosplayers have learned), but the band
members said the outfits were worth the price. Even more effort goes
into the creation of Psycho's promotional videos; the ideas start with
idle conversation on the way home from shows, then are fleshed out into
their mini-movies. The band pays a lot of attention to their
performance detail, which was shown by the amount of rehearsal time
they spent at Katsucon and the technical demands they made on the
convention staff. The band members said they made some mistakes during
their opening concert on the convention's Friday, but the audience
didn't mind. For example, their stage play called for one of the
musicians to be hit by an "anger ball," but it missed.
When
American fans get to throw questions at Japanese rockers, the queries
get odd, but the band took it in stride. It was a mostly female
audience that got to pose mostly written questions to the group. When
the "boxers or briefs" question was tossed out, one band member replied
that his parents used to buy him underwear. When they were asked if
they would date non-Japanese fans, one member asked if they would
prefer him dressed as a man or a woman (the audience response sounded
like it was 50-50). A musician said he was short and wanted to know if
the audience would mind having a short boyfriend; no one objected.
"Frankly, you guys are very big - and taller," came the response after
that. And when the band was asked if they had any pets, one by one they
named other band members as their pets.
