LM.C from purple SKY magazine

the
INCREDIBLY
TRUE
story
of
LM.C
Earth, circa 1982, a young farmhand in rural
Ohio looks out across the pitch black western
skies. His eyes fix themselves upon a faint
light blossoming on the horizon. As he makes
his way through the wheat fields towards the
source of the glow, he loses his balance as the
earth rumbles underneath his feet.
Words by Brian “boo” Stewart
Photos by Miyawaki Susumu
Illustrations by Stephanie Yue
Several feet in front of him two giant protrusions, demonic bunny ears, emerge
from the dirt and rise ominously into the night sky. In a flash of vibrant glittering
color the words “LM.C” appear, shimmering like phantoms in the night.
The above may as well be the story of LM.C’s birth.
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M: That would be, well... the good lord?
A: Uh, we’re not that kind of band.
M: No good? Not the right-spin on it?
A: We are not that kind of band (Laughing)
a
y
Ma
(vo)
M: Oh, yeah. Fine, a mystery it shall be.
A: Yeah, well, when I heard Maya’s demo track I thought it was great
pS: Mocochang has sort of an ethnic ring to it.
it, LM.C wasn’t created so much as it just happened one day, like any
Maya (M): There’s no meaning.
natural (or supernatural) phenomenon. As the easy-going duo told
pS: How did you come up with it?
us, looking oddly battle-ready in matching fatigues, they have no
history. For this reason they were desperate to make one up for our
M: There was never a time when we said, “Let’s start a project to-
interview, weaving fact and fiction into an exciting narrative that
gether,” or gave a specific day that LM.C was born. LM.C didn’t have
included international rap superstars, beards, atomic bombs and
an “official” beginning.
Limp Bizkit, among other things. Or maybe they were just having
some laughs at my expense.
Though talking to the irreverent pair was often like a surreal true
but as he said, there was nobody and it seemed we could make better
music doing this with just the two of us.
pS: Is that rabbit character on all of your goods called Mocochang
pS: Where did you learn to rap, Maya?
as well?
M: That is also undecided. The reason I made it a rabbit was that I
wanted a trademark. I mean, it’s not even really a rabbit, not really.
or false test, there were several rock solid facts. Regardless how you
may perceive the brightly colored hair and makeup or the spastic
cheekiness, these are two serious musicians who want to make great
music. Maya, former support guitarist for Miyavi and now revealed as
a natural born star, goes as far as to practice LM.C songs at Karaoke.
Aiji, former guitarist of the recently disbanded PIERROT, may look
coolly indifferent in photos, but in real life he’s a workhorse with a
gentle demeanor and a mischievous streak. So who can blame me for
had a practice or demonstration show, where I would play guitar and
sing by myself, and when it came to booking the venue I needed a
name. And I guess you could say that’s where it came from.
pS: Where did the name itself come from?
A: Yeah when he was in LA; what was that, five years ago?
That was also something that just sort of happened. I was hoping to
play several types of music and, just about the time I started writing
my own songs about five years ago, this is what was popular and I
just sort of ended up incorporating it. I have really unsophisticated
M: Wow, about ten years?
taste.
pS: During that time were you constantly thinking, “Someday let’s
A: And then you got the call from JAY-Z.
A: Not really.
M: Really, I was the one who approached Aiji with just sort of a greeting. For me, he was sort of a senpai, a guy with more history in the
scene; someone I knew from bands and having grown up in the same
area.
pS: Were you two classmates?
M: No, it wasn’t like that. What do you call it?
A: Um.
M: Whatever. Yeah, we were classmates. (Giving up)
pS: No, no. Don’t lie, I’ll print whatever you tell me and get in
A: What do you call senpai/kouhai in English?
throws ideas around. There was no such exchange in this case. We
M: In LA.
M: Harmonizing. Nah, I never much cared for hip hop or anything.
M: Right, so the band name is the same case, there was no real, like,
someone says, “What’ll we do about a name?” and then everyone
A: From the hit charts.
won’t say it is a rabbit, nor will I deny that it is. It’s all kind of vague.
trouble.
decide to do a band, the four or five members get together and
M: Ummm.
I think what I’m trying to say is I never gave it a specific meaning. I
Aiji (A): Why don’t we start with the band name?
starting point. The name just sort of came about. I think when you
that was how we started. I did make an effort to look for a singer;
MocoCHang. That’s on purpose.
M: Not at all. Not to start with.
To hear vocalist Maya and guitarist Aiji of the electro-rock unit tell
and since his voice was good I wanted him to try singing for us. And
A: Ah, you’re just saying that because it has that ‘ch’ sound like
make LM.C happen!”?
chang?” What’s it mean?
pS: Maya, you used to be a guitarist in your previous bands. How did
M: Hmm, there was no one else better.
it been?
pS: So tell me what’s up with that funky band name, “Lovely Moco-
things were. We were never like, “Let’s do something someday.”
pS: ...so, a mystery then?
pS: You guys have known each other for some time, how long has
This is the incredibly true history of LM.C.
M: That’s right. Getting back to the question, at first that’s how
you end up as the vocalist this time?
M: I think it’s hard to see anything but a rabbit; it’s more rabbit-like.
CD and claimed it was “the foundation” of LM.C’s sound?
anyway.
M: Well, I mean, Mocochang is the name of my dog...
A: It’s rabbit-y.
almost believing them when they handed me a random Korean pop
A: (Laughing) There are no such rights, but he naturally does so
pS: You mean not in school? That’s kind of hard. Which one of you is
younger? Oh, Maya of course.
A: If he (Maya) was older that’d be a problem, since I’m his senpai!
pS: So does Maya have to do everything you say, since you have the
“rights of the senpai”?
M: Everything.
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M: From L.A., yeah? I got the call on my cellphone.
pS: So during songs when there are long breaks without guitar,
what do you do with yourself, Aiji?
pS: What did you go to L.A. for?
M: Hahaha!
M: I was hoping to do some shopping.
A: When there’s no guitar part? Channeling, I guess? I commune
Manager: How long are you going to fall for their schtick!?
with the stars.
M: I’m joking.
M: Yeah, he does.
A: Maya went to L.A. to audition for Limp Bizkit...
A: Then, when my part comes up, I’m at last free to unleash.
pS: Are you telling the truth this time?
pS: Why don’t you ever have beards or facial hair growth?
M: That is the honest truth! You know, when their guitarist Wes
Borland left the band, they held those auditions? I went to America
(The room explodes in laughter)
at that time.
A: What are you talking about?
pS: What did they say?
M: You’re all over the place!
M: Um, they were speaking English so I couldn’t understand.
A: (Thinking) I guess that would be the result of channeling with
(Laughing)
outer space?
A: I have this feeling that they said you’d be better off rapping, but...
M: Oh yeah, that’s right. One of the guys judging me turned to me
pS: I wonder if Maya has a beard under his face mask. (Editors note:
he wore a face mask because he had hay fever.)
and said, “Son, you should be singing.”
A: Ah, and if you were to take off that mask...
pS: Why does the “dot” in LM.C come between the M and the C?
M: It’s incredible, thick and bushy.
Shouldn’t it be L.MC as in Lovely -space- Mocochang?
A: Right.
M: That is the “dot” from “lovely-mocochang.com.”
pS: I was just discussing with your staff about how your plans to
open an English home page got scrapped for now. Are you aware
of the overseas LM.C fans?
there was this group of Germans
who came to a shop in Harajuku
that sells LM.C goods.
pS: And you happened to be there?
A: No, um, we weren’t there, but
they happened to stop by. Maybe
they came to see a concert or something. I’m not sure, but I heard from
the shopkeeper that they came to
pS: Is this a band that was wiped out by history?
M: No, nothing like that. I was just saying that there was that
kind of band once. So we bring the songs we make in and, if this
were a band with a bassist and drummer, we’d all go into the studio
Was
there
a
desire
within
you to make this kind of music
pS: And I’ve heard this will be the theme for an anime?
M: That’s right.
A: Katei Kyoshi Hitman Reborn.
pS: I have heard that you lent your voice to the anime Red Garden
home.
previously?
A: I don’t really have much either. It comes in thin. Ah, Maya doesn’t
pS: Do you make the songs digitally or using live instruments?
M: I did, yes.
M: Digital.
pS: What role?
A: Basically digital. But our new single uses live drums for the first
A: The role of the prince.
pS: Let’s talk about your recording process.
time.
A: There you go jumping around again.
M: In the recording.
M: Song making is different for each song.
pS: Let’s talk about the new single. What kind of song is “Boys &
pS: Well, for instance, how is song making different for something
like “Oh My Juliet” versus “Rock the LM.C?”
M: Um, well, at this point we make the songs at home and then
M: The president.
Girls?”
M: It’s exactly as the title says. It’s a song for boys and girls, nothing
more, nothing less. Sorry, that’s it.
play it for the other guy.
pS: What’s the music like?
pS: So how many of the songs did Maya write versus Aiji?
A: Cheerful and upbeat.
M: Of the songs we’ve released, I’d say we’re about half and half.
pS: Why did you want to tell this story of “Boys & Girls?”
Since we’ve come this far I think we’ll be becoming like B’z, with Aiji
making songs and me writing lyrics.
from before?
A: No we won’t. We won’t become B’z.
A: I mean, I personally prefer peppy
songs to like, downers. I like songs that
M: Don’t know B’z? Well, we have sort of a Genbaku Allergy
get the blood pumping over gloomy
thing going.
ones.
A: He certainly doesn’t know that.
M: Longtime fans of Aiji probably get
pS: Genbaku Allergy?
it, like, “Ah, that’s so Aiji,” I guess.
boy or girl remain. I wanted to make a song about that.
and make the song, but that’s not possible, so we make them at
hang out.
pS:
What would you call it? The feelings from when you were a young
can’t really grow a beard.
M: Nothing.
M: Somewhat. Just the other day
A: No way anyone (overseas) knows them.
M: Uh no, I don’t have a beard. And I’ll thank you not to doubt me. I
get any at all.
A: Uh, somewhat.
M: They were an indies band from
long ago.
pS: Were you jealous of him, Aiji? (Laughing)
A: Not in the least. (Laughing)
pS: Listening to “Boys & Girls” I’m confused about who LM.C is as an
artist. This time it’s sort of a pop/punk tune. Does LM.C basically turn
whatever they come up with naturally into music, as is?
M: That’s right. So when you say, “When I heard this I didn’t know
what you wanted to do as an artist,” that’s sort of the point. It’s just
something that came about naturally. We don’t want to get stuck
in just one genre of music, so our things come out like this. It’s
M: I dunno, with each song the theme changes. This is just one
natural. It’s not like we wanted to try something different from
theme of many. For instance, no matter who you are, even when
what we were doing. This is just really natural. We don’t even know
you’ve grown up, there’s still this part of you that’s forever a child.
what we’ll do next.
“Personally I prefer peppy songs to like,
downers. I like songs that get the blood
pumping over gloomy ones.”
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A: We do what we want, when we want, so it really has nothing to
pS: I mean the problem for Americans is they see “little” “fat” “man”
do with genre. I mean, on the other hand, if we want to try classical
and “boy”; and all those words contradict each other.
music we will, just because we think it’s cool.
pS: Speaking of which, the guitar solo in this song suddenly goes all
classical.
A: Whatever pops into my head, I put in there.
pS: The song title “Little Fat Man Boy” doesn’t make sense to me.
M: Really?
pS: What does the title mean?
A: I guess most Americans don’t know about this?
M: Probably not.
pS: Is there some story?
M: There is, but...
M: I see. So you don’t get it? I mean the title “Little Fat Man Boy” is a
word I made up, but it has a meaning.
pS: Is it a secret?
M: No, not a secret. Rather, here in Japan most people recognize it.
A: Just tell him. I mean, it is fact after all.
M: A long time ago Japan had two nuclear bombs dropped on it.
A: Atomic bombs.
M: These are the names of those two bombs; the two bombs dropped
on Japan by the United States. The names were “little boy” and “fat
man.” The lyrics are about that. I mean, you know about the attack
on Pearl Harbor, right? It’s linked to that.
pS: That promotion video has little to do with that story though.
A: I’ve wanted to do something in clay animation for a long time
now. I’ve always been a really big fan of Czech animation. I just
M: Nothing.
happened to be talking about it and it was something the director
pS: What made you guys decide to use claymation?
was also interested in, so we ended up making it.
pS: Was the director a friend of yours?
A: Not a friend per se.
i
j
i
A
M: Not a friend but the guy who does all of LM.C’s videos.
A: Well, I call him a friend now. He makes all our videos.
(gu)
pS: It seems like, in Japan, many bands use the same director through-
the guitar parts” or “I’m the singer, so I’m going to use my voice for
out their careers.
every line.” When I need to I’ll use other people to sing, including
Aiji.
M: Is that not the case in America?
pS: Do you sing on the recordings, Aiji?
pS: Not necessarily. American bands use many different directors;
whoever is hot at the moment.
A: Well, a bit.
A: In Japan there really aren’t that many “hot” directors at one time,
M: A bit. He sings a bit.
so even if you go through them, I don’t think you can make some-
A: I mean this isn’t like a band. We’re something like Massive Attack,
thing exciting. You can’t spend all that much on videos. There’s not
a song making unit.
that sense of their significance from the label side.
pS: It’s been a year since you started doing this. How has it been
pS: Will LM.C always be a two person unit?
looking back?
M: Haven’t figured that out yet.
M: How... I mean, we’ve been working on this since long before that.
pS: So there’s a chance you may take on more members at some
It’s only been about half a year since we surfaced as a group. It’s all
point?
from here on out. We really don’t have a history yet.
M: If we were to meet someone cool. I mean, we met you guys.
pS: If I may go back to “Boys & Girls,” growing up, did you like hanging around more with boys or girls?
pS: So I’ll join LM.C then.
M: I prefer girls.
A: We welcome you.
pS: Why is that?
pS: Maya, you play acoustic guitar.
M: Because I like them. (Smiling)
M: On recording, yeah. It’s just one song though.
pS: In what way do you like them?
pS: What made you decide to use yourself and not Aiji for that?
M: As members of the opposite sex. Hehe, I dunno. I like hanging
M: I didn’t really decide, that too just sort of happened. It’s just by
around with both. I grew up in the sticks so...
chance that Aiji plays guitar and I sing. We’re not particular about it.
For example, if it’s my song and I have an image for how the guitar
should sound, I’ll play it. It’s not like, “I’m the guitarist, so I’ll play all
A: You had nothing to do? (Coolly)
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Michael
Jackson?!
on
M: I had nothing to do. So you’re saying all I did was play around? Is
A: Oh, I didn’t start playing guitar ‘til I was eighteen. Before that I
that what you mean?
was the singer. So like, when I turned eighteen and started the guitar,
A: I’m just saying you seem like the type...
M: I mean, I wasn’t hanging around with all guys or all girls, we all
played together. But I mean, now I prefer the company of girls. I
don’t really seek out guys to be friends with.
pS: Are there any artists you’d like to perform with?
A: Yo, for real? What’s up with that?
M: That would be...
pS: Are you the opposite, Aiji?
A: Michael Jackson.
A: I don’t think about it. Friends are friends.
M: That’s not what I was going to say. What are you looking at
pS: Is that how you were when you were a kid?
me for? Like, I’m not funny at all.
A: No. I mean, that would be very LM.C like.
M: Well, I mean, it’s not funny.
pS: What about like, record with?
A: Hmm, I never cared so I have no idea.
pS: When did you start playing music?
A: At age sixteen.
pS: What was the reason you started playing? Was it to be popular
I jumped right into writing originals. If you’re asking who my favorite
guitarist is or something, there’s no one. I don’t really like anyone.
Vocalists on the other hand, I have a lot of favorites.
pS: Who would those be?
A: Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush and Maya.
pS: By Maya, you’re of course referring to the ‘90s R&B singer?
A: Yes, that’s the one.
M: I remember her. (Laughing)
pS: Why are you called Maya anyways?
A: It’s Maaya with a long ‘mah’ sound.
pS: Do you guys have a motto?
M: It was a nickname from elementary school.
A: Nope.
pS: Maya, when did you come to Japan... d’oh!
M: I guess “Jiyuu Ki Mama ni.” (Free to be.)
M: Ah, Michael Jackson?
with the girls?
(The room bursts out again, laughing at my mistake)
A: It’s like living your life on a carpet of clouds.
pS: Right, Michael Jackson.
A: Ah, no, not for that reason. It was an after school activity, like a
A: Maya, people think you have that type of face huh?
pS: They sell exact mockups of the coveralls you guys wear through
A: Or is it Jichael Mackson?
pS: ...
M: (Laughing his ass off.)
pS: I don’t think my readers are going to get the joke.
M: Not funny? Doesn’t translate well? They’ll probably think it’s
a typo.
pS: Are you guys Michael Jackson fans?
A: I like him. And Maya does too, right?
pS: Were you disappointed in him at all for his child molestation
charges?
A: I really don’t have any interest in that. I don’t care about his
private life.
M: Rather, for Japanese, that makes him more interesting. Interesting or... I mean no offense to the victims of course, but he’s
just incredible. That whole Neverland Ranch thing is just crazy,
which is great.
pS: What do you think when you hear a Michael Jackson song?
A: The melodies are good. Simply put, he just makes great melodies. Like number one in the world.
M: He really is number one.
A: Even in how much money he spends, number one.
M: His songs, whatever, but his presence is massive. I mean he’s
kind of screwed up but...
A: When you get to his class, even if it’s just a backing track, you
can really tell it was made by an artist in the upper echelon. The
level is just different somehow, even when you listen on CD.
club. That was my introduction.
pS: What did you hear that made you want to be a musician?
A: I just wanted to be in a band. It wasn’t that I heard something and
wanted to be like that person. It started from me wanting to make
noise with other people.
pS: Did you start out doing covers?
A: Sure.
pS: Whose songs did you cover?
A: Like Ziggy and other rock ‘n’ roll.
pS: Whose guitar playing impressed you?
“I’ve never thought
visual-kei was
associated with the
music. It ’s just that
if you want to stand
on that stage you
wear makeup.”
M: An L.A. face?
A: No, not L.A. Like an Asian elementary school student.
M: I came here from L.A. when I was a fourth year elementary school
student.
pS: I meant to ask, when did you figure out that you wanted make
Groucho. Are you ever worried that, if all the fans come to the concert
wearing them, one of you might blend into the crowd and vanish?
A: I think I’d like to blend into the crowd and vanish.
pS: Are the fans all wearing them?
M: Surprisingly, yes.
music?
A: A few.
M: Music? I knew when I was in middle school.
M: I was telling you about those girls from Germany earlier, right?
pS: What did it for you?
M: I started out liking X Japan when I was, like, ten years old and still
in elementary school. That started me off.
pS: So you liked hide?
M: Not really hide as much as X Japan. And when I got to middle
They actually bought them. (He shows me a picture he took on his
cellphone.)
pS: What made you decide on coveralls?
M: Well, it’s easy to understand.
pS: Were you going for a hip-hop vibe?
school I was all about Luna Sea. There was a band boom at this time.
M: I don’t know. Are coveralls hip-hop?
pS: Like Buck-Tick?
pS: Well, kind of like Rip Slyme or...
M: Yes, that’s right. There were a lot of bands like that. And I wanted
M: Then, yeah I was.
to be like them.
pS: When you see the various ways visual-kei has grown, do you
sometimes get confused as to whether it’s visual-kei at all?
A: Rather, it’s that I’ve always just thought of the makeup as part of
the gig, if you want to stand on that stage. That’s how I think of it;
I’ve never thought visual-kei was associated with the music. It’s just
that if you want to stand on that stage you wear makeup. That’s why
A: Pardon?
pS: I’ve learned my lesson, I won’t write that down.
A: I mean it’s just a really easy thing to get into. It’s symbolic.
pS: Is going to the bathroom a hassle in those?
M: We don’t go to the bathroom.
David Bowie wears makeup. It’s the same thing.
A: We don’t do such a thing. Idols don’t go to the bathroom.
M: I think maybe Japan didn’t have that culture back in the day
M: We have no need.
and when it got popular they just gave it an easy label. That’s
where it started from, so we don’t really need to think about it;
I don’t care if people think of us as visual-kei. They can call us whatever they want to.
A: Yes, yes.
M: We don’t get beards.
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A: All true.
A: English-like, because they’re in ENGLISH.
M: In order to not get beards we don’t go to the bathroom.
pS: Have you ever been to an English conversation class?
A: And we don’t eat food.
A: Never.
M: Not sure about that one there. We don’t drink anything.
M: Nope. I don’t really know any English, as was the case with “Little
pS: So you’re saying you have no sexual parts either?
Fat Man Boy.” It has very little to do with the meaning. It’s the sound.
I try to use words that I already know and not, like, choose a word
M: That is sort of a cloudy area.
and make it into English.
A: Pardon?
pS: So have you ever considered trying your hand at English lyrics?
M: I don’t get the impression that coveralls make it hard to go to the
bathroom.
A: On the contrary, it’s easier!
pS: Before you thought up the coveralls, what other ideas did you
have?
A: Actually it was coveralls from the start, like, “how about coveralls?”
In the end we wanted to give both members the same look. And we
weren’t about to come out wearing jeans and a T-shirt. I thought
coveralls sort of satisfied that.
A: We have no desire to force ourselves on America and try to sell
there.
pS: Will they always be black?
M: I’d like to do it with the same sense of going from Tokyo to
M: Haven’t decided that either.
Hokkaido.
A: We’ll probably wear what we want to, when we want to.
pS: Do you like Japan?
pS: Who titles the songs?
M: Yeah, I do. But actually, I love America.
A: Some are Maya, some are both of us.
pS: How many times have you been to America?
pS: All in English?
M: Not that many, but I mean, talking about America, it’s got to be
A: No, it depends on the song. There’s Japanese too.
L.A. You know, the West coast. It’s got nice weather. England has,
like, bad weather.
M: There’s some that mix the two, with alphabet letters and Japanese
characters. But I guess most are English-like.
A: Yeah, it’s bad. It’s worse than Japan. It’s cloudy.
M: So I like the sunny West coast better than overcast England.
pS: Maya, what is your favorite flavor of Chupa Chups (lollipops)?
M: Wow, my favorite? I like everything, it changes with my moods. I
used to really dig strawberry cream, like, sweet flavors. Recently a fan
gave me a special Taiwan-only flavor.
pS: What would make you happy to receive from a fan?
M: Something I want? Maybe something I could use in a photo or
video shoot? That’d make me happy, goods or toys.
pS: What are your hobbies? (Editor’s note: The word, “shumi,” is
M: It’s not that I haven’t thought about it so much as regular English
used here to mean hobbies and also mean “tastes,” as in what turns
lyrics are beyond me right now. If I could speak it really well, I might
you on.)
try. If I did something now it wouldn’t make sense and I don’t want
to put myself through that.
pS: Would you like to increase your overseas activities?
A: Not, like, increase them. If there’s something that comes along our
way, we’d love to.
M: Yeah, we don’t want to force it.
M: My tastes!? (Heart pounds)
“Idols don’t go to
the bathroom.”
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A: Go on Maya; tell him about your sexual tastes! How you like it.
M: Yeah, make that REAL Winning Eleven.
M: How I like it? That’s a tough one.
A: What’s that? Isn’t that just soccer?
A: CENSORED!
M: He’s quite the animal.
M: He means hobbies. I don’t have any. I’m currently looking for
A: No tell me, what exactly is REAL Winning Eleven?
some.
pS: Looking for hobbies?
A: What the heck does “looking for some” mean?
M: You know, like, fun things. What’s hot now and what’s popular
with people, anything really.
pS: What about you, Aiji?
A: Nothing, except travel.
pS: Are you a gamer?
M: Not at all.
A: Yeah, I am. I’m huge into games.
M: Wouldn’t that qualify as a hobby?
pS: What’s your game of choice?
A: Different stuff, like soccer or Winning Eleven.
M: Sometimes he’s taken over by the beast, a party beast.
A: No I’m not.
M: Dangerous!
pS: Do you guys drink? If so, what do you drink?
M: I don’t.
A: I do. I’ll drink anything as long as it costs over $100.
pS: Um, next up...
M: Beards? Can we talk about beards some more?
where we’ll be in a few years. As we do our thing that stuff will come;
pS: No. No more beards.
the importance of it. It’s impossible for me to make them understand
goals and what not. I just want to perfect our live act.
what I’ve learned in the decades I’ve lived with just a few words. So
M: Was that last question from American fans?
pS: How have the shows been so far?
pS: Yeah, you guys have quite a following. There’s a lot of fan sites
M: I dunno, we haven’t done enough shows to really understand.
out there.
Now that we have a few singles and a mini album out the fans know
M: I heard something about this. One of our Japanese fans was tell-
pS: Here’s another one from the fans. Are you two party animals or
ing us that she looked up our name and there were a ton of overseas
homebodies?
fan sites.
the songs. I think our concerts are going to change from now.
pS: Are you guys thinking about a full album?
M: It’s not something we think about, nor something that we aren’t
M: Party animals.
pS: Do you ever Google yourselves or otherwise use the internet?
thinking about.
A: What was that?
M: I use the internet to look up anything I want to know more
pS: I have something to ask you.
M: Haven’t you heard?
A: No, I hadn’t.
M: Well I’m not a party animal. I’m the stay at home type, but Aiji is
about.
A: Things I want to know at the moment.
M: Like, what does a shark eat? (Snickering)
up for anyth- ...
pS: Do you guys have an idea about what you want to do next?
A: Get outta here.
M: Well, for now the tour. I just want us to do the best job we can on
M: Anything.
A: This is the first I’ve heard of this.
pS: He’s probably playing Winning Eleven at home.
what’s right in front of us. This isn’t the time to start talking about
they should just do what they’re doing.
A: Live how they want to live.
pS: Do you have a message for your fans?
M: What language shall we do this in, Korean?
A: Why not. Tell me, do they buy our CDs overseas?
pS: Sure, through importers.
A: But everybody downloads this stuff from file-sharing websites and
their friends, right?
“I really don’t consider our countries separate.
We’re all part of the same earth.”
M: (Snickering) Is it about beards?
pS: (ignoring) Where would you want new fans to start listening to
LM.C from?
pS: I would say so.
A: So that’s where most of them get our stuff. I mean, the fact is we
file-share too, we’re not saying that’s wrong and in fact we don’t
even think it is. But if you have a chance to hear LM.C’s music and
M: I want them to listen to a wide array of songs. Like I know “Boys
you like what you hear, please buy it. If there’s an opportunity we’d
& Girls” is our new single, but don’t listen to just that. I want people
like to come do a concert in America or somewhere. I really don’t
to make a pass through our past works, because just one song isn’t
consider our countries separate. We’re all part of the same earth, the
going to tell you who we are. I think people will understand better if
same planet.
they listen through our catalog.
pS: Any advice for recent graduates?
M: I have the impression that kids at that age won’t listen to me no
matter what I tell ‘em.
M: I don’t know what genre we are, or how well known we are there,
but I just want everyone to have a good time together. This isn’t
something that can happen any day. In order for LM.C to establish
itself over there, we’ll need the help of all those reading this issue of
purple SKY.
A: Yeah, just live life impulsively.
M: Just do what you were doing.
A: Live life how you want to.
M: No matter how much an adult tells them to study they don’t see
LM.C’s new single “BOYS & GIRLS”
comes out 5/23/2007 (only in Japan).