MM has nothing on Visual Kei. Maybe its just6 me but he's become so shallow..

Malice Mizer, X-japan, Luna Sea, Versailles...

many many more

this is my music, I love it more than air

I am currently learning japanese, and ballet, and hope to take on an american version of malice mizer...

I just love art, and guys dressing like girls playing classical music is more artistic than anything the USA has offered recently

with the exception of TOOL, DEVO, DAVID BOWIE> queen< nuclear rabbit< the cure< nine inch nails>>>

ect>>> my keyboard just f$%^&ed up>>>>dunno y

can"t type feel retarded>>>><<<<<<>>>>>>smeep>>>:s

As for Marilyn Manson, I think the answer is 'no' -- at least with his newer work. Coma White-era Manson might qualify, however, and I think he had Buck-Tick open for him at one point.

Anyone ever listen to Schwein or Schaft? They're projects between Buck Tick/KMFDM/Pig

I personally like Dir en Grey (I saw them in concert with Apocolyptica), and some of Buck-Tick's more atmospheric stuff (SSS was good). Malice Mizer's Bara no Seidou was good in my book, too.

If we're talking Japanese music in general, and not just rock, DJ Krush is also quite interesting (though not spoken -- he is a DJ).