Japanese bands rock traditional values

In recent years, Japanese rock bands have become very popular. Although rock bands are common in other countries, Japanese rock bands are different.

Band members wear women's clothes and make-up, but they all are men.

They really stand out. On stage, they play the electric guitars and hit the drums violently.

The Japanese call this visual rock. Some performers break the guitars or burn them. In Japan, the fans also wear women's clothes and imitate the stars. Japanese call these people cos- players.

More and more young people are coming to love visual rock and cos-play.

In a programme about the Japanese bands, an artist said he did not mind how other people saw them.