No I havnt actually, maybe I should though if you recommend it?

I'm not sure what your taste are, and the translation of the subs are horrible.
If you want a recommendation for a J-Drama, I say Nodame Cantible.
The characters are unique and it has good orchestra music.

OK cool, thank you

I don't know that i have heard much of anything for rock except for a few of the older groups. I seem to have taken a liking to a few noise rock groups from there. Melt-Banana, Boredoms and a few groups like that. Even a little bit of straight noise like Masami Akita, but for me that grows old quickly.

Les Rallizes Denudes

"are an influential Japanese band. They were formed in 1967, and the band was known for their ties to avant-garde theater groups and leftist political groups.

The band's style is typified by simple, repeated bass lines and shrieking guitar feedback.

In 1970, the original bass player Moriaki Wakabayashi was involved in the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 orchestrated by the Japanese Red Army. Singer Takashi Mizutani was allegedly offered a role in the hijacking but turned it down."

Based on the one album that have, at least at the time they were sort of a cross between the Tokyo guitar freakout and slow heavy 60ish hard rock.

Can someone tell me that the label "group sound" means when referring to a genre of Japanese rock music? I keep running across the label but have never seen it defined.