so i was looking at the daisukiscandal blog and he posted a post about a SCANDAL Copy Band contest that's being held by teena for high school bands. he put links to the finalist bands and some of them aren't bad at all. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

they're all like real life K-ON! i'm interested to see if they end up succeeding like how SCANDAL did.

dolls:
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Hi-ROZARIA:




Hi-ROZARIA and Hi-Lab:


and I found this band through looking around YouTube...
Hi-SPARK:

They are indeed not bad.
But I personally don't like the concept of "copying" SCANDAL.
I know they want to idolize SCANDAL cuz they really show what girl bands are capable of. But copy to that extend?

I would like some of them to be just a little bit more original in terms of clothing and style. Not bashing them or something so please don't hit me [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]


But if I ever start to follow them, I'd like to see them as a new girl-band and not a SCANDAL clone.

^ yes, but you have to remember that this is a "copy" contest done by teena, so them "copying" scandal is a part of the contest. and for them to win, they must cover scandal. plus most high school bands start out using school uniforms, so what you are seeing is these bands before they have had a chance to develop yet.

as far as high school level telent is concerned, i'm pretty impressed with what i see. i say they're doing a good job!

I've been looking at these bands and all the Hi-<insert word> bands have videos on the same channel, does anyone know how they're linked? They all seem to be girl bands with Hi- in their name, wondering if it's a group or something. But these guys are super talented, the original stuff is good (though i don't necessarily like it) and they play well with a good stage presence and energy.

I particularly like the band Dolls song Burst (last few minutes of vid) - I emailed this band on youtube and they replied! We have a good penpalship going on Hope to learn from these guys!

Very entertaining thank you "Mr. pacrimguru"

For those of us who have been following Dolls, then you will know that they have a 4-track EP out. Here's a video with samples from the EP.

They sound pretty good, I sincerely hope they make it.