Tainted Reality
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| Tainted Reality | |
| Genre | J-Rock, Goth |
| Running time | 3 hours (approximately) |
| Country |  United States |
| Home station | WIXQ |
| Starring | Roger Shackelford |
| Creator(s) | Roger Shackelford |
| Writer(s) | Roger Shackelford |
| Executive producer(s) | Roger Shackelford |
| Air dates | Septermber 2005 – Present |
| Website | http://taintedreality.net |
Tainted Reality is a Japanese and goth rock music show that airs on 91.7 WIXQ FM. It was founded by Roger Shackelford, former host of Bad Transitions with a goal of "promoting J-Rock and Goth to the masses" and being completely fan oriented. The show has also recently expanded into a very successful tour organization company, similar to JHouse Rock.
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[edit] Overview
Tainted Reality started as a show that played an equal amount of J-Rock and Goth music, but has recently switched over to an almost entirely J-Rock format. They are known for being devoted to their large, world-wide fanbase (made possible via internet simulcast) by honoring musical requests, giving away prizes to listeners, promoting people to call the DJs, and having an AOL Instant Messenger Screen Name so fans can chat with the DJs during the show. In recent months, the fan response has been so overwhelming, that the show is almost entirely request based. They are also known for their in depth interviews and have conducted interviews with high profile Japanese artists such as Mucc, Yoshiki, and Dir en grey, as well as many others.
In May, 2006, Tainted Reality opened the doors of its tour organization division, dedicated to bringing J-Rock bands to the United States. They announced their first US tour with J-Rock band BLOOD (Japan) soon after. The tour was held in August 2006 and sold out.
[edit] Show history
The idea for Tainted Reality started on the show Bad Transitions, a heavy metal and formerly J-Rock show (the show no longer plays J-Rock following Roger's departure). There are two versions of this story however. The story from the official Tainted Reality Myspace simply states that Roger discussed forming his own show with the other members of Bad Transitions, suggesting a mutual decision for him to go solo. However, the Bad Transitions Myspace claims that Bad Transitions co-creator, Andrew Wieler, had grown disgusted with the rising popularity of J-Rock, and constantly attacked the genre and its fans on the air, and forced Roger off of the show. Which ever version you believe, Roger left the show at the end of its first season and formed Tainted Reality, taking a vast majority of Bad Transitions' fanbase with him.
Tainted Reality first aired in September of 2005 with co-host Charles Buckner, and occasional guest host Craig Keristia (who also replaced Roger on Bad Transitions). The show had a strong following from the beginning, and word about the show spread quickly through out the J-Rock community. Their first interview came in October 2005 with then unknown Visual Kei band Suicide Ali. This was the first demonstration of Tainted Reality's influence as the interview helped propel the band into stardom. In the coming months, they would conduct several more interviews including author Josephine Yun, Coaltar of the Deepers, seek and Aya of Psycho le Cemu and D'espairsRay.
A few months into the show, co-host Charles Buckner started appearing on the show less and less. Eventually he stopped showing up completely. No explanation was ever given, and Roger announced in February of 2006 that the show would be looking for a new co-host. Charles has yet to be replaced, but is still credited as staff for the show as "Big Help Behind The Scenes". A few months later, Craig also stopped appearing on the show. Almost immediately following an incident where the Tainted Reality Myspace was hacked, Craig was removed from the staff listing. It is assumed that he was somehow involved in the hacking, but no official announcement was ever made reguarding either Craig, or the hacking.
May 2006 was a big month for the show. First, it was announced that the show had struck up a partnership with J-Rock promotion company JHouse Rock. A week later, they announced a partnership with XM Satellite Radio show Iron Otaku. However, the big news came later that month, when the show announced that they would be opening a tour organization division, and that they were brining over BLOOD (Japan) in August 2006 for a showcase tour, similar to Dir en grey's March US tour. This was a bench mark for the show as the tour sold out, and made the show a household name for J-Rock fans.
Also, in August 2006, the show made their first ever live appearance at Otakon 2006 along with new partners Iron Otaku. There, they interviewed Nana Kitade, Mucc, and Yoshiki. Their interview with Mucc was later released on Mucc's DVD, Horizont. They also DJed live to thousands of attendees, debuted Suicide Ali's first ever single "THIS NEW ORDER" to the US, and held Otakon's first ever J-Rock Rave.
Tainted Reality's second season began in September of 2006, where they aired their 3 Otakon interviews, an interview with BLOOD where they announced another US tour in March of 2007, and an interview with Dir en grey.
After a short break for the holidays, Tainted Reality began airing again on the 18th of January, 2007, and kicked the year off with an interview with the popular band, The Candy Spooky Theater. After the interview, Roger announced that The Candy Spooky Theater had agreed to become associated with Tainted Reality, and they are now hosting a tour for The Candy Spooky Theater here in America (tour dates yet to be announced).
[edit] Other Projects
[edit] Sailor Moon
In September of 2006, Tainted Reality announced that they were penning a screenplay for a film adaptation of Sailor Moon, and would release the first draft online. No news has been posted about the project since, unfortunately.
[edit] Film and Promotional Video Production
After Tainted Reality was first announced in May 2005, they announced their first project, which was the production of a Promotional Video (PV), or Music Video for BLOOD. However, the project never saw the light of day as BLOOD's guitarist, Kiwamu, fell ill the day of the shoot.
Tainted Reality did later go on to produce a documentary of Otakon 2006, which has yet to be released, but a trailer has been released on YouTube. They also released a video version of their interview with Yoshiki.
