About the Site

This is NOT Greatest Site first opened in January of 2006 as a lyrics and translations website- throwing in a few articles here and there for a bit of variety. Since the internet was sorely lacking in easily accessible translations to BUCK-TICK songs, NGS began with a primary focus on BUCK-TICK, but has since branched out to incorporate a colorful array of artists and will continue to grow and broaden as much as possible.

Now more than just a translations website, NGS’s motive is to provide a look at the J-Rock scene in both Japan and abroad through translations of songs, articles, and interviews, as well as original writings and photographs of our own. Our name, “This is NOT Greatest Site,” is a parody of the title of BUCK-TICK’s first greatest hits album, “Koroshi no Shirabe This is NOT Greatest Hits.” (It literally means “The Songs of Murder This is NOT Greatest Hits.”) The name reflects both our original focus on BUCK-TICK and our personal philosophy… just take a look around.