Line #8 Music/MariaCross


1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mariawtf_1344.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:250:GRUUUUAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!]]
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4	->''"[[MetalScream GUAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHAAAAGGGHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!]] [[IntercourseWithYou SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe AAAAAAAAAAAAUGGHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH GURAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!]] [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AAUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH"'']]
5	-->-- '''Maria Cross''', ''in the average street performance''
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8	Maria Cross is a solo VisualKei singer allegedly [[InNameOnly of the Oshare Kei style]], known best for street performances in Tokyo that are closer to the extremes of noise music, grindcore, and noisegrind. Is Maria a StealthParody of VisualKei or just GiftedlyBad? No one really knows, although they have attained [[MemeticMutation legendary status]] in some corners of VisualKei for being either or both. That said, Maria Cross is something that, for the true visual kei fan, cannot be described, but simply must be ''experienced.'' In this experience, one may find some form of [[SoBadItsGood absolute zen understanding]]... or simply wonder why the DreadfulMusician page cannot have just ''one'' real-life example.
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10	NOT to be confused with ''Marcia'' Cross from Series/MelrosePlace and Series/DesperateHousewives. Though that would be quite interesting...
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12	Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!\
13	http://youtu.be/gm9XLm9S7FE
14	http://youtu.be/TmDzWDpwvD0
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16	!Tropes that apply to Music/MariaCross:
17	* AmbiguousGender: No one knows. They've referred to themself as male and as female, as have outside sources, though they were born male. The nongendered pronouns are probably best, because, again, ''no one really knows.''
18	* BrownNote: It is likely they have created a few of these.
19	* ButtMonkey: Has become a near memetic symbol of [[EpicFail failure]] at VisualKei, for a variety of reasons ranging from their child molestation arrest to their singing style by those who just see it as straight-up bad music rather than StealthParody, to their very derivative take on Oshare Kei and yet inability to match anything but the appearance of it. It's often said that they would have made a workable (and successful) Eroguro or metal singer with their screaming capacity (their HarshVocals can easily rival Kiyoharu, [[Music/DirEnGrey Kyo]], [[Music/TokyoYankees Ume]] and ''even'' [[Music/AnalCunt Seth Putnam]], and their cleans are ''far better'' than Music/DynamiteTommy's...), or if they marketed or presented as a noise artist like Music/{{Merzbow}} or Music/MeltBanana, that would have been a far better genre.
20	* CarefulWithThatAxe: EVERYTHING MARIA SINGS.
21	* DeathMetal[=/=]{{Grindcore}}: Straight-up ''deathgrind'' and ''noisegrind'', genres that any sane Oshare kei musician would ''never, ever'' try.
22	* {{Ephebophile}}: Arrested for and convicted for child molestation, and if they weren't lying about their age, the incident involved an older teen when they were in their early 20s, so it would be ephebophilia in that case.
23	* GiftedlyBad: Maybe. This is highly debatable.
24	* IndecipherableLyrics: If you can actually tell what Maria's saying in ''any'' song other than in the Oshare PV, congratulations! You win a prize... to take back with you [[GoMadFromTheRevelation to the insane asylum]].
25	* IntercourseWithYou: They apparently like writing the word "sex" in their lyrics. [[OverlyLongGag Over and over again]].
26	* MetalScream: ...except from a non-metal vocalist. And at random nonsensical points.
27	* MindScrew: What this possibly is to VisualKei.
28	* NoIndoorVoice: Possibly the defining characteristic of their music.
29	* {{Otaku}}: Very possible. If articles about them on various sites are to be believed, they apparently like anime music and are [[DoubleEntendre good friends]] with [[CosplayOtakuGirl Shoko Nakagawa]]. They apparently like animesque [[{{Moe}} cute girls]]. And '''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick porn]]'''.
30	* PissTakeRap: Occasionally...
31	* {{Postmodernism}}: Has possibly brought the world's first Dadaist postmodern take on VisualKei... unless they really are just that bad.
32	* RefugeInAudacity
33	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: One of their most-used vocal techniques.
34	* SecretIdentity: With the connections and similar that Maria has, there's rumors that they are actually an active professional visual kei artist (though either as a non-vocalist or sticking to a more traditional style) or a seiyuu, and that the entire StreetMusician thing is an act to parody something.
35	* SopranoAndGravel: Maria tries. Instead it's more like ''[[Music/{{Pantera}} Gravel]] and [[Music/CannibalCorpse Meatgrinder]]''. They have their soprano moments, though they end up sounding like a bad [[{{Expy}} clone]] of Music/DirEnGrey vocalist Kyo.
36	* StealthParody: VERY possible. The StrictlyFormula PV, the failure at everything related to the style they claim to represent, the most execrably written lyrics possible... in fact, pretty much the only ways to interpret Maria Cross is as postmodern StealthParody of VisualKei, or as, at the very best, [[GiftedlyBad downright atrocious]].
37	* StreetMusician: This is Maria's primary way of performing. With no permits and [[NoIndoorVoice no controls]] on [[SensoryAbuse amplified sound]] etc, so they tend to get in a lot of trouble with the police.
38	* StylisticSuck: If it is a parody.
39	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Their recording and performance setups are pretty...low-fi at best, so their singing may actually be forgivable due to that.
40	* VisualKei: Their main style of music, done in the harshest way possible.

Context Music / MariaCross