Also, the only reason DIR EN GREY (a Japanese Metal Band) ever got any traction in the U.S. is because of a few English-language websites talking about the band and ILLEGAL FILE SHARING VIA P2P CLIENTS....

Without someone uploading DeG's music to Grokster, Morpheus, Kazzaa, LimeWire etc -- nobody outside of Japan would even know about DIR EN GREY.... And much like Rammstein before them (German band) their big entry point came when they were selected to play the Family Values Tour with Korn.