Goodbye Tofu Records?

March 23, 2007 Tofu Records went down for “relaunch”.  And they’ve been down since.

I had emailed them several months ago, but got no reply, and now the website is down. I guess Tofu Records isn’t coming back. Kind of sad.

I had a love/hate relationship with TR. They were around when HYDE came to the U.S which I am eternally grateful for.  They kept us up to date for all the info we needed. It was perfect timing - right after I graduated high school - so I was able to go. It was also nice having a Jrock source here in the U.S.

The forums though… They were a mess. The admin/mod was rarely around so there was constant fighting going on. If you disagreed with someone then you were an idiot, and if you were attracted to anyone then you were a stupid fangirl.

Fans were constantly ripping each other apart over who was a ‘better’ fan. There were so many times people on that forum ticked me off so bad that I wish I knew where they lived so I could punch them in the face.

The forum also got a lot of spam. Near the end of Tofu life the spam bots had found the forum and were leaving several messages a day. Tofu was using phpbb forum with no captcha so it was pretty easy for spambots to register and very difficult to get rid of them. Plus, like I said, tofuwebby was rarely around so us users were stuck sorting through all the spam posts.

But as much as the forum annoyed me, it did give me something to do. A place where I could go and talk with other Jmusic fans when I was bored.

I hope they come back one day, but with a better forum and some mods that are actually around. Extra points if they bring HYDE back.