Grass Arcade
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Grass Arcade is a
Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...
rock-band under the
Giza Studio is a Japanese record label, music production company and music publisher based in Osaka, founded in 1998 by music producer Daiko Nagato. Giza's artists have provided numerous opening and ending themes for Anime television series such as Meita ...
label and were active in 1998/1999. Their management office was Ading.


History

The band was formed in 1998, when Seri Kamimine and Keishi Sanada were high school classmates. Later on in the summer of 1998, Kouji Ueno joined and the three then performed together, live on the streets. In February 1999, they made their major debut on the same day as Giza Studio artists Sweet Velvet and
New Cinema Tokage New Cinema Tokage (New Cinema 蜥蜴) was a Japanese rock-band under Giza Studio label active in years 19972002. Their management office was Ading. Members *Motoari Funaki (舩木基有) - vocalist and lyricist *Yuuichiro Iwai (岩井勇一郎) ...
. Their debut single was ''Brave'' which was released in two formats: 8cm and 12cm maxi single. The single was used as an opening theme for Anime television series '' Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo''. The single reached number 36 in the Weekly Oricon rankings, charted for 2 weeks and sold over 10,000 copies. In the same month they released their first mini album "''!"'' under the indie label, Garage Indies Zapping Association. The mini album includes the demo version of the single ''Brave'', the b-side track ''So Long'' and two cover songs by the bands Happy End and The Spiders. In June 1999, they released their second and final single, ''Butterfly'' which was used as a theme song for NNS television program ''Tokoroteki Dazoku Kousa.'' Bassist Hiroyuki Wakita then joined shortly afterwards. In July 1999, there were plans to release a debut album, ''Sing-a-horic'' (with the disc code ''GZCA-1010''), however during the recording the band disbanded and as result the album was never released. In August 1999, Hiroyuki left the band and Grass Arcade then disbanded. Hiroyuki would then join the band
New Cinema Tokage New Cinema Tokage (New Cinema 蜥蜴) was a Japanese rock-band under Giza Studio label active in years 19972002. Their management office was Ading. Members *Motoari Funaki (舩木基有) - vocalist and lyricist *Yuuichiro Iwai (岩井勇一郎) ...
as their new bassist in June 2000. In 2014, when they reached the 15th anniversary of their debut, Seri and Keishi performed under the name Grass Arcade in a live session called ''QUNIWO☆SONIC'' in live house ''Ogimachi Para-dice'' as guest members of the band ''Robo&Peace''. Ueno and Hiroyuki weren't involved.


Members

*Seri Kamimine (上峰芹) - vocals *Keishi Sanada (早灘圭志) - drums *Kouji Ueno (上野幸司) - guitar *Hiroyuki Wakita (脇田啓行) - bass


Discography


Mini albums


Singles


Unreleased studio album


Magazine appearances

From Music Freak Magazine: *Vol.51 1999/February *Vol.55 1999/June *Vol.56 1999/July From J-Rock Magazine: *1999/03 *1999/04 *1999/08


References


External links

*Official website by Being (in Japanese

*Oricon profile (in Japanese

*{{ann, people, 38227 B Zone artists Giza Studio artists Living people Japanese rock music groups Anime musicians Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 1999 Year of birth missing (living people)