Swinging Popsicle is a three-member indie pop/rock band from Japan.

Members

* (Vocals) * (Guitar) * (Bass)

Information

In 1995, Hironobu Hirata, Mineko Fujishima, and Osamu Shimada met each other through a newspaper advertisement looking to start a band. The following year, they recorded and were able to participate on a

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compilation album. They released their first indie album in 1997 and rose to number 2 on the HMV Shibuya charts. Their song "Satetsu no tou," track 4 from "fennec!" is the character image song for Akiha Tohno, one of the characters in Tsukihime, a visual novel game that became an

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and

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series. In summer 2006, Swinging Popsicle's new song "Kanashii Shirabe (Sad Melody)" appeared on "CRACKER: compilation for a bittersweet love story," a CD that came with a

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n manga "Cracker." In May 2006, the band played their first show in the

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at the

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Musicfest in the Civic Auditorium in San Jose,

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. They returned to America in June 2007 for concerts at

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and at the

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. In March 2008, the band played their first time in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the 32nd Convención de Juegos de Mesa y Comics.

Discography

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their official website

Albums

* 998.06.24Swinging Popsicle * 000.01.26Fennec! * 004.03.17transit * 007.05.30Go On *

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Loud Cut * 015.12.10flow

Mini-Albums

* 997.03.10Sunny Silent Park E.P. * 002.06.21Rakuen Shugi Swinging Eden

Singles

* 997.07.21Joy of Living * 998.01.21I Love Your Smile * 998.05.02Parade * 998.10.31Heaven * 999.06.02Remember * 999.11.25Satetsu no Tou *

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Change E.P. * 002.01.31Orange / Tooi Sora

Vinyl

Change E.P.

External links

Official website
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