Grass Arcade

Grass Arcade
Also known asGrass Arc.
OriginJapan
GenresRock, pop rock
Years active1998–1999
LabelsGarage Indies Zapping Association (1999)
Giza Studio (1999)
Past membersSeri Kamimine
Kouji Ueno
Hiroyuki Wakita
Keishi Sanada
WebsiteOfficial Website

Grass Arcade is a Japanese rock-band under the Giza Studio 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.[1]

In February 1999, they made their major debut on the same day as Giza Studio artists Sweet Velvet and New Cinema Tokage. 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.[2] 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 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.[3] 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

Release Day Title Rank
1st 1999/10/20 ! UCR-001

Singles

Release Day Title Rank CD code
1st 1999/2/10 Brave 36[4] GZDA-1002
2nd 1999/6/23 Butterfly - GZDA-1007

Unreleased studio album

Release Day Title CD code
1st 1999/7/28 Sing-a-horic GZCA-1010

Magazine appearances

From Music Freak Magazine:

  • Vol.51 1999/February[5]
  • Vol.55 1999/June[6]
  • Vol.56 1999/July[7]

From J-Rock Magazine:

References

  1. ^ "Grass Arcade NEWS (BIOGRAPHY)". Being Music Fantasy (Web-Archived).
  2. ^ "主題歌／挿入歌 - 金田一少年の事件簿 - 作品ラインナップ". toei-anim.co.jp.
  3. ^ "Event page for Robo&Peace preseents Quniwo Sonic from the Facebook". Robo and Peace Facebook Page (Events).
  4. ^ "Brave (Grass Arcade)". Oricon News.
  5. ^ "Music Freak Magazine 1999 Releases". Official Website of Music Freak Magazine (in Japanese).
  6. ^ "Music Freak Magazine 1999 Releases". Official Website of Music Freak Magazine (in Japanese).
  7. ^ "Music Freak Magazine 1999 Releases". Official Website of Music Freak Magazine (in Japanese).
  8. ^ "Back Number 1999". Official Website of J Rock Magazine (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2001-02-20. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  9. ^ "Back Number 1999". Official Website of J Rock Magazine (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2001-02-20. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  10. ^ "Back Number 1999". Official Website of J Rock Magazine (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2001-02-20. Retrieved 2020-08-28.