{{short description|Japanese rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Grass Arcade | alias = Grass Arc. | origin = Japan | instrument = | genre = Rock, pop rock | years_active = 1998–1999 | associated_acts = Hirohito Furui | label = Garage Indies Zapping Association (1999) <br /> Giza Studio (1999) | website = [http://www.being.co.jp/bmf/news/grassarcade/ Official Website] | past_members = Seri Kamimine<br />Kouji Ueno<br />Hiroyuki Wakita<br />Keishi Sanada }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grass Arcade NEWS (BIOGRAPHY)|url=http://www.being.co.jp/bmf/news/grassarcade/|website=Being Music Fantasy (Web-Archived)}}</ref>
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 the 4th opening theme for Anime television series ''Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo''.<ref>{{cite web|title=主題歌／挿入歌 - 金田一少年の事件簿 - 作品ラインナップ|url=https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/kindaichi/song/|website=toei-anim.co.jp}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Event page for Robo&Peace preseents Quniwo Sonic from the Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/ロボピースpresents-quniwosonicクニヲソニック/244652105700076/|website=Robo and Peace Facebook Page (Events)}}</ref> 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=== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:small" |- ! !Release Day !Title !Rank |- |1st |1999/10/20 |! |UCR-001 |- |} ===Singles=== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:small" |- ! !Release Day !Title !Rank !CD code |- |1st |1999/2/10 |Brave |36<ref>{{cite web|title=Brave (Grass Arcade)|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/9150/products/119897/1/|website=Oricon News}}</ref> |GZDA-1002 |- |2nd |1999/6/23 |Butterfly | - |GZDA-1007 |- |} ===Unreleased studio album=== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:small" |- ! !Release Day !Title !CD code |- |1st |1999/7/28 |Sing-a-horic |GZCA-1010 |}
==Magazine appearances== From Music Freak Magazine: *Vol.51 1999/February<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/1999.html#51|title=Music Freak Magazine 1999 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}</ref> *Vol.55 1999/June<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/1999.html#52|title=Music Freak Magazine 1999 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}</ref> *Vol.56 1999/July<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/1999.html#56|title=Music Freak Magazine 1999 Releases|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of Music Freak Magazine}}</ref>
From J-Rock Magazine: *1999/03<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-rock.com:80/back_intime/cont_9903.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220092351/http://www.j-rock.com/back_intime/cont_9903.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-02-20|title=Back Number 1999|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of J Rock Magazine|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> *1999/04<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-rock.com:80/back_intime/cont_9904.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220092351/http://www.j-rock.com/back_intime/cont_9904.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-02-20|title=Back Number 1999|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of J Rock Magazine|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> *1999/08<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-rock.com:80/back_intime/cont_9908.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220092351/http://www.j-rock.com/back_intime/cont_9908.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-02-20|title=Back Number 1999|language=Japanese|website=Official Website of J Rock Magazine|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref>
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==External links== *Official website by Being (in Japanese) [http://www.being.co.jp/bmf/news/grassarcade/] *Oricon profile (in Japanese)([https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/9150/]) *{{ann|people|38227}}
Category:B Zone artists Category:Giza Studio artists Category:Living people Category:Japanese rock music groups Category:Anime musicians Category:Musical groups established in 1998 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999 Category:Year of birth missing (living people)