Wands (band)
| Wands | |
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| Origin |
 Japan
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| Genres | Rock, pop rock, power pop, alternative rock, hard rock |
| Years active | 1991–2000 |
| Labels |
Toshiba-EMI (1991–1993) B-Gram Records (1993–2000) |
| Website | www |
| Past members |
Show Wesugi (vocal, 1991-1997) Kousuke Oshima (keyboard, 1991-1992) Hiroshi Shibasaki (guitar, 1991-1997) Shinya Kimura (keyboard, 1992-2000) Jiro Waku (vocal, 1997-2000) Issei Sugimoto (guitar, 1997-2000) |
Wands (ワンズ?) also (stylized as WANDS) was a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 as a three-member group. The band, throughout nine years of activity, had two vocalists, guitarists and keyboardists. Show Wesugi (vocalist), Hiroshi Shibasaki (guitarist), Kousuke Oshima (keyboardist) are the original member of the band. Shinya Kimura joined them after Oshima separate early. In 1997, Wesugi and Hiroshi left the band, so then Shinya reformed the band with Jiro Waku (vocalist) and Issei Sugimoto (guitarist). However, the group was officially disbanded in 2000. Wands belonged to the Being music agency.
The band founded in 1991 by main vocalist Show Wesugi, guitarist Hiroshi Shibasaki, and keyboardist Kousuke Oshima. Wesugi was a fan of Axl Rose and Oshima was a guest member of Japanese rock band Loudness. The band was named after wands of tarot. They made a debut with single "Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro" (literally "Loneliness is autumn color"). Their 1992 single "Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimeta Nara" (literally "If I Embrace You More Strongly") reached the number-one position and was charted for 44 weeks on the Japanese Oricon charts.
However, Oshima withdrew from the band and Shinya Kimura joined the band in 1992. Collaborating with Miho Nakayama, in October 1992, they released "Sekaijū no Dare yori Kitto" (lit. "Certainly more than everybody in the world"), which became one of standard "J-pop" songs. In 1992, they took part in Japanese famous year-end show called Kōhaku Uta Gassen by the song. Along with their songs, Wesugi wrote Deen's debut song "Konomama Kimidake wo Ubaisaritai" (lit. "Now, I want to make off with only you"), which was released in March 1993 and sold over a million copies. In April 1993, their album Toki no Tobira (lit. "Temporal Door") and single "Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawaso" (lit. "Let's kiss more than talking love") debuted at the number-one positions at the same time on the Oricon charts, making them the second artist to achieve this following Seiko Matsuda. "Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawaso" spent in number-one spot for four consecutive weeks.Toki no Tobira was charted for 33 weeks on the Oricon album charts. They sold over 4.11 million singles and 3.18 million albums in a year, winning the "artist of the year" award at the 8th Japan Gold Disc Award.
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