Swinging Popsicle is a three-member indie pop/rock band from
Japan
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.
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
Pony Canyon
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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
is a Japanese eroge, adult visual novel created by the doujin soft, dōjin circle Type-Moon, who first released it at the Comiket, Winter Comiket in December 2000. In 2003, it was adapted into both an anime television series, ''Lunar Leg ...
, one of the
characters in Tsukihime, a visual novel game that became an
anime
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and
manga
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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
Korea
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n manga "Cracker."
In May 2006, the band played their first show in the
United States
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at the
FanimeCon
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Programming
The convention typically offers an AMV contest, artist's alley, contests, ...
Musicfest in the Civic Auditorium in
San Jose,
California
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. They returned to America in June 2007 for concerts at
Anime Mid-Atlantic
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in
Richmond
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* Richmond, California, ...
,
Virginia
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and at the
Knitting Factory
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The Knitting Factory gave its audience poetry readings, perform ...
in
New York City
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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
fro
their official website
Albums
*
998.06.24Swinging Popsicle
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000.01.26Fennec!
*
004.03.17transit
*
007.05.30Go On
*
009.09.02Loud 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
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998.05.02Parade
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998.10.31Heaven
*
999.06.02Remember
*
999.11.25Satetsu no Tou
*
001.03.14Change E.P.
*
002.01.31Orange / Tooi Sora
Vinyl
*
001.03.14Change E.P.
External links
Official website(Japanese)
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Japanese indie rock groups
Japanese indie pop groups