Biography
Show Wesugi (上杉昇 = Sho Uesugi) is one of the most influent japanese singer of the 90's.
He used to be the leader and the singer of pop boyband WANDS, one of the most popular band in Japan of the 90's.
He debuted with WANDS as former singer (Hiroshi Shibasaki was the guitarist and Kosuke Oshima the keyboardist) with the single "Sabishisa wa aki no iro" in 1991.
On 1993 the keyboardist Kosuke Oshima left and Hiroshi Shibasaki's friend Shinya Kimura took his place and the WANDS PERIOD II starts. Their music become rockish and their popularity was rising, however on 1996 with the single "WORST CRIME ABOUT A ROCKSTAR WHO WAS A SWINDLER" both Show Wesugi and Hiroshi Shibasaki left the band because their manager wanted WANDS to make pop music again. The WANDS PERIOD III starts with a new lead singer, Jiro Waku, and a new guitarist, Issei Sugimoto.
Their music was exactly as Wesugi wanted, they didnt sing pop but rock because when Wesugi and Shibasaki left he found out that Wands' fans wanted rock music more, however the didnt last more than 2 years because they lost many fans that followed Wesugi and his new debut.
Wands disbanded in 1999 with the first studio album of the WANDS PERIOD III, Awake.
The latest Best was released on 2002 and the name is BEST OF WANDS AT THE BEING STUDIO, but before WANDS PERIOD III another 2 bests comed out, WANDS HISTORICAL BEST + 6 and BEST OF WANDS HISTORY (and also the only dvd WANDS ever releases, BEST OF WANDS HISTORY DVD).
In the end of the 1997 Wesugi and Shibasaki formed al.ni.co, a band with a grunge like style, and that disappointed a lot of fans who wanted a sound more rockish than grunge. al.ni.co, like WANDS PERIOD III, made only 3 singles and an album and stayed inactive for few years and then disbanded on 2001. The same year Wesugi announced his solo career and on 2002 his official fanclub "Jellyfish Heights" born.
His first Mini album "L.O.G" was released on 2004.
In 2005 he released his first solo single "Tonde Chire" that was a collaboration with Pata, ex guitarist of Xjapan. in late 2005 he released his second solo single "poo pee people" and his first album "BLACK OUT IN THE GALAXY" in the first months of 2006 and it contains a different version of few songs of al.ni.co. His latest single "TOY$ SCRAMBLED MIX" released on october 2006 and it contains a new version of Toy$ (an original song of his days as al.ni.co's singer) and a cover of Nirvana's Moist Vagina.
Little profile about him:
Name: Noboru Uesugi
Date of birth: 24th may 1972
Place of birth: Yokusuka, Japan
Favorite colors: Red, Blue, Green and Viridian
Favorite flavor: Patchouli
Hobbies: Everything that is interesting (especially the meditation)
Favorite object: elettric insecticide
Favorite singers: Perry Farrel, Mogwai, Arto Lindsay, Jeff Buckley
Interesting plant: carnivor plant
Favorite place: Maldive
Persons he respects: Edgar Davids, Ai Tominaga
Curiosity: he writes all his lyrics and produces all of his songs.
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