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WANDS was a 3-member Japanese rock music group founded in 1991 by main vocalist 上杉昇(Sho Uesugi), guitarist 柴崎浩(Hiroshi Shibasaki), and keyboardist 大島康祐(Kousuke Oshima). Band debuted with Single 「寂しさは秋の色」(Lonely autumn's color) on 4th December the same year. Kousuke Oshima left this group to join So-Fi, and 木村真也(Shinya Kimura) joined as key in 1992. Then, band released their 1st Album 「WANDS」on 17th June the same year. They became more known after releasing their 8th Single「世界が終るまでは…」(Sekai ga owaru made wa...) in 1994 , which main song was used as ED2 music theme for popular sports anime ''SLAM DUNK''. After they released single 「WORST...

Magic Wands are a girl/guy duo formed by Chris and Dexy Valentine. They met in Hollywood in 2007 outside a gig while Chris was visiting Los Angeles from Nashville,Tennessee. A year later they re-connected when Chris found a song online by Dexy called "Teenage Love" they spent the entire summer 2000 miles apart staying up late on the phone and writing music together. The name of the band stems from the gift of a magic wand from Chris to Dexy while the two were living on opposite sides of the country. In late 2008 the band signed to indie label...